Hi - I'm thinking of switching from a "flat" network (using smartbridges and all backhaul and access points using 2.4) to using a "routed" mikrotik network - by mounting the routerboard (I think I'll use the new 500 series) on the tower and using 5.8 mini-pci cards for backhaul and 2.4 mini-pci cards (for now) for access points.
Does anyone have experience with two 5.8 cards and a 2.4 card on the same routerboard. I'll make sure that the antennas have as much seperation as possible, and I'll choose different channels for each of the backhauls. Do the units run hot?
The limitation here will be the amount of current that the RB500 can deliver. There have been lots of posts about this in the wireless section. Add up the total maximum current draw or power consumption of the cards you want to use and then check what the RB500 can deliver to the slots. IIRC this is not documentated well in the RB500 specs so you may need to check with support@mikrotik.com
Since the SR-5 card draws a maximum 4.62W as detailed here:
http://www.ubnt.com/sr5/sr5_datasheet.pdf
Then the card is not compatible with RB500 which can deliver only 2W per mpci slot. This is contrary to what is stated here:
http://www.mikrotik.com/
Please clarify.
http://www.ubnt.com/sr5/sr5_datasheet.pdf
Then the card is not compatible with RB500 which can deliver only 2W per mpci slot. This is contrary to what is stated here:
http://www.mikrotik.com/
Please clarify.
I think for two reasons (Some one tell me if I'm correct....)
1. At some point, the cross-network broadcasts get too "much" and would start to impact my back-haul bandwidth.
2. I would imagine that there would be security issues if all the traffic from each end of the network were visible to each customer. This way I can segment the traffic by access point, take out all the non-routable traffic (which wouldn't get past the mikrotik at my gateway anyway, and keep all the traffic local to a pop that should stay local to a pop.
Erik
1. At some point, the cross-network broadcasts get too "much" and would start to impact my back-haul bandwidth.
2. I would imagine that there would be security issues if all the traffic from each end of the network were visible to each customer. This way I can segment the traffic by access point, take out all the non-routable traffic (which wouldn't get past the mikrotik at my gateway anyway, and keep all the traffic local to a pop that should stay local to a pop.
Erik
http://www.roamad.com are using mikrotik equipments to support their own os, and they mention someting like they can actually support up to 8 radio per node.
so i think it will be ok just to support 3 radios
regards
so i think it will be ok just to support 3 radios
regards
Can anyone confirm this?http://www.roamad.com are using mikrotik equipments to support their own os, and they mention someting like they can actually support up to 8 radio per node.
so i think it will be ok just to support 3 radios
regards