Yes, much better.  I also noticed a problem on the HamWAN side, where that sector was configured for only 5MHz service instead of our normal 10MHz.  I've changed the sector config, and you should be getting twice the bandwidth now.

I tried to run a speed test, but noticed your bandwidth-server was still set to require authentication, so I've logged into your modem and turned that off:

[eo@K7ITE-Lookout] > /tool bandwidth-server set authenticate=no

I also noticed you still have an "admin" account.  If it's not properly password protected, this may be dangerous now that your modem is on the Internet.  I have left it untouched.

I also noticed you have the "winbox" service running.  This is also dangerous, as it's full of exploits.  I have left it untouched, but you should probably disable it.  (/ip service disable winbox)  We should update the website instructions to disable this by default.

I also noticed your ssh is on port 22.  This will get more hacking attempts than port 222.  You can change it with /ip service set ssh port=222.

With the bandwidth-server available on your end, I ran a speed test from the sector to your modem:

[eo@Lookout-S2] > /tool bandwidth-test 44.25.143.94 duration=30s direction=transmit
                status: running
              duration: 29s
            tx-current: 38.4Mbps
  tx-10-second-average: 35.6Mbps
      tx-total-average: 37.5Mbps
           random-data: no
             direction: transmit
               tx-size: 1500
      connection-count: 20
        local-cpu-load: 20%
       remote-cpu-load: 28%

[eo@Lookout-S2] > /tool bandwidth-test 44.25.143.94 duration=30s direction=receive
                status: running
              duration: 29s
            rx-current: 40.8Mbps
  rx-10-second-average: 41.7Mbps
      rx-total-average: 35.7Mbps
          lost-packets: 1285
           random-data: no
             direction: receive
               rx-size: 1500
      connection-count: 20
        local-cpu-load: 21%
       remote-cpu-load: 27%

This is the performance you can expect from a 10MHz MIMO link that has good signal.

The current-distance is reported in km, not miles.  It's not round-trip distance, just physical distance between the modems.  There is a separate metric for round-trip-time, which is measured in microseconds: tdma-timing-offset=202.  You can do the speed-of-light math to get a more precise distance than the 1km granularity reported by the "current-distance" field.

--Bart

On 11/1/2019 3:18 PM, Ric Merry wrote:

tx-rate: 6.5Mbps-5MHz/2S
                 rx-rate: 3.2Mbps-5MHz/1S
                    ssid: HamWAN
                   bssid: 74:4D:28:57:F6:BA
              radio-name: Lookout-S2/WA7DEM
         signal-strength: -62dBm
     signal-strength-ch0: -64dBm
     signal-strength-ch1: -66dBm
      tx-signal-strength: -62dBm
  tx-signal-strength-ch0: -66dBm
  tx-signal-strength-ch1: -64dBm
             noise-floor: -124dBm
         signal-to-noise: 62dB
                  tx-ccq: 35%
                  rx-ccq: 19%
   authenticated-clients: 1
        current-distance: 32

Mo' betta? Is current distance miles in both send and receive (round trip)?

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 3:06 PM Bart Kus <me@bartk.us> wrote:

No, you're missing an entire chain of the radio (ch1).  Do this to enable both chains:

/interface wireless set 0 rx-chains=0,1 tx-chains=0,1

--Bart

On 11/1/2019 2:55 PM, Ric Merry wrote:

I climbed back up the ladder to do some fine tuning (thanks for the advice here)

Luckily I could remotely view my computer with my cell phone thus saving me the cost of a divorce attorney had I asked my wife to help me when she gets home from work.

;)

These are my results, I can do more but for now, how do they look?

signal-strength: -66dBm
     signal-strength-ch0: -66dBm
      tx-signal-strength: -67dBm
  tx-signal-strength-ch0: -67dBm
  tx-signal-strength-ch1: -89dBm
             noise-floor: -123dBm
         signal-to-noise: 57dB
                  tx-ccq: 88%
                  rx-ccq: 70%
   authenticated-clients: 1
        current-distance: 32

Funny things is that thee are about where I started. Elevation is the more difficult adjustment with the brackets provided. I may end up modifying those.

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