Hi Heith, Thanks for the feedback. No, we aren't in the same climate, but that's interesting.
So, I know it do cold well, that's for sure ! :) Now, if I can get a couple votes on the hot side of things, we're good. Paul -----Original Message----- From: mikrotik-boun...@mail.butchevans.com [mailto:mikrotik-boun...@mail.butchevans.com] On Behalf Of Heith Petersen Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 8:49 PM To: Mikrotik discussions Subject: Re: [Mikrotik] Use of RB2011 in outdoor environment - WAS: major problem with rb751u-2hnd routers Paul, my buddy just north of me has 7 of them on his small network. Installed a year ago. Had to swap one of them out due to the need for a bigger router. Otherwise been good in our South Dakota weather, not near as hot as your weather but a little on the cold side at times. All of these sites are mostly just a 12 x 18 enclosures outside with just venting, no environment control -----Original Message----- From: Paul McCall Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 7:27 PM To: Mikrotik discussions Subject: [Mikrotik] Use of RB2011 in outdoor environment - WAS: major problem with rb751u-2hnd routers We currently have a lot of RB493AH out in the field at tower sites. When looking at the 2011 series, I see that they should be a fit faster, and cheaper as well. But, I also see the description saying its an "indoor device". We use the 493AH in a normal case and inside a metal job box in the Florida sun that has fans but certainly gets warm. So, what makes the 2011 an "indoor device" ? Anybody of real world experience in an outside tower box as I have described? Paul -----Original Message----- From: mikrotik-boun...@mail.butchevans.com [mailto:mikrotik-boun...@mail.butchevans.com] On Behalf Of Corey Freeman Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 6:20 PM To: Mikrotik discussions Subject: Re: [Mikrotik] major problem with rb751u-2hnd routers Paul, There are posts on the MT forums of complaints with similar issues. I have had similar issues with the 751 and 951 units. Signal strength is sporatic and throughput is initially ok, then quickly drops off to zero. I switched to 2011 series and have never looked back. MT keeps avoiding questions about this on the support forums so it's highly unlikely that they will ever admit the root cause. My customers were unhappy with some of the units I deployed, so I just quit using them alltogether. Corey On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > We did an install today and we have been using rb751u-2hnd quite a bit, > as they generally make for a nice solution. > > We did a wireless scan of the house (with our CPE radio off even) and it > looks clean. > > We tried (2) different rb751u-2hnd and both have same issues, regardless > of firmware versions 4, 5 or 6. > > WEAK signal... like 10 ft. away its weak even... down to around -68 dB ... > at 20 ft. its gone. We use the same settings all the time and I swear I > think I have gone through every single possibility of frequency, band, > frequency mode, country code, antenna gain, default or configured data > rates, dynamic or indoor distance settings, HT RX/TX Chains and antenna > modes, every combination of Tx Power Mode, and bumping up or down 3db, > 6dB, 9dB, etc.. Back at the defaults its shows Current Tx power at 25dB > to 30dB (depending on modulation of course) > > Pulling our hair out for past 3 hours trying to make it work. > > Do we possibly have two Brand new bad units? We have 5 others from the > same purchase lot working normally. > > Any thoughts? > > Paul McCall, Pres. > PDMNet / Florida Broadband > 658 Old Dixie Highway > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > 772-564-6800 office > 772-473-0352 cell > www.pdmnet.com<http://www.pdmnet.com/> > pa...@pdmnet.net<mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20140110/9c > f5cdf4/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com > http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
