The R52 was, in my opinion, the best minipci card that Mikrotik has released. It mimicked the CM9 in performance with a little more transmit power. I was not impressed with the R52H, had too many go dead. I think Mikrotik may have overdriven the amps in those cards. I could not keep them running. The R52nm is alright. I like the MMCX connectors, but it did not seem like it had as much receiver sensitivity as the R52. I ended up using the R52Hn in my network. It has the MMCX connectors, good output power and good receiver sensitivity. The XR5 I have not used very much, but what I did use of them, they performed well. If it were me, I would use the R52Hn. They worked for me in rural NE Texas. YMMV.
My current pricing for XR5 is $96.50 My current pricing for R52Hn is $43.00 Jon Paul Kelley CKS Wireless -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 2:13 PM To: Mikrotik discussions Subject: [Mikrotik] 5GHz cards for Routerboards Has anyone compared the r52/h, r52hn and r52nm versus XR5? The XR5, while pretty good, is $90. Mikrotik cards are less than $60. I do need it to support 802.11a for older CPEs, but I'm expecting that won't be an issue with those. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20130625/0cba8b9b /attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
