I don't know, I just pushed the button on one for a couple seconds, and it started flashing orange, then I did the same on the other and it worked. I did have ethernet plugged into one of them, so it could be that there's some sort of a sequence you have to go through and I just happened to get it right.
On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 4:59 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder what I was doing wrong with the sync buttons. Do you have to pay > attention to which one you power up first, or having a live Ethernet > connection or something? I would push the button at each end for 2 > seconds, the orange lights would flash for a couple minutes, but no > pairing. It seems like if they don’t know whether they are supposed to be > CCO or station they keep jumping back and forth. I think maybe one time I > got them to pair but they didn’t seem to remember it. Probably I was just > doing something stupid, wouldn’t be the first time, but I tried it over and > over before giving up and manually programming them which worked fine. > > > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2019 4:48 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik PWR-LINE AP > > > > I ran a TCP test from the one on the far end back to a different Mikrotik > router, and got around 60Mbps (I only tried one direction). I just used the > sync button to get two of them to connect together, and it seemed to work > alright, but that seems like it would be way too easy for customers to > screw up. I haven't checked if there's a way to disable all the buttons yet. > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 4:37 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, based on my bench testing (actually in my house), I recommend not > trying to use the Sync button to pair them, especially if you anticipate > having more than 2 of them. I had nothing but frustration that way. Log > in via the WiFi or Ethernet interface, you can use Winbox to find neighbors > and connect via MAC address if you want. Then manually enter the network > key in each device, set the one by the router to “always” so it will always > be the CCO, and the others to “never” so they will be stations. I’m still > a little worried what happens if customers start pushing the Sync button > and unpair them, given that I had no luck pairing them with the button. I > was using 6.43.12 FW. > > > > UDP Bandwidth Test between units was only giving me around 20 Mbps each > direction, far less than the 200 Mbps the Qualcomm chip claims, it should > be noted that my house has a hodgepodge of wiring so maybe in a pristine > environment it would do better. WiFi signal on my laptop was unimpressive > from first to second floor but the thing does only have 1.5 dB antennas. > It seemed to work OK though. And you would only be using these to fill in > coverage holes, not as the main WiFi trying to cover the whole house. It > is single band, 2.4 GHz only. It uses the MIPSBE firmware and seems to > have all the RouterOS features just like a SOHO router, limited of course > by only having one Ethernet port (plus WLAN and powerline interfaces). > > > > I don’t recommend leaving the default bridge configuration, at a minimum > the WiFi needs to be secured. > > > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2019 4:08 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik PWR-LINE AP > > > > That would be great, we use cambium routers, but customers constantly have > coverage issues in their house and even though best buy carries power line > stuff they always sell them an 88 dollar garbage nighthawk. Id like to just > have a cheap solution to get them into > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 3:29 PM Mathew Howard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I just got some... it seems like a good idea, but I'm not quite sure how > we'd use them yet. > > > > If you already have another Mikrotik router, using RoMON to manage them > could be an option. > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 9:56 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anybody else evaluating or using these? > > > > They are smaller than I thought from the brochure photo, which is good. > I worry a bit about customers pressing the little buttons though, you know > how customers love to push buttons, plus you could accidentally push a > button while plugging the unit into a wall outlet. > > > > The instructions aren’t correct, it doesn’t have an IP address of > 192.168.88.1 by default, it is set up as a bridge with a DHCP client and > nothing else. You can access it from Winbox by MAC address, or I guess you > can connect it behind a router and let it get an IP address via DHCP. > > > > How are people setting these up? Our intent is to use them where the > customer already has a leased, managed Mikrotik router from us and they > have WiFi deadspots but don’t want any cables run. But if we’re supplying > it as part of a managed service (we bite the bullet on the cost if there is > a WiFi coverage problem within the house), then I want to be able to > monitor and manage the router and any powerline APs remotely. Winbox via > MAC address would not seem adequate. I guess we could give each powerline > device an identity which I assume will show up as the hostname in the > router DHCP server and then we could temporarily put in a port forward to > access them remotely. Or we could assign them static IP addresses like > 192.168.88.2 and 192.168.88.3 which is how we handle PTP links and routers > behind a customer router. > > > > If we just leave them as a bridge with a DHCP client, they technically > don’t need configuration, you can just push the Sync buttons to pair them. > But like any newly released device I think we’re going to want to upgrade > the firmware at which point we can change the configuration if we want to, > at least set System/Identity and maybe IP address. > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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