Matt, Are you using the R52H cards on WRAPS?
-RickG

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:10 AM, Matt Larsen - Lists
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a couple of StarOS backhauls that will only work in AP mode in
> one direction.   This is very frustrating, but I have not been able to
> find a solution to it, so I just deal with it.   I'm using firmware
> 1.3.23b with atheros cards (Mikrotik R52H).
>
> Matt Larsen
> vistabeam.com
>
> Butch Evans wrote:
>> On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 23:55 -0400, RickG wrote:
>>
>>> Cant be faulty since they both will connect to other radios fine. I
>>> checked, double-checked, and triple-checked the configs and they are
>>> correct. Really, StarOS is too easy to make an error. Any other ideas?
>>>
>>
>> Does StarOS have a "scan" feature?  If it can "see" the AP, but not
>> connect, I'd be looking for 1 of 3 particular problems.  First, it is
>> possible (probable?) that you have something different in the security
>> settings (encryption).  Second, it is possible that you have the AP on a
>> non-standard frequency that the client is not including in it's "scan
>> list".  The term "scan list" is a Mikrotik term, but it is common for
>> most Linux based devices that use the "stock" Atheros driver to only
>> scan the "standard" predefined center frequencies.  The third
>> possibility that I can think of is a possibility that the AP has some
>> sort of mac filtering that is not allowing the connection from this
>> client.  Again, I'm not familiar with StarOS, so I'm not sure that is
>> even a feature.
>>
>> I would start by swapping the functions of the 2 radios (make the AP the
>> client) just to see if a connection can be made that way.  Double-check
>> the settings I mentioned above as well.  Another thing to try is attempt
>> to connect to the AP with a different client just to ensure the AP
>> function is operating correctly on the radio you are running as AP.
>> Just a few things to try...Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>
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