Chapter 5 of 11 · MikroTik MTCWE
Wireless Advanced Settings
Hw-retries, hw-protection, noise immunity, WMM, country rules, transmit power and virtual AP.
- 6topics
- 25 minfast track
- 2diagrams and exhibits
Topics in this chapter
Take them in order, or jump to the one you need.
- 1Advanced Wireless Settings, HW Retries and HW ProtectionLearn the advanced wireless settings in RouterOS, how hw-retries affect delivery, and how hw-protection with RTS and CTS helps…Diagram5 min
- 2Adaptive Noise Immunity and Tuning SettingsLearn what adaptive noise immunity does on RouterOS wireless interfaces, when to enable it, and how to test the effect on signal…4 min
- 3WMM Traffic PriorityLearn how WMM gives wireless traffic four priority classes, how RouterOS maps packet priority to them, and how to enable…4 min
- 4Country Regulation SettingsLearn how the RouterOS country and frequency mode settings keep wireless links legal, and what regulatory domain, manual txpower…4 min
- 5TX Power SettingsLearn how to set and test transmit power on a RouterOS wireless interface, what dBm means, how tx-power-mode works and why power…4 min
- 6Virtual APLearn how a virtual AP lets one RouterOS radio serve several SSIDs with separate security, how to create it with a master…Diagram4 min
About this chapter
What this chapter covers
Wireless Advanced Settings is about the controls that tune a wireless interface beyond the basics.
Basic settings get a link up. The advanced settings decide how it copes with noise, how it shares the air, how legal it is and how many networks one radio can serve.
The chapter follows the fifth part of the MTCWE syllabus. It has five topics, covered by six pages.
How the topics fit together
The topics fall into three groups: reliability, traffic and rules.
The pages follow that grouping:
- Advanced tab settings and hw-retries, hw-protection cover how the radio repeats frames and avoids collisions.
- Adaptive noise immunity covers receiver tuning in noisy places.
- WMM covers priority classes for different kinds of traffic.
- Country regulation covers the legal channels and power for the place of installation.
- TX power covers how much power the radio sends and how to test it.
- Virtual AP covers several SSIDs on one radio.
Rules limit everything else. A power value or a channel that the country does not allow is not a valid choice, whatever the measurements say.
Tune in this order: physical link, frequency, timing, then the advanced settings, changing one thing at a time.
How to use these pages
Each topic page has the same shape, so you can skim for what you need.
- What it is: the idea in plain words.
- How it works: the mechanism, with diagrams and example commands.
- What to remember for the exam: the facts to memorise.
- Common mistakes: the classic traps.
- Check yourself: three questions to test your understanding.
Several of these topics are labs in the syllabus. Use the registration table and the monitor command before and after each change, and write down the numbers. A change without a measurement is a guess.
Pay attention to the trade offs. Almost every setting here helps one thing and costs another.
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