currently I use two SXT Lite5 ac antennas for connecting two remote locations (great visibility with very few obstacles, around 800 meters distance).
I use them in bridge mode, thus LAN segment is shared between the 2 locations - Wireless on 1st antenna is set to "ap bridge", wireless on 2nd antenna is set to "station bridge".
I'm looking to upgrade both antennas in order to achieve higher throughput. Currently it's limited to 100 Mbps due to Fast-Ethernet RJ-45 port.
- I'd like to achieve at least 500 Mbps throughput one-way, or at least 250/250 Mbps both-ways simultaneously for standard TCP/IP traffic. If we can get even higher numbers than these, it will be great!
- I'd love a backwards compatibility with SXT Lite5 ac. In case one of the new antennas would fail in the future, I will mount the old one to maintain the connection running.
- OPTIONAL: If possible, I'd like them to also run a local 2.4 GHz WiFi for connecting a laptop into the local network (on each location).
Regarding price limit: hard to tell, as the prices are different in each country. If we take the Suggested price from official Mikrotik product page, I'd like to fit within $130 per antenna.
I am open to any ideas from you, the community! I was also considering different models from different vendors, but I'd like to keep all my network devices from the same vendor - Mikrotik.
Thank you! Please let me know if you need additional info.