The n means it can probably do MIMO, hence the two connectors. Do you have two antennas or a dual pol antenna?
Make sure you have both HT chains checked/enabled - the default on MT is *STUPID*. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Rory McCann <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've never used wireless on Mikrotik before, so I figured the next time I > had a project it would be a good time for initiation. > > I've got a client/coworker who has an iPad that they use to control and > stream music to their stereo that has speakers in their garage and outside > on their patio. Due to the size of the house/area and the materials > involved (steel siding, etc) they are not able to get very good performance > with an AP just in the garage. Rather than add an additional AP, we opted > to run one antenna outside and keep one inside for the garage area. > > I have a 433AH with an R52Hn wireless card. There's two antenna connectors > on it and it seemed like it would be pretty straight forward, however I'm > not having much luck getting any kind of reliable performance with the unit > at all. Wi-Fi drops often and the streaming doesn't work at all. I know the > antennas are good because I hooked up a lower power Cisco AP to the > antennas for the time being, but I was hoping to use the MT with the R52Hn > for a little extra push. The goal is to allow them to roam from the garage > to the patio without dropping. > > I'm not sure what I have configured incorrectly, but I have the regulatory > domain set, the 802.11 profile set and the card is configured for 802.11bgn > mode. Looking at the transmit powers under current tx power in Winbox, the > max it shows is 22 - I thought this card went to 25 on lower modulations? > > Anyone have any pointers for me on how to get this working? Here's the > config: > > /interface wireless > set 0 antenna-gain=8 country="united states" band=2ghz-b/g/n > frequency=2437 frequency-mode=regulatory_**domain l2mtu=2290 > mode=ap-bridge name=AP scan-list=default ssid=MA2 wireless-protocol=802.11 > wmm-support=enabled > > Thanks! > ______________________________**_________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.butchevans.com/**mailman/listinfo/mikrotik<http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik> > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20120830/9da2fca7/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
