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Re: Wireless FAQ

Tue May 08, 2018 8:42 pm

Normis, is there anyway to include vecernik87's post#12 to be included somewhere (maybe in the FAQ) or wiki somewhere on the vlan/ssid setup on RouterOS.
Its very good and helpful. (referenced thread is viewtopic.php?f=7&t=134142 )
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Thu May 24, 2018 11:12 am

Hello, we found in latest ROS versions there are two options in wireless access list interface - any and all. What is difference between these two options?
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:31 am

This share is very helpful. Thanks!
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:12 pm

am starting a new company and its business module is delivering the adsl service wirelessly ! i know it may be weird or new .. but in my country the adsl service comes with a good data capacity about 200GB and unlimited in another ISP .. in the other hand wireless service and 4g so expensive with a little data capacity 20 or 30 GB !! the problem which we would like t solve that you can't get more the 2 or 3 Mb speed for the adsl if your more than a mile from the telecom center in each town or city! so we like to open a business for who want to get his adsl connection wirelessly .. so my question is how can i merge more than 1 adsl as example 10 or 20 or even 100 into a single wireless network and each end point user get his share or a good connection ? and if that can't work how can we deliver a per to per connection from the user's adsl modem which will be close to the telecom center to his home ?

for more understanding am not starting ISP company ! i just want to deliver the service to the end user "Wirelessly" !! if i have to install an AP for each user ! this going to cost and fill almost every tower !! imagine a 100 AP for each sector .. my plan is to make a close enough office for each telecom center which is less than 300f so i get the best Adsl service as provided .. then deliver it wirelessly! .. this is my idea .. Thanks
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Mon Feb 04, 2019 4:04 pm

Hi,
Please can someone tell me what is real TCP bandwidth with DynaDish 5 at around 2,5-3km ?
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:16 pm

Hi,
Please can someone tell me what is real TCP bandwidth with DynaDish 5 at around 2,5-3km ?
Depends on link conditions
- spectrum usage
- eirp
- LOS ( Line of Sight)

Please tell Is your Minimum
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:38 am

Hi mistry7,

Currently i am using QRT5 and i have about 100/100 Mbps, but sometime upload is faster than download but i can not solve it at all.
I do not have a problem with Line of Sight all the points are visible.
Do not ask for a minimum we all want more :)
I'm interested in the expected 2.5-3 km speed with Dyna Dish 5 or maybe maybe another antenna / router for PTP maybe QRT-5ac or?
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Fri Feb 08, 2019 3:11 pm

So no one is able to provide realistic information for Dyna Dish and QRT 5ac speed
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:56 pm

So no one is able to provide realistic information for Dyna Dish and QRT 5ac speed
There are too many variables to just give you an answer like that... Starting with measuring the speed from routers attached behind the antena will free the cpu of the antena to pass the traffic and not at the same time to produce the bandwidth test data.....

Speeds are a factor of the signal strength compared to the noise level. The higher the ratio the better connection rate you get and these predict the max. data that can be transported over the link.
That data includes also overhead and if somewhere in your line other stuff is not tuned properly you'll loose data and thus loose speed...

To get anyone interested in giving you some advice you need to make a telnet dump of all wireless configs on both devices and also a scan taken from both.

Best you could do is read up a bit on the ins and outs of fine tuning radio links....
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:18 pm

Ty WirelessRudy,

Ok, I now use on main point incoming link CCR1009 and have 2 FC link one 500/500 and other is 150/150 but I expect from main point to office 2 point much more than now with QRT5.
My question if now have around 100/100 how many I will get with Dyna Dish or QRT 5ac.
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:52 pm

Ty WirelessRudy,

Ok, I now use on main point incoming link CCR1009 and have 2 FC link one 500/500 and other is 150/150 but I expect from main point to office 2 point much more than now with QRT5.
My question if now have around 100/100 how many I will get with Dyna Dish or QRT 5ac.
Given your high signals and relative good CCQ's any 'ac' radio might give you higher MCS and thus more throughput.
I personally think the QRT's are better then the Dyna's and also cheaper. But since they still sell these I think others might think different....
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Fri Mar 08, 2019 4:00 am

Hola buenas noches, tal vez alguien me pueda dar una mano. Tengo un enlace de 64 Km y todo funciona de maravilla. Hoy quize instalar uno de 59 Km y los niveles de señal no bajaban de -77 dbm.
Aparte alguien me puede indicar que significa Signal to Noise? Un valor alto es mejor/peor?
Tengo linea de vista al 100% tengo dos torres una a 60 metros y otra de 21 metros ubicada en un cerro de 500 metros de altura.
Los equipos que utilizo son netmetal 5
Gracias por sus sugerencias.
Saludos.
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:29 pm

@gallegos09; Este foro esta en Inglès. Pero debes leer un poco sobre la tecnologia. S/N debe ser lo mas alto que puede pero todo baja de 30dB esta muy mal.
Para hacer mas señal con la misma configuracion puedes poner un canal de 40 o de 20Mhz solo. Sube el nivel de señal, aumenta el S/N y puede ser la capaciad de su enlace sube por eso tambien.
Pero es mejor a montar antena mas gordo tambien (34dBi por ejemplo).

This forum is in English. You should readup a bit over the used tecnology. S/N has to be as big as possible but any S/N lower then 30dB is not very good...
To get more signal on the same setup you can reduce the signal bandwidht from 80 to 40Mhz or even 20Mhs. It will increase the signal, ingrease the S/N and thus probably the capacity of the channel as well.
But it is best to fit a bigger antenna, like a 34dBi for instance.
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Mon Jul 15, 2019 6:30 pm

Would the community be able to recommend proven "speedy" WLAN client cards?

In my case, I've got a hAP ac, and client machines with miniPCIe "half" slots;
I've got very good performance with AC-8265 (M.2 card from Intel); however I'd really like the same (or better :lol: ) performance off of machines with "the old" miniPCIe. Preferably requiring only 3 antennas, as client machines so equipped.
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Wed Apr 01, 2020 5:49 pm

I have a follow-up question regarding this: "Will an amplifier improve the speed on my link?"
I have extremely densed dual channel home WiFi neighborhood due to the COVID-19 quarantine, I have MirtoTik hAP Series ac ID RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT

In this crowded environment neigher of the two wifi radio bands let my device connect to my network. I keep receiving push-messages, but I can's connect to Internet. I have updated the firmware recently. What else can I tweak to get back online? Thanks in advance!
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Fri Oct 09, 2020 4:25 pm

Hi,

Could anyone explain in what units (and what are the limits) for tx-power from channel config in CAPsMAN?
ex.:
/caps-man channel
add band=5ghz-a/n/ac control-channel-width=20mhz extension-channel=XXXX frequency=5240 name=Canal-5G reselect-interval=1h skip-dfs-channels=yes tx-power=20
add band=2ghz-g/n control-channel-width=20mhz extension-channel=XX frequency=2462 name=Canal-2G reselect-interval=1h tx-power=10

In the wiki https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:CAPsMAN_tips there is only a recommendation to
Decrese Tx power
but not units or range for it.
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:40 pm

Found the limits by entering wrong values:
/caps-man channel> add band=2ghz-g/n control-channel-width=20mhz extension-channel=XX frequency=2462 name=Canal-2G reselect-interval=1h tx-power=90
value of tx-power out of range (-30..40)
But I still do not understand in what units tx-power is expressed. Or maybe my question is better expressed as:
What is the relation between Mikrotik tx-power setting and real power output in dBm or mW?
For approximate conversion between mW and dBm, we can use the rules from https://www.digitalairwireless.com/arti ... de-simples
 
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Just got a mikrotik router (using RouterOd 7.1) How do i extend the range?

Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:04 am

Is there a possible way extend the range? (Not using external antennas(for now))

If so how?
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:53 pm

Max range should be at max power, but this is true only for line of sight between devices. This is not true if you are indoor.
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Sun Mar 06, 2022 7:37 pm

hi i have mant box 15s and i live in serbia but i using superchanell.how i can limit total tx power with all rate fixed for 100mw per chain.do i must type 20dbm or 23 dbm in all rate fixed.thanks
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Sun Apr 10, 2022 11:50 pm

I want to ask a question related to the standards 802.11d and 802.11h
I have a deployment of Mikrotik AP's on 5GHz that need to support the operation of some WiFi VoIP phones.
The phones are Spectralink 8440, and they have a restriction on operating on 5GHz DFS channels. According to the deployment guide if you want to use the DFS channels then the AP must support 802.11h - Channel Announcement feature. If this is not broadcast in the beacon, then the phone will refuse to join with the AP. And this is exactly what is happening with my deployment. The phones see the AP's, but will not connect.
If I change channels to the non DFS portion, then they work with no problem.
Using these channels however is not a option because the spectrum is very crowded in that region (at least 6-7 overlapping wlans.... - i guess everyone wants to avoid the DFS potential problems), and the deployment is covering some exterior areas as well. I tried all possibilities to no avail. I used regulatory-domain with the proper country code, frequency auto and 20MHz channels, and scan list adjusted to use only the DFS part of the band.
All other devices connect perfectly, everything works, except for the phones....
If there is one setting I missed, maybe someone has an idea and rescues me :) If not, maybe Mikrotik can add this feature in a future update, apparently it is needed on some deployments.

Thank you everyone
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:31 pm

Hello every one, just starting in mikrotik world, I have a RB951G-2HnD but my wireless is too slow, is there a way to connect an 5g external ap to one of its ports but slave to local lan? I mean so it gets the addresses of local LAN. Thanks in advance. I have two isp's and third port it's LAN
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:40 pm

Hello every one, just starting in mikrotik world, I have a RB951G-2HnD but my wireless is too slow, is there a way to connect an 5g external ap to one of its ports but slave to local lan?
Yes, exactly as you describe.
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:03 pm

Hello every one, just starting in mikrotik world, I have a RB951G-2HnD but my wireless is too slow, is there a way to connect an 5g external ap to one of its ports but slave to local lan?
Yes, exactly as you describe.
Do you have a sample configuration? please.
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:10 pm

Hello every one, just starting in mikrotik world, I have a RB951G-2HnD but my wireless is too slow, is there a way to connect an 5g external ap to one of its ports but slave to local lan?
Yes, exactly as you describe.
Ok I just have to disable ap dhcp so it gets local network dhcp addresses, thanks.
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:22 pm

What's "Wireless 1" and "Wireless 2"?
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:59 pm

What's "Wireless 1" and "Wireless 2"?
Depends on the context you ask the question for.
For most devices, wireless 1 = 2GHz radio, and wireless 2 = 5GHz radio.
With Wifiwave2 this was renamed to wifi1 and wif2 resp.

BUT to make it super sweet, with AX devices they REVERSED the numbering :shock:
Wifi1= 5GHz
Wifi2 = 2.4 Ghz

So why your question ? For what device ? For what context ?
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Sat Feb 11, 2023 2:07 am

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https://mikrotik.com/products/compare/C ... PaxD2HPaxD
This terminology hinders more than it helps.
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Sat Feb 11, 2023 8:20 am

It has 2 radios.
What's the problem ?

Ask decent and to the point questions if you want answers...
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Mon Feb 13, 2023 10:14 pm

Wait, what? 2 radios as in 2 completely independent access points? Why?
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:23 am

Because 5GHz has much more channels (19 or around), so wider (combined 20/40/80MHz wide) channels with more capacity can be formed, while 2.4GHz has only 3 or 4 non-overlapping 20MHz channels.
As you probably know well.

But quite some devices only support 2.4 GHz.

A radio is either in the 2.4GHz band or 5 GHz band (also the needed antenna size is different (different wavelength), and 802.11ac is only on 5 GHz).
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Tue Feb 14, 2023 11:18 am

external ap to one of its ports but slave to local lan? I mean so it gets the addresses of local LAN.
Any home AP will do : hAP ac, cAP ac, cAP XL ac, wAP ac, hAP ac², hAP ac³, hAP ax², hAP ax³ ... and I might have forgotten some. (The AC Lite's have limited speed in ethernet and 5GHz streams)

Config is ethernet and WLAN/Wifi interfaces all as ports to the bridge. It will make those devices just "ethernet-wifi adaptors".

"WISP ap" as QuickSet , set to mode Bridge, would be some starting point. But avoid QuickSet if you can.
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:23 am

Please help sort out my misunderstandings in configuring wave2 access point. I would like to have 3 subnets: for wired clients, wireless and guest wireless ones. For each I created DHCP server on the main router. AP has all ether interfaces bridged and wireless ones are created as capsman controlled along with guest slave interfaces. All 4 wireless radios are visible but connected wireless clients (on either intranet or guest networks) do not obtain IP addresses unless I bridge all wireless interfaces with ether ones but then all devices are on the same LAN network. How to correctly separate them?
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Wed Apr 26, 2023 6:54 pm

BUT to make it super sweet, with AX devices they REVERSED the numbering :shock:
Wifi1= 5GHz
Wifi2 = 2.4 Ghz
Only the hAP ax², correct again in the hAP ax³. ?
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:16 pm

No, same there.

Only on AX Lite it's wifi1 for 2.4GHz itf but there is only one radio :lol:
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Wed Apr 26, 2023 8:29 pm

So reference to Mikrotik Products ... with wrong information ????

viewtopic.php?p=998594#p983462 .... comparing ax² (left) with ax³ (right)
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Wed Apr 26, 2023 8:55 pm

What can I say ?

Wrong comparison, yes.
On the product page for AX2 it is shown correctly (first radio 5GHz, 2nd one 2.4GHz)

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Re: Wireless FAQ

Wed Apr 26, 2023 10:38 pm

I do not read "wifi1" and "wifi2" (or wlan1 and wlan2) on specs.
Can be on any arbitrary order.
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:22 am

Hey Normis thanks this is awesome
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Sun Jul 02, 2023 4:11 am

Hello please I have a serious challenge. I am running a p2p link on two sxtsq lite5 on a distance not more than 300m outdoor, but my ping replies are in hundreds of milliseconds. I am using the bridge to link security cameras to a control office. I have tried to modify antenna gain to 0 on both the AP and station SXT but I am still getting high latency. Cameras whose traffic are routed via this link is skipping frames while others on ubnt nanostations are doing perfectly well. I really need your help. Thanks in anticipation 🙏
 
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Re: Wireless FAQ

Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:22 am

Thanks for the FAQ.

I am missing one point: Its quite hard to find any information about the antennas that Mikrotik uses on their produkt. Like the hAP ac2 and ax3 has external antennas. I am not abel to find a diagram of their broadcasting, information how to tweak them for best performance and no information about alternativ antennas or if i simply can use antennacabels to find a better place for the antenna when i am unable to place the router att the best place for the antennas.

I find a lot of (mainly unanswerd) questions in forums, but upp till now i havn´t found good information. I will start a new topic for this.

But i think this might be a question worth to discuss in a Wireless- FAQ.

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