SR9 WDS Problems...

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Just added an SR9 to a RB532. The 532 also has an SR5 interface.

After adding the SR9 card, the SR5 which is in station-wds mode will no longer connect.

Also WDS does not work with any of the SR9 clients, they will ONLY work in station mode. Is this some kind of bug? I can’t figure out why it would be working fine before hand and now after just adding an interface it wont work at all.

I also find it strange that an SR9 client cannot create a WDS bridge with an SR9 AP..

I’ve also double checked my configs I know they are right… There is really nothing to enabling WDS.. what gives??

I’ve hit a wall, it’s friday, and I’m in desperate need of a beer…

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I guess I should also include that the SSID I’m trying to connect to does show up in a scan w/ a -65 but it will not connect… I’m pulling the SR9 right now to see if that solves the problem…


Router OS v.2.9.27

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Funny thing, replaced the SR5 card and now the SR5 card works..

Now to test WDS on the SR9…

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OK no go on SR9 client in station WDS mode connecting to a SR9 in AP bridge mode with WDS enabled.

Has anyone successfully setup WDS on a SR9 card yet?

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We have a 1.5km 900mhz link using WDS. It is working in G only mode and it can sustain 15mbps of throughput.

I first had problems configuring the link in the lab. The client saw the AP but was not able to connect. I changed one of the card, I don’t remember which one, and now it works.

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OK so it could be a faulty SR9…

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< bump >

wildbill442, any word on your luck with WDS? Just curious as we are looking to try a few of these and would like to use WDS. Bad card or something else?

Thanks

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I did some testing today between a RB532 (no other card other than an SR9), and a WRAP w/ an SR9. 2.9.18 on one side, 2.9.27 on the other. I used AP Bridge w/ NStreme/Polling, WDS dynamic. On the WRAP I used Station-WDS, NStreme/Polling. Bridged it all together, and picked up DHCP right through it, BTests came in about 4Mbps @ 5mhz, 8Mbps @ 10mhz, and 3Mbps @ 20mhz (noise). In addition, it worked correctly when I enabled compression, which increased throughput even more for downloading regular stuff.

This was INDOORS using 2 mobile 900 antennas (6dbi 900mhz mag-mount, 3dbi mag-mount 2.4/900). I am going to take my 6dbi antenna on the rooftop of a 320 foot building tomorrow, and connect it to a 1 mile away client using a 14db Yagi..

These SR9’s are from the ORIGINAL batch (I pre-ordered them weeks before they were released).

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We do not have any problems with CM9 cards in WDS.