Hello i recently bought a 2nd hand mikrotik metal 2shpn and configure it set it as a WISP AP. i got connected to its wifi when Im within 1 meter radius. but as my distance go further i got disconnected. i tried to connect but Im receiving this error message over my android phone. can someone help me, is it a hardware problem already?

The image doesn't display, so: have you connected any antenna to the device? If yes, is it for the 2.4 GHz band? If it is not a parabolic one, is it placed on a solid metal (or other electrically conductive) surface?

The image doesn't display, so: have you connected any antenna to the device? If yes, is it for the 2.4 GHz band? If it is not a parabolic one, is it placed on a solid metal (or other electrically conductive) surface?

The error shown on my android was "Authentication Error Occured" and yes the default antenna is connected to it.

The error shown on my android was "Authentication Error Occured" and yes the default antenna is connected to it.

If so, there can be a wireless access list rule allowing to connect only clients with a given strength of signal, or the Tx power of the device itself may be set to a very low value (e.g. because it was connected to a high-gain antenna before and the regulation requires that EIRP is not exceeded, so the user has to compensate the antenna gain in Tx direction by reducing the Tx power).

What is the output of the following commands?

The error shown on my android was "Authentication Error Occured" and yes the default antenna is connected to it.

If so, there can be a wireless access list rule allowing to connect only clients with a given strength of signal, or the Tx power of the device itself may be set to a very low value (e.g. because it was connected to a high-gain antenna before and the regulation requires that EIRP is not exceeded, so the user has to compensate the antenna gain in Tx direction by reducing the Tx power).

What is the output of the following commands?

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/interface wireless access-list print
/caps-man access-list print
/interface wireless export verbose hide-sensitive

I will show the result of the code you've given when I got my mikrotik back. I sent it to the seller for reconfiguration but i think he failed to fix it.. he told me that this mikrotik has recently connected to a skywave parabolic antenna. thus this have any effect even if i hard reset the mikrotik metal?

he told me that this mikrotik has recently connected to a skywave parabolic antenna. thus this have any effect even if i hard reset the mikrotik metal?

I have no idea what antenna gain is set in the default settings for this type of device. Let's see what the seller does with it.

he told me that this mikrotik has recently connected to a skywave parabolic antenna. thus this have any effect even if i hard reset the mikrotik metal?

I have no idea what antenna gain is set in the default settings for this type of device. Let's see what the seller does with it.

hi i got my mikrotik back,. how can i enter the codes you gave

hi i got my mikrotik back,. how can i enter the codes you gave

Regardless whether you use Winbox or WebFig, find a button named Terminal. Pressing it opens a command line window and you can paste the lines to it and copy the result from there.

is says X - disabled whenever i enter it on terminal.. X - disabled

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface wireless export verbose hide-sensitive
# jan/01/2002 01:02:58 by RouterOS 6.41.4
# software id = S0HE-VZNY
#
# model = Metal 2SHPn
# serial number = 727F068FC164
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] authentication-types="" eap-methods=passthrough \
group-ciphers=aes-ccm group-key-update=5m interim-update=0s \
management-protection=disabled mode=none mschapv2-username="" name=default \
radius-eap-accounting=no radius-mac-accounting=no \
radius-mac-authentication=no radius-mac-caching=disabled radius-mac-format=\
XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX radius-mac-mode=as-username static-algo-0=none \
static-algo-1=none static-algo-2=none static-algo-3=none \
static-sta-private-algo=none static-transmit-key=key-0 supplicant-identity=\
MikroTik tls-certificate=none tls-mode=no-certificates unicast-ciphers=\
aes-ccm
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] adaptive-noise-immunity=none allow-sharedkey=no \
ampdu-priorities=0 amsdu-limit=8192 amsdu-threshold=8192 antenna-gain=0 \
area="" arp=enabled arp-timeout=auto band=2ghz-b/g/n basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps \
basic-rates-b=1Mbps bridge-mode=enabled channel-width=20/40mhz-Ce \
compression=no country=no_country_set default-ap-tx-limit=0 \
default-authentication=yes default-client-tx-limit=0 default-forwarding=yes \
disable-running-check=no disabled=no disconnect-timeout=3s distance=dynamic \
frame-lifetime=0 frequency=auto frequency-mode=manual-txpower \
frequency-offset=0 guard-interval=any hide-ssid=no ht-basic-mcs=\
mcs-0,mcs-1,mcs-2,mcs-3,mcs-4,mcs-5,mcs-6,mcs-7 ht-supported-mcs="mcs-0,mcs-\
1,mcs-2,mcs-3,mcs-4,mcs-5,mcs-6,mcs-7,mcs-8,mcs-9,mcs-10,mcs-11,mcs-12,mcs-1\
3,mcs-14,mcs-15,mcs-16,mcs-17,mcs-18,mcs-19,mcs-20,mcs-21,mcs-22,mcs-23" \
hw-fragmentation-threshold=disabled hw-protection-mode=none \
hw-protection-threshold=0 hw-retries=7 interworking-profile=disabled \
keepalive-frames=enabled l2mtu=1600 mac-address=6C:3B:6B:9C:8F:01 \
max-station-count=2007 mode=station mtu=1500 multicast-buffering=enabled \
multicast-helper=default name=wlan1 noise-floor-threshold=default \
nv2-cell-radius=30 nv2-downlink-ratio=50 nv2-mode=dynamic-downlink \
nv2-noise-floor-offset=default nv2-qos=default nv2-queue-count=2 \
nv2-security=disabled nv2-sync-secret="" on-fail-retry-time=100ms \
preamble-mode=both radio-name=6C3B6B9C8F01 rate-selection=advanced \
rate-set=default rx-chains=0 scan-list=default secondary-channel="" \
security-profile=default ssid=MikroTik station-bridge-clone-mac=\
00:00:00:00:00:00 station-roaming=enabled supported-rates-a/g=\
6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps supported-rates-b=\
1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps tdma-period-size=2 tx-chains=0 tx-power-mode=\
default update-stats-interval=disabled vlan-id=1 vlan-mode=no-tag \
wds-cost-range=50-150 wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100 \
wds-ignore-ssid=no wds-mode=disabled wireless-protocol=any wmm-support=\
disabled wps-mode=push-button
/interface wireless manual-tx-power-table
set wlan1 manual-tx-powers="1Mbps:17,2Mbps:17,5.5Mbps:17,11Mbps:17,6Mbps:17,9Mbp\
s:17,12Mbps:17,18Mbps:17,24Mbps:17,36Mbps:17,48Mbps:17,54Mbps:17,HT20-0:17,H\
T20-1:17,HT20-2:17,HT20-3:17,HT20-4:17,HT20-5:17,HT20-6:17,HT20-7:17,HT40-0:\
17,HT40-1:17,HT40-2:17,HT40-3:17,HT40-4:17,HT40-5:17,HT40-6:17,HT40-7:17"
/interface wireless nstreme
set wlan1 disable-csma=no enable-nstreme=no enable-polling=yes framer-limit=\
3200 framer-policy=none
/interface wireless align
set active-mode=yes audio-max=-20 audio-min=-100 audio-monitor=\
00:00:00:00:00:00 filter-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 frame-size=300 \
frames-per-second=25 receive-all=no ssid-all=no
/interface wireless cap
set bridge=none caps-man-addresses="" caps-man-certificate-common-names="" \
caps-man-names="" certificate=none discovery-interfaces="" enabled=no \
interfaces="" lock-to-caps-man=no static-virtual=no
/interface wireless sniffer
set channel-time=200ms file-limit=10 file-name="" memory-limit=10 \
multiple-channels=no only-headers=no receive-errors=no streaming-enabled=no \
streaming-max-rate=0 streaming-server=0.0.0.0
/interface wireless snooper
set channel-time=200ms multiple-channels=yes receive-errors=no
[admin@MikroTik] >

i hard reset it to start fresh plese help

i hard reset it to start fresh plese help

Go to the wireless interface settings, choose Advanced mode and

• change the country choice from
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  country=no_country_set

  to the country where you use the device,
• change
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  frequency mode

  to
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  regulatory-domain

  ,
• configure the rest the way you need (frequency/channel, encryption etc.).

If it then works normally (i.e. from a higher distance of the client than 1 m) with the bundled antenna, change from current 0 dB to 6 dB to comply with the regulation (according to the product leaflet, the bundled antenna has a 6 dB gain, so if you'd keep the at 0, you'd be sending 6 dB more than permitted in your country.

If it is as bad as it was, the issue may be the Mikrotik itself or the antenna cable or the antenna itself. Also bear in mind that the "gain" of an antenna is a consequence of redirecting the energy from some directions to other ones. The typical radiation diagram of a simple rod antenna is like >|<, so try to move the client into different positions with regard to the antenna before concluding.

i hard reset it to start fresh plese help

Go to the wireless interface settings, choose Advanced mode and

• change the country choice from
  Code: Select all

  country=no_country_set

  to the country where you use the device,
• change
  Code: Select all

  frequency mode

  to
  Code: Select all

  regulatory-domain

  ,
• configure the rest the way you need (frequency/channel, encryption etc.).

If it then works normally (i.e. from a higher distance of the client than 1 m) with the bundled antenna, change

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antenna-gain

from current 0 dB to 6 dB to comply with the regulation (according to the product leaflet, the bundled antenna has a 6 dB gain, so if you'd keep the

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antenna-gain

at 0, you'd be sending 6 dB more than permitted in your country.

If it is as bad as it was, the issue may be the Mikrotik itself or the antenna cable or the antenna itself. Also bear in mind that the "gain" of an antenna is a consequence of redirecting the energy from some directions to other ones. The typical radiation diagram of a simple rod antenna is like >|<, so try to move the client into different positions with regard to the antenna before concluding.

okay sir i will do it right now.

Hi Im back again. i have another question. what would be the effect if you use another ac adapter instead of the original one.

Hi Im back again. i have another question. what would be the effect if you use another ac adapter instead of the original one.

It depends. Normally I would expect the whole thing go nuts (so impossible to log in) if the voltage or power would be too low to propel the wireless part if that is the question. But weird things do happen. Otherwise any adaptor matching the following requirements fits:

• output voltage DC
• output voltage within the range printed on the Mikrotik (the particular range varies per model so check yourself)
• output power (voltage times current) same or higher than required by the Mikrotik (check the product leaflet again)

.

The trouble with switching power adaptors (which covers almost all adaptors sold during past 10 years, they need much less steel and copper than traditional ones so are both lighter and cheaper) is that they often break only partially, sending out a lot of ripple as their electrolytic capacitors dry out, while a tester still shows the nominal voltage - you need an oscilloscope to see the damage. But as said, I'd expect the router to stop responding completely if this was the issue, not just limiting the wireless power output.