IEEE 802.11ac (wave 2)

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Hello MikroTik team,

I love the new WAP AC device. Finally 802.3af/at PoE, but still 802.11ac first generation ASICs, i.e. “Wave 1”.Let´s look at current Atheros chipsets:

  • For 2.4Ghz only :
    TP9343(Dragonfly) MIPS 74Kc 750 MHz bgn 3x3:3


  • For 2.4/5.0Ghz:
    QCA9990 PCIe abgn+ac 4x4:4 Wave2 MU-MIMO 80MHz
    QCA9994 PCIe abgn+ac 4x4:4 Wave2 MU-MIMO 160MHz

Of course the QCA9994 would be my favourite.

  • So, what is the current state of Mikrotik based wave 2 devices. Are those in development state, already?
  • Will wave 2 products be announced in 2016?
  • Will wave 2 products be available in 2017?

Some hints would be great. :sunglasses:

MikroTik hAP ax3 poor WiFi performance
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++1

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Cards are on sale?

Google find:
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9994
http://www.acelink.com.tw/EW-7956MAC.html
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984:
http://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle1216v5-23/
http://www.acelink.com.tw/EW-7955MAC.html
other cards?

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Let´s push this one, sorry :wink:
(I am waiting for second generation WAP AC, as CAPSMAN tunnel needs a lot of CPU… Therefore an ASIC with more integrated CPU power would be nice to have)

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Would these be supported in RouterOS?

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No, driver does Not Support them
I tryed 9888 Wave 2 2x2 from Compex,
->unknown device

the 4x4 will arrive in october, But i think Mikrotik ROS Wireless Driver is outdatet!

They are Working on your own driver, so It will Need Time to implement new Chipsets, i Hope not the Same Time Span since we Hoping for ROS 7.0

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Any updates on this?

QCA9984 supported in ROS yet?

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And QCA9888

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There’s no Wave2 support for anything yet.

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shame on Mikrotik but it is the truth

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wave 2 work in the new RouterOS update?

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RouterOS v7? Probably. Who knows when though…

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IPQ4018/4019 in the new arm devices (sxtsq, hap ac2, disc lite 5ac) is wave2.
support for 160MHz channel and 80+80mhz is there.

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No no the situation is different..
There is at WLE650V5-25A compex card to be used on the RB800. But it does not show the RB800 card

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there are only these two chipsets (IPQ4018/19) supported, and not with Wave 2 Features!

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any news?

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Wave AC drivers in the next ROS 8 version :slight_smile:

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Bud i see Mikrotik ROS Audience RBD25G-5HPacQD2HPnD supported QCA9984 chip.

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If take RouterBOARD RBM11G with MiniPCI and stick this card there (http://www.compexshop.com/product_info.php/cPath/104_114/products_id/486) with the QCA9984 chip, will it work?
What your think?

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Does not work, try Openwrt, that works…