-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 N is funny about antenna geometry and that geometry will mess up N something fierce. Most likely it will disable the other antenna as disconnected. What Scott said, use a second card. Much more sane.
On 08/30/2012 03:35 PM, Scott Lambert wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 04:01:24PM -0500, Rory McCann wrote: >> They're both 8db omnis - the different is one is at the other end >> of about 40ft of coax. > > It may work better if you put 40ft of coax on the internal antenna > as well. The extra length may be throwing off the timing too > much. The R52Hn may think it is rejecting a reflection when it > hears traffic on the outdoor antenna. > > If you locate antennas in different locations, I would use > different cards for each antenna. > > >> On 8/30/2012 3:57 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: >>> Oh that might make it confused - never done anything with two >>> very different antennas. >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Rory McCann >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Two antennas - an 8db rubber duck on one and a coax going to >>>> an omni outside. >>>> >>>> I thought the chains config looked a little odd - I'll try >>>> enabling the other chains and see where it gets me. >>>> >>>> On 8/30/2012 3:54 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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*. >>>>> >>>>> 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQP+zRAAoJEC+8HUjSuDOsgiwH/iZSFd63BKa5DmwQGD4cOkuF dRoUAYId7USl+9V5VNyF3LqZOEgFvwHrDcC6cUNYL6WQ+EIQw0KwOmFEltdQb3+L S3BBO0qLAqOCboxyJSHPA65gk2xQu+SFVXVfSMEh9uqS9oo86nWoPZwdMiMtRRii vq/60XeeGHct+yGv07UO0ZX3zI8K6Zotxz8hRhSs5CwTMx/qpTar5G6SzQfJxgc5 rwmtXNKd1B/9+OoUifyMWpfERQpWDqjk7QsT61FRo+o43wdiV9TWRtWiHe8SfVqe EaSRV/TYsYc3i/iIiSCgSIaq1mP5B5FDhlT3vOmZNibNs7h0Lot1BcqFxGesy5M= =4Oac -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
