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Capsman, data rate, winbox implicit problems

Mon Feb 13, 2023 1:49 pm

Accidentally found these problems. As mentioned earlier, if Capsman left the fields in the date rate menu empty, then the unknown settings are used. I think many users have encountered this problem and could not identify it.
And then those unknown settings are edited in the same way not explicitly, it turns out that collapsed and expanded lines in the data rate tab make changes to the interface settings.
By the way, this information is only displayed when the interface is under the control of Capsman, in a regular radio interface can not find this information Current Rate Set. Although the information is useful.
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So note the selected band only ac, but the base rate is G OFDM -6 mbit
Let's look at the data rate tab
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Open the Basic Rates collapsed menu
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press Apply and open the status tab
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We see how the interface mode has changed. From the point of view of a normal user we have not changed any settings.
At the same time we expect that we have such settings because we have chosen only ac.
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In order to get them date rate were set so Note all fields are blank, and the settings apply. In the normal radio interface we can see all the settings when outputting information in the terminal with the verbose key. In captman with this key nothing is output
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When testing once there was even a mode when the Current Basic Rate Set in the Status window was empty field
The last settings appear like this in the CLI rates.basic=""" .ht-basic-mcs=""" .ht-supported-mcs="" .supported="" .vht-basic-mcs="" .vht-supported-mcs=""
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Re: Capsman, data rate, winbox implicit problems

Wed Feb 15, 2023 9:54 am

So essentially it works as designed. You just did not know that the arrows toggle between defaults and custom configurations.
 
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Re: Capsman, data rate, winbox implicit problems

Wed Feb 15, 2023 4:30 pm

A little wrong, there are not two, but three modes.
1. All settings are collapsed. The default setting is 1.
2. The tab is expanded. All fields are blank. Default Settings 2. Frequently changes the default settings 1.
3. Custom Settings The tab has explicitly selected settings.
 
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Re: Capsman, data rate, winbox implicit problems

Wed Feb 15, 2023 9:41 pm

To be sure what is actually set (and announced as AP) look in the beacon.

- MT as station, with logging= 'wireless,debug' will show that information in the LOG, when searching for the AP/SSID.
- MT wireless sniffer captures also beacons (expand/decode in Wireshark)
- wifi monitoring tools on client devices collect and analyse/display beacons. e.g. inSSIDer -> File -> Export summary , exports a Wireshark file with all the currently seen beacons

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