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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 17:02
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N6GKJ
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MicroTik hAPac Lite
Hello Guys!

I have converted 2 of the  hAPac Lite units and they seem to work. I get 54Mb/s on my link between the two of them. I am running 20MHz chan width.
is this normal for these units?

73,
Ron
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 17:37
nc8q
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MikroTik RouterBOARD 952Ui
MikroTik RouterBOARD 952Ui-5ac2nD (hAP ac lite)
Hi, Ron:
A TxMbps of 54.0 is odd.
If you ssh into the node and issue
iw wlan0 station dump
more information will be returned.
If you are using 20 MHz bandwidth and 2 GHz channels,
you should get up to 130.0/144.4 TxMbps.
If your LQ/NLQ is 100%, a TxMbps of 54.0 should not be displayed.
58.5 maybe, but not 54.0.
:-|
73, Chuck

 
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 18:09
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N6GKJ
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Hap ac lite speeds
Chuck,
I am running on 5ghz chan 158 may be 30 feet apart. one node in the house one in the garage in the network rack. I ttok your advice and am moving everything to 5GHz
 
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 20:41
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nc8q
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MikroTik RouterBOARD 952Ui-5ac2nD (hAP ac lite) 5 GHz Node?

MikroTik RouterBOARD 952Ui-5ac2nD (hAP ac lite)

Hi, Ron:

My hAP-line does not offer 5 GHz AREDN channels.
I see only 5 GHz Access Point or Client.
What firmware are you running?

None of my '5ac' devices link at 802.11n/ac speeds.
(LHG-5ac-XL, SXTsq-5ac, hAP-5-ac3)
They all link at 802.11a/g speeds; Maxmimum 54 TxMbps. Weird.

73, Chuck
Edited 12/14/2023: added line feeds for easier reading. :-|
 

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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 21:06
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KD1HA
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Chuck, they do now if you
Chuck, they do now if you look close at the Basic setup you will see Band under Mesh is a drop down menu.
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 18:17
N6GKJ
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root@N6GKJ-Site3:~# iw wlan0
root@N6GKJ-Site3:~# iw wlan0 station dump
Station 18:fd:74:49:01:d9 (on wlan0)
        inactive time:  10 ms
        rx bytes:       48573498
        rx packets:     277631
        tx bytes:       2558911
        tx packets:     13208
        tx retries:     0
        tx failed:      92
        rx drop misc:   62
        signal:         -54 [-54, -73] dBm
        signal avg:     -52 [-53, -73] dBm
        tx bitrate:     54.0 MBit/s
        tx duration:    5397559 us
        rx bitrate:     54.0 MBit/s
        rx duration:    0 us
        airtime weight: 256
        authorized:     yes
        authenticated:  yes
        associated:     yes
        preamble:       long
        WMM/WME:        yes
        MFP:            no
        TDLS peer:      no
        DTIM period:    0
        beacon interval:100
        short slot time:yes
        connected time: 5038 seconds
        associated at [boottime]:       130.290s
        associated at:  1702504142176 ms
        current time:   1702509180537 ms
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 18:36
N6GKJ
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I did a wifi scan and found a
I did a wifi scan and found a clear channel at 132, I have no more packe drops, still did not impcat my link speed
 
root@N6GKJ-Site3:~# iw wlan0 station dump
Station 18:fd:74:49:01:d9 (on wlan0)
        inactive time:  0 ms
        rx bytes:       572652
        rx packets:     8050
        tx bytes:       111185
        tx packets:     534
        tx retries:     0
        tx failed:      0
        rx drop misc:   0
        signal:         -57 [-57, -73] dBm
        signal avg:     -57 [-57, -73] dBm
        tx bitrate:     54.0 MBit/s
        tx duration:    228526 us
        rx bitrate:     54.0 MBit/s
        rx duration:    0 us
        airtime weight: 256
        authorized:     yes
        authenticated:  yes
        associated:     yes
        preamble:       long
        WMM/WME:        yes
        MFP:            no
        TDLS peer:      no
        DTIM period:    0
        beacon interval:100
        short slot time:yes
        connected time: 379 seconds
        associated at [boottime]:       147.725s
        associated at:  1702510016693 ms
        current time:   1702510395950 ms
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 19:13
N6GKJ
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ok... hAPac lite low speed
I looked up the radio, it does not seem to be MIMO, 54Mbps is probably normal any thoughs?
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 10:10
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nc8q
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54Mbps is probably normal

IMHO, 54Mbps is abnormal.
An 802.11n MCS would be normal.

 

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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:35
K7EOK
I don't see why 54Mbps for
I don't see why 54Mbps for what is supposed to be an endpoint on the network (not usually used for connections) is a problem.  Most of the equipment installed these days that would be a reasonable number.  If you need faster, then I guess you would have to build a new mesh from entirely ac chipset equipment and have the LAN served into a gigabit speed switch rather than into a hAP ac lite.

Ed
 
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 12:31
K7EOK
Chuck ... you're much more
Chuck ... you're much more into the networking details than me.  So I defer to your judgement if 54 is "normal" or not.
73,  Ed
 
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