I will try to find the video…it was after the 5009 launch when a lot of users were asking for an updated RB4011 (probably linked here somewhere or on Reddit since I dot not speak Russian and I never would have watched that video otherwise). I am not an engineer, but I am 99% sure that was the reason given at the time…
But the IPQ5018 A53 isn’t in the same class as the A72 Marvell SoC anyway.
Thermal management may be an issue, I agree.
As for the enclosure itself being the blocking factor, that’s remediated with an external antenna.
It exists. L009 with wifi.
Maybe someone from MT will reply. Looking at the monstrous size of most tri-band/quad-band consumer grade routers, also using updated A53 midrange chips (quad-core clocked up to 2 GHz), heat from the radios seems like a logical design restriction. The hAP ax2 is a perfect size for home use IMO (to each his own), but it’s down clocked vs the much larger ax3. Neither are bleeding edge on the radio front. Some manufacturers also use fans, which is another can of worms…
Well IMHO, ax2 and ax3 are perfect for home users and wifi performance in mikrotik came a long way, they really made some big changes.
At the end, it all depends on what do you expect from wifi, for me stability is more important then have great speeds.
I like to connect what is possible with wire, so wifi is only for mobile phones, laptops, tablets etc.
Definitely agree, my 4011 has been the most stable router I have ever owned. I have never kept anything computer related for more than 2 years in more than 3 decades - that says a lot…
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The L009UiGS-2HaxD-IN has only has a 2.4GHz radio. Nevermind, but:
Well, however, I looked at the performance (Ethernet test result on Mtik page) and I was disappointed, it does not reach the performance of hAPax3 (what I would expect).
I understand that the L009 is a successor to another product line (the RB2011, but there was also no hAPac3 at the time(when it existed RB2011), as far as I know).
L009’s existence is most useless, neither fish nor fowl.
It’s been a while, what did you get in the end? After going round in circles for a week and ending up back at square one and without an all-in-one home network solution… it seems the only “less bad” options would be:
hAP ax3 … or …
L009UiGS-RM + access point
I wonder what you bought.
Hello,
I really bought RB5009 + cAP ax, but it was also not a win.
At first there were (11/2023) big problems with the RB5009 firmware. The problems were caused either by wifi wave2 instability or by the container solution (I use PiHole directly on the router). It manifested itself in frequent restarts (at least 1x/day) during Wi-Fi load. The problems stopped over time, apparently they were fixed in the firmware.
Well, the cAP ax is a big plate, but unfortunately the signal coverage (and thus the speed achieved) also falls short of expectations. My old RB951 had far better coverage from the same location.
I think the new products fall short of user expectations, at least in the area of radiated WiFi power, but we’ll probably have to put up with that. Other parameters, such as RouterOS options and stability, are still at a very high level compared to the price of the products. (Although SMB change in ROS 7.14 - pure disaster) ; -)