PC Access Point with 4 mpci cards ? mpci to PCI coverters

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On a 5 PCI slot x86 board we will put 5 mpci to PCI converters with 5 SR and XR series cards.

3 of them will serve as AP one will be used for backbone and one will be for failover.

Did anybody tried such a setup ? If so how it performs ?

Is there any problems with the mpci cards running next to each other in terms of intereference issues on a PC board ?

2

we tested 24 minipci cards, in a PC with 6xPCI slots, and each having a 4 slot miniPCI adapter inside :slight_smile:

it worked fine heat wise, but I don’t know how it performs in real life situations

3

I had problems - had to reduce TX-power of the cards. So I suggest to go for less powerful cars for this setup and concentrate on more powerful antennas

4

better antenna is always better than power.

5

i will not use routerboard 14 or 18 but those 1 slot pc engines ones. Should i still use low power cards ?

what about SR or R52H ?

6

anyone ?
please help

7

I have been searching the forum for 2 days and in 1 post it says that if i use 1 slot pci to mpci converters, I can use 400mW cards with no problems.


please help if u have further information on the topic.

thanks

8

what else do you want to know?

9

normis;

I want to know If i can use high power cards like SR5 or XR5 or R5H with those mpci to PCI converters (1 slot ones) ?

thanks

10

why not? yes you can