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Groove A-5Hn

The Groove is our smallest outdoor series model - a fully featured RouterBOARD powered by RouterOS. Weatherproof, durable and ready to use. It has one 10/100 Ethernet port with PoE support and a built-in 200mW 802.11a/n wireless radio. With the Nv2 TDMA technology, 125Mbit aggregate throughput is possible!

The Groove features pole mounting points, so attaching to masts and round poles is really easy with a simple mounting loop.

It comes with L4 license, so you can attach your favorite 5Ghz antennna to use it as an AP, to make wireless point-to-point links or as a CPE- whatever you prefer!

It has a built-in N-male connector, so you can attach it to an antenna directly, or use a standard antenna cable. LED signal indicators make it easy to install and align.

Box contains: Groove A-5Hn unit, mounting loops, PoE injector, power adapter

Product specifications

Details
Product codeRBGrooveA5Hn
CPU speed400MHz
RAM64MB
ArchitectureMIPS-BE
LAN ports1
Gigabit0
MiniPCI0
miniPCI-e0
Integrated Wireless1
Wireless standards802.11 a/n
USB0
Memory Cards0
Power Jack0
802.3af support0
PoE9-30V
Voltage MonitorYes
CPU temperature monitorNo
PCB temperature monitorNo
Dimensions177x44x44mm, 193g
Operating SystemRouterOS v5 and above
Temperature range-30C to +70C
RouterOS LicenseLevel4
Current MonitorNo
TX power23dBm

Performance test results

RBGrooveA5HnOne 100M port test (400Mhz)RouterOS v6.0rc6
ModeConfiguration64 byte512 byte1518 byte
kppsMbpskppsMbpskppsMbps
Bridgingnone (fast path)148.097.123.599.68.199.8
Bridging25 Bridge filter rules53.735.223.599.68.199.8
Routingnone (fast path)148.097.123.599.68.199.8
Routing25 Simple Queues92.860.823.599.68.199.8
Routing25 IP filter rules37.524.623.599.68.199.8
  1. All tests are done with Xena Networks specialized test equipment (XenaBay),and done according to RFC2544 (Xena2544)
  2. Max throughput is determined with 30+ second attempts with 0,1% packet loss tolerance in 64, 512, 1518 byte packet sizes
  3. Values in Italic indicate that max throughput was reached without maxing out CPU, but because board interface configuration was maxed out
  4. Test results show device maximum performance, and are reached using mentioned hardware and software configuration, different configurations most likely will result in lower results