switching from 2.4ghz to 5ghz

how do you switch the mikrotick r52nm wifi card from 2.4ghz to 5ghz?

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i have been using the mikrotik rb411 router as a wireless bridge client with the r52nm 2.4/5ghz mini pci 802.11a/b/g/n dual chain, high power daughter card as a 2.4ghz wireless transceiver and wanted to try out the 5ghz option on that card to see if there's less local noise in that 5ghz range.

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i didn't change the 2.4ghz mesh antenna because i just wanted to switch to

5ghz to see what would happen. i assumed the two mmcx jumpers were for the 2.4ghz and 5ghz respectively so using that assumption i swapped the mmcx antenna connector from the left side jumper (j4) to the right side jumper (j5) but the signal strength went to hell.

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i can't find an owners manual other than this advertising literature.

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do you know how to switch the r52nm from 2.4ghz to 5ghz?

I was looking for a mechanical switch or connector on the hardware. Turns out you switch it between 2.4GHz & 5GHz using Mikrotik software.

WinBox

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The Dude

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Netinstall

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Flashfig

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Bandwidth Test

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To switch the Mikrotik r52nm PCI slot card from 2.4GHz to 5GHz a. Winbox log into 192.168.88.1 as admin:blank b. Interfaces menu c. wlan1 Wireless (Atheros AR92xx) row d. Wireless tab e. Choose the Band Mode: station pseudobridge Channel Width: 20MHz Frequency: 5180MHz (or auto?) SSID: ssid_optout_nomap Wireless Protocol: nv2 nstreme 802.11 Band: 5GHz-A/N <====< choose this to switch to 5GHz >

2GHz-B 5GHz-A 2GHz-only-G 2GHz-B/G 5GHz-only-N 5GHz-A/N 2GHz-only-N 2GHz-B/G/N <====< choose this to switch to 2.4GHz >

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