mANTBox 15AX use as AP for CPE devices

dj23 · Mon Aug 12, 2024 6:16 pm

We've used mANTBox 15s for AP to connect client CPE's, SXTsq 5 light, LHG5 etc.
Since it has now been discontinued, we bought some mANTBox AX15's to try. I found out that due to strict EIRP limitations we can no longer use it for long distance clients. OK, mANT19 with basebox5 will still work for those. In the meantime I had to make a quick plan to connect some users over a longer distance, so I moved a mANTBox 52 we had in town to the long range site, and replaced that with the new mANTBox AX 15. All clients in town are maximum 1.8km awy and use SXTsq 5 light.

The clients, who worked fine on the mNATBox52 were constantly disconnecting. I couldn't find a way to add more logging details to the AP, but from the clients side after adding /system logging add topics=wireless, the disconnection logs didn't give more than the following: 00:01:12:23:45:56@Link_to_Silo: lost connection, extensive data loss

I've tried a few different free channels without improvement. I don't know what else to try with the setup. Today I replaced the AX with a new mANT and basebox, using the original channnel and the client's connections are stable from the start.

My question is, are these new WAVE2 devices even meant to be used as an AP for CPE devices, or is it just meant for WiFi coverage?

Is there something I should do differently with the new Wifi setup?

The wifi was setup with the following:

/interface wifi
set [ find default-name=wifi2 ] channel.band=5ghz-n .frequency=5500 .width=\
    20mhz configuration.country="South Africa" .mode=ap .ssid=SSID \
    disabled=no name=wifi2-5GHzAP

To be able to see the signal strength for connected clients I added clients to the access list:

/interface wifi access-list
add action=accept comment=client_name disabled=no mac-address=12:34:56:78:9A:BC

Clients setup:

/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=5ghz-a/n country="south africa" disabled=\
    no frequency=auto name=Link_to_Highsite radio-name=Client_Name ssid=SSID

Basebox wireless setup:

/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=5ghz-a/n country="south africa" disabled=\
    no frequency=5500 mode=ap-bridge name=AP radio-name=RADIO_NAME \
    rx-chains=0,1 ssid=SSID tx-chains=0,1 wireless-protocol=nv2

Thanks

anglosaxon2018 · Thu Nov 14, 2024 8:24 am

I hope you have found solution because having the same problem with SXTsq AC getting random disconnections from the Mantbox AX 15 with the same error SXT AC signal -62

Updated to the latest ROS 7 Beta

mANTBox 15AX use as AP for CPE devices

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