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capsman dualband with same SSID on different channels ?

Wed Aug 18, 2021 7:04 pm

Hi.
i am having an issue with my capsman config.
i am running one ssid on both 2.4 and 5ghz.
i have on 2,4 ghz in the caps config tab the freq 2412 and 2462 and this works. but on 5ghz not. when i put different freq in.

google does provide me with a helpful answer.

any helpful hints :-)

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Re: capsman dualband with same SSID on different channels ?

Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:02 am

What exactly does not work?
Give more details ...
 
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Re: capsman dualband with same SSID on different channels ?

Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:53 am

Per radio you can have a single frequency (or a list of frequencies that the device chooses from). It is not possible to use multiple frequencies on a single radio.
 
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Re: capsman dualband with same SSID on different channels ?

Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:29 am

It is not possible to use multiple frequencies on a single radio.
A single radio can't use more than one frequencies anyways... (except on 5GHz, when using the secondary frequency feature for 160MHz channels)

The AP will only choose 1 frequency to use...
So even if you put multiple frequencies in the List, only 1 will be chosen...
 
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Re: capsman dualband with same SSID on different channels ?

Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:56 am

What model of WiFI devices are you controlling?
Show us the CAPsMAN config please.
 
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Re: capsman dualband with same SSID on different channels ?

Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:00 pm

hi guys.
apperently i did not recieved a email when you guys replied.
problem solved ;-)

it's working perfectly.

i will use provision on the mac adres => every AP has it own config with the channels config in it.


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Re: capsman dualband with same SSID on different channels ?

Sun Aug 22, 2021 5:25 pm

What exactly did you solve?
As stated in my earlier post, even if you put 2 or 3 frequencies in the List, only 1 will be used...
Even if you configure different frequencies, on slave configuration for example, only the frequency in the master configuration will be used...

You can check that with a wifi analyzer....
 
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Re: capsman dualband with same SSID on different channels ?

Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:39 pm

i made different configs for every AP radio with different channels.

i have 2 dual band ap units. => 4 configs.

provision rule for every radio macadres

i checked it with a wifi analyser and this works.

i hope this makes any sense to you . ;)


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Re: capsman dualband with same SSID on different channels ?

Fri Aug 27, 2021 3:51 pm

Sorry but you can't use different frequencies on the same radio Band...
Can you show the details from the Network analyzer ? As you re saying, you are using two frequencies for the 2.4 GHz at the same time, lets say 2412 and 2437 and two frequencies at the same time ( without the use of secondary frequency ) for the 5 GHz Band, lets say 5180 and 5200 or anything...

Wiki:
Virtual interfaces will always use the Master interface wireless frequency
Source: https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:I ... interfaces

Also from WiKi:
There are settings that are meaningful only for master interface, i.e. mainly hardware setup related settings such as radio channel settings
Source: https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:CAPsMAN
 
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Re: capsman dualband with same SSID on different channels ?

Fri Aug 27, 2021 5:21 pm

yes. i have 2 ap's
one ssid in the network.

ap 1 => 2412 and 5180
ap 2 => 2462 and 5875


i do NOT use 2 freq on one the same band at the same time .

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