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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.<br>
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Which brings me to my next question: Where is this "scan list" and
where do I set it?<br>
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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
...<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2014-03-12 22:21, Bart Kus wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Feel free to share a copy of <tt>"/interface wiress export
verbose</tt>" so that we can verify your config is right.<br>
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--Bart<br>
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On 3/12/2014 10:17 PM, Nigel Vander Houwen wrote:<br>
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<div>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.</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>Nigel</div>
<div>K7NVH</div>
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<div>On Mar 12, 2014, at 10:12 PM, Dean Gibson AE7Q <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:hamwan@ae7q.net">hamwan@ae7q.net</a>>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> 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:<br>
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<li>Shared admin, and</li>
<li>Remote logging & SNMP monitoring (which I will
do when I have a connection).</li>
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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.<br>
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So, now more questions ...<br>
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<li>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".</li>
<li>Is there a better way to do a scan other than the
command (eg, a WinBox button somewhere)?</li>
<li>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.</li>
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<p>Any other comments are welcome as well ...<br>
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