It is a frustration, that could have been avoided.
Just received brand new hAP ax2, my first device in the ax series.
And I needed quite some tricks to get it started.
How can you sell a device like that in Europe, with so many traps for the end-user ???
Finally got in, thanks to quite some MT ROS experience.
New box, (not sealed but device seems untouched)
Could not get in, so following steps are taken.
- 5GHz wifi does not appear
- using cable in port ether2
- wrong password
- printed on the bottom of the device, and yes it is 1O and not 10 as password character
- once the base plate mounted, it might be hidden
- no other document with that information
- Didn't want to type in that wifi password. So changed wifi security to my default
- Added my own support user with admin rights
Disconnect cable, go via wifi
- No wifi 5 GHz seen
- back to cable, wifi1 is on 5860MHz , for europe ???? Not usable here. OK take wifi2 (2GHz)
- Windows starts with popups about WPA3
- Cannot log in. Winbox makes no connection, not with IP not with MAC. Nothing in discover. No Webfig connection.
- No Telnet, no MAC Telnet
- back to cable (using a mAP Lite to reach the device via ether2)
- hmmmm ... bridge is not on interface LAN list. Why is only ether2 on that list ?
- only way to connect is via ether2
- OK, lets open some paths ... Romon password set, bridge added on LAN interface list
- Many things open up with bridge on interface LAN list
- adding ether1 to bridge. (Well I need PoE in my LAN)
- Changed country in wifi1, switches to DFS freq 5680MHz
- wifi2 on 2GHz now uses 2427MHz, channel 4+8 , 40MHz wide, damn 2GHz jammer!
- set to 20MHz. Crowded area, lots of IoT devices, and somebody around is using channel 6 for non 802.11 wifi. 100% transmit time.
- ETSI not one of the wifi regions, country used
- Ready to upgrade the 7.8 ROS to 7.12, maybe then even to 7.13 (with that packages change)
Fun can begin ... even as the connection is dropped from time to time, and the ROS wifi menu shows unwanted things
What does it mean "skip 10 min CAC" , if choosing a wheater radar channel is exactly what the device then does on its own.
And far from stable yet.
Just received brand new hAP ax2, my first device in the ax series.
And I needed quite some tricks to get it started.
How can you sell a device like that in Europe, with so many traps for the end-user ???
Finally got in, thanks to quite some MT ROS experience.
New box, (not sealed but device seems untouched)
Could not get in, so following steps are taken.
- 5GHz wifi does not appear
- using cable in port ether2
- wrong password
- printed on the bottom of the device, and yes it is 1O and not 10 as password character
- once the base plate mounted, it might be hidden
- no other document with that information
- Didn't want to type in that wifi password. So changed wifi security to my default
- Added my own support user with admin rights
Disconnect cable, go via wifi
- No wifi 5 GHz seen
- back to cable, wifi1 is on 5860MHz , for europe ???? Not usable here. OK take wifi2 (2GHz)
- Windows starts with popups about WPA3
- Cannot log in. Winbox makes no connection, not with IP not with MAC. Nothing in discover. No Webfig connection.
- No Telnet, no MAC Telnet
- back to cable (using a mAP Lite to reach the device via ether2)
- hmmmm ... bridge is not on interface LAN list. Why is only ether2 on that list ?
- only way to connect is via ether2
- OK, lets open some paths ... Romon password set, bridge added on LAN interface list
- Many things open up with bridge on interface LAN list
- adding ether1 to bridge. (Well I need PoE in my LAN)
- Changed country in wifi1, switches to DFS freq 5680MHz
- wifi2 on 2GHz now uses 2427MHz, channel 4+8 , 40MHz wide, damn 2GHz jammer!
- set to 20MHz. Crowded area, lots of IoT devices, and somebody around is using channel 6 for non 802.11 wifi. 100% transmit time.
- ETSI not one of the wifi regions, country used
- Ready to upgrade the 7.8 ROS to 7.12, maybe then even to 7.13 (with that packages change)
Fun can begin ... even as the connection is dropped from time to time, and the ROS wifi menu shows unwanted things
What does it mean "skip 10 min CAC" , if choosing a wheater radar channel is exactly what the device then does on its own.
And far from stable yet.
Statistics: Posted by bpwl — Wed Jan 10, 2024 3:55 pm