I was thinking r52hn, too. Not sure how it's going to act when the AP is supposed to be dual pol, though.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Jon Paul Kelley <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20130625/7a0ae438/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
