Just curious as to what everyone uses to mount their routerboards. We have good results with PacWireless RooTenna and Roo2s. We purchased some pre-built systems from a reseller and the routerboard was mounted directly onto the back of the metal mounting panel on the RooTenna using hot glue.
We recently got some routerboard 133Cs and followed the same procedure, mounting them directly onto the metal panel using glue, however the board refused to boot. Placing the board onto a piece of cardboard worked fine, so I guess there is some kind of grounding problem - I imagine with the RB112, the extra Mini-PCI slot was providing enough clearance such that it wasn’t a problem.
What would you recommend for mounting solution? We have quite extreme temperatures in the Summer here as well as strong winds so it has to be very sturdy and hopefully resistant to heat build up.
What size mounting screws are those, and how would I attach them to the metal mounting sheet? Forgive my ignorance in this area as I am a software guy and don’t usually get my hands dirty with things like this .
Put the board on the metal plate and mark the position of the board holes in it. Later, use a drill to make the holes in the plate and insert the screws on them.
There are hexagonal screws from 5mm to 50mm in steps of 5mm. Use the adequate, but I recommend at least 15mm of separation between plate and board.
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