[HamWAN PSDR] Getting online

[Tom Hayward]

That's great! It also confirms the software I wrote to let me know when new
people connect is working. I got an email at about 6:30.

Tom

On Nov 25, 2016 19:31, "Eric Wolak" <ag6ie at wolak.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Tom! A bit of wiggling and a better spot and I got up to -80 dBm
> and connected flawlessly.
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016, at 09:31 PM, Tom Hayward wrote:
> > Your signal just isn't strong enough to connect. The sensitivity
> > threshold on that receiver is specified at -95 dBm, but the -87 dBm
> > you're seeing is about the weakest I've ever seen anyone able to
> > connect. A usable signal would be above -80 dBm and a good signal
> > would be -70 dBm and above. It would be great if you could come up
> > with an additional 17 dB, either through improved aiming, mounting
> > location, or a higher gain antenna.
> >
> > Tom KD7LXL
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Eric Wolak <ag6ie at wolak.net> wrote:
> > > Howdy,
> > >
> > > I'm new to the area and excited to get involved in PSDR. I got myself a
> > > MikroTik SXT 5nD r2 and I have good line of sight to the CapitolPark
> > > cell. After working my way through the Client Node Configuration
> > > instructions, I can see the AP with an SNR of 38 dB, but I'm unable to
> > > connect.
> > >
> > > [admin at AG6IE-CapitolPark] > /interface wireless scan 0
> > >        ADDRESS           SSID                        CHANNEL
> > >                 SIG   NF SNR RADIO-NAME
> > >        ROUTEROS-VERSION
> > > A RT B D4:CA:6D:30:75:89 HamWAN                      5920/5/an
> > >          -87 -125  38 CapitolPark-S1/K7WAN
> > >
> > > [admin at AG6IE-CapitolPark] > /log print
> > > ...
> > > 00:50:58 wireless,info D4:CA:6D:30:75:89 at wlan1: failed to connect, on
> > > 5920000, registration timeout
> > >
> > > [admin at AG6IE-CapitolPark] > /interface wireless print
> > > Flags: X - disabled, R - running
> > >  0    name="wlan1" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=4C:5E:0C:5B:A6:FB
> > >  arp=enabled interface-type=Atheros AR9300 mode=station-bridge
> > >  ssid="HamWAN" frequency=5920
> > >       band=5ghz-onlyn channel-width=5mhz scan-list=HamWAN
> > >       wireless-protocol=nv2 vlan-mode=no-tag vlan-id=1
> wds-mode=disabled
> > >       wds-default-bridge=none
> > >       wds-ignore-ssid=no bridge-mode=enabled default-authentication=yes
> > >       default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0
> > >       default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no
> > >       security-profile=default compression=no
> > >
> > > Did I miss some setup step? Do I need to get my MAC address whitelisted
> > > or something?
> > >
> > > I wiped the settings and started over, and now I'm getting a different
> > > failure:
> > >
> > > [admin at AG6IE-CapitolPark] /interface wireless> scan 0
> > > failure: other tool running
> > >
> > > I rebooted, and then tried to use the WebFig interface to scan and
> > > connect. Again I saw the network, but the connection never succeeded.
> > > Got this in the log:
> > >
> > > 00:22:35 wireless,info D4:CA:6D:30:75:89 at wlan1: failed to connect, on
> > > 5920000, registration timeout
> > >
> > >
> > > -Eric AG6IE
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