General Notes
All the AP24's are configured as a bridge, so all IP addresses are on the 192.168.0 network.
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I've chosen frequency=2452 Mhz for testing at FLAB. In the field we can use "interface wireless frequency-monitor" at setup to find a quiet frequency.
Note these settings:
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Common settings:
- frequency=2452
- tx-power-mode=default
- dfs-mode=none
- wds-mode=dynamic
- wds-ignore_ssid=yes
TX power
Here's a useful FAQ for routers, such as the AP24's, using the mikrotik software, http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Wireless_FAQ.
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What TX-power-mode is the best?
TX-power-mode tells the wireless card which tx-power values should be used. By default this setting is set to default.
default means that the card will use the tx-power values from the cards eeprom and will ignore the setting what is specified by the user in the tx-power field.
card-rates means that for different data rates the tx-power is calculated according the cards transmit power algorithm from the cards eeprom and as an argument it takes tx-power value specified by the user.
all-rates-fixed means that that the card will use one tx-power value for all data rates which is specified by the user in tx-power field.
Note that it is not recommended to use 'all-rates-fixed' mode as the wireless card tx-power for the higher data rates is lower and by forcing to use the fixed tx-power rates also for the higher data rates might results the same problems like in the previous question about tx-power setting. For most of the cases if you want to change the tx-power settings it is recommended to use the tx-power-mode=card-rates and it is recommended to lower and not to raise tx-power.
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tx-power-mode=default seems to work well in the staging area. If it doesn't work in the field, we'll go with
- tx-power-mode=default
- dfs-mode=none
- wds-mode=dynamic
- card-rates
- tx-power=(lowest setting that works well, in the range 13-26)wds-ignore_ssid=yes
Access point at base with a single omni antenna
site | WIFI | antenna | role | ssid |
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floor | etherant | internal, to rim | station adaptor | ISFS |
rim | AP24-2 | internal, to floor | access point | ISFS |
rim | AP24-2 | external, yagi to base | station adaptor | ISFSext |
base | AP24 -2 | external, omni | access point | ISFSext |
near | AP24-3 | internal, to base | station adaptor | ISFSext |
far | etherant | internal, to base | station adaptor | ISFSext |
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site | WIFI | antenna | role | ssid |
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floor | etherant | internal, to rim | station adaptor | ISFS |
rim | AP24-2 | internal, to floor | access point | ISFS |
rim | AP24-2 | external, yagi to base | station adaptor | ISFSrim |
base | AP24 -2 | internal, to rim | access point | ISFSrim |
base | AP24 -2 | external, 180 | access point | ISFSext |
near | AP24-3 | internal, to base | station adaptor | ISFSext |
far | etherant | internal, to base | station adaptor | ISFSext |
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