Hi Guys,
Can you please help me understand how to “build” with Mikrotik boards an AP similar with cAP 2n in size but better in specs?
I would like to have:
Can you also point me where to find nice enclosures for inside use?
Thanks in advance,
You need some enclosure like this:
http://www.rfelements.com/en/products/enclosures/stationbox-inspot/
and the rest depends on you. You can put there RB951G-2HnD, for example. Or some 105x105mm board, e.g. RB922UAGS-5HPacD with additional card including big antennas.
Thank you jarda.
will RouterBoard 911G-2HPnD fit in stationbox-inspot encloser?
what antennas should i buy for RouterBoard 911G-2HPnD that will fit in stationbox-inspot?
Thanks in advance,
Compare the product documents to be sure or ask rfelements directly. They also make antennas…
Yes, it fit inside. See this: http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/fyi-photo-of-rb922-r11e-enclosure-stationbox-inspot/83375/1
Thanks for your suggestions guys.
Does these antenas http://routerboard.com/ACSWIM
works with RB911G-2HPnD ?
Probably they will fit in stationbox-inspot .
Thanks,
Seems antennas will fit as both sides are mmcx connectors. Unfortunatelly you cannot use this board as AP because it has only L3 license and you need at least L4 for AP mode.
Why you insist on bigger antennas? What area (dimensions, obstacles, materials) do you need to cover and what type and how many clients do you expect to serve?
In normal wireless aplications, gigabit ethernet port is almost useless.
An RB951Ui-2HnD is a very capable router. For gigabit use RB951G-2HnD.
Sure, I have the same oppinion. Gigabit port would make sense when there would be two cards (2HnD and some 5ac together).
Hi,
There will be individual rooms with concrete walls that have iron bars in it.
The rooms are about 5x5 meters.
And the clients will be as usual: phones, laptops, tvs, media players which will play hd content over wifi.
Just want to build a capable AP from “parts” at an fair price. I am very happy with mikrotik devices so far, and using CAPsMAN.
I would need around 6-7 of them. The design is also important. Puting a RB951G-2HnD in a stationbox-inspot i consider it waste as the other 4 ports will never be used and the case as well. I want to compensate those money (for other ports and case) with an powerful AP.
Thanks in advance,
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This setup works great!
If i need L4 license:
This could be an interesting combination:
and an extra for 5GHz:
What do you think about this config?
Thanks in advance,
For such small rooms you would need to take the transmitting power down.
Instead the R11e-5HnD go for R11e-5HacD. Otherwise it looks good.
Try as much clients as possible to utilize 5GHz band instead of 2GHz band and it will be fine.
Use different non-overlapping channels in neighbouring rooms to prevent interference.
Maybe using low gain antennas will help you to fight against interference also and also will help to suppress overscreaming from the clients. But it will be necessary to test first.
in such scenario why not go simply for cAP ( http://routerboard.com/RBcAP2n ) if 5ghz support is not a strict requirement ?
cAP and mAP are more than enough for such small room and requirements. please clarify what you think is lacking in those products so we can suggest something appropriate. judging from the requirements alone, I would say that you don’t need the specs you outlined
Hi,
Assuming that:
will cAP 2n handle this?
The wired network is FTP CAT6.
Just want to avoid upgrade it in 9 months and to be sure that the local servers will be accessed a full speed.
Thanks in advance,
1080p stream from NAS should be 10-20Mbit maximum. Not sure about the others.
If you want future proof, I suggest one of our 802.11ac devices, like this one:
http://routerboard.com/RB911G-5HPacD-NB
but then the clients have to support 5GHz.
If they only support 2GHz, then the wireless standard itself will be the limiting factor, real speed will be under 100Mbit because of 2GHz data rates, not because of router performance
With your suggestion i need to improvise with antennas, as i said before, the design is also important and i cannot hide them. More than that, i cannot go only for 5GHz.
In this case, i can go with :
and an extra for 5GHz:
which is not so cheap.
BTW, why don’t you sell wall mount empty enclosures as well? Would be nice for the website to have a “router build configurator” for novice like me 
Thanks in advance,
there are many Made For Mikrotik partners that do this. One was mentioned above, here are others: http://www.mikrotik.com/mfm
It has to be mentioned that 2n devices have only one chain. Therefore they are not so good for heavy data transfers. Maybe they are good for hotels and occasional connectivity, but not for bigger dayly use on such exposed places.
From this point of view comination of 2HnD and 5HacD radios is the best way how to achieve the best throughput thru the air. Maybe having 2x 2HnD together with 5HacD is better, because the whole 2,4GHz spectrum is ready just for 2 non overlapping frequency bands when 20/40 wide channels are used.
On the other hand, trying to make one big microwave owen from each of the concrete/metal rooms is not smart also. Things like computers, video players and similar that are used mostly on static places should be connected by wires preferably. Sure, the notebooks are moved time to time, but when lying on the desk they can be connected by their wired network cards. Even they can simultaneously keep also the connection via wifi to the AP, they will route the traffic thru wires.
Even there was not prooved that non-ionic rf emission with these frequencies and powers have direct negative impact on your health, it is for sure that it does not have any positive impact. Generally it is better to avoid the exposions rather than make them worse.
Take into account that Mbit/s is not the only measure of the speed. The question is also about latency which is uncomparable between wifi and ethernet technology.
So, running wires everywhere and using small weak radios just as backup connections when wires ar unplugged seems to be much wise for me than making microwave owens.
And I am real fan into these devices, having many of them running everywhere around…