I use the R52Hn cards as well. Work very well. It will work fine, just don't enable chain 2. I've had single chain things connect to dual pole sectors just fine as well.
Honestly, I don't know why anyone would continue to run single chain when there are so many benefits with dual chain. I guess it's just not an option financially sometimes. Justin Miller On Jun 25, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20130625/2a48261a/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
