Every RouterBOARD with a miniPCI-e slot which supports LTE modems can also be used as a LoRaWAN gateway by installing R11e-LoRa8 or R11e-LoRa9 card. In order to enable the interface, Lora package has to be downloaded from extra packages and installed for the corresponding architecture.
note: RouterOS does not support 3rd party LoRaWAN gateway cards.
Properties
Sub-menu: /lora
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- crc-disabled - forward packets which CRC code isn`t checked
- crc-error - forward packets with incorrect CRC code
- crc-valid - forward valid packets with correct CRC.
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Channels
Sub-menu: /lora channels
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Servers
Sub-menu: /lora servers
There are two predefined servers that can be used (it requires to make an The Things Network account to use them).
[admin@MikroTik] > lora servers print
# NAME UP-PORT DOWN-PORT ADDRESS
0 TTN-EU 1700 1700 eu.mikrotik.thethings.industries
1 TTN-US 1700 1700 us.mikrotik.thethings.industries
Custom servers can be added as well.
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