I discovered a clever technique for initially orienting the antenna: Using Google Earth, I draw a line from the Node (in this case the DEM antenna at Paine field), to my house (5.02 miles 149.89 degrees). No only does that give me a pretty good initial bearing (300), but I get to see what obstacles are in my way (it isn't pretty) for various prospective antenna locations. So, I see I'm squarely in the DEM SE (60-180 degree) sector. Which brings me to my next question: Where is this "scan list" and where do I set it? Is there a way to configure the radio to get the date/time from a local NTP server? That would make its logs a little more meaningful ... On 2014-03-12 22:21, Bart Kus wrote:
Dean, if you know what sector you're shooting for, you can make your life a little easier by temporarily typing the frequency directly into the "Scan List" field instead of selecting the HamWAN scan-list. This will not allow the modem to find other sectors, but it will lock the receiver down to that 1 frequency to maximize your signal-hunting adventures.
The "Frequency" field you're referring to control the Access Point mode frequency, and not the Station mode (which you should be using). Station mode frequencies are entirely controlled by scan-list.
Feel free to share a copy of "/interface wiress export verbose" so that we can verify your config is right.
--Bart
On 3/12/2014 10:17 PM, Nigel Vander Houwen wrote:
Dean,
1. The frequency is somewhat of a "default" so to say, the channels defined are ones the modem will automatically look for, so it will connect to whichever it can find. 2. I don't use winbox, so I can't speak to that, but yes, /interface wireless scan 0 is how I run a scan. Maybe someone else can speak to winbox options. 3. In theory N connectors are weather sealed by the nature of their design. The antenna asks that you tape up the connector due to their attachment of the coax to the connector itself. I generally use a layer of Scotch 33 (good electrical tape), followed by a layer of Scotch 23 (Self fusing tape) or mastic, and followed by another outer layer of Scotch 33.
Nigel K7NVH
On Mar 12, 2014, at 10:12 PM, Dean Gibson AE7Q <hamwan@ae7q.net <mailto:hamwan@ae7q.net>> wrote:
OK, so I have a radio and antenna from Bart, assembled and on a mast inside my house. I've run through the steps on the Wiki, except for:
1. Shared admin, and 2. Remote logging & SNMP monitoring (which I will do when I have a connection).
I've run all the way up to "/interface wireless scan 0", which doesn't seem to report anything, not totally unexpected since I'm inside my house. My DHCP server supplies an IP address to the radio on either the DMZ or LAN, and that's how I now connect with WinBox.
So, now more questions ...
1. When I click on the "Wireless" tab in WinBox, the "interfaces" tab shows the correct SSID ("HamWAN"), but a frequency of 5180. That seems odd. However, the "Channels" tab correctly shows the values set from the HamWAN Wiki for "Client Node Configuration". 2. Is there a better way to do a scan other than the command (eg, a WinBox button somewhere)? 3. The antenna instructions talk about sealing the cable to the radio with some sort of tape. I know I'm getting ahead of myself here, but what to people use/recommend? This is when I noticed that when you mount the radio, the untaped N-connector seems to be oriented to catch rain. Seems like a weird design decision.
Any other comments are welcome as well ...
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