[afnog] MikroTik Router Wireless

[Emmanuel Antwi Kwarteng]

> Maybe the band. I suggest you use both 2.4ghz-g and 2.4ghz-b if you're
> unsure what your client cards support.
>
Done

> 2.4GHz-B - IEEE 802.11b
> 2.4GHz-G - IEEE 802.11g
>
> Paste the following on your CLI if you need to change the band and don't
> know how:
>
> /interface wireless set wlan2 ssid="hotspot" frequency=2442
> band=2.4ghz-b/g \
>     mode=ap-bridge disabled=no
>
Done

> Then monitor the interface:
>
> /interface wireless print
 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="hotspot" area=""
      frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=united kingdom
      antenna-gain=0 frequency=2442 band=2.4ghz-b/g
      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=yes dfs-mode=none
      antenna-mode=ant-b wds-mode=dynamic
      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


> /interface wireless monitor 1
status: running-ap
                 band: 2.4ghz-g
            frequency: 2442MHz
   registered-clients: 0
  current-ack-timeout: 53
     current-distance: 53
              nstreme: no
    current-tx-powers: 1Mbps:19,2Mbps:19,5.5Mbps:19,11Mbps:19,
                       6Mbps:16,9Mbps:16,12Mbps:16,18Mbps:16,
                       24Mbps:16,36Mbps:16,48Mbps:16,54Mbps:16


It still doesn't work, and as you can see the band defaults to 2.4ghz-g.

>With the config above your router is ready to accept wireless clients on
>both 802.11-b and 802.11-g. If it doesn't still show, please let us know
>the make/model etc of the wireless clients you're using.

I am using a NEC VERSA FM 320 with the following wireless network adapter.
UGJZ 11a/b MiniPCI Network Adapter

Emmanuel