Are the MR53E's just not that good?

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jonyh
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Are the MR53E's just not that good?

Hi all, 

 

We have a few MR53E's and the performance on these are absolutely terrible. I have worked with Meraki at some length but not really getting anywhere with it. Capping out 5ghz at 289mbps with stub antennas. Any ideas or is this normal?Screen Shot 2019-08-22 at 12.06.36 PM.png

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cmr
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Stub antennas are usually only a fraction of a wavelength, have you tried with the normal 6" ones that should be better?

jonyh
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Sorry I meant the 6" dipole adjustable not the stubs my mistake.

cmr
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Looking at one of the antenna's datasheet, the lead comment is as below:

 

Dipole (MA-ANT-3-A5/6)
The Dipole antenna is ideal for low ceiling installations where wall penetration or extended reach are important. Some example uses are low-density deployments like schools and hotels to provide basic low-performance connectivity. These types of best effort deployments usually have APs installed in the hallway to cover adjacent rooms.

cmr
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Okay, they should be much better, sorry posts crossed over...

ww
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20mhz

cmr
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Which antennas are they, the bendy dipole ones on the datasheet are 3" including the bend so I don't think they'll be much better than the stubs, I couldn't see a decent 6" one.  That could well be the problem...

jonyh
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That could potentially be it. Switching to a wide patch could resolve this I'd imagine. Or just upgrading to the 55's.

jdsilva
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@ww is 100% correct here. The data rate you're hitting is the max for a 20MHz channel, which is pretty impressive actually. 

jonyh
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I've tried overriding this and adjusting the RF profiles but the 53e's default back to that.

jonyh
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Good call there. I switched it manually in the RF profiles to 80 obviously losing coverage area but hit that correct speed.

NolanHerring
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This as good as it gets really when your using 20MHz, and Macbooks are 3 stream capable too, so yeah, its awesome not bad. MCS9 is 'better' but not by much.

 

http://mcsindex.com/

 

Scroll down until you see 234 in the 20MHz column, light blue color for 802.11ac rates

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PhilipDAth
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Try using 40Mhz wide channels if the environment is not to dense.

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