Hello, is the pwr-line feature of the hAP lite stable? I’m wondering because I could not find this feature on the product page https://mikrotik.com/product/RB941-2nD-TC . The documentation was not enlightening either https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/PWR+Line . Thanks & best

Well I am not using them as toys, but as low speed and very low power devices, with powerline support. The physical size is unbeatable. Should they get stolen, well I wouldn´t be happy, but I definitely wouldn´t loose any tears. If you netinstall them with the packetized ROS6 and remove unneeded pa…

Thanks all for the replies. If the WiFi is weaker/unstable with v7.x, I’ll do a netinstall on my new device and I’ll stay with 6.x LTS. None of my hAP lite can be accessed from outside and there is no other relevant security threat. My main reason for liking the hAP lite is the low power consumpti…

They have the same amount of flash like most other APs from MT have: 16Mb. They just have slower CPUs. The big difference is that they have only 32MB of RAM, and hence no space for a RAMdisk. In the other models with 16MB flash (which usually have 128MB or more RAM) the upgrade packages are do…

If the WiFi is weaker/unstable with v7.x, I’ll do a netinstall on my new device and I’ll stay with 6.x LTS. The last version that works correctly is 6.47.9

The big difference is that they have only 32MB of RAM, and hence no space for a RAMdisk. Thanks, this explains the issues with the upgrades I had. So that´s one more reason not to go with v7. I was using the latest 6.48.x-6.49.x without any issues, but only for short range, low speed. I have re…

Is it related to the TX power setting, which is not available in newer versions? No, it is related to issues with the ROS 7.x WiFi driver for hAP lite and hAP mini. TX power was removed to comply with regulation. But contrary to popular belief, increasing TX power does not help much anyway. WiF…

Thanks jbl42! ROS 7 is out of question. If it´s not the tx power limit (which afaik can be overridden by the cli anyhow), then what could it be? I think I have to rephrase my question: what´s better in 6.47.9 wifiwise than with 6.49.7 ? pe1chl wrote it, that there was some bug or weakness introd…

I think I have to rephrase my question: what´s better in 6.47.9 wifiwise than with 6.49.7 ? Nothing we know about, and hardly related to TX power. But everything after 6.47.9 is worse than 6.47.9. No more details known beyond what is mentioned in the (incomplete and sketchy) ROS release notes.

My advice for using 6.47.9 has nothing to do with TX power. The problem introduced after this version (as part of a fix for some imaginary problem found by students searching for potential things to write a paper about) is that the connection becomes flaky. I was using a hAP lite as an access poin…

Stability of pwr-line support? Why not advertised on product page?

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hecatae October 27, 2022, 10:59pm 23

My pl7400 are rock solid since updating the firmware on them.
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/pwr-line-pl7400-firmware/138440/8