Bunch of CPEs are 802.11a. The sector up there is only hpol. To upgrade I'd need a new sector - not something I want to deal with (the extra polarity) on this tower. 5 GHz is super rough waters.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Justin Miller <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20130625/7d156a8b/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
