[afnog] MikroTik Router Wireless

[Emmanuel Antwi Kwarteng]

On Tuesday 12 July 2005 11:59, you wrote:
> > I have now changed the mode from station to ap-bridge and the
> > band from 5GHz to 2.4GHz. The IP addresses of the interfaces
> > are the same.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I still do not detect any wireless connections arround.
> > Any other suggestions please?
>
> Hmm, I don't understand, changing from station should have sorted you
> out, -tried the usual restarting stuff?- aanyway please send the
> following output:
>
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> /interface print
[admin at MikroTik] interface> print
Flags: X - disabled, D - dynamic, R - running
 #    NAME            TYPE             RX-RATE    TX-RATE    MTU
 0  R ether1          ether            0          0          1500
 1  R ether2          ether            0          0          1500
 2  R ether3          ether            0          0          1500
 3    wlan1           wlan             0          0          1500
 4    wlan2           wlan             0          0          1500
[admin at MikroTik] interface>


> /ip address print
[admin at MikroTik] interface> /ip address print
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, D - dynamic
 #   ADDRESS            NETWORK         BROADCAST       INTERFACE
 0 X 192.168.0.1/24     192.168.0.0     192.168.0.255   wlan1
 1   192.168.1.1/24     192.168.1.0     192.168.1.255   wlan2
 2 X 10.1.0.1/24        10.1.0.0        10.1.0.255      ether1
 3   10.1.1.1/24        10.1.1.0        10.1.1.255      ether3
 4 X ;;; MikroTik test at home
     10.1.254.27/24     10.1.254.0      10.1.254.255    ether1
 5   ;;; Wireless connectivity
     80.87.65.249/29    80.87.65.248    80.87.65.255    wlan1
 6   ;;; MikroTik Test in the office
     80.87.64.57/24     80.87.64.0      80.87.64.255    ether1
[admin at MikroTik] interface>


> /interface wlan1 print
[admin at MikroTik] interface> print from=wlan1
Flags: X - disabled, D - dynamic, R - running
 #    NAME            TYPE             RX-RATE    TX-RATE    MTU
 0    wlan1           wlan             0          0          1500
[admin at MikroTik] interface>      


> /interface wlan2 print
[admin at MikroTik] interface> print from=wlan2
Flags: X - disabled, D - dynamic, R - running
 #    NAME            TYPE             RX-RATE    TX-RATE    MTU
 0    wlan2           wlan             0          0          1500
[admin at MikroTik] interface>   


> /interface wireless print
[admin at MikroTik] interface> wireless print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
 0    name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:05:00:17
      arp=enabled disable-running-check=no
      interface-type=Atheros AR5413 radio-name="000C42050017"
      mode=station ssid="mikrotik" area=""
      frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=no_country_set
      antenna-gain=0 frequency=5180 band=5ghz scan-list=default
      rate-set=default
      supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
      supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,
                          48Mbps,54Mbps
      basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps
      max-station-count=2007 ack-timeout=dynamic
      tx-power=default tx-power-mode=default
      noise-floor-threshold=default periodic-calibration=default
      burst-time=disabled fast-frames=no dfs-mode=none
      antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled
      wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no
      update-stats-interval=disabled default-authentication=yes
      default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=10000000
      default-client-tx-limit=10000000 hide-ssid=no
      security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s
      on-fail-retry-time=100ms preamble-mode=both

 1    name="wlan2" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:05:00:46
      arp=enabled disable-running-check=no
      interface-type=Atheros AR5413 radio-name="000C42050046"
      mode=ap-bridge ssid="gabus" area=""
      frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=no_country_set
      antenna-gain=0 frequency=2437 band=2.4ghz-onlyg
      scan-list=default rate-set=default
      supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
      supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,
                          48Mbps,54Mbps
      basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps
      max-station-count=2007 ack-timeout=dynamic
      tx-power=default tx-power-mode=default
      noise-floor-threshold=default periodic-calibration=default
      burst-time=disabled fast-frames=no dfs-mode=none
      antenna-mode=ant-b wds-mode=disabled
      wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no
      update-stats-interval=disabled default-authentication=yes
      default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0
      default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no
      security-profile=default disconnect-timeout=3s
      on-fail-retry-time=100ms preamble-mode=both

[admin at MikroTik] interface>

NOTE: The Flag doesn't show.

>
> If you just changed the frequency ensure that your cards - on the
> PC/laptop are on the corresponding frequency. Then try scanning again.
> Also shut one of the cards down and check for any transmissions, They
> could be interfering with one another but that ascertion is neither here
> nor there..first send the output from the above, then we can take it
> from there.
>
> **Gitau
> Safaricom "The Better Option"