Hello our isp is rebuilding a tower that currently has two 180 sectors to be broken down into 4 90 sectors. We are using mikrotik currently and plan to stay that way. New Sectors will be using 120 ubnt h/v units with either (411AH+R52Hn) or (RB711-2hn). My question is which will perform better? We have had decent luck with the 411 in single chain in the past, but the 711-2hn is cheaper. Any opinions or ideas would be great. Thanks
I would go with the 711. It has a much more powerful wireless card (1 watt) compared to the R52Hn (320mW). But on the other hand it has only a 400mhz compared the 680mhz of the 411ah.
Some people have reported problems with the 711 but we use them all of the time and not had any problems.
a tip is to use rocketik.
http://www.rfelements.com/sheets/InstructionManual-RockeTik.pdf
we are using a rocketik whit a omni antenna from ubnt and a 711G-5HnD
Agreed. They are nice.
We are using a aluminum box by maxxwave on the sectors. This tower has some really bad rf issues so a plastic box would be another weak spot. We are just waiting for the fiber to arrive for our run to the top