[HamWAN PSDR] Questions

[Bart Kus]

Dean, if you know what sector you're shooting for, you can make your 
life a little easier by temporarily typing the frequency directly into 
the "Scan List" field instead of selecting the HamWAN scan-list.  This 
will not allow the modem to find other sectors, but it will lock the 
receiver down to that 1 frequency to maximize your signal-hunting 
adventures.

The "Frequency" field you're referring to control the Access Point mode 
frequency, and not the Station mode (which you should be using).  
Station mode frequencies are entirely controlled by scan-list.

Feel free to share a copy of "/interface wiress export verbose" so that 
we can verify your config is right.

--Bart


On 3/12/2014 10:17 PM, Nigel Vander Houwen wrote:
> Dean,
>
> 1. The frequency is somewhat of a "default" so to say, the channels 
> defined are ones the modem will automatically look for, so it will 
> connect to whichever it can find.
> 2. I don't use winbox, so I can't speak to that, but yes, /interface 
> wireless scan 0 is how I run a scan. Maybe someone else can speak to 
> winbox options.
> 3. In theory N connectors are weather sealed by the nature of their 
> design. The antenna asks that you tape up the connector due to their 
> attachment of the coax to the connector itself. I generally use a 
> layer of Scotch 33 (good electrical tape), followed by a layer of 
> Scotch 23 (Self fusing tape) or mastic, and followed by another outer 
> layer of Scotch 33.
>
> Nigel
> K7NVH
>
> On Mar 12, 2014, at 10:12 PM, Dean Gibson AE7Q <hamwan at ae7q.net 
> <mailto:hamwan at ae7q.net>> wrote:
>
>> OK, so I have a radio and antenna from Bart, assembled and on a mast 
>> inside my house.  I've run through the steps on the Wiki, except for:
>>
>>  1. Shared admin, and
>>  2. Remote logging & SNMP monitoring (which I will do when I have a
>>     connection).
>>
>> I've run all the way up to "/interface wireless scan 0", which 
>> doesn't seem to report anything, not totally unexpected since I'm 
>> inside my house.  My DHCP server supplies an IP address to the radio 
>> on either the DMZ or LAN, and that's how I now connect with WinBox.
>>
>> So, now more questions ...
>>
>>  1. When I click on the "Wireless" tab in WinBox, the "interfaces"
>>     tab shows the correct SSID ("HamWAN"), but a frequency of 5180. 
>>     That seems odd.  However, the "Channels" tab correctly shows the
>>     values set from the HamWAN Wiki for "Client Node Configuration".
>>  2. Is there a better way to do a scan other than the command (eg, a
>>     WinBox button somewhere)?
>>  3. The antenna instructions talk about sealing the cable to the
>>     radio with some sort of tape.  I know I'm getting ahead of myself
>>     here, but what to people use/recommend? This is when I noticed
>>     that when you mount the radio, the untaped N-connector seems to
>>     be oriented to catch rain.  Seems like a weird design decision.
>>
>> Any other comments are welcome as well ...
>>
>>
>>
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