[HamWAN PSDR] Questions

[Dean Gibson AE7Q]

OK, when I click on "Wireless sniffer" I see a bunch of packets (about 
10/sec) from 98:FC:11:6F:A8:B0 (which is not the radio's MAC), 5GHz-N 
beacon on 5180MHz, signal strength hovers around -90, rate 6.0Mbps.

The "Wireless snooper" shows the three HamWAN channels with zero activity.

On 2014-03-12 22:17, 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 at ae7q.net 
> <mailto:hamwan at 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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