Wifi controller on hAP ax3 with onboard cap with cAP ax as a remote cap

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Hi, I am sure others went through this, but I cannot find helping article regarding my issue.

I need to setup wifi controller on hAP ax3 with onboard cap and cAP ax as a remote cap. As soon as i enable CAP option, there is no ssid for devices to connect to, however, remote cap appears on controller interface, and configuration seems to be applied. I have spend hours trying to get this to work. Please help with this rocket science, i have installed classic capsman for a decade for clients.

If possible please outline all related settings from the beginning for the controller, onboard cap, and remote cap.
Thank you

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Couple of pointers

  • Mikrotik Help pages - wifi -capsman
  • local radios can not be controlled by capsman controller but you can set them as local using the same config settings you would. You can even use provisioning.
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Thank for reply.
local radios will go as local and remote cap will be controlled, will there be any issues with roaming?

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If you like watching videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHotZT41w3E&t=90s

This is the official MikroTik channel on YouTube, explaining exactly your configuration.

By using CAPsMAN you have the best options for optimal roaming.

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Appriciate the answer, however, i had seen the video and did everything as it showed. In video when Cap is configured and visible, you can see, Current Channel being empty. I have same thing, Cap shows controlled but its not serving.

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  1. Set configuration.manager=capsman on CAP
  2. Enable caps logging both on CAPsMAN and CAP. See logs.
  3. Provide output
/interface/wifi
print
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IIKa, thanks, apperantly, i have run out of time at the clien’t office. Tried this last year for another client, same thing, i ended up restocking the Cap.

I intend to keep this live and work on it in the lab in few days. bye for now.