That's because of the Atheros chipset at heart. The SR and CM9 cards use the 5004 chipset, the XR and other radios such as the R52 use the 5006 chipset.
---------- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "cw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:59 PM To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] SR5 vs. XR5 > It's not the output power that differentiates SR radios from XR radios. We > got better quality links from 100mW CM9s than SR cards. The XR radios are > finer grained and hear better. > > Mario Pommier wrote: >> what is the output of those cards? >> >> the xr5 are 600mW aren't they? >> >> aren't the sr5 400mW? >> >> *600mW (28dBm) >> 400mW (26dBm)* >> >> the posted results seem accurate. >> >> Mario >> >> Mike Hammett wrote: >>> The XR radios listen better than the SR radios do. >>> >>> >>> ---------- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>> http://www.ics-il.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Scott Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 2:55 PM >>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] SR5 vs. XR5 >>> >>> >>>> What I have seen is not so much an improvement in the receive db >>>> reading >>>> as in the CCQ. I don't remember how much it changed, but I have a >>>> couple of links that were having issues with intermittent drops that >>>> went away with the XR5 cards. >>>> >>>> Travis Johnson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> It's a 2 hour drive (each way) and requires taking the link down >>>>> (again). I have XR5 cards sitting on my desk... but if I'm only going >>>>> to see 1db of improvement, it's not worth 5 hours of time. ;) >>>>> >>>>> Travis >>>>> Microserv >>>>> >>>>> D. Ryan Spott wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> You could just toss the cards in there and do a quick configure. >>>>>> >>>>>> $216 for the parts should be easy to show on the books. :) >>>>>> >>>>>> ryan >>>>>> >>>>>> Travis Johnson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can anyone provide any real-world experience where they replaced SR5 >>>>>>> cards with XR5 cards on a point to point link? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We have a 15 mile shot (using MT) that is just _barely_ line of site >>>>>>> enough to establish a link. 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