set up cap AX (frequency and power)

I am totally new to Mikrotik and I am on a quite steep learning curve…
My today’s challenge is to set up a cap AX in the best possible way.

It is behind my WAN router and I can connect to it, Internet access is working, however it is quite slow.
As a first check I used the Android “analiti” app which shows
download 19Mbit/s upload 9.5 Mbit/s for the 5GHz
download 18Mbit/s upload 8.3 Mbit/s for the 2.4GHz
Whilst measuring it I was sitting about 10ft below the cap and 2ft aside. So not far away - maybe to close?

To optimize the setup I first checked frequencies of WiFi neighborhood.
Using WEBFIG I can see 48 other WIFI Networks, some with the same SSIDs their Signals are between -64 and -97.
I expect (hope) I can ignore the weak ones under a certain level.
From what level upwards should I take them into consideration when choosing the frequency of the capAX ? Or is there a kind of "auto mode

Last question for the moment…, can I check/adjust the transmitting power? I want keep it on the minimum required to ensure coverage.

Best case I only screwed up the setup :confused:

txs for any help

# 2023-12-08 19:26:15 by RouterOS 7.12.1
# software id = XGEA-TLYF
#
# model = cAPGi-5HaxD2HaxD
# serial number = HEXXXXXXXXX
/interface bridge
add admin-mac=48:A9:8A:E4:FE:BD auto-mac=no comment=defconf name=bridge
/interface wifiwave2
set [ find default-name=wifi1 ] configuration.country=Germany .mode=ap .ssid=\
    MCMT50 disabled=no
set [ find default-name=wifi2 ] channel.skip-dfs-channels=10min-cac \
    configuration.country=Germany .mode=ap .ssid=MCMT24 disabled=no \
    security.authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk
/interface list
add comment=defconf name=WAN
add comment=defconf name=LAN
/ip pool
add name=dhcp ranges=192.168.90.10-192.168.90.254
/ip dhcp-server
add address-pool=dhcp interface=bridge lease-time=10m name=defconf
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=ether2
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=*3
add bridge=bridge comment=defconf interface=wifi2
/interface detect-internet
set detect-interface-list=all
/interface list member
add comment=defconf interface=bridge list=LAN
add comment=defconf interface=ether1 list=WAN
/ip address
add address=192.168.90.1/24 comment=defconf interface=bridge network=\
    192.168.90.0
/ip dhcp-client
add comment=defconf interface=ether1
/ip dhcp-server network
add address=192.168.90.0/24 comment=defconf dns-server=192.168.90.1 gateway=\
    192.168.90.1 netmask=24
/ip dns
set allow-remote-requests=yes
/ip dns static
add address=192.168.90.1 comment=defconf name=router.lan
/ip firewall filter
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept in ipsec policy" \
    ipsec-policy=in,ipsec
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept out ipsec policy" \
    ipsec-policy=out,ipsec
add action=fasttrack-connection chain=forward comment="defconf: fasttrack" \
    connection-state=established,related hw-offload=yes
add action=accept chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: accept established,related, untracked" connection-state=\
    established,related,untracked
add action=drop chain=forward comment="defconf: drop invalid" \
    connection-state=invalid
add action=drop chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: drop all from WAN not DSTNATed" connection-nat-state=!dstnat \
    connection-state=new in-interface-list=WAN
/ip firewall nat
add action=masquerade chain=srcnat comment="defconf: masquerade" \
    ipsec-policy=out,none out-interface-list=WAN
/ip upnp
set enabled=yes
/ip upnp interfaces
add interface=bridge type=internal
add interface=ether1 type=external
/ipv6 firewall address-list
add address=::/128 comment="defconf: unspecified address" list=bad_ipv6
add address=::1/128 comment="defconf: lo" list=bad_ipv6
add address=fec0::/10 comment="defconf: site-local" list=bad_ipv6
add address=::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 comment="defconf: ipv4-mapped" list=bad_ipv6
add address=::/96 comment="defconf: ipv4 compat" list=bad_ipv6
add address=100::/64 comment="defconf: discard only " list=bad_ipv6
add address=2001:db8::/32 comment="defconf: documentation" list=bad_ipv6
add address=2001:10::/28 comment="defconf: ORCHID" list=bad_ipv6
add address=3ffe::/16 comment="defconf: 6bone" list=bad_ipv6
/ipv6 firewall filter
add action=accept chain=input comment=\
    "defconf: accept established,related,untracked" connection-state=\
    established,related,untracked
add action=drop chain=input comment="defconf: drop invalid" connection-state=\
    invalid
add action=accept chain=input comment="defconf: accept ICMPv6" protocol=\
    icmpv6
add action=accept chain=input comment="defconf: accept UDP traceroute" port=\
    33434-33534 protocol=udp
add action=accept chain=input comment=\
    "defconf: accept DHCPv6-Client prefix delegation." dst-port=546 protocol=\
    udp src-address=fe80::/10
add action=accept chain=input comment="defconf: accept IKE" dst-port=500,4500 \
    protocol=udp
add action=accept chain=input comment="defconf: accept ipsec AH" protocol=\
    ipsec-ah
add action=accept chain=input comment="defconf: accept ipsec ESP" protocol=\
    ipsec-esp
add action=accept chain=input comment=\
    "defconf: accept all that matches ipsec policy" ipsec-policy=in,ipsec
add action=drop chain=input comment=\
    "defconf: drop everything else not coming from LAN" in-interface-list=\
    !LAN
add action=accept chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: accept established,related,untracked" connection-state=\
    established,related,untracked
add action=drop chain=forward comment="defconf: drop invalid" \
    connection-state=invalid
add action=drop chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: drop packets with bad src ipv6" src-address-list=bad_ipv6
add action=drop chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: drop packets with bad dst ipv6" dst-address-list=bad_ipv6
add action=drop chain=forward comment="defconf: rfc4890 drop hop-limit=1" \
    hop-limit=equal:1 protocol=icmpv6
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept ICMPv6" protocol=\
    icmpv6
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept HIP" protocol=139
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept IKE" dst-port=\
    500,4500 protocol=udp
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept ipsec AH" protocol=\
    ipsec-ah
add action=accept chain=forward comment="defconf: accept ipsec ESP" protocol=\
    ipsec-esp
add action=accept chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: accept all that matches ipsec policy" ipsec-policy=in,ipsec
add action=drop chain=forward comment=\
    "defconf: drop everything else not coming from LAN" in-interface-list=\
    !LAN
/system clock
set time-zone-name=Europe/Berlin
/system note
set show-at-login=no
/system routerboard mode-button
set enabled=yes on-event=dark-mode
/system script
add comment=defconf dont-require-permissions=no name=dark-mode owner=*sys \
    policy=ftp,reboot,read,write,policy,test,password,sniff,sensitive,romon \
    source="\r\
    \n   :if ([system leds settings get all-leds-off] = \"never\") do={\r\
    \n     /system leds settings set all-leds-off=immediate \r\
    \n   } else={\r\
    \n     /system leds settings set all-leds-off=never \r\
    \n   }\r\
    \n "

You can ignore SSIDs with signal strength lower by 30dB or more than the “wanted” SSID. E.g. if your “wanted” SSID is received at -35dBm, then any SSID on same channel with signal strength lower than -65dBm should not matter much. If there are many interferers, then their cumulative effect adds up.

Additional constraint is that signal strength lower than around -80dBm is essentially useless.