actually now that I think of it if you connect 1 connection of the dual band sector to the first 5g connection on the mr74 and the other connection from the sector to the first 2.4 connection on the mr74, would it benefit me at all to use Omni's on the remaining connectors?  I believe support stated that the remaining connectors would basically become useless for each channel the sector was connected to ... View more

So as a test I took an MR74 with (4) Omni antennas and deployed in a local area with a very low noise floor..the Omni's appear to function very well on 5ghz maintaining around 22dB signal at about 60 meters across my notebook and ipad.  At this distance throughput was great at around 180mbps (traditional speedtest)...unfortunately I was not able to test with Iperf but latency was low and regular inet browsing was snappy.  Technically I was able to carry decent throughput all the way out to 100 meters but once another device connected the connection for both dropped drastically which I would expect with omnis.  This test was run with the Outdoor profile and at this point I am thinking I could utilize the omni's along with the dual band sector antennas but maybe only just 3 sector antennas on the 3 furthest MR74's.  I didn't expect the omnis to perform as well as they did and considering I won't be relying on mesh I'm kinda hoping I can save a bit of $ by leveraging the omnis I currently have and just add 3 dual band sectors...what do you think?     ... View more

Thanks again - since I am trying to increase range for both bands do you recommend the dual band sector antennas or is there any reason to separate the sector antennas per band? ... View more

Thanks for the help Philip - considering that this newer configuration isn't using mesh  would you still recommend sector antennas on both radios of the 4 MR74's?  Thanks agian ... View more

Ok so I have been chatting with the folks on site and am told we can get an ethernet cable to each MR74 (in blue on the drawing) so we won't have to use Mesh - If I use sector antennas do you guys think I can provide all the yellow trailers with wifi along with the empty spaces (labeled as "need wifi coverage") on the drawing?  These trailers are simple construction trailers with aluminum walls which definitely will cause multipathing but heck maybe it can work to my benefit - what do you think? ... View more

Thanks for the info. If I’m trying to include coverage of the trailers would it be better to use directional antennas and possibly mount the MR74 on the back of the trailer maybe 4ft above the roof? With the Omnis I figured the mr74 could go on the front of each trailer and we could rely on the radiation pattern of the Omni to cover behind the AP but I’d think you would want the directional antennas on the back even though that would increase the distance a few feet ... View more