wlan 5ghz not visible

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hi, new routeros user here.

system:

[admin@MikroTik] > /system routerboard print 
       routerboard: yes
             model: RouterBOARD 962UiGS-5HacT2HnT
     serial-number: 673706C78CE1
     firmware-type: qca9550L
  factory-firmware: 3.31
  current-firmware: 3.31
  upgrade-firmware: 3.34

This router replaces a netgear running openwrt, the system is running great but I do not see the 5ghz antenna in my laptop (which I can use with the netgear router).
This is the info of the interface:

/interface wireless print
1    name="wlan2" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=6C:3B:6B:1D:2C:56 
      arp=enabled interface-type=Atheros AR9888 mode=ap-bridge 
      ssid="myssid" frequency=auto band=5ghz-onlyac 
      channel-width=20/40/80mhz-Ceee scan-list=default 
      wireless-protocol=802.11 vlan-mode=no-tag vlan-id=1 wds-mode=disabled 
      wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no bridge-mode=enabled 
      default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0 
      default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no security-profile=wpa2-lan 
      compression=no

But in my network manager I only see the 2ghz ssids.

My laptop has this wireless card:

02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 48)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 51
	Region 0: Memory at f7000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
	Kernel modules: iwlwifi

I have tried different frequencies but I do not seem to get this to work on my own. Any help greatly appreciated.

TIA.

5Ghz on cAP ac not visible
2

Is your laptop AC-capable ? Did you try to set up the access point radio to 5Ghz-only-n instead of -only-ac?

3

I do not know if it is AC capable, the system tells me:

Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265

So it should be.

When I set it to N-only using winbox, I get a popup error:
Selection_082.png
If I choose 5ghz-only-n, I can only use channel width 5mhz, 10mhz, 20/40mhz ce, 20/40mhz ec, and 20mhz. But no sign of my ssid when using those.

4

You’ve set your frequency to auto - I could imagine it is using a DFS channel and your wireless card could probably have problems connecting in those channels.
Try to manually set a channel in the UNII-1 band (channels 36-48) and see if it improves.
-Chris

5

aha, good suggestion :wink:

I could not try that channel frequency, but I saw that country was auto, and I set it to ‘netherlands’ where I live, and bingo!, it’s now visible.

Thanks!