Hi,
could someone please help me with the following questions:
1./How to check current TX power used, if the AP is associated with CAPsMan?
2./Which TX Power setting takes precedence in the CAPsMAN ?
(It would be nice to know how any other settings precedences work in CAPsMAN ...)
Explanation:
I'm having some issues with my Capsman setup at my home, I have a HEXs with CAPsMAN running and 3 APs (2x cAPac + 1x WAPac), everything running on v6.49. I have set up 2 SSIDs assocciated with VLANs and they are locally forwarded to a trunk interface on the APs. (as a Mikrotik newbie, this was hard to configure, but works like a charm, unlike the radio part, which is still giving me some headaches)
I am living in an apartment, surrounded by around hundred other flats with WLAN APs. So my environment is extremely noisy. Therefore I began experimenting with WLAN settings. Currently I am trying to tune TX power , but I don't find any info on the precedence of the settings.
I can set it in the capsman/channels, but also in capsman/configurations. Which is the one used if both are configured?
I'm struggling to find any info on how to check the currently used power on the APs?
I could only find on the AP in the Winbox on Wireless Tables/Wifi Interfaces/Status, where the Channel field shows some dBm value:
2412/20/gn(5dBm)
Unfortunately this not, what I have configured anywhere else! Also I have automatic frequency selection enabled with a few preconfigured frequencies. The dBm value changes with frequency sometimes (my idea is that the maximum is capped according to the set country, but somehow the values don't add up).
Thanks!
Woland
Ps. I am very happy to have found Mikrotik devices and after 20 years I have turned from OpenWRT based WLAN setups to Mikrotik.
I think the biggest selling point is exactly CAPsMAN, at least for me this was very important, besides nice PoE HW, great power efficiency and very reasonable prices. BUT do yourself a favor: please document your biggest selling point better Mikrotik!!! I am a networking professional, but I believe that there are some others who just give it up after not finding enough and more user friendly info in the Wikis.