Just installed one of the new 532 series routerboards and was told that the senao cards (NL-2511MP Plus), would work. Tried 2 known good radios in each slot, but OS would not recognize them. Was also told that beta 2.9 was all these units would work with.


Any ideas?

Thanks!

Jesus Christ Almighty, is it possible?
We are thinking to order RB532...
Hm?

Did you order with a LVL5 lic. or did you get with the std LVL3 ???
Just checking....

preinstalled level 5

I tried mine with an Atheros 5212 and it works fine. Don't have a mpci senao to test, though.

The Atheros card worked flawlessly.

Don't tell me I'm the only idiot in the MT universe that wants to use a Senao card in this RB?

I'm dyin' here guys!

I've got 12 potential customers waiting for installation, and nothing to point them at.

Thanks,

Well, if atheros work without probs, it's fine with me.
Just for note, in my oppinion Mikrotik did this with intention
They do not supply prism cards anymore, only atheros....
Think about that...

Cheers everybody....

Hey djape, please provide a little info on your statement, "they do not supply prism cards anymore"

I'd like to know exactly how upset I should be.

The online docs state that prism 2 is supported. My vendor stated that 'prism 2' should include 2.5.

I realize that this is a beta release, but if the published docs say 'supported', then prism 2 should be 'supported'.

I don't want to be an ass, but I know that you MT guys monitor this forum because I've seen you post here.

Why are you guys avoiding this thread?

All help is greatly appreciated.

Roger

Hehe, my statement is actually a teaser
But it is true that they do not sell prism cards anymore, check the offer on MT site, there are no prism cards available....
I am also trying to make them answer to this thread....

Anyhow, MT is growing and I think they start to realize the meaning of monopoly

Cheers everybody...

And that's a good thing???

yes, there is a problem with RB500 and senao prism minipci cards. we will make an update later.

good news everyone, prisms work in 2.9 beta 18 (yes, senao cards (NL-2511MP Plus))

Thx Normis

Cheers...

That's great news.

I already attempted to update, ftp'd the files and rebooted but it came up as beta 16. I'll give it another try tonight.

Thanks guys, my faith is restored.

Don't get too excited.
Updated, all packages look good, and it sees the card.
Went to enable it, and it kernel panic'd.

Richard

Yeah I was kinda pissed off when I realized that.

Guess that is what we get for playing with beta

Alright it appears to be showing the card now. I am using a PRISM Senao 2511MP Plus card in it and it shows up.

Here is what I did:

Take all cards out of the RB. (might not be necessary but I did it just to make sure)

Got ot he download site and download ONLY the 2.9beta18 that was built for the rb500. (Note it is just one file but it will upgrade everything) Then ftp it to the rb500. (something to note after I ftp'ed I could no longer use winbox and had to do everything via serial cable)

Reboot and let it boot up. Then make sure its on beta18.

Shutdoown and place cards in. Then turn it back on and you should be rocking.

Here is my serial console session: (the bottom is where it barfs when trying to enable it)


MikroTik 2.9beta16
MikroTik Login: admin
Password:

[admin@MikroTik] > /system package print
Flags: I - invalid
# NAME VERSION BUILD-TIME UNINSTALL
0 routeros-rb500 2.9beta16 mar/22/2005 13:09:02 no
1 system 2.9beta16 mar/22/2005 13:08:08 no
2 advanced-tools 2.9beta16 mar/22/2005 13:08:16 no
3 security 2.9beta16 mar/22/2005 13:08:20 no
4 rb500 2.9beta16 mar/22/2005 13:09:02 no
5 hotspot 2.9beta16 mar/22/2005 13:08:37 no
6 wireless 2.9beta16 mar/22/2005 13:08:43 no
7 ntp 2.9beta16 mar/22/2005 13:08:47 no
8 routing 2.9beta16 mar/22/2005 13:08:33 no
9 dhcp 2.9beta16 mar/22/2005 13:08:22 no
10 ppp 2.9beta16 mar/22/2005 13:08:30 no
[admin@MikroTik] > /system reboot
Reboot, yes? [y/N]: y
system will reboot shortly


Rebooting...
Stopping services...

installed routeros-rb500-2.9beta18
Restarting system.
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MikroTik 2.9beta18
MikroTik Login: admin
Password:

MikroTik RouterOS 2.9beta18 (c) 1999-2005 http://www.mikrotik.com/


[admin@MikroTik] > /system package print
Flags: I - invalid
# NAME VERSION BUILD-TIME UNINSTALL
0 advanced-tools 2.9beta18 apr/15/2005 14:23:05 no
1 system 2.9beta18 apr/15/2005 14:22:57 no
2 ppp 2.9beta18 apr/15/2005 14:23:22 no
3 rb500 2.9beta18 apr/15/2005 14:24:16 no
4 wireless 2.9beta18 apr/15/2005 14:23:39 no
5 dhcp 2.9beta18 apr/15/2005 14:23:16 no
6 security 2.9beta18 apr/15/2005 14:23:12 no
7 hotspot 2.9beta18 apr/15/2005 14:23:32 no
8 routeros-rb500 2.9beta18 apr/15/2005 13:24:16 no
9 ntp 2.9beta18 apr/15/2005 14:23:43 no
10 routing 2.9beta18 apr/15/2005 14:23:26 no



MikroTik 2.9beta18
MikroTik Login: admin
Password:
MikroTik RouterOS 2.9beta18 (c) 1999-2005 http://www.mikrotik.com/


[admin@MikroTik] > /interface wireless print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
0 X name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:02:6F:38:03:D0 arp=enabled
disable-running-check=no interface-type=Prism prism-cardtype=200mW
radio-name="00026F3803D0" mode=station ssid="localhost" area=""
frequency-mode=manual-txpower country=no_country_set antenna-gain=0
frequency=2412 band=2.4ghz-b scan-list=default rate-set=default
supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps basic-rates-b=1Mbps
max-station-count=2007 tx-power=default tx-power-mode=default
periodic-calibration=default fast-frames=no dfs-mode=none
antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none
wds-ignore-ssid=no update-stats-interval=disabled
default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0
default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no security-profile=default
disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms preamble-mode=both
[admin@MikroTik] >

[admin@MikroTik] > /interface wireless enable
numbers: 0
Kernel unaligned instruction access in unaligned.c::do_ade, line 574:
$0 : 00000000 1000e800 0000042e 00000000 803b0000 0000042a 8e630388 81dfbd4c
$8 : 81dfbd48 00000001 80440000 00001e18 80440000 80440000 80440000 00000010
$16: c00ad5b4 81dfbd60 80000000 000000a2 00000000 7fff7540 1000a720 2ae304bc
$24: 00000007 81dfbc48 81dfa000 81dfbd30 7fff7708 8020b72c
Hi : 00000000
Lo : 00000c00
epc : 803cb503 Tainted: P
Status: 1000e803
Cause : 10800010
PrId : 0001800a
Process wireless (pid: 242, stackpage=81dfa000)
Stack: 00001000 c00ad5b4 00000001 1000e803 00000000 00000000 00000000
8101a6ec 000000a2 803dec60 803ded60 802069b0 0000003f 804727d8 81f178e0
81f178e0 805ba4a0 00000009 00000000 1000e800 803dec60 803de030 803ded00
803dee00 00000000 803de060 00000000 00004cf0 4c780000 00000000 00004ca0
00000000 803ded60 4cc80000 000000a2 803dec60 803ded60 000000a2 00000000
7fff7540 ...
Call Trace: [<c00ad5b4>] [<802069b0>] [<c00ad4ec>] [<8032c79c>] [<c00ad5b4>]
[<c00ad5b4>] [<c00a9c40>] [<c008cdd0>] [<c000252c>] [<c008a400>] [<803293d0>]
[<8032a240>] [<803354d8>] [<80257b8c>] [<802571d8>] [<80329e5c>] [<8020a440>]
[<802c7384>]

Code:<4>unaligned data access at 0x80207ab0
2402fff2 <4>unaligned data access at 0x80207ab0
08082e3c <4>unaligned data access at 0x80207ab0
00000000 <4>unaligned data access at 0x80207ab0
<2402fff2><4>unaligned data access at 0x80207ab0
08082e47 <4>unaligned data access at 0x80207ab0
00000000 <4>unaligned data access at 0x80207ab0
2402fff2 <4>unaligned data access at 0x80207ab0
080850ac <4>unaligned data access at 0x80207ab0
00000000
Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
In interrupt handler - not syncing
<7>
panicSaver: dumping panic to flash
flash_ioctl: get_info_data(void)
flash_ioctl: get_info_data(void)
flash_ioctl: get_info_data(void)
flash_ioctl: get_info_data(void)
Rebooting in 1 seconds..rb_machine_restart: command=<NULL>

This will be fixed in the next beta version. It will be out tomorrow probably.

John

Has the 2.9 prism issue with the RB been fixed yet?

Not seeing the beta version updated on the website yet.

beta 19 is being tested here at mikrotik, we will release it as soon as it is ready. today or tomorrow

It is on the site now.

Not sure if it works though. Have not had a chance to check it out and see if the issues are still there.

Unless I come back tommorrow and post something else. The 2.9beta19 issues with the prism cards have been resolved.

The beta I loaded on my 532 board is rocking so far. Both the prism card, and the atheros card I have in the box appear to be operating properly. But I have only been playing around and not doing anything major testing wise.

Tommorrow we wil put it into production on a tower that will number about 40 cpe's. So we will see how well it realy works ;)

Unless I post otherwise, it is working well.

Well, guys, forgive me for calling your name about monopoly

You're the best...

Cheers...