July 2014 - Public - talk.mikrotik.com.au

CAPsMAN and transparent hand-off between APs
by Mike Everest 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

Hi all, Further to this discussion recently, I followed up with MT as I indicated I would. It took a while to get a reply, but here it is: > -----Original Message----- > From: MikroTik support [Kristaps] [mailto:support@mikrotik.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2014 7:44 PM > To: Mike Everest > Subject: Re: [Ticket#2014071166000504] Fwd: Wireless mesh, controlled hand- > off between APs, CAPsMAN > > Hello, > > Out wireless specialists/developers are working on that features and in some > near feature it will be added. > > Regards, > Kristaps > Make of it what you will! :-D Cheers, Mike.

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/31 and /32 subnets
by Paul Julian 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Hi guys, we are looking at ways to redesign our network a bit to be more lean on IPV4 usage as I'm sure a lot of people are probably doing, between all of our POPS and within our core network we have /30's in use as I suppose most people do, however we are starting to run low on IP's and rather than request another allocation which we could easily justify I would rather try and tidy up our network to be more efficient. I was wondering what people's experience has been with Mikrotik using /31 subnets and /32 addresses with the remote end address as the network address ? We mostly run OSPF for our network routing with some BGP on the edge routers, does anybody have any comments on things to be aware of ? Regards Paul

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IT Support Needed in VIC
by Paul Julian 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Hi guys, I'm not sure if this is an inappropriate post but I urgently need somebody to do some onsite IT support for a customer in Lilydale in Victoria, is anybody able to provide a decent onsite resource to do some troubleshooting for us on a local network with a couple of PC's and ADSL connection ? If so please reply privately with your rates and availability Thanks Paul

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WDS disconnects
by Matt Chipman 14 Jul '14

14 Jul '14

Hi all, does anyone have any issues with WDS? We have a single RB951G-2HnD connected via ethernet cable to a snapgear which supplies internet. Connected to the 951 are "7" RB9512n via WDS in a rectangular shape (office space) to cover all the users. This is essentially a guest network and works well most of the time. The problem we have is each device will drop off once in a while and cause outages for the users connected to that device and it either wont reconnect within a reasonable time or will need to be rebooted. On each router, a bridge is configured and then WDS selected on it. Each wifi signal can connect to at least 2 others so the mesh topology works but I want to get the stability up for the users. Its not the same device that loses connectivity, its rather random. any pointers greatly appreciated. cheers -Matt

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VLAN MAC Address Problem
by Paul Julian 14 Jul '14

14 Jul '14

Hi guys, I am hoping somebody might have come across this problem before. We have a customer Mikrotik CCR which runs just over 1000 vlans, pretty much all are QinQ, so we have a couple of parent VLANS with the rest hanging off those, some parents have a couple of hundred vlans hanging off them each. Everything is working fine except one strange thing. On one of the inner VLAN's when it's created it doesn't inherit the MAC address of its parent physical interface, the MAC just stays blank. I have recreated the VLAN from scratch, tried changing the VLAN ID, the name of the VLAN interface, etc but nothing I do gets a MAC address in there unless I assign it to a different physical interface. The particular VLAN which is the outer tag has about 220 VLANS hanging off it, all of which are working fine except this one. Has anybody come across this at all ? The router is running V6.10, I would update but there is a change freeze on so not really possible at the moment.... Thanks Paul

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CAPsMAN UDP Port
by Russell Hurren 12 Jul '14

12 Jul '14

Hi everyone I'd hoped Google could answer this, but apparently not. Does anyone know which UDP port(s) CAPsMAN uses for provisioning over IP? Thanks Russell Hurren Managing Director Zero Point Networks PTY LTD +61 8 6262 9376

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CAPSMan
by Paul Julian 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

Hi guys, I was wondering who has done some playing around with CAPSMan so far ?? We have a wireless network we need to build for a customer but they need a couple of AP's on the same SSID in reasonably close proximity which means they will interfere with each other. I was wondering, with the limited amount I have researched this new component, will it help in this situation and allow users to smoothly transition from one AP to another ? Previously we have worked with Ruckess wireless AP's and controllers and they seem to handle having AP's close to each other without any issues for users roaming, will CAPSMan help in situations like this as well ? What approach would you take in this situation ? Thanks Paul

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