Case for RB953GS-5HnT

onnoossendrijver · June 24, 2014, 7:53am

I can’t find any casings for the RB953GS-5HnT.
It looks like the CA/433 case fits if I modify the rear-end of the case. Am I right?

Belgarion186 · June 24, 2014, 8:05am

+1

That’s what’s holding me back … and those SMA connectors too.

onnoossendrijver · June 24, 2014, 8:26am

Luckily I have some SMA to N cables lying around

honzam · June 24, 2014, 12:50pm

Mikrotik, have you some recommendation?

onnoossendrijver · July 2, 2014, 4:12pm

Just got my RB953GS-5HnT. CA/433 case fits fine

honzam · July 2, 2014, 4:48pm

Please give some photos

Belgarion186 · July 3, 2014, 12:26am

I’ve looked at that previously but the cut outs on the rear panel of the CA433 case doesn’t match the RB953GS-5HnT (antenna & SFP cages).

Did you modify the case ?

onnoossendrijver · July 3, 2014, 7:50am

I did not modify the case.
The cuts don’t match but there is enough space for pigtails (SMA to N) and sfp’s to fit inside the case. The SMA connectors and SFP cages have about 5cm of space to the rear-end of the case.

I will take a picture later today.

Belgarion186 · July 3, 2014, 8:50am

Thank you. I’m looking forward to the pics.

onnoossendrijver · July 3, 2014, 5:31pm

Here are some pics…
The pigtails I use in these pictures are a little ‘large’. Normal sized cable will fit fine.

Belgarion186 · July 3, 2014, 11:52pm

Thank you very much. The pictures help a lot because I was thinking the PCB extends to the end of the case which it actually doesn’t.

Going to order one too.

frittentheke · July 4, 2014, 4:19pm

Is this the best option then? How comes Mikrotik does not have a really well fitting case where one can also use the SFPs properly yet?

Kampfwurst · October 21, 2014, 1:01pm

Looking also forward

srijit92 · November 12, 2014, 4:51am

Hi,

So from this post it is clear that RB953GS-5HnT will work with CA/433 Case. But for Point to Multi Point installations, which antennas are compatible with it?

Is Ubnt Sector 120 degree 2X2 mimo compatible with this 3 X 3 mimo, though I think will not use the 3 X 3 feature of this routerboard. Are there any genuine 3 X 3 sectors available in the market?

Also what is the max supported distance and how many concurrent users are supported by this routerboard?

Thanks.

nikkon · May 2, 2015, 6:32pm

What kind of antenas can i use with this board?
And how many ? 3 or 2?

Belgarion186 · May 3, 2015, 1:03am

Standard ones from MikroTik. Here’s mine :

nikkon · May 3, 2015, 1:05am

Thx

nikkon · May 4, 2015, 9:38pm

ok.got it.one more thing: cna you please tell what kind of connectiors are you using from board to case → in which you connect the antenas?
RSMS → RSMA ?
I have 3 RP-SMA and on the site i can buy from( http://wifimag.ro/cabluri ) i can;t see any of this.

thank you.

Belgarion186 · May 5, 2015, 12:55am

The older RB953GS-5HnT has SMA antenna connectors. For those you’ll need 3 pcs of SMA to MMCX adapters to be able to use the MikroTik antenna :

The newer RB953GS-5HnT-RP has RP-SMA so you’ll need 3 pcs of RP-SMA to MMCX adapters.

Those adapters are easily available on eBay. My advice is to purchase a couple of pieces more (eg.. 5 instead of 3) as those China-made adapters have fairly poor precision and may not fit properly.

nikkon · May 5, 2015, 6:17am

thanks Belgarion186
I only have the option to buy the old model.Does it make sense to wait for the new board to be available?