NetMetal ax
The Mars rover of networking. Our toughest long-range outdoor access point – now with Wi-Fi 6!
Meet one of your most versatile companions: the NetMetal ax – a powerful long-range outdoor access point that thrives in any environment. Designed for extra durability, it can be installed almost anywhere with ease – you can open and close the case with one hand. The rated IP66 protection will keep the device safe from dust and powerful water jets - in damp attics and elevator shafts, bustling docks, or coastal tower structures. No terrain is too rough for the NetMetal ax – the Mars rover of networking!
It features a modern dual-core ARM CPU, Gigabit Ethernet and 2.5 Gigabit SFP for fiber connectivity, a USB port, and a free miniPCIe slot that allows further customization. You could, for example, add an LTE modem for a mobile internet backup – we’ve added a NanoSIM slot on the NetMetal! But there are other options, like adding a gateway for LoRa IoT setups, such as our R11e-LR8!
A powerful dual-band, dual-chain Wi-Fi 6 radio offers increased speed, stability, security, roaming, power management, and other features, compared to the previous wireless protocols. Two RP-SMA female connectors allow adding an antenna of your choice for distances up to 30 kilometers.*. If necessary, you can adapt the NetMetal ax for lower range use with such antennas as our HGO-antenna-OUT screw-on omni antenna unit. It provides 3.3 dBi gain for the 2.4 GHz band and 5.5-7.1 dBi gain for the 5 GHz band. If you’ve read this far, here’s a little bonus feature: we’ve kept the good old beeper for various alarms or creative outputs.
*It’s important to note that while longer links are feasible, their reliability may vary. Additionally, the distance achievable greatly depends on the antenna selected for use.
Specification
- Product code L23UGSR-5HaxD2HaxD-NM
- Suggested price $169.00
- Architecture ARM 32bit
- CPU IPQ-5010
- CPU core count 2
- CPU nominal frequency 800 MHz
- CPU Threads count 2
- RouterOS license 4
- Operating System RouterOS v7
- Size of RAM 256 MB
- Storage size 128 MB
- Storage type NAND
- MTBF Approximately 200'000 hours at 25C
- Tested ambient temperature -40°C to 70°C
- Number of DC inputs 2 (DC jack, PoE-IN)
- DC jack input Voltage 12-28 V
- Max power consumption 25 W
- Max power consumption without attachments 12 W
- PoE in Passive PoE
- Cooling type Passive
- PoE in input Voltage 18-28 V
- Wireless 2.4 GHz Max data rate 574 Mbit/s
- Wireless 2.4 GHz Number of chains 2
- Wireless 2.4 GHz standards 802.11b/g/n/ax
- Wireless 2.4 GHz chip model IPQ-5010
- Wireless 2.4 GHz generation Wi-Fi 6
- Wireless 5 GHz Max data rate 2400 Mbit/s
- Wireless 5 GHz Number of chains 2
- Wireless 5 GHz standards 802.11a/n/ac/ax
- Wireless 5 GHz chip model QCN-6102
- Wireless 5 GHz generation Wi-Fi 6
- 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports 1
- SFP ports 1 (2.5G supported)
- Number of SIM slots 1 Modem (Nano SIM)
- MiniPCI-e slots 1
- Number of USB ports 1
- USB Power Reset Yes
- USB slot type USB type A
- Max USB current (A) 1.5
- PCB temperature monitor Yes
- Voltage Monitor Yes
- Beeper Yes
- Certification CE, FCC, IC, EAC, ROHS
- IP 66
| L23UGSR-5HaxD2HaxD-NM | IPQ-5010 two port test | ||||||
| Mode | Configuration | 1518 byte | 512 byte | 64 byte | |||
| kpps | Mbps | kpps | Mbps | kpps | Mbps | ||
| Bridging | none (fast path) | 274.6 | 3334.7 | 348 | 1425.6 | 591.2 | 302.6 |
| Bridging | 25 bridge filter rules | 203.8 | 2474.4 | 210.5 | 862.3 | 213.5 | 116.2 |
| Routing | none (fast path) | 280 | 3399.9 | 470.8 | 1928.3 | 425.6 | 217.9 |
| Routing | 25 simple queues | 200.2 | 2431 | 201.7 | 826 | 211.3 | 108.2 |
| Routing | 25 ip filter rules | 140.6 | 1707.3 | 145.5 | 595.9 | 145.4 | 74.5 |
- All tests are done with Xena Networks specialized test equipment (XenaBay),and done according to RFC2544 (Xena2544)
- Max throughput is determined with 30+ second attempts with 0,1% packet loss tolerance in 64, 512, 1518 byte packet sizes
- Test results show device maximum performance, and are reached using mentioned hardware and software configuration, different configurations most likely will result in lower results
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