[MVMA] High gain 5 GHz dish: Bang for the buck

[Moe]

On 11/26/18 7:32 PM, Chuck Gelm wrote:
> As Moe has mentioned a few times, the Microtik LHG-XL-HP5
> has a 27 dBi gain dish. It also runs the highest TX power, 630 
> milliwatts (28 dBm).
> Here is a comparison (all MIMO):
>
>        dBi  dBm  dBi+dBm Model
> $  79   22   24     48   PBE-M5-300 Ubiquiti
> $  98   25   26     51   PBE-M5-400 "
> $ 198   29   24     53   PBE-M5-620 "
> $  79   27   28     55   LHG-XL-HP5 Mikrotik

  $ 238   30   27     57   RocketDish Ubiquiti

The Rocket Dish has options of IsoBeam radome and Precision Alignment Kit

The LHG's NanoStation-like installation does not include elevation 
adjustment, but it can be shimmed.

https://www.streakwave.com/mmSWAVE1/Video/LHG_hp5xl.pdf

Streakwave has the international versions, but their shipping costs to 
Ohio are pretty hefty. The US versions may cover our needed frequencies 
after being flashed with AREDN firmware.


Initial nstallation of AREDN firmware on MikroTik devices is done from a 
Linux computer, which several in the MVMA use (can be done from a 
Raspberry Pi by installing dnsmasq). Subsequent sysupgrades are done 
from the AREDN Administration page.

https://www.arednmesh.org/content/installation-instructions-mikrotik-devices

The LHGs are also available in 2.4 GHz, but not in 3.4.


MikroTik also offers an alternative to the Ubiquiti airRouter, the hAP 
lite 952Ui-5ac2nD.

https://www.arednmesh.org/content/mikrotik-hap-lite-952ui-5ac2nd-now-nightly-builds-aka-airrouter-upgrade


The AREDN developers are excited about these MikroTik devices and are 
expediting support of them.


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