The Groove is our smallest outdoor series model - a fully featured RouterBOARD powered by RouterOS. Weatherproof, durable and ready to use. It has one 10/100 Ethernet port with PoE support and a built-in 200mW 802.11a/n wireless radio. With the Nv2 TDMA technology, 125Mbit aggregate throughput is possible!
The Groove features pole mounting points, so attaching to masts and round poles is really easy with a simple mounting loop.
The Groove 5Hn has a RouterOS Level3 license, so you can use it as a wireless client or for point to point links.
It has a built-in N-male connector, so you can attach it to an antenna directly, or use a standard antenna cable. LED signal indicators make it easy to install and align.
The price includes the Groove, mounting loops, PoE injector, power adapter.
I want to start changing couple of Ubnt Bullet’s with Mtk Groove, but I have one question. It is written that groove has to be installed in vertical position with Lan port facing down. So, how can I use it with grid antenna that has N connector on back of it?
I am holding groove in my hand, and realy i am not sure that rain won’t go in the groove through these four holes on back. Are you accepting warranty if groove get wed and die?
What a pity to waste dBm’s with short cable on the device which primary function is to connect directly to antenna. Solution is only good on omni or sector antennas. So, no good for “cpe”…
right angle adapter is adapter ( i mean it’s a piece of metal) and not cable, so has no tolerance about movement.
I tought (in view of device) it’s the best to fix it onto the antenna mast and have some extra length on both UTP and Coax cable for movement
tolerance.
Think about the following case: a weighty bird is going to sit on the Groove, what screwed onto a panel antenna backside. All the weight will be carried by the PCB inside.
Then it must be a Dodo bird but I believe that they are extinct.
Use the right angle adapter so the Groove is pointing down. Your giant bird will be sitting on the right angle adapter, not on the Groove. Or on the top edge of the panel. But more likely on the feed horn of the dish antenna feed horn or a yagi with no radome.
Fix the panel or antenna to the mast or tower. Let the Groove hang free on the right angle adapter. Attach the data cable to the mast or tower so it does not put stress on the Groove. Don’t forget a drip loop or two.
Well I’ve given it a shot in Direct-To-Dish mounting.
EDIT: Performance is equal, if not better than the RB711 setup, 10MB/s Up and 10MB/s Down. Fantastic Unit!
-Right at this moment we’ve noticed about a 20% decrease in RX performance to the RB711 that was on the same dish, but I stupidly forgot to test the RB711 just before swapping them, so I don’t have an accurate comparison yet. But we’ll see how it goes.
Also interested to see how this operates weather wise, we have some rain coming this week so hopefully I can break it and show that I shouldn’t mount like this!
Interestingly I attempted a Backup and Restore of config from the RB711 to the Groove and it didn’t quite work 100%, but it was close enough.
Also weirdly, I can’t get the Wireless Signal Strength LED’s working. Its configured right in the LED section, but they don’t light up… not sure what’s happening there.
and ripped it apart… as you do 
