Mikrotik Newsletter 30
The PDF is here.
SXT 5HnD
The first item is the new SXT 5HnD. This is a dual polarity 802.11a/n device that is all in one(16dbi antenna with routerboard). They look like they are taking the UBNT nanobridge head on with this product. The price tag should be around $90 and it ships with a level 3 license, though this is fine for station mode or to act as a bridge for P2P.
This guy is supposed to have a standard voltage sensor as well as a temperature sensor.
400Mhz, 32MB RAM, 64MB flash.
This router was built with Nv2 in mind!
The design reminds me of some licensed frequency stuff I’ve seen, so it definitely looks carrier class.
You can see on the back that they have the, now, industry standard signal LEDs. The plastic clip system on the back looks interesting…almost like you will be able to disconnect it without too much trouble(unlike the nano bridges). The little flappy flap hides the ethernet port as well as a USB port.
It looks like the poll mount just clips right onto the back of the unit. I also see a slot to use a pole clamp.
Nv2 mode station-bridge
This is a new Nv2 only extension that basically connects to an AP and bridges clients right through the CPE. I love this quote from the wiki: “This mode is safe to use for L2 bridging and should be used whenever there are sufficient reasons to not use station-wds mode.” They don’t bother mentioning what might be a sufficient reason to not use station-wds 🙂
SwOS 1.4
Looks mostly like bug fixes.
What’s new in 1.4:
*) added ability to limit access by VLAN;
*) added ability to disable Mikrotik Discovery Protocol;
*) fixed problem – connecting to SwOS over VLAN did
not work;
*) fixed problem – switch sometimes stopped
responding;
/system leds
You now have a bit of control of your SXT, 711 and 400 series routers.
“you can configure each of the RouterBOARD LED lights to show one of these things: “flash access, interface rx or tx, interface activity, interface status, wireless signal level”.”
Now if they would invest some $ and get the 5hND FCC certified that would be great.
You make it sound like you are afraid of the FCC…since when do you care 😛
As the bigger WISPs grow they will be forced to follow the part-15 rules much closer. If the WISP community is to be taken seriously they will need to start using certified gear. No one is going to want to give grant/investment money to a company running non certified gear.
@Justin
From what I understand you only get visits from the Friendly Chinchilla Commission if someone complains. If you get to a certain size, do they do spot checks?
All it takes is your neighboring canopy ISP to call the FCC. Fcc comes in sees they are running certified gear (because they always check out the complainer first) and then move onto the guy running the non certified stuff. Great way to put the competition out of business.
@Justin
You are too legit to quit brova.
SXT is FCC certified out of the box …
FCC ID: TV7SXT-5D
Normunds!!!! It’s been ages my friend!
You always seem to pop in at just the right time 😉
@Justin
I found this document off of routerboard.com that lists TONS of info on the SXT, including the FCC info:
http://www.routerboard.com/pricelist/download_file.php?file_id=280
Awesome! Great job mikrotik! You guys should promote that fact more.
@Justin
What better place is there to promote Mikrotik than on my site!?!?! How dare you! hehehehe 😛