XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.repair   
   From: _arlen.george@halder.edu   
      
   On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 01:44:53 -0700, Johann Beretta wrote:   
      
   >> I don't know where to look to see the signal strength numbers or graph.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I should have added, in my previous post, that I have not used WinBox   
   > for alignment, so I cannot help there. The few times I've done an   
   > alignment (2 or 3 times max) I used the web interface.   
      
   Hi Johann,   
      
   Thanks for reminding me of the Mikrotik web interface (I've always used the   
   winbox.exe executable), where I just tried that web interface into RouterOS   
   v6.28, which, by all appearances, is "similar but different" from what it   
   looks like inside of WinBox.   
      
   One thing in the web interface which is VERY different is that windows get   
   replaced when you click buttons, whereas in Winbox, windows just pop up all   
   over the place, and remain.   
      
   > No surprise there as it's in a rather dumb location. Interfaces / WLAN1   
   > / Near the top (10th button from the left in my router)   
      
   Using a variety of browsers...   
      
   I tried the same sequence, but received the same result, exactly.   
   a. Log into the web interface of RouterOS v6.28 as admin   
   b. Press "Interfaces" (top left under "Quick Set")   
         
   c. That brings up "bridge1", "ether1" & "wlan1" in the "Interface List"   
   d. Left click on "wlan1" which brings up "Interface "   
         
   d. Click on the "Align..." button, which brings up "Alignment (Running)"   
         
      
   Same as before with Winbox.   
   o "Align" does nothing (that I can tell)   
   o "Scan" spits out (AP, #, BSSID, SSID, Band, Width, Freq, Strength, Noise,   
   S:N, Name, Version)   
   o "Snooper" spits out #, Freq, Band, Address, SSID, SIgnal, Freq %, Traf %,   
   Bandwidth, Networks, Stations.   
   o Frequency Usage spits out usage and frequency and noise floor for a dozen   
   items   
   o "Sniff" lists packet information such that things move in the display   
   o "Torch" does something, who knows what, but things are moving in the display   
      
   As before, I'm going to be like Apple people and just give up, as I'm not   
   going to worry about it, since the radio is pushing signal through floors   
   and walls just fine the way it is, given I have about -40 dBm of signal   
   strength on a desktop that has only Ethernet.   
      
   Thanks for trying to help me; I appreciate that, but let's not waste time   
   on this MikroTik alignment stuff as your point is well made that they hide   
   things, but Mikrotik took a Linux-like approach, and, we mostly use   
   Ubiquiti anyway.   
      
   The person who needs help, I think, is pjp who has the 1km where he's only   
   got a small window LOS into the trees where he parks his RV away from the   
   house.   
      
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