One of these drawbacks refers to the severe cut of the available bandwidth by at least a half because the repeater has to receive the signal, process it and then transmit back from the client to the router and vice versa – which is why most people are against this type of system.

And, since most are not, I decided to take one of the newest outdoor access points from the Latvian manufacturer, the NetMetal ac2 and try to make it repeat the signal from my main router (currently, an Asus RT-AX82U).īy default, the NetMetal ac2 works as a wireless access point which means that it is connected to the router via an Ethernet cable (apparently, the NetMetal ac2 can also work as a router), but, at the same time, not everyone has the means or the desire to run cables outdoors from one property to another (or to a pole), so, despite its major drawbacks, I know that a lot of people still prefer to rely on a good ol’wireless repeater to gain Internet access outdoors. Taking into consideration the complexity of the RouterOS, setting up a Mikrotik access point or router as a wireless repeater is a bit more difficult than on other networking devices (from other brands), that is unless you’re already very familiar with the Mikrotik’s ecosystem.

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