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luisedofon
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Wireless Not Working with MESH on RouterOSv7.8

Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:47 pm

Hi guys, first I want to let you know I already reported this to Mikrotik by email and I got a system ticket, but I want to know if someone else has experienced the same.

So to the point, wireless on mesh is not working on version 7, I have a hAP ac2 I'm using for testing and notice the issue, currently the device is running 7.8, for testing as well I reset the device with no defaults ether1 was configured with DHCP client and mesh was created with both wireless cards and ether5 too for Internet on my PC (by cable).

So I have done this exactly as is showed here: https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/pages/vi ... Id=8978441
Repeat this configuration on all APs:

/interface mesh add disabled=no
/interface mesh port add interface=wlan1 mesh=mesh1
/interface mesh port add interface=wlan2 mesh=mesh1

# interface used for AP interconnections
/interface wireless set wlan1 disabled=no ssid=mesh frequency=2437 band=2.4ghz-b/g/n mode=ap-bridge \
wds-mode=static-mesh wds-default-bridge=mesh1

# interface used for client connections
/interface wireless set wlan2 disabled=no ssid=mesh-clients frequency=5180 band=5ghz-a/n/ac mode=ap-bridge

# a static WDS interface for each AP you want to connect to
/interface wireless wds add disabled=no master-interface=wlan1 name=<;descriptive name of remote end> \
wds-address=<;MAC address of remote end>

With this configuration I'm able to get Internet on my PC by cable, but for example my phone is unable to get connected to wireless, it doesn't matter if I try wlan1 or wlan2 is not getting connected any way, here is the full configuration done:
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan2 ] band=5ghz-a/n/ac disabled=no mode=ap-bridge \
    ssid=mesh-clients
/interface mesh
add name=mesh1
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n disabled=no frequency=2437 \
    mode=ap-bridge ssid=mesh wds-default-bridge=mesh1 wds-mode=dynamic-mesh
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
/ip pool
add name=dhcp_pool0 ranges=192.168.88.2-192.168.88.254
/ip dhcp-server
add address-pool=dhcp_pool0 interface=mesh1 name=dhcp1
/ipv6 settings
set disable-ipv6=yes
/interface mesh port
add interface=wlan1 mesh=mesh1
add interface=wlan2 mesh=mesh1
add interface=ether5 mesh=mesh1
/ip address
add address=192.168.88.1/24 interface=mesh1 network=192.168.88.0
/ip dhcp-client
add interface=ether1
/ip dhcp-server network
add address=192.168.88.0/24 gateway=192.168.88.1
/ip dns
set allow-remote-requests=yes
/ip firewall nat
add action=masquerade chain=srcnat out-interface=ether1
/system clock
set time-zone-name=America/Costa_Rica

After this I have been downgrading software with several versions, so I started on 7.8 and went down up to 7.1 and wireless still not working, but as soon as I downgrade to 6.49.7 (keeping same configuration previously shared without any modifications),
voilà
, wireless starts working, my phone can get connected properly to wlan1 or wlan2, it gets IP from the DHCP Server with no problems at all, but with any of the version 7 it just not works... If someone has found something, or if there is any modification that I'm not awared that has changed between v6 and v7 please let me know. Thanks :)
 
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Re: Wireless Not Working with MESH on RouterOSv7.8

Fri Jun 09, 2023 5:00 pm

Hello.
I have same problem at hAP ac at ROS 7.9.2.
Wlan1 working only when added to Bribge, but not into Mesh.
Wlan2 dont'n work at both modes.
Clients can connect to WiFi, MACs are visible, but after is nothing happand. No DHCP, no IP-traffic. It's looks like Wlan is nonconnected to anything.
This happand after upgrade ROS from 6.x.x to 7.x.x version.
 
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Re: Wireless Not Working with MESH on RouterOSv7.8

Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:26 pm

Have founded strange solution of problem.
If put Wlan interfaces to a Bridge (no ip addressed) and put the Bridge to the Mesh, Wlans are begin to work.
DHCP set to Mesh.
 
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Re: Wireless Not Working with MESH on RouterOSv7.8  [SOLVED]

Sun Jun 18, 2023 3:24 am

Have founded strange solution of problem.
If put Wlan interfaces to a Bridge (no ip addressed) and put the Bridge to the Mesh, Wlans are begin to work.
DHCP set to Mesh.
That's nice, I'll try it if needed, still waiting for resolution from MK meanwhile, because I made a video for then showing same config between 6.49.7 and 7.8 by that time and notice problem is there from 1st RouterOS 7 version... Well, finally I got answer from them about bug report:
Hello,

Thank you for the report!

We have managed to reproduce the issue locally in our labs and look forward to fixing it on upcoming RouterOS versions, unfortunately, I cannot provide a release date now.

Best regards,
Not sure in which version we will have final solution, but will be waiting for it hehe.
 
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Re: Wireless Not Working with MESH on RouterOSv7.8

Mon Jun 19, 2023 9:27 am

Hello.
I have same problem at hAP ac at ROS 7.9.2.
Wlan1 working only when added to Bribge, but not into Mesh.
Wlan2 dont'n work at both modes.
Clients can connect to WiFi, MACs are visible, but after is nothing happand. No DHCP, no IP-traffic. It's looks like Wlan is nonconnected to anything.
This happand after upgrade ROS from 6.x.x to 7.x.x version.
Do you solved the problem? I have the same one.
 
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Re: Wireless Not Working with MESH on RouterOSv7.8

Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:17 pm

Hello.
I have same problem at hAP ac at ROS 7.9.2.
Wlan1 working only when added to Bribge, but not into Mesh.
Wlan2 dont'n work at both modes.
Clients can connect to WiFi, MACs are visible, but after is nothing happand. No DHCP, no IP-traffic. It's looks like Wlan is nonconnected to anything.
This happand after upgrade ROS from 6.x.x to 7.x.x version.
Do you solved the problem? I have the same one.
Hi @Drablent I personally have not tested again, Mikrotik confirmed problem is there with my report and their own testing and said they have no idea when will be solved, if issue persist maybe you can try Andyf's solution posted before and see if could help:
Have founded strange solution of problem.
If put Wlan interfaces to a Bridge (no ip addressed) and put the Bridge to the Mesh, Wlans are begin to work.
DHCP set to Mesh.
 
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Re: Wireless Not Working with MESH on RouterOSv7.8

Wed Nov 08, 2023 3:41 am

I'm the same, I have a hap ac3, with routerOs v7.6, and I can't get an IP address on my device with mesh, but if I can in the bridge section, is there a solution?
 
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Re: Wireless Not Working with MESH on RouterOSv7.8

Sat Nov 11, 2023 3:04 am

I solved the error because when selecting the MTU, it left the field blank, I thought that RouterOS defined it by default at 1500 MTU, after I added it manually, I had no more problems
 
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Re: Wireless Not Working with MESH on RouterOSv7.8

Sat Nov 11, 2023 6:58 am

I solved the error because when selecting the MTU, it left the field blank, I thought that RouterOS defined it by default at 1500 MTU, after I added it manually, I had no more problems
Where added MTU manually?

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