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alenthelong
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HAP AX3 simple capsman wireless NOT working

Sun Jan 26, 2025 10:06 am

I made a capsman and cap on same HAP AX3 :
- capsman mode : wireless show "managed by capsman" BUT no "current channel" sellect.
- locally mode ; wireless is working normally
Anyone help this case, thank you !



Config as below :
/interface bridge
add admin-mac=48:A9:99:00:11:22 auto-mac=no comment=defconf name=bridgeLocal
/interface wifi channel
add band=2ghz-ax disabled=no name=2G-AX width=20/40mhz
add band=5ghz-ax disabled=no name=5G-AX width=20/40mhz
/interface wifi datapath
add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf disabled=no name=capdp
/interface wifi security
add authentication-types=wpa2-psk,wpa3-psk disabled=no name=haslo-DOM
/interface wifi configuration
add channel=2G-AX country="Viet Nam" datapath=capdp disabled=no manager=local \
    name=cfg-2G-AX-DOM security=haslo-DOM ssid=DOM
add channel=5G-AX country="Viet Nam" datapath=capdp disabled=no manager=local \
    name=cfg-5G-AX-DOM security=haslo-DOM ssid="DOM 5G"
/interface wifi
# managed by CAPsMAN 192.168.22.36
set [ find default-name=wifi1 ] configuration=cfg-5G-AX-DOM \
    configuration.manager=capsman-or-local .mode=ap datapath=capdp disabled=\
    no
# managed by CAPsMAN 192.168.22.36
set [ find default-name=wifi2 ] configuration=cfg-2G-AX-DOM \
    configuration.manager=capsman-or-local .mode=ap datapath=capdp disabled=\
    no
/interface wifi steering
add disabled=no name=steering1 rrm=yes wnm=yes
/iot lora servers
add address=eu1.cloud.thethings.industries name="TTS Cloud (eu1)" protocol=\
    UDP
add address=nam1.cloud.thethings.industries name="TTS Cloud (nam1)" protocol=\
    UDP
add address=au1.cloud.thethings.industries name="TTS Cloud (au1)" protocol=\
    UDP
add address=eu1.cloud.thethings.network name="TTN V3 (eu1)" protocol=UDP
add address=nam1.cloud.thethings.network name="TTN V3 (nam1)" protocol=UDP
add address=au1.cloud.thethings.network name="TTN V3 (au1)" protocol=UDP
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf interface=ether1
add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf interface=ether2
add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf interface=ether3
add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf interface=ether4
add bridge=bridgeLocal comment=defconf interface=ether5
/interface wifi cap
set caps-man-addresses=127.0.0.1 discovery-interfaces=bridgeLocal enabled=yes \
    slaves-datapath=capdp slaves-static=yes
/interface wifi capsman
set enabled=yes interfaces=bridgeLocal package-path="" \
    require-peer-certificate=no upgrade-policy=none
/interface wifi provisioning
add action=create-enabled disabled=no master-configuration=cfg-2G-AX-DOM \
    supported-bands=2ghz-ax
add action=create-enabled disabled=no master-configuration=cfg-5G-AX-DOM \
    supported-bands=5ghz-ax
/iot lora traffic options
set crc-errors=no
set crc-errors=no
/ip dhcp-client
add comment=defconf interface=bridgeLocal
/system note
set show-at-login=no
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Re: HAP AX3 simple capsman wireless NOT working

Sun Jan 26, 2025 11:11 am

Local radios can not be controlled by capsman.
It's in the documentation.

You need to configure those locally but they will participate in things like roaming etc since they are on the same ROS instance as your controller.

But why would you use capsman for only 1 device ?
 
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Re: HAP AX3 simple capsman wireless NOT working

Sun Jan 26, 2025 5:35 pm

I wanna setup HAPAX3 fisrt then add CAP AX as CAP then we have :
- HAP AX3 : CAPSMAN + CAP
- CAP AX : CAP

I beleive capsman can controll Local radios

I'm working aground with the previous post
viewtopic.php?t=203335

Thanks for your post !
 
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Re: HAP AX3 simple capsman wireless NOT working

Sun Jan 26, 2025 5:37 pm

Solved :
Unset manager on local interfaces, or set it to "local". Then go to the Radios tab, select your local radio and click the "Provision" button.
 
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Re: HAP AX3 simple capsman wireless NOT working

Sun Jan 26, 2025 6:28 pm

Solved :
Unset manager on local interfaces, or set it to "local". Then go to the Radios tab, select your local radio and click the "Provision" button.
Which corresponds to: capsman can not control local radios.
And it is (once again) in the documentation.

https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/R ... ovisioning
CAPsMAN cannot manage it's own wifi interfaces using configuration.manager=capsman, it is enough to just set the same configuration profile on local interfaces manually as you would with provisioning rules, and the end result will be the same as if they were CAPs. That being said, it is also possible to provision local interfaces via /interface/wifi/radio menu, it should be noted that to regain control of local interfaces after provisioning, you will need to disable the matching provisioning rules and press "provision" again, which will return local interfaces to an unconfigured state.
 
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Re: HAP AX3 simple capsman wireless NOT working

Sun Feb 02, 2025 5:15 am

I am using Capsman for managing local interfaces without any issue.

Just delete all config from local interface, click on CAP, search interface, I use local bridge interface, and I was using it with CapsMan-s IP or name as You can see. In tab Remote CAP, set up Capsman, it should connect to itself. Than go to Remote CAP, there You will see that it added itself as remote CAP, Under Radios You can see that I can see wifi1 and wifi2 interfaces.
Under provisioning, I am provisioning each interface separately but 00:00:00:00:00:00 should work too I guess.

Take a look on screenshots.
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Re: HAP AX3 simple capsman wireless NOT working

Fri Feb 07, 2025 5:32 pm

thanks @Tomiko23 ,

May I know ROS version on your "mra-01" HAP AX3
Thanks
 
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Re: HAP AX3 simple capsman wireless NOT working

Fri Feb 07, 2025 5:39 pm

The wifi1 and wif2 interface names in those screenshots are an indication those interfaces are not managed by capsman.
They are local.
You also see it on the screenshot with the wifi interfaces. There is no red line above indicating "managed by capsman" (or operated by xx:xx:xx:xx as it is now).

At the end on the capsman controller all capsman controlled radios and local radios will appear together, yes.
But the local radios are not controlled by capsman.

As is in the documentation.
 
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Re: HAP AX3 simple capsman wireless NOT working

Fri Feb 07, 2025 8:41 pm

What is the advantage of using capsman if HAPAX3 is your only wifi device and also your router???
 
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Re: HAP AX3 simple capsman wireless NOT working

Fri Feb 07, 2025 8:49 pm

We know you don't like capsman but if you look closely at the screenshots, you'll see 2 devices.
I think cAP AX.