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CAPSMAN WAPAC WIFI Failure
by Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

I have a school site with CAPSMAN on an RB2011 controlling 7 WAPACS. Local forwarding and client to client comms are used and the 5GHz band is pre-eminent as most of the devices are iPads and Macbook Airs. When the class of students with their iPads move from one WAPAC to another Wifi connectivity seems to collapse on the adjacent WAPACS - no devices can communicate. Registration table shows they join but data doesn't flow very well if at all so DHCP fails etc. After 15-30 mins or a power cycle it all seems to settle down and things work again until the next migration... When the WAPACS aren't working well on Wifi I can still connect in from the network side with Winbox and have no issues there. I've tried all sorts of things and am running out of options. Has anyone else seen this sort of thing? -- <https://www.upandrunningtech.com.au>

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xDSL SFPs
by Thomas Jackson 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Good afternoon all, I remember some discussion earlier in the year about xDSL SFPs in AU. Did anyone manage to find one that worked? We've got a few sites coming up for refresh in the next month or so and it would be nice to move away from our standard deployment of an RB with a TPLink double-sided-taped together. All sites currently have ADSL2+ connections - and all are allegedly getting NBN FTTN or FTTdp in the next 12-18 months so it would be great to have something supporting both (although given that the office I'm sitting in at the moment had NBN fiber pulled in a couple of months ago which is still not ready for service, I'll believe that last part when I see it...). Thanks!

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802.11af/at switch
by Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) 26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

I bought some Netgear GS105PE 802.3af/at in/out switches to power a existing WAPACs and hook nearby AppleTVs into ethernet from a HP V1910 (JE008A) switch way back at the rack. No good, in spite of firmware upgrades to the HP and Netgear switches the WAPAC would not be powered but has no issue being powered from the HP directly - same problems as per below where the Netgear didn't negotiate 802.3at: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Smart-Plus-Click-Switches/GS105PE-PoE-not-… I still don't actually know if the Netgear and WAPAC are compatible at all, the Netgear LED flicked on and off indicating PoE passthough wasn't working to the WAPAC. Apart from the HEX POE (overkill a bit) are there any other compact switches anyone can recommend that can be fed by 802.3at and pass on the power as well? I did find a hint below for the V1920 and I'll try it tomorrow on the V1910 if it's possible. http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=mmr_kc-0133889 Someone else made some changes to their V1910 and 802.3at connected but power would not pass through. https://community.netgear.com/t5/Smart-Plus-Click-Switches/Netgear-GS105PE-… I wasted enough time this evening trying to get it working. I say Mike, if the HEX POE Just Works and the new hopefully cheaper switches coming from Mikrotik (when?) Just Work you could be onto a winner! -- <https://www.upandrunningtech.com.au>

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Bridged Modem Options
by Paul Julian 15 Jul '17

15 Jul '17

Hi all, I know there was some talk a while back about modems in bridge mode for ADSL and there were a few suggestions. With the loss of the TPLink TD8817 now and no replacement in sight at this point we are searching for other options for a reliable low cost ADSL modem just for bridging. The TPLink was great because it was in bridge mode straight out of the box, this meant that you could just shop it to a customer with no need for configuration of any kind, it would be great to find another modem which was already in bridge mode as it's standard configuration. We have been looking at the Netgear DM200 which is an ADSL2/VDSL2 modem, it has promise but is triple the price of the TPLink. What are people's thoughts on the DM200 if you have used one ? are they worth the money as an ADSL modem ? I think they would be worth it for VDSL but I can't help but think there should be a good ADSL modem cheaper than that, even the Draytek modems are a lot more than the TPLink. I would be interested in peoples thoughts on this as I am now at zero stock levels and need new modems yesterday J Thanks Paul

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Binding snmp to an interface
by Craig Askings 07 Jul '17

07 Jul '17

Is there a way to bind snmp to a specific interface (say the loopback) so it will respond back with the same ip address it was polled on?

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CAPsMAN on 6.38.7 not working after update
by Paul Julian 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Hi guys, I just upgraded an RB2011 we are using as a CAPsMAN router and the CAPs aren't coming back online. Everything was working OK previously but we just did the bugfix update to keep up to date, but now the CAPs aren't coming back. I have tried disabling and enabling everything on the CAPs and the CAPsMAN router but it's not seeing any radios. Any thoughts ? Regards Paul

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UPS Serial Cable
by Paul Julian 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

Hi guys, we have got some APC UPS's with the serial DB9 connections on them but need to connect them to Mikrotik RB2011 and RB1100AHx2 models. Does anybody have any suggestions on a cable to suit ? The problem is they are both setup to be the B end of the situation and not the MT setup to be the A end and the UPS as the B end. I was thinking of a gender bender but don't really want to do that if I don't have to..... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks Paul

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VDSL modem in Mikrotik - PCI-E option?
by Philip Loenneker 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Hi all, This is inspired by a post on AusNOG, which some of you may have seen. Draytek have a PCI-E card VDSL modem. I have limited knowledge of the hardware/driver level of Mikrotik routers, but does anyone here know if one of these might go in a Mikrotik product that has a PCI-E slot, eg the ones designed for 3G? Some background here: https://fbdragon.co.uk/static/2016/09/19/draytek-vigornic-132/ Might be an alternative to waiting on the SFP-based VDSL modems :) Regards, Philip Loenneker | Network Engineer | TasmaNet

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AWS mikrotik NAT instance
by Matt Chipman 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Hi all, moving some servers out of an old site into the AWS cloud. Wanting to use a mikrotik NAT instance in front of a VPC connected to the office via IPSEC to extend the LAN into the cloud. Currently can't get either the NAT to work or the IPSEC between the mikrotik boxs. Does anyone have this type of setup working or is it a no go? I realise I can use AWS IPSEC endpoint and NAT device but the MT is much more flexible if I can get it working. Thanks Matt

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SMS from CRS125-24G-15
by Steve at Digitronics 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

I would like to be able to send SMSs from a dongle for the Telstra network attached to a CRS125-24G-15. If anyone has done this and can say how, or can point me to any wisdom about doing same, I would be most grateful. -Steve

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