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Fri, 07/07/2023 - 10:34
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nc8q
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mesh RF address clash

I have a Mikrotik hAP and a GL-iNet AR750 that have a 'mesh RF address' clash.
These devices do not play well when on the same network.
How can I get them both to work on the same network at the same time?
hap image http://gelm.net/AREDN/hap2-32340.png
ar750 image http://gelm.net/AREDN/ar750-32340.png

73, Chuck

 

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Fri, 07/07/2023 - 10:41
k1ky
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mesh RF address clash

I think you may be referring to an issue I experienced long ago where 2 devices acquired the "same" RF IP addy.  Solution is to revert both units back to whatever native RF IP that they were supposed to have.  It occurred after an upgrade that went wrong and one of the units seemed to have copied information from a nearby participating node. Very wierd stuff starts happening including node name duplication and the like. This is exactly what you are experiencing according to your screen shots - both nodes have the same IP addy.  One of them needs to be changed back and all will be well in mesh land.

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Fri, 07/07/2023 - 13:18
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nc8q
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mesh RF address clash
Hi, Tom:
Thanks.
I didn't change either node to any address.
I don't know how to change them 'back'.
:-|
Did you post about this issue in this forum? Maybe I can search for it.
73, Chuck

 
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Fri, 07/07/2023 - 14:00
k1ky
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mesh RF address clash
No, you probably didn't change it - as I mentioned it probably happened somewhere along the way during a nightly upgrade.  You can manually edit the Wi-Fi IP addy in setup, but you will need to determine what the "original" addy was. In the mean time you could make one up for testing purposes that doesn't conflict with anything in use on your mesh network. Do you by chance make notes of your settings on your nodes when initially setting them up and changing them? I think there may be a restore to default or reset option in the firmware.  Of course take screenshots of your settings before starting. And of course you will need to determine which node has the incorrect WiFi IP addy.  Maybe someone in development can hel guide you with that if you don't have any way to determine the default setting info.
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Fri, 07/07/2023 - 14:02
k1ky
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It's in the MESH RF Section
You make the change in the MESH RF setup section: 
 
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