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Looks like I bought my LHG LTE6 kit too early… 
I had hoped for something like the new wAP ac. But looks like it is missing a POE out or pass through option on the second ethernet port, no? I would like to mount it next to the LHG LTE6 and power that - with just one ethernet cable up to the mast.
Not really sure I consider the wAP AC an upgrade when it went from 3 chain to 2 chain :(. With more and more devices sharing the same frequency, having good MU-MIMO throughput becomes very important, this seems like a step backwards to me when the competition is selling 4x4 devices.
Re-using the name and model number when the hardware is so completely different is also not great. Now I have no idea if I order from a distributor if I get the old or new model, which is important if I want 3 chain 5 GHz, or want to run OpenWRT (the new model is likely unsupported for now). Why not wAP AC²?
EDIT: Actually it seems the model number is slightly different to indicate the reduced chains - RBwAPG-5HacT2HnD → RBwAPG-5HacD2HnD
Exactly, just call it wAP AC2 or mark2 or something else please. I hate when companies do this. New hardware should always be released with a different model number.
As much as I want to like some improvements, there are some downsides as well and in some cases I will want to get older version instead of this one.
Also when will LHG LTE with LTE12 modem happen?
The new wAP AC has an improved CPU and wireless chip, and it comes with improved antennas as well, which even allow outperforming previous revisions. Not to mention improved heat dissipation which is always good.
I’m still skeptical, the CPU isn’t a bottleneck on my current wAP AC (it’s just an AP), and my signal strength is also great. Can two chains on a new chipset really outperform three chains on an older one? The Mikrotik wireless driver has traditionally had poor MU-MIMO / Wave2 support as well. I guess I will find out at some point when I inevitably have to get the new model!
Regarding: “LHGG LTE6 kit” (RBLHGGR&R11e-LTE6) - Thank you for the 1Gbe interface! - Question: is it safe to presume the LTE-module is future proof ie replaceable with for example a 5G-module when available?
Link LHGG LTE6 kit (RBLHGGR&R11e-LTE6): https://mikrotik.com/product/lhgg_lte6_kit
PS..
I like “Diving deep into RouterOS””, more of that thank you!
Yes, it might be possible (with great care and appropriate tools) to change LHG LTE6 modem, but it should be same form factor.
Great, standard mPCIe I guess? Btw, I take it for granted that MT eventually will offer a 5G module when implemented and tested in RoS…
Future suggestions:
LHGGR still with the same Gain… means people with LTE at ~700/900Mhz must move to 180° unit to have better signal, few person check that and this works 
Can you, please, explain, how this can happen, while the new wAP AC is much worse than old in Transmit (17 vs 23 dBm in 5 GHz) and Receive Sensitivity (-70 vs -73 in 5 GHz) and with 2 wireless antennas instead of 3? Do you have benchmark results?
Yay for 60GHz/5GHz devices!
What is the fail-over mechanism between the 60 and 5GHz radios?
Is there a US/INTL version split like the other 5GHz devices?
I’d really like to see some internal pics if anyone can find them.
Finally a high gain LTE and Gigabit device!!!
The best news for me of this year.
Regards.
Concur to all points. But regarding R11e-LTE6 with B3+1/B1+7 a) I was under the impression it already supported INTER-band for FDD? b) Is it i firmware option from the manufacturer? c) Does R11e-LTE6 CA on TDD as well?
“LHGGR still with the same Gain… means people with LTE at ~700/900Mhz must move to 180° unit to have better signal, few person check that and this works :)”
Well, been there but not with full 180° rotation 
We have a customer installation of a LHG LTE6 on an remote island apros 8-9km with LoS over the water to the basstation. Band 20 (800 Mhz) gives about 30-50 Mbit/s depending on weather conditions.
I like it too! But, as expected, not a LHG-style device. It is likely too difficult to have a 60GHz/5GHz combined dish feed.
Pity, because the dish antenna has more gain and thus more link margin.
Are Mikrotik planning to launch products in the 5G backbone/backhaul segment? Or it’s just end-user/consumer?
Quite likely that dish, decently made for 5GHz, would have 12 times narrower beam width at 60GHz. If beam width @5GHz was, say, 5 degrees, then with 60GHz it would be 0.4 degrees. Impossible to direct it optimally and too sensitive to any vibrations (such as wind gusts). If dish was fine @60GHz, then it would suck @5GHz.
Yes but that problem was already solved in the Wireless Wire Dish. It has automatic pointing using a steerable beam feeder.
However, it seems to be impossible to combine the Wireless Wire Dish with the LHG5ac in a single device (using a shared dish). Ubiquiti also wasn’t able to do it.
Exactly. The 60GHz active antenna has no place in 5GHz dish’s focal point (it only obstructs the 5GHz EMF) and the dish means nothing to 60GHz active antenna. So the 60GHz antenna arrray should be placed adjacent to the 5GHz dish … and both could well be in separate cases. Using same physical case would have added value in easier setup of direction. The best MT would do is to have some kind of configuration wizard which would set up things to use both radios/devices in active/backup setup. However, configuration wizards (specially so on pro class of equipment) are so not Mikrotik, are they?
It is excellent when putting examples of uses of MikroTik products.
LtAP LR8 LTE kit It was much better for me to explain where to apply this MikroTik product with the example of the farm.
Cube 60G ac I really liked the example of using Cubes.
Congratulations to the team