I have been working with RBs for about two years now.
Mainly as APs, routers and hotspot devices, and up till
now, one point to point SXT link.
For the past year and a half I have heard various people
telling me that Ubiquiti is better suited wireless needs
while Mikrotik is excellent at what it does best: routers.
Case in point: this morning a supplier responded by suggesting
I opt for a Ubiquiti device instead, even though I had explicitly
requested a price for an RB & antenna combo.
Personally I like Mikrotik, but it isn’t about what I like is it ?
For me it has to be about what’s going to work best for my client
So is this Mikrotik vs Ubiquiti wireless issue myth or reality ?
Or is it simply, as it is with Macintosh users, an affective
preference because the Ubiquiti config interface is more
user friendly ?
Does anyone have a technical opinion or experience to
contribute that might help clear the mounting confusion
that is beginning to nibble away at the confidence, I have
had to this day, with Mikrotik’s wireless offering ?
There is always going to users who prefer Mikrotik or UBNT,
I will say Mikrotik offers something that UBNT cannot and that is you can customize antenna build,
UBNT is simpler, you can use that as a bridge and as a simple router.
UBNT has no virtual access point what I find very regrettable.
Very widely used is the UBNT rocket dish.
I know UBNT links that run for over 5 years with no problems over the 40 Km with a bandwidth of 92 Mbit 2X2 mimo
Very good performance.
Mikrotik is now also started making own antennas.
I find this a very good thing.Mikrotik is more versatile in use.
A good advice: use Mikrotik and UBNT not mix if it is a point to point or point to multipoint link.
I have run many routerboarden where UBNT devices to be connected without any problem.
Mayby if you use a wireless link with Nv2 from Mikrotik the link is faster than UBNT.
How is the performance on the 24Ghz band in the location where you have installed the link?
I am looking at installing such a link and would like to know of any issues you may have encountered such as rain fade etc.
Location Installation is in Malta (Lat/Long are 35°53’8.18"N/14°27’19.17"E). Tower points are with clear LOS and Fresnel zones and distance in between is approx 5km.
For a long time we were using only Mikrotik. It was the only semipro solutin - building the “legos”. - it becomes annoying indeed…
The strenght of Ubnt was to focus on complete product. Mikrotik sleeped some years before they enter the market.
By now we are using both.
What can i said is, that in our expierence Ubnt raidos prformance in noisy enviroment is better. With Mikrotik the issues are going to happen much often - i mean radio stability.
Thats only my opinion according to our expierence.
I hope it does NOT rain very often 
