On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 04:01:24PM -0500, Rory McCann wrote: > They're both 8db omnis - the different is one is at the other end of > about 40ft of coax.
It may work better if you put 40ft of coax on the internal antenna as well. The extra length may be throwing off the timing too much. The R52Hn may think it is rejecting a reflection when it hears traffic on the outdoor antenna. If you locate antennas in different locations, I would use different cards for each antenna. > On 8/30/2012 3:57 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > Oh that might make it confused - never done anything with two very > > different antennas. > > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Rory McCann <rmm.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Two antennas - an 8db rubber duck on one and a coax going to an omni > >> outside. > >> > >> I thought the chains config looked a little odd - I'll try enabling the > >> other chains and see where it gets me. > >> > >> On 8/30/2012 3:54 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > >> > >>> The n means it can probably do MIMO, hence the two connectors. Do you > >>> have > >>> two antennas or a dual pol antenna? > >>> > >>> Make sure you have both HT chains checked/enabled - the default on MT is > >>> *STUPID*. > >>> > >>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Rory McCann <rmm.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi guys, > >>>> I've never used wireless on Mikrotik before, so I figured the next time I > >>>> had a project it would be a good time for initiation. > >>>> > >>>> I've got a client/coworker who has an iPad that they use to control and > >>>> stream music to their stereo that has speakers in their garage and > >>>> outside > >>>> on their patio. Due to the size of the house/area and the materials > >>>> involved (steel siding, etc) they are not able to get very good > >>>> performance > >>>> with an AP just in the garage. Rather than add an additional AP, we opted > >>>> to run one antenna outside and keep one inside for the garage area. > >>>> > >>>> I have a 433AH with an R52Hn wireless card. There's two antenna > >>>> connectors > >>>> on it and it seemed like it would be pretty straight forward, however I'm > >>>> not having much luck getting any kind of reliable performance with the > >>>> unit > >>>> at all. Wi-Fi drops often and the streaming doesn't work at all. I know > >>>> the > >>>> antennas are good because I hooked up a lower power Cisco AP to the > >>>> antennas for the time being, but I was hoping to use the MT with the > >>>> R52Hn > >>>> for a little extra push. The goal is to allow them to roam from the > >>>> garage > >>>> to the patio without dropping. > >>>> > >>>> I'm not sure what I have configured incorrectly, but I have the > >>>> regulatory > >>>> domain set, the 802.11 profile set and the card is configured for > >>>> 802.11bgn > >>>> mode. Looking at the transmit powers under current tx power in Winbox, > >>>> the > >>>> max it shows is 22 - I thought this card went to 25 on lower modulations? > >>>> > >>>> Anyone have any pointers for me on how to get this working? Here's the > >>>> config: > >>>> > >>>> /interface wireless > >>>> set 0 antenna-gain=8 country="united states" band=2ghz-b/g/n > >>>> frequency=2437 frequency-mode=regulatory_****domain l2mtu=2290 > >>>> > >>>> mode=ap-bridge name=AP scan-list=default ssid=MA2 > >>>> wireless-protocol=802.11 > >>>> wmm-support=enabled -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lamb...@lambertfam.org How to be a "computer expert," http://www.xkcd.com/627/ _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
