AC PAH review Mikrotik, router top unjustly ignored

Mikrotik PAH AC top range of SOHO networking manufacturer in Latvia. This wireless router does not boast a solid marketing, but can boast performance and functions away from Router OS operating system, which turns into a real wireless router router super smart. AC PAH review Mikrotik, router top.

Mikrotik design PAH AC:

Here people from Mikrotik not play with design, AC PAH is a simple device with a durable plastic housing. A housing of the same shape and meet it and the other Mikrotik models.
Routers Mikrotik, RouterBOARD that, that's brand product will be primarily functional and performance. The design remains neutral, pleasant, not kitsch bone, how see some routers on the market. Overall I like, I'm being conservative. The only problem with this design is that it sounds too generic, as if a certain switch, not a top wireless router.

Output PoE for APs or IP cameras.

A major advantage of Mikrotik PAH AC outlet PoE last LAN port. This feature saves us a power when we want to mount a IP camera They have an AP, this cable being able to be fed through the net.

Specifications:

Maximum wifi speed - 1750 Mbps (aggregate bands)
Router class - AC1750
Maximum speed 2,4Ghz - 450 Mbps
Maximum speed 5Ghz - 1300 Mbps
Antennas - triple ring - ie 3 × 3 MIMO
External antenna plugs - Yes, on the system board
Internal antennas - 6 antennas / 2db
Maximum power - 800mw, ie 30db
PoE - PoE in and PoE out
Wifi standards - 802.11 B, G, N, AC
Processor - 720 Mhz
RAM memory - 128 MB
Flash memory - 16 MB
Operating system - Router OS
VPN Server - Yes, PPTP, L2TP, OpenVPN
FTP Server - Yes
Hotspot - Yes
LTE support - Yes
Working temperature - -20C - + 60C

3 × 3 antennas + sockets for external antenna:

Alignment Mikrotik a triple ring PAHs AC antennas, that is, MIMO × 3 3. That's not all, because we have the motherboard Connectors for connecting external antennasIf we want to do that. Although all 6 antennas (on 3Ghz 5 and 3 on 2,4Ghz) are internal, and a gain of 2 db, which gives me a better coverage than we currently Asus RT-AC56U, and ironically, the coverage is better and than that of Asus RT-AC87U.

CONNECTION:
Map Lite, a router as a matchbox from Mikrotik
AC87U Asus router with the best coverage wifi
Tutorial wireless router Asus RT-AC56U
Transfer files between PCs at high speed

Speed ​​connection between the router and laptop mobile respectively

On the laptop we have the Intel 7265 2 × 2 network card and we have 866 Mbps.

On the mobile phone (Oneplus 3) we have 1 × 1 AC and we have 433 Mbps.

Coverage Mikrotik PAH AC:

In my tests, made on the default settings, Mikrotik PAH AC was much better than Asus sites long distance. This is probably due to close 800mw transmitting power. I tried setting 30db wireless 800mw that, but I felt great difference indoor and outdoor settings core router is able to cover my yard without problems (small yard, 500m2).

WAN to LAN test results Mikrotik PAH AC

942 Mbps each time with 0 load on the CPU (FastTrack activated)

LAN to LAN test results Mikrotik PAH AC

941 Mbps each time with 60% -80% load on the CPU (FastTrack activated)

Mikrotik PAH AC vs Asus RT-AC56U

Mikrotik routers in the proximity of the best on the Asus download and upload. When we left the routers Asus begins to lose signal, and Mikrotik your laptop is kept stubbornly.
Below are charts download and upload wireless made mobile phone and laptop.

Mikrotik hAP AC vs Asus RT-AC56U - test download

Micro hAP AC vs Asus RT-AC56U - test upload

Hap needle official tests Mikrotik router can show that much more, but for that you have to do something special configurations with NIC bonding, so we can move Gigabit speed.

Credit:
Thanks team Mikrotik.ro because they have made available this router.



Mikrotik hAP AC review, a top router - video tutorial

Cristian Cismaru: I like everything related to IT&C, I like to share the experience and information I accumulate every day. I'm learning to teach you!

View Comments (26)

  • Cristi Hello! Yes, coverage is better because manufacturers make equipment such Ubiquiti Mikrotik or enterprise that require more in-depth knowledge of networking. Personally, before I crack the router Netgear R7000 (hardware fail) I did not, but I took the doctor a router Ubiquiti Edgerouter X accompanied by an Access Point Ubiquiti AP-AC-LR and I can say that having only one super good coverage in a house with ground floor and first floor (170mp) plus range quite high and outside, still 200m.
    In the future if you can even advise you to refer to other users and Mikrotik Ubiquiti products.

  • Very good tutorial.
    I would like if you can make a tutorial on how to make a network with access points to cover a large area with microtic products.

  • Cristi seems you about mediaboxurile UPC? catch me tel u 84 6.40 Mbs Dow and considering that my band's 150 maximum net. You can do a tutorla them. As it's ok configured etc. They seem very good one.

  • Cristi are started in the networking, if I'm not mistaken you specified a tutorial older to be a decent router must have gigabit WAN and LAN hardware accelerator NAT, QoS basic.Dar needle and question me is that routers nat wireless hardware acceleration found that this is not stated on the website of the manufacturer and that is so important to your wireless router NAT hardware acceleration?

    • Each manufacturer names or function. Actually hardware acceleration is minimal software intervention, if it makes sense.
      Asus routers called CTF (cut-through forwarding) and the MikroTik called FastTrack.
      That helps mapid response times by eliminating the minimum of software intervention.
      We have seen the tutorial on Mikrotik PAH AC when I tested Lan to Lan, the processor was not charged at all. However when I tested the Wan Lan processor high enough, between 60% and 80%, because there connections to Wan Lan, traffic must pass through the firewall, and meet certain rules. The more rules, the lower speed and higher load on the processor.

  • Hi Cristi, I told you that you did a tutorial a few years ago on a D-Link Booster and I bought 3 pieces. But time has passed ... I have had a hAP AC for 2 days now. So the tutorial came extremely fixed. Of course I'm interested in port forwarding. But one thing that I find very useful would be how to make sure that if I no longer have a functional connection on the WAN, the stick will automatically enter with 3G or possibly 4G. And the part with the logs would be interesting, what can I offer. And the one with the Graphing you showed. At the D-Link I was talking about, I have a problem that it stops every few hours or minutes and then it recovers. It would really be interesting to hap AC. You also have a nice and decent way to present the router setting and that's obvious even if I didn't say it. At 4 views in less than 2 days, it's an opportunity for Mikrotik to keep in touch with you so that we have as many details as possible. Congratulations and we look forward to a continuation of the situation and the involvement and fresh collaboration ...
    Why not use the Romans good as Mikrotik routers? Thanks a lot

  • and on the plug next to the fiber why write poe in? does poe go out until i power the poe cable on the first poe plug in? I don't understand what's in it

    • Poe even OUT of the feeder.
      Poe is passive, meaning you need a special adapter that injects exactly the UTP cable supply voltage.

  • I GREET YOU WITH RESPECT CHRIST! I RECENTLY PURCHASED A MIKROTIK RB952Ui-5ac2nD Wireless Router, SOHO 2,4GHz 802.11b / g / n 5GHz 802.11a / ac 5x Ethernet AND TO BE HONEST, I AM NOT TOO SATISFIED. I KNOW. IT'S SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT YOU PRESENTED, BUT AS MUCH AS I GAVE IT, I EXPECTED IT TO BE SOMETHING MORE GRANDFATHER. PLEASE, MAYBE I DON'T HURRY TO TURN IT A LITTLE.

  • Cristi Hello can you tell us if this router with the optical fiber connector can be set to use fiber optics directly from RDS without the need of their ont?

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