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[meritez]

I've been looking over some of the set up "guides" for the Audience 

I hope you're prepared for a number of questions on a thread near here soon! 

Prepared for Questions, setup looks quite simple: https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/UM/Audience

[Alex Atkin UK]

I'm also thinking about whether it might be a good idea to put the Audience in the roof space or just centrally in the house. The idea behind putting it in the roof space is to get it above the walls (some of which are brick).

In theory that would be a great idea, in practice you never know until you try as its hard to predict how WiFi reacts to your specific house materials.

[tubaman]

I'm always very cautious about putting electronics in the loft due to the vast temperature swings that are seen there, the high temperatures in the Summer especially so. I'm sure it can't be good for longevity.

[Alex Atkin UK]

A good point, though my friend has had his cable router in the loft for YEARS and amazingly it hasn't died.

My PC that was up there on the other hand.....

[TylerDurden]

Well the Audience arrived and I've plugged it in and positioned it next to my EE Smart Router.
I've installed some WiFi Analyser software on my laptop and done some testing.
I can conclude that it's range (at least with default settings) is no better, in fact possibly worse, than the EE Smart Router.

[meritez]

Ok,

What software version are you using, can you send your wireless config minus ssid and passwords, from terminal for example:

Code: [Select]

/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-onlyn country="united kingdom" disabled=no frequency=2472 installation=indoor mode=ap-bridge ssid=MikroTik \
    wireless-protocol=802.11
set [ find default-name=wlan2 ] band=5ghz-n/ac channel-width=20/40/80mhz-Ceee country="united kingdom" disabled=no frequency=auto installation=indoor mode=ap-bridge ssid=\
    MikroTik wireless-protocol=802.11
set [ find default-name=wlan3 ] band=5ghz-a/n/ac channel-width=20/40/80mhz-XXXX country="united kingdom" disabled=no frequency=auto installation=indoor mode=ap-bridge \
    skip-dfs-channels=all ssid=MikroTik wireless-protocol=802.11 wps-mode=disabled


[TylerDurden]

Ok,

What software version are you using, can you send your wireless config minus ssid and passwords, from terminal for example:

Code: [Select]

/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-onlyn country="united kingdom" disabled=no frequency=2472 installation=indoor mode=ap-bridge ssid=MikroTik \
    wireless-protocol=802.11
set [ find default-name=wlan2 ] band=5ghz-n/ac channel-width=20/40/80mhz-Ceee country="united kingdom" disabled=no frequency=auto installation=indoor mode=ap-bridge ssid=\
    MikroTik wireless-protocol=802.11
set [ find default-name=wlan3 ] band=5ghz-a/n/ac channel-width=20/40/80mhz-XXXX country="united kingdom" disabled=no frequency=auto installation=indoor mode=ap-bridge \
    skip-dfs-channels=all ssid=MikroTik wireless-protocol=802.11 wps-mode=disabled


Thanks for the offer of support. I have only turned it on an haven't done any set up.  All I have done was look at the graphs in the wifi analyser program on my laptop.  This is almost certainly not a proper test, but it was enough for me to think the range is not what I was hoping for.

[meritez]

Thanks for the offer of support. I have only turned it on an haven't done any set up.  All I have done was look at the graphs in the wifi analyser program on my laptop.  This is almost certainly not a proper test, but it was enough for me to think the range is not what I was hoping for.

Let me know when you have time to go through, as Mikrotik are a Latvian manufacturer the defaults are very EU safe, the power level, frequencies available and range increase as soon as you set the correct region etc.

[TylerDurden]

I see from this thread that the default is actually the highest power, and that selecting any country option will actually make it less powerful.
https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=121907

[TylerDurden]

I tried setting to UK and it made no difference to me.
From a couple of rooms away I was at -70dBm no matter what the setting.

[meritez]

I see from this thread that the default is actually the highest power, and that selecting any country option will actually make it less powerful.
https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=121907

  I'm not sure a random post from nearly 5 years ago on the Mikrotik Forum is relevant.
The Mikrotik Audience was released in Autumn/Fall 2019.
Mikrotik update their software frequently: https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs
The release in May 2017 was 6.39.1, there's been around 70 software releases and firmware upgrades since then.
If you click on any changelog you will see wireless improvements that have been made.

What RouterOS and Routerboard versions are you using?

[TylerDurden]

My Audience is using RouterOS v6.48.3
Routerboard 6.45.9

[TylerDurden]

Actually, just updated Routerboard to 6.48.3

[TylerDurden]

I have now set up the EE router and the MikroTik at the far corner of the house.  In the opposite corner I get the following results on a laptop WiFi Analyzer.

EE 5g -72dBm
MikroTik -76dBm

EE 2g -53dBm
MikroTik -66dBm

[meritez]

Let me know when you share your wireless configuration.