AMENDED: I have added a zip file containing both an exported script and backup. Sorry was a long day and my rant overrode my common sense. I appreciate the comments and you guys are correct without looking at the details only assumptions can be the outcome.
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This without a doubt has been the most arduous Mikrotik access point I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with in my near 20 years of using Mikrotik products. I have spent way to many hours dealing with this access point.
I am using this hAP ax³ strictly as an access point with DHCP relay set, all ports are in a bridge and the bridge is a DHCP client and it is connected via the 2.5Gbps ether port to an upstream CRS310 that is my gateway, DHCP, DNS, NAT and firewall filtering device. So I am using the minimalist settings for this hAP ax³ to serve as an access point, straight up KISS (keeping it stupid simple).
Some devices connect, can get to the web and surf, literally no issues. On the exact same radio I can connect a device, RECEIVE a DHCP address and all the correct network information, from that same radio, yet CANNOT get out to the internet. NO IT IS NOT THE DNS, otherwise none of my network would be working. There are multiple other devices connected via Ethernet to the CRS310 and none have any connection issues.
Some devices I have that are Wi-Fi 6 capable will connect on the 2.4Ghz or the 5Ghz and get an IP and network information from either radios, however they cannot surf the web on the 5Ghz side. Both radio’s are in the same bridge with the other ethernet ports and everything that connects through that bridge can get to the web. For example my iPhone 14 Pro can connect to the 2.4Ghz side and surf the internet no issues, if I try the 5Ghz side it connects, I get an IP and all the rest of the network info, yet the iPhone tells me there is no internet and I cannot open any web sites! I can see the iPhone’s MAC address assigned on that 5Ghz radio so I know it is successfully communicating with that radio, yet the iPhone cannot surf the web!
Yet I have two Reolink cameras that are connected on the 5GHz side and work perfectly. I can stream the camera directly to my iPhone from these cameras.
BEYOND FRUSTRATING, I literally want to take this hAP ax³ out side and shoot it with my 12 gauge, but I don’t want to waste the shells.
What are the optimal settings for using this hAP ax³ in the USA, for both radios, on the channel tab, what frequencies are best?
Does anyone have this hAP ax³ setup and work without client issues? If so, would you kindly pass along your setup?
If I cannot get this thing working in the next coming days I will just returned it and go back to my reliable RB4011.
Is it possible that I received a bad hAP ax³?
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