Has anyone come up with a good way to wall or post mount a GPeRx4?
Pictures?
The device is already intended for pole/post mount (via a normal tie/clamp[1]), so I don’t understand the second part of your question.
If you want to remain in Mikrotik’s “solutions”, you can get one of these:
https://mikrotik.com/product/QMP
https://mikrotik.com/product/QME
Both simply “transform” a wall into a (very short) pole.
The el-cheapo solution is:
- get a short piece of (thick) small PVC (or aluminum) pipe, or saw a few cms off from a broom stick
. - get a couple pipe anchors of suitable size like : https://corh.it/en/prodotti/heavy-pipe-clamp-for-steel-and-pe-pvc-pp-with-wood-iron-screw-and-dowel/
- fix the clamps to the wall and attach the pipe to them
- you have now a pole to which you can attach the provided clamp
[1] Mikrotik Hose clamp 1, represented here:
https://mikrotik.com/product/gperx4#fndtn-gallery
https://cdn.mikrotik.com/web-assets/rb_images/part1021582186477m.jpg
(I would be curious to meet the artistic director that chose to include this photo to the product page gallery
)
I’m hoping for a low profile option to mount to a square “6x6” post (about 14cm/side, ~56cm diameter) or on a flat wall. It’s pretty wild that they didn’t bother to consider this common scenario in the design.
I’ve definitely used the PVC Pipe method a number of times, but I’ve never been proud of it.
If you want something flatter, you can replace the pipe with a short piece of plate or a small round bar with two holes for the plain anchors, all you need is a couple washers to keep it enough away from the wall to allow the clamp to pass behind the plate/rod.
like:
https://nautos-usa.com/products/stainless-steel-2-hole-mounting-plate-opti1453
Of course only if you want to mount it on one of the 4 faces of the square post.
If your objection is with the (objectively ugly/cheap looking clamp) that’s another thing, nicer looking inox ones do exist, but they are a PITA to tight properly and an even bigger one if you need to remove them, like:
https://www.etigo.fr/en/155-litex-stainless-steel-ties.html