Unable to connect to some APs (not all)

Hi there,

I have a ‘boat’ use case and have a GrooveA and a RouterBOARD 951Ui setup using ‘configuration 3’ on the following website:

http://www.wirelessinfo.be/index.php/mikrotik/pages/confige
(code below).

I use this setup to connect to AP’s in marinas from my boat where the AP is too far away to connect directly from my PC. In most situations this works perfectly. However, I have just arrived in a new port and while I have a strong signal to the AP (strong enough for my PC to get a ‘slow’ connection if I’m up on deck) when I try to connect with the GrooveA the status stays permanently on ‘Searching For Network’ and there is nothing in the /l p w log at all. I created a hotspot from my android phone and it connects perfectly to that perfectly.

Sorry I don’t have more details, thanks in advance for your help.

Groove A-52HPn

/interface wirelessset [ find default-name=wlan1 ] antenna-gain=6 band=2ghz-b country=belgium \disabled=no frequency=2422 mode=station-bridge ssid=WirelessInfo wps-mode=disabled/ip pooladd name=dhcp_pool1 ranges=192.168.100.2-192.168.100.254/ip dhcp-serveradd address-pool=dhcp_pool1 disabled=no interface=ether1 lease-time=1d name=dhcp1/ip addressadd address=192.168.100.1/24 interface=ether1 network=192.168.100.0/ip dhcp-clientadd default-route-distance=0 dhcp-options=hostname,clientid disabled=no \interface=wlan1/ip dhcp-server networkadd address=192.168.100.0/24 dns-server=8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4 gateway=192.168.100.1/ip firewall natadd action=masquerade chain=srcnat out-interface=wlan1 src-address=192.168.100.0/24/system clockset time-zone-name=Europe/Brussels/system ledsset 0 interface=wlan1/system routerboard settingsset cpu-frequency=600MHz/tool romon portset [ find default=yes ] cost=100 forbid=no interface=all secrets=""

RB951Ui-2HnD

[list][*]/interface bridge
[*]add name=bridge_local
[*]/interface wireless
[*]set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] antenna-gain=5 country=belgium disabled=no \
[*]mode=ap-bridge ssid=MikroTik-test
[*]/interface bridge port
[*]add bridge=bridge_local interface=ether1
[*]add bridge=bridge_local interface=ether2
[*]add bridge=bridge_local interface=ether3
[*]add bridge=bridge_local interface=ether4
[*]add bridge=bridge_local interface=ether5
[*]add bridge=bridge_local interface=wlan1
[*]/ip dhcp-client
[*]add default-route-distance=0 disabled=no interface=bridge_local
[*]/system clock
[*]set time-zone-name=Europe/Brussels
[*]/system leds
[*]set 0 interface=wlan1

[/list]

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For some reason (no idea) when I tried to connect to the AP from Winbox (creating a security profile, scan, connect, select correct security profile) then it doesn’t work. If however I use the web interface it works. No idea.

Thanks anyway.