[HamWAN PSDR] New - not connecting Tiger Mtn

Sat Sep 11 19:07:21 PDT 2021

Have you tried

/interface wireless scan 0

It should show Hamwan results unless you have an error in your config. Most
people are jealous of your Line of sight. This setup is going to work
great for you. You are almost there.

Dylan Ambauen
KI7SBI

On Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 16:58 Paul Sundquist <psundquist at foxhill.org> wrote:

> New install on Squak Mountain Issaquah and unable to find any signal on
> Tiger Mountain. I’m 3.5 miles away west and a little north of the tower on
> Tiger.
> Clear line of sight. Please validate with the tower picture attached.
>
> Installed the following:
> MikroTik mANT30 PA parabolic dish antenna 5GHz 30dBi MTAD-5G-30D3-PA
> Mikrotik BaseBox 5 RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT 5GHz Outdoor Wireless AP Gigabit
> USB OSL4
>
> Questions:
> Q1) Is the antenna tower on the right in the picture the right site?
> Q2) Is the dish assembled correctly? See picture.
> Q3) I was watching the signal strength on the routerboard while running
> "/interface wireless scan 0”. Nothing showed up on the terminal session and
> no signal strength LED’s lit up. I moved it left to right and adjusted
> azimuth each time I stopped.
> Q4) How long should you wait to acquire the signal between each time you
> move it?
> Q5) Is there anything like the signal strength tones aiming a DirecTV dish?
> Q6) Any other ideas. My exported configuration is below and I’ve
> successfully completed every step listed here:
> https://hamwan.org/Standards/Network%20Engineering/Client%20Node%20Configuration.html
>
>
> Thanks for your help!
> -Paul KK7AMW
>
> [admin at KK7AMW-Issaquah] > export
> # sep/08/2021 16:57:46 by RouterOS 6.48.4
> # software id = H1Z0-P9F3
> #
> # model = 912UAG-5HPnD
>
> /interface wireless
> set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=5ghz-onlyn country=no_country_set
> disabled=no frequency-mode=superchannel radio-name=KK7AMW/Issaquah-Tiger
> scan-list=HamWAN ssid=HamWAN \
>     wireless-protocol=nv2
> /interface list
> add name=WAN
> add name=LAN
> /interface wireless channels
> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 0 degrees (north)"
> frequency=5920 list=HamWAN name=Sector1-5 width=5
> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 120 degrees
> (south-east)" frequency=5900 list=HamWAN name=Sector2-5 width=5
> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 240 degrees
> (south-west)" frequency=5880 list=HamWAN name=Sector3-5 width=5
> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 0 degrees (north)"
> frequency=5920 list=HamWAN name=Sector1-10 width=10
> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 120 degrees
> (south-east)" frequency=5900 list=HamWAN name=Sector2-10 width=10
> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 240 degrees
> (south-west)" frequency=5880 list=HamWAN name=Sector3-10 width=10
> /interface wireless security-profiles
> set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
> /snmp community
> set [ find default=yes ] addresses=44.24.240.0/20 name=hamwan
> /system logging action
> set 3 remote=44.24.244.8
> /interface list member
> add interface=wlan1 list=WAN
> add list=LAN
> /ip address
> add address=192.168.86.53/24 interface=ether1 network=192.168.86.0
> /ip dhcp-client
> add disabled=no interface=wlan1
> /ip dns
> set servers=192.168.86.9
> /ip firewall mangle
> add action=change-mss chain=output new-mss=1378 protocol=tcp tcp-flags=syn
> tcp-mss=!0-1378
> add action=change-mss chain=forward new-mss=1378 protocol=tcp
> tcp-flags=syn tcp-mss=!0-1378
> /ip route
> add distance=1 gateway=192.168.86.1
> /ip service
> set telnet disabled=yes
> set ftp disabled=yes
> set www disabled=yes
> set ssh port=222
> set api disabled=yes
> set api-ssl disabled=yes
> /snmp
> set contact="#HamWAN-Support on irc.freenode.org" enabled=yes
> location=47.516944,-122.0452
> /system clock
> set time-zone-name=America/Los_Angeles
> /system identity
> set name=KK7AMW-Issaquah
> /system logging
> add action=remote topics=info
> add action=remote topics=warning
> add action=remote topics=error
> /system ntp client
> set enabled=yes primary-ntp=44.24.244.4 secondary-ntp=44.24.245.4
> /system routerboard settings
> set boot-device=try-ethernet-once-then-nand
> [admin at KK7AMW-Issaquah] >
>
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