Sep 2 2017, 03:48 AM
QUOTE(soonwai @ Aug 31 2017, 04:24 PM)
Router wise, it's a no-brainer for its features. The RM130 router can do the same as the RM2k one. Subject to cpu & ram, of course.
But wifi is just above average. Mikrotik APs are fairly basic. They don't have the latest features nor the highest ACxxxx rating.
Off the top of my head, here're are a few good & bad.
- power is already at maximum 1w for the 2H and 5H models so that's good. Though sometimes it's better to have multiple lower powered APs.
- antennas are mostly 2dBi (RB941x, RB951x) so won't go that far on the horizontal plane (same floor). I'm using RB2011 which is 4dBi so that's better.
- internal antennas are not a problem. Rated sensitivity seems quite high.
- No 802.11k, 802.11r, and 802.11v for faster AP transitions. Only matters if you have more than one AP and if your device supports them. Asus already has some of this under fancier names.
- CAPsMAN or Centralised AP Management is really really good if you have multiple APs.
- Other than the RB2011, they are quite inconspicuous.
I would not say above average. I've seen use cases where a single mikrotik AP was capable of serving more than 100 users without breaking and the feature set with wifi is good. Its not the best or most up to date in wifi features but neither is ubiquiti too as they both lack some of the features that come with the more expensive cisco APs but such features are rarely needed for most. This is mainly because many of the features are done in the OS rather than hardware which reduces some of the hard limits so as long as you have enough CPU, RAM and a good config for the limited bandwidth it will not fail from heavy use.But wifi is just above average. Mikrotik APs are fairly basic. They don't have the latest features nor the highest ACxxxx rating.
Off the top of my head, here're are a few good & bad.
- power is already at maximum 1w for the 2H and 5H models so that's good. Though sometimes it's better to have multiple lower powered APs.
- antennas are mostly 2dBi (RB941x, RB951x) so won't go that far on the horizontal plane (same floor). I'm using RB2011 which is 4dBi so that's better.
- internal antennas are not a problem. Rated sensitivity seems quite high.
- No 802.11k, 802.11r, and 802.11v for faster AP transitions. Only matters if you have more than one AP and if your device supports them. Asus already has some of this under fancier names.
- CAPsMAN or Centralised AP Management is really really good if you have multiple APs.
- Other than the RB2011, they are quite inconspicuous.
I would not recommend using hotspot on routerboards that come with wifi because of https redirection CPU loads.
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Finally I managed to get Mikrotik RB951G-2Hnd(My backup unit) + Huawei E8372 to work. 
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