Today my wireless interface went down. It is 2.4 Ghz AP in bridge mode to the ethernet. It has been running good for some time now (about a year). When I logged into the Mikrotik, I found that there was NO "R" next to the wlan interface. I remember this actually happened to a back-haul once and I ended up just doing away with it as it wasn't really being used at the time. I was thinking that the "R" will not appear unless someone is registered to the AP, but I could be wrong. Here is the show interface print.....

[admin@Perino] > interface wireless print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
0 name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:15:6D:20:05:6B arp=enabled
disable-running-check=no interface-type=Atheros AR5213
radio-name="00156D20056B" mode=ap-bridge ssid="essex" area=""
frequency-mode=regulatory-domain country=united states antenna-gain=9
frequency=2412 band=2.4ghz-b scan-list=default rate-set=default
supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps
basic-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps
basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,54Mbps max-station-count=2007
ack-timeout=dynamic tx-power-mode=default noise-floor-threshold=default
periodic-calibration=default periodic-calibration-interval=60
burst-time=disabled dfs-mode=none antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled
wds-default-bridge=none wds-default-cost=100 wds-cost-range=50-150
wds-ignore-ssid=no update-stats-interval=disabled default-authentication=yes
default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0
proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25 hide-ssid=no security-profile=default
disconnect-timeout=3s on-fail-retry-time=100ms preamble-mode=both
compression=no allow-sharedkey=no


I tried rebooting the Mikrotik of coarse, but had nothing change. Is this a sign of a burned up card, antenna, or some stupid setting that I'm overlooking? Thanks for reading and helping!

LP

One other thing.... the response time on my Mikrotiks are absolutely horrible. This seemed to just start happening today.

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hai,
you will have 'R' flag when your cpe have assosiated to it ap. and better leave as default-setting your ap for.

regards
Hasbullah.com
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