Mikrotik CAP AC Performance Review

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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AC600 Wireless Dual-Band Mini USB Adapter EW-7811UTC
http://www.edimax.com/edimax/merchandise/merchandise_detail/data/edimax/au/wireless_adapters_ac600_dual-band/ew-7811utc
Maximum Wi-Fi speeds of 150Mbps (2.4GHz) or 433Mbps (5GHz)

https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Broadcom
HT20-only
(72MBps max)

All your available equipment allows you to reach about 200

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I don’t understand you at all :smiley:

Why did you write that equipment models, if you don’t use it?
Give the list of the phones then, which have low speed. This is what I am trying to ask you!

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Firmware 6.40.5 results are 120mbps+ down and 120mbps+up on various AC compatible devices like:

  • Samsung Galaxy S8+
  • Sony XZ
  • Mac Book Pro
  • Pc’s with TP-Link AC 1900 cards.
  • USB Edimax UTC7811 dongles.

Firmware 6.41.3 50mbps+ down and 50mbps+ upload with same devices.

The above mentioned devices (Phones, Laptops and USB Dongles) are the devices we’re using here at MIRO Distribution technical to test the performance of the devices (Mikrotik, Ubiquiti, Cambium etc).

We’re testing with RC software today. We do this tests so that when client’s call in we can give them instant advice on what to do.

Don’t get me wrong, this device for it’s price and capabilities is one helluva beast product. I already got a lot of clients that will buy this unit. I’m doing a huge demo for a possible tender for 150 of these devices in Userman setup with the Dude next week.

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normis as i understood PC which use external USB wifi adapter (AC600 Wireless Dual-Band Mini USB Adapter EW-7811UTC) with ROS version 6.40.5 reched ~200 mbps
but with version ROS 6.41.3 ~50mbps ?

but maybe I’m wrong

Askey307 can you provide normal report?

  1. registration table statistic : http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/mikrotik-cap-ac-performance-review/117477/22
  2. registration table signal : http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/bad-wireless-reception-with-rb2011uas-2hnd-in/62979/1
  3. chanel overlap http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/bad-wireless-reception-with-rb2011uas-2hnd-in/62979/1
  4. speed test results : http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/mikrotik-cap-ac-performance-review/117477/22
  5. which equipment you are using
  6. which ROS version
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Today I’ve got my cAP ac and I’m disappointed with the speed. My Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 on laptop connect only with 433MHz with default configuration with CAPsMAN. I’ve get transfer from my NAS only below 1MB/s
On router 2011UiAS-2HnD and cAP ac firmware 6.41.3.
I noticed a general slowdown also for 2,4GHz from leatest firmware. I testet leatest RC for cAP ac but now luck. It’s slow for me on both bands (2,4/5GHz).
I hope this is a software issue.
One is strengh. Mu cAP report 256MB RAM memory not 128MB:

uptime: 42m25s
version: 6.41.3 (stable)
build-time: Mar/08/2018 11:55:40
factory-software: 6.40.3
free-memory: 210.1MiB
total-memory: 233.2MiB
cpu: ARMv7
cpu-count: 4
cpu-frequency: 716MHz
cpu-load: 0%
free-hdd-space: 3692.0KiB
total-hdd-space: 15.3MiB
write-sect-since-reboot: 130
write-sect-total: 2652
bad-blocks: 0%
architecture-name: arm
board-name: cAP ac
platform: MikroTik

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I’ve got excellent results on my cAP ac running 6.42rc49.

My iPhone X and my MBA 2013 is reaching 300Mbps / 90Mbps easily. My ISP connection is limiting me to go over that.

My Samsung TV is connecting with 866Mbps and Netflix 4K works perfect. I’m astonished with the quality/price ratio of this little thing. Great job Mikrotik !

Greg

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Im very interested to hear back from Normis on this one.
I am looking to drop 100 wAP-ac devices or even better the cAP-ac devices as i would possibly look to use the bridge port to extend coverage with some cAP-lites.

Im sitting on the fence at this moment, waiting for a actual explanation on the firmware on why it is dampening the throughput

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It took me around one hour to remove the metal ring and to switch cases, because of that problem. You really need a lot of pressure to change cases and to remove the metal ring. This should be improved for the next generation.

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Kerbia, if nothing else is changed ref the physical aspect of the device (round vs square) would it be better if this metal ring was not attached upon delivery. In other words, the purchaser would be better off deciding on which cover desired and then attach or add this metal ring??

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Apologies for not replying on my previous posts. Been out of the country for a while. Seems like our technical team had a lot of problems with clients and their wireless devices on 6.41.2 and 6.41.3 where it has horrible TX and Rx signal strength, throughput and instability. Before 6.42 we downgraded them to 6.40.5 and they worked smooth, now we upgraded them to 6.42 the latest which works awesome again. We deal with 100’s of Mikrotiks a week because we’re a distributor and 6.41.2. and 6.41.3 was quite problematic with wireless devices.

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Actually the latest RouterOS version includes specific fixes for the hAP/cAP ac devices, and most people write that all issues are resolved (see other threads here). I hope you can find the time to try it:

Version 6.43rc5 has been released.
*) wireless - improved wireless throughput on hAP ac^2 and cAP ac;

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Hi. I’ve bought a CAP AC with intention to use it with CAPsMAN in my flat. I’ve configured it for 802.11g/n and 802.11n/ac with local forwarding.
My laptop with Intel AC 8265 card connects with 866.7Mbps. I benchmarked it with iperf3 (server on a VM on my home server, client on my laptop). CAP ac uses local forwarding, WPA2-PSK then traffic is bridged to HEX router and ends up on my server. One way I get around 410-420Mbps which I think is the more or less top limit for 866.7Mbps connection right? Of course this was tested next to the AP.
One thing I noticed though is the antenna of CAP ac is not that good. I will have to get 2nd one for my home for proper coverage.
All in all I am satisfied. Running 6.42.1 on HEX (CAPsMAN manager) and 6.53rc5 on CAP ac (CAP).

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Does anyone see any improvements with 6.42.2 compared to 6.42.1 on cAP AC?

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EDIT: 6.42.2 release notes includes “improved wireless throughput on hAP ac^2 and cAP ac” that was originally in 6.43rc, so you should see improvements.

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hi, i wanted to post my limited wifi testing so far on the cap AC (good).
I bought the unit from amazon a few days ago (most standard MT US sellers are out of stock).

Running latest release, 6.42.3 (updated FW also). Im very impressed so far with my limited tests (and i have other threads on here with my un-impressed 5g ac wifi tests on other home/office RB 5ghz-AC wifi products, like hap AC and ac lite)

Client- iPhone 7+ w iOS 11.3.1
AP- (see export below ) set to auto, the AP choose 5805 eeeC

Speedtests.net app (to our own in-house speedtest server, so all Ethernet/local, no internet)

Same room as AP ( maybe 4ft from the AP, no obstructions):
200-210mbit down / 190mbit Up

1 room over from AP (AP shows client at ~ -61):
170-195mbit down / ~170mbit Up (great, for 2x chains AC!)

“down stairs” from AP (AP shows client at ~ -80):
~70mbit down / 60mbit Up (great for this test spot)

(2ghz was showing great numbers also, but we focus on 5ghz)

Ofcourse this is just one client type, but so far we are quite impressed! (we test/use ALOT of various APs, ubnt, ruckus, cisco , MT. we only use MT routers ofcourse though. ).

(and WOW is that a powerful new CPU in the IPC-4018 based on our quick tests on cpu!)

(i do hope that /int wire Spectral-history / spectral-scan compatibility can be added in the future, as it is unsupported on both cap ac’s wlans currently, as is the case with all MT 5g AC radios currently and several 2g radios too, and its an amazingly useful tool when you can use it)

export:
/interface bridge
add fast-forward=no name=bridge1
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n channel-width=20/40mhz-eC disabled=no frequency=auto mode=ap-bridge
name=wlan1-2g ssid=cap2g wireless-protocol=802.11 wps-mode=disabled
/interface wireless security-profiles
set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
add authentication-types=wpa-psk,wpa2-psk eap-methods=“” management-protection=allowed mode=dynamic-keys name=test
supplicant-identity=“” wpa-pre-shared-key=testtest wpa2-pre-shared-key=testtest
/interface wireless
set [ find default-name=wlan2 ] band=5ghz-a/n/ac channel-width=20/40/80mhz-XXXX disabled=no frequency=auto mode=
ap-bridge name=wlan2-5g security-profile=test ssid=cap5g wireless-protocol=802.11 wps-mode=disabled
/snmp community
set [ find default=yes ] addresses=0.0.0.0/0
/interface bridge port
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wlan1-2g
add bridge=bridge1 interface=wlan2-5g
add bridge=bridge1 interface=ether1
/ip dhcp-client
add dhcp-options=hostname,clientid disabled=no interface=bridge1
/system routerboard settings
set silent-boot=no

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Good Morning Everyone

So here at MIRO Distribution, South Africa, we sold quite a bit of these CAP AC’s and the clients love them. They do however prefer the square cover over the round one.

Well done on this beast of an AP for its price. Only thing now they want is proper seamless roaming/handover/meshing that can compare to Ubiquiti/Cambium/Ruckus.

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Temperature cAP ac with no loading - 57 C… compared to hAP ac^2 no loading 52 C… same external temp.

Mikrotik it is heater for winter?

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My cAP AC are performing flawlessly with a variety of devices including Macbook,'s, Thinkpad’s, iPhones, Samsung tablet, One plus phones.

I can’t wait until the Omnitik AC POE, Dynadish, hEX POE are updated with this CPU :wink: