Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik HAP Ac-Lite. Sucks for Wifi

[Jesse DuPont]

For us, we include a router with the service so the extra value of the ac3 (compared to the ac) and somewhat better (at least theoretical) reach (compared to the ac2) puts it in a value slot we've struggled to find a Mikrotik product to fill. We'll see how the tests go.



Jesse DuPont

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On 10/5/20 6:02 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

2 chains 2.4GHz, 2 chains 5 GHz.  hAP ac is 3 chains 2.4, 3 chains 5.  Not clear a few dB of antenna gain makes up for fewer chains.

 

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We just ordered a couple of the new hAP ac3's to test - looking forward to seeing how they do. The external antenna should be helpful.



Jesse DuPont

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On 10/5/20 5:11 PM, Sam Lambie wrote:

Thanks David.

 

 

On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 2:02 PM David Coudron <david.coud...@advantenon.com> wrote:

We started with Hap ac lite and moved to the ac2.   It is significantly better.   We had some ethernet port failures on the ac lite here and there, and we have not seen that on the ac2 either.   So it is a much better option in our opinion.

 

Thanks,

 

David Coudron

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Subject: [AFMUG] Mikrotik HAP Ac-Lite. Sucks for Wifi

 

We have deploying the hap-ac-lite for over a year now and love the customization that you can do with flashing the routers with a custom configuration, graphing, and all the other things that Mikrotiks are capable of.

However, the WiFi sucks a big bag of d#$k. Does anyone have a recommendation in the Mikrotik world for WiFi that is pretty affordable that works? I ordered some HAP-AC2 but haven't received them. Specs show almost a 7 db gain in 2.4 and 3 db gain in 5ghz, so maybe that will help out. 

We are trying hard not to go the managed WiFi solution as of yet because handing money over to someone else to manage something like WiFi is a bummer.

 

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