Hello,
I have a Mikrotik hAP router board and a GL-AR300m16 router flashed with the AREDN firmware. Everything looks good and have them both set for channel -2 @ 10MHz width. Unfortunately, I'm unable to find a way to connect both of them.
Both pieces of hardware are able to see one another on WiFi Scan but I'm not seeing anything on Mesh/Neighbor status. I've tried turning off link quality management and adjusting the TX power. The nodes are only about 50ft away from each other. I'm not sure what I'm missing and am not sure how to connect them exactly. I feel like the answer is incredibly obvious, but I'm not seeing it.
This was more of a test run before I invested into a larger 5ghz dish to connect to distant nodes.
Joe
N6BFG
I have a Mikrotik hAP router board and a GL-AR300m16 router flashed with the AREDN firmware. Everything looks good and have them both set for channel -2 @ 10MHz width. Unfortunately, I'm unable to find a way to connect both of them.
Both pieces of hardware are able to see one another on WiFi Scan but I'm not seeing anything on Mesh/Neighbor status. I've tried turning off link quality management and adjusting the TX power. The nodes are only about 50ft away from each other. I'm not sure what I'm missing and am not sure how to connect them exactly. I feel like the answer is incredibly obvious, but I'm not seeing it.
This was more of a test run before I invested into a larger 5ghz dish to connect to distant nodes.
Joe
N6BFG
Hi, Joe:
I have a hAP and a AR300M16 linked.
Unlikely, but I will ask. Is the SSID the same on both?
If you did not manually modify, this is automatic/default when bandwidth is set.
Since there are only 2 nodes, Link Quality Manager is not needed, so disable for test.
Set power at maximum.
Set 'Distance to Farthest Neighbor' to 1 km. ( Do not use zero if distance < 4 miles. ;-)
I hope this helps,
Chuck
p.s. I am using channel 1 at 20 MHz band width.
• The SSID is different on both nodes
• I've tried 5/10/20mhz Bandwidth along with different channels (making sure they match on both nodes)
• I attempted with and without Link Quality Management
• I followed your example as well for both nodes in regards to the settings.
Unfortunately I'm still not having luck.
Initially, I left both the hAP and the AR300M16 at their stock settings (with the exception of different SSIDs) and only started to attempt different settings when I wasn't able to link them. I'll be messing around with them a bit more and see if I can figure anything out.
Thanks!
Joe
N6BFG
Well, That's it!
When I initially configured the nodes, I named them and also changed the SSID's to match. I skipped right over the part that says "Do not change the SSID"
I appreciate the help!
Joe et alia:
Any suggestions on how to re-write the documentation to help reduce this configuration error.
Locally we used this configuration SSID value to force routing off of 2.4 GHz,
however Link Quality Manager settings have eliminated this need.
(Thanks Tim)
73, Chuck
https://www.arednmesh.org/content/new-haps-better-performance
I am using the hAP ac Lite