Mikrotik Groove A 52HPN wireless range

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Hello, i have bought a mikrotik groove A-52HPN to replace a Picostation M2 because i think the more powerfull settings and easier config system are better. I have used the particular factory given 6dbi omni antenna on both units. But suprise, the Mikrotik has about half the range than the Pico. The rx signal level on the mobile client devices are about nearly similar on same power output level, but can’t logon to groove in long range, in middle range it has a much worse connection than pico (slower, less stable) - seems that the Groove doesn’t “hear” enough. The settings are powerfull, so it can be that i have made a failure or bad settings.
The WLAN conditions are urban. But whether in direct line of sight or around the corner - range is nearly halfed with Mikrotik.

I use the 2,4Ghz Band and tried the units one after another - not at same time.

I have already tried:
Change Channel, Change Adaptive Noise Settinge, Change WMM Setting, Change Band Settings (BGN/N), enabled wifi debug log output (nothing to see just connect/disconnect messages), grounded antenna…

I have no more ideas except buy another antenna, but it could be useless if i made only a bad setting or Mikrotik hardware isn’t as good as the other.

Any tips to improve the range ?

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Hello,

i have experimented a little bit more.
I have resetted the wireless setting and what i think was the cause:
during testing i reattached the antenna and screwed it up more tighly.

Now the rx strenght is nearly the same on both units. The Ubiquity is a little bit ( maybe 5-10% ) better in range, but i am confident that this is because of the diffrent characteristics of the antennas. So i am confident to improve the signal quality by changing the antenna on Mikrotik.


Thank you for your attention.