WDS over every hop cuts the bandwidth in half. Could you explain your problem.
I have WDS-mesh between 2 hops (SXT 2nD r2, 2011UAS-2HnD), WPA2, distance 20 meters.
hop A:
0 interface=wlan1 radio-name="D4CA6DAB65F0" mac-address=D4:CA:6D:AB:65:F0 ap=yes wds=yes bridge=no rx-rate="300Mbps-40MHz/2S/SGI" tx-rate="270Mbps-40MHz/2S" packets=184208,156244
bytes=40267563,103560628 frames=184208,156246 frame-bytes=40637463,102623424 hw-frames=202139,156494 hw-frame-bytes=49075051,108887909 tx-frames-timed-out=0 uptime=19h31m11s
last-activity=10ms signal-strength=-46dBm@1Mbps signal-to-noise=56dB signal-strength-ch0=-50dBm signal-strength-ch1=-48dBm tx-signal-strength-ch0=-39dBm
tx-signal-strength-ch1=-33dBm strength-at-rates=-46dBm@1Mbps 40ms,-44dBm@2Mbps 19h31m11s100ms,-46dBm@5.5Mbps 19h31m10s970ms,-46dBm@11Mbps 19h31m10s900ms,-41dBm@6Mbps 19h31m11s190ms,-
40dBm@9Mbps 19h31m10s970ms,-42dBm@12Mbps 19h31m10s750ms,-40dBm@18Mbps 19h31m10s570ms,-40dBm@24Mbps 19h31m10s330ms,-43dBm@36Mbps 19h31m10s90ms,-43dBm@48Mbps
19h31m9s730ms,-44dBm@54Mbps 19h31m9s350ms,-42dBm@HT20-0 19h31m11s180ms,-41dBm@HT20-1 19h31m10s950ms,-41dBm@HT20-2 19h31m10s800ms,-43dBm@HT20-3 19h31m10s620ms,-
41dBm@HT20-4 19h31m10s440ms,-43dBm@HT20-5 19h31m10s200ms,-44dBm@HT20-6 19h31m9s720ms,-46dBm@HT20-7 19h31m9s420ms,-46dBm@HT40-0 19h31m11s170ms,-46dBm@HT40-1
19h31m10s950ms,-46dBm@HT40-2 19h31m10s780ms,-46dBm@HT40-3 19h31m10s600ms,-50dBm@HT40-4 7h57m16s590ms,-49dBm@HT40-5 2h59m17s310ms,-49dBm@HT40-6 1s170ms,-50dBm@HT40-7
20ms
tx-signal-strength=-32dBm tx-ccq=93% rx-ccq=100% p-throughput=251276 nstreme=no framing-mode=none routeros-version="6.34.3" 802.1x-port-enabled=yes authentication-type=wpa2-psk
encryption=aes-ccm group-encryption=aes-ccm management-protection=no compression=no wmm-enabled=yes tx-rate-set="CCK:1-11 OFDM:6-54 BW:1x-2x SGI:1x-2x HT:0-15"
hop B:
0 interface=wlan1 radio-name="D4CA6D973C30" mac-address=D4:CA:6D:97:3C:30 ap=yes wds=yes bridge=no rx-rate="300Mbps-40MHz/2S/SGI" tx-rate="300Mbps-40MHz/2S/SGI" packets=156695,184175
bytes=103599824,40362922 frames=156695,184177 frame-bytes=103914830,39258108 hw-frames=172732,184439 hw-frame-bytes=125522894,46638707 tx-frames-timed-out=0 uptime=19h32m36s
last-activity=280ms signal-strength=-29dBm@1Mbps signal-to-noise=81dB signal-strength-ch0=-37dBm signal-strength-ch1=-30dBm tx-signal-strength-ch0=-50dBm
tx-signal-strength-ch1=-47dBm strength-at-rates=-29dBm@1Mbps 50ms,-31dBm@2Mbps 19h32m35s500ms,-29dBm@5.5Mbps 19h32m35s400ms,-32dBm@11Mbps 19h32m35s300ms,-31dBm@6Mbps 19h32m35s580ms,-
27dBm@9Mbps 19h32m35s400ms,-32dBm@12Mbps 19h32m35s150ms,-32dBm@18Mbps 19h32m34s980ms,-30dBm@24Mbps 19h32m34s740ms,-34dBm@36Mbps 19h32m34s500ms,-34dBm@48Mbps
19h32m34s190ms,-35dBm@54Mbps 19h32m33s810ms,-29dBm@HT20-0 19h32m35s580ms,-27dBm@HT20-1 19h32m35s380ms,-25dBm@HT20-2 19h32m35s200ms,-29dBm@HT20-3 19h32m35s20ms,-
27dBm@HT20-4 19h32m34s850ms,-25dBm@HT20-5 19h32m34s610ms,-36dBm@HT20-6 1m34s620ms,-39dBm@HT20-7 1m57s70ms,-33dBm@HT40-0 19h32m35s570ms,-36dBm@HT40-1 19h32m35s380ms,-
29dBm@HT40-2 19h32m35s190ms,-31dBm@HT40-3 19h32m35s20ms,-31dBm@HT40-4 8h7s710ms,-38dBm@HT40-5 1m15s790ms,-39dBm@HT40-6 1m15s900ms,-42dBm@HT40-7 280ms
tx-signal-strength=-46dBm tx-ccq=95% rx-ccq=33% p-throughput=268109 nstreme=no framing-mode=none routeros-version="6.34.3" 802.1x-port-enabled=yes authentication-type=wpa2-psk
encryption=aes-ccm group-encryption=aes-ccm management-protection=no compression=no wmm-enabled=yes tx-rate-set="CCK:1-11 OFDM:6-54 BW:1x-2x SGI:1x-2x HT:0-15"
I do BTest from hop A to hop B:
status: done testing
duration: 1m1s
rx-current: 30.3Mbps
rx-10-second-average: 28.7Mbps
rx-total-average: 28.7Mbps
lost-packets: 367
random-data: no
direction: receive
rx-size: 1500
CPU load during test is below 60%. I expect rx-total-average near rx-rate/tx-rate of the link and lost-packets near zero.
The connection is clear and stable:
sent=100 received=100 packet-loss=0% min-rtt=1ms avg-rtt=1ms max-rtt=34ms