Hello , I was wondering , does anyone know if it would it be possible to put the ZyxelNR5103 internal PCB and hook it up to the EPNT-2 from poynting? And what stuff I would need to do it? Would eliminate my cable loss issue as I have a 12 meter run at the minute and losing quite a bit of signal on that. Along with issues with water ingress occasionally.
If anyone happened to know roughly what size the PCB might be , max it can take is
185 x 145 x 45 mm
The Poynting EPNT-2 (also known as ePoynt-2) is like an XPOL-2-5G, but on Steroids. That is so, because it is not just a directional outdoor panel antenna, but also a router/modem enclosure, which you can use to mount, install or house your router/modem and securely place it outdoors, up high on a
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I think your going to struggle on three counts
- Size of the Routers Internals
- Internal Antenna Configuration
- Heat dissipation and Fan.
The Internals of the Router appear to larger than normal, is it going to all fit?, even if you forget the Outside WiFi side of things for Internet, assuming your run Ethernet only from the Antenna Box, your ideally still need a WiFi connection to the Router as a Main or Fall Back (PC or Ethernet Loss) for Web UI Admin Set Up over WiFi.
The Router does appear to run hot in warm weather, and there have been reports already of the Fans failing or becoming very noisey (a sign of its possibly going to fail) but more to the point how are you going to address Fan Ventilation inside a Sealed Antenna Housing? if you plan to vent it your going to end up Water or Damp ingress inside the Router Components.
The 4 External Antenna Ports on the N5103 are not straight forward they appear to Frequency Band conscious in pairs or 2x2 MiMo, so your need to do some Homework on your Main 5G prefered Freq Band to for best NR Bandwidth Performance, in the ideal World Band n78, if n78 is available then and your ripping the Router apart anyway maybe look at converting for External n78 4x4 MiMo over the Routers External n78 2x2.
You mentioned using Existing Full Band LPDA Aerials, these work well but unless they are properly enclosed, they can fail in two areas, Water and Moisture or even Ice build up across the Horizontal Rails and same again where the Coax Feeder is split and connected to the Rails, without correct compound or sealant the Coax Feeder soaks up the Water / Moisture along the Feeder line, and both of the above senorios will degrade Antenna performance over time.
On the Feeder Length, what Coax are you using, if your up on the Mountain, bare minimum would be a decent Times Microwave 11mm Coax or if the Weather and Cable loss is a problem I might be tempted to go overboard and run some LDF450 / 550 with some decent Connecters, especially if your trying to pull in 3.5ghz.