KevinG0
join:2005-08-08
Sykesville, MD | RouterBoard 230 vs WRAP.2C
I'm looking at both of these boards. They seem to have similar specs, will both do what I want, but there a BIG price difference. Can anyone give me some pro's & cons of each? |
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Jack
join:2004-06-15
Oilton, OK | I think it would depend on what you are doing with them. We went with the Routerboard 500 series with Mikrotik. We are using them as AP's.
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shamanfk
join:2001-03-12
Fort Kent, ME | reply to KevinG0
Generally a routerboard has expansion capabilities, and a wrap board does not.
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KevinG0
join:2005-08-08
Sykesville, MD
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That's all I can see as a difference. The RouterBoard has the PCI slot, which can be used to add four more radios, the WRAP has but two mPCIs. Could make a difference if I wanted to, say, go from an omni to a sectorized layout. Strictly from a reliability/stability/longevity standpoint, does anyone have some experience with both? |
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nranieri
join:2005-01-03
Massapequa, NY
| Ours havent been in the field too long (7 months max), but we have a number of each of the boards mentioned (rtrbd 200 (4), rtrbd 500(3) and wrap(5)) and thus far each has been rock steady. I would not hesitate to recommend any of them, but see no reason to spend the extra money for the rtrbd 200s. We originally wanted to stick with Mikrotik products and the 500s were not out at the time of our intitial install. |
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KevinG0
join:2005-08-08
Sykesville, MD | reply to KevinG0
The only complaints I've heard about the RB500s is 1)the lack of memory expansion, and 2) It will only run 2.9, which has had some problems, whereas the 200s run 2.8.xx, which is much more stable. Comments? |
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VariableARK
join:2003-03-17
USA | reply to KevinG0
i dont think wraps are going to be the best boards to run sr2 or sr5 cards as they generally lack the power to run them. but i have both wraps and rb532s running and both have been solid as rocks. |
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KevinG0
join:2005-08-08
Sykesville, MD | reply to KevinG0
Good point. I was thinking on one of each at first, maybe expanding to three sr2s if I need to sectorize later. Is the RB230 capable of running 4-400mW cards? |
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nranieri
join:2005-01-03
Massapequa, NY | reply to VariableARK
Actually we have 4 Wrap boards in the field with 2 SR2 cards on each. No problems yet. |
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freedom357
join:2005-08-16
Vienna, ON
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Even though i am going the band name solution to start off with, it seems to me router boards are the way to go! What would you guys say are the biggest advantages to running them, and have you had any issues with them??
Also does anyone have pictures of their router board set ups, and them in action??
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jober
join:2001-12-13
| I have seen to many post on the MT forum that say ONE is the limit on the 400mW cards!
I have 4 sr2 and 4 sr5 cards. I put the sr5's in 4 FEN ThinRouter's from wisp-router and they are running great.
Power is a big problem with the sr5/2's in any board.
But for me I like the old RB230's because I can run two pcmcia cards and one miniPCI card.
I want to replace the two senao 200mW pcmcia card's with the Ubiquiti Networks SuperRange Cardbus 802.11a/b/g 300mW
High Power Atheros Wireless Cardbus Radio. This would give me three 5.xghz cards at 100mW or two b/g 300mW and one 100mW b/g OR any mix I need. It would be cool if I could put a two port PCI to pcmcia card in the RB230. And have th power to run four of the 300mW cards.:) |
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