[HamWAN PSDR] New - not connecting Tiger Mtn

Sat Sep 11 22:57:33 PDT 2021

If your GPS data is correct, you may also want to try a shot to 
Haystack.  It looks possibly unobstructed to you.

--Bart

On 9/11/2021 10:54 PM, Bart Kus wrote:
> I'm not sure what's going wrong, but I can verify that S3.ETiger is 
> running and has 5 clients connected to it.  I suspect you might be 
> aiming at the towers on west tiger (47.508761°, -121.984954°) and 
> (47.504856°, -121.971615°) whereas the HamWAN site is on east tiger 
> (47.488172°, -121.946733°).  From your picture, you should see a 3rd 
> tower or cluster of towers further towards the right, if that is the 
> case.  Google Earth is a good tool to get a sense of the visuals, 
> since it lets you tilt the world.
>
> --Bart
>
>
> On 9/11/2021 4:58 PM, Paul Sundquist 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 
>> <https://hamwan.org/Standards/Network Engineering/Client Node 
>> Configuration.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 
>> <http://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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