Outdoor router with two 2.4GHz radios

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
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Hello! Does there exist an outdoor router that supports two SSIDs on different frequencies at the same time? (one on channel 1 and the other on channel 11)

In the OpenWRT hardware table some routers use the same chip for 2.4GHz and 5GHz, for example 2xMT7615 or 2xMT7916. Can these routers be reconfigured to use both radios on 2.4GHz? (or similarly, use both radios on 5GHz?)

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There used to be enterprise mesh from aruba with 2 radios in 2.4, but I dont thing they are to survive 8/64 tide.
No, you cannot reprogram wifi that easily, you have to solder new amplifiers, change antennas, and do the radio power certification and manage calibration data accordingly, You can get a kit board with multiple m2 or minipcie slots from the likes of banana or mikrotik and add your own cards+antennas.

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Edit: you need two independent radios with separate SSIDs, so disregard my note below.

You could use any router with 2,4 GHz WiFi and a USB WiFi dongle. That dongle could be used as a wireless backhaul (station). How long that would survive outdoors is a question that is difficult to answer.

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Or high-end antiqities with 5ghz card slotted

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Yeah IDK regarding modern wifi 6 with dual radios on 2.4ghz. I think you're in DIY territory =P

I'd go for multiple AP's but I've also not had good experience with mixed wired / wireless with batman hahahaha.

The first thing I thought is near field interference is going to be a problem unless you situate the antennas far enough apart....

I'd look to see if the MSM466-R actually has the same baseboard as the MSM466 non outdoor. edit: of note MSM466 indoor is certified for outdoor antennas.

If you're talking indoor 2.4ghz dual radio with external antennas. Only the HiveAP350 and MSM466 come to mind. edit: after some thought I can't remember whether my hiveap330's both can do 2.4ghz. Or it's the fact that the 2.4ghz radio can do 5ghz but badly because it's hooked up to 2.4ghz antennas.

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Yeah same with dual 5ghz and near field interference. At least on my legacy 802.11n dual 5ghz AP's if the antennas are too close to each other the interference causes DFS events when the antennas are close to each other.

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Two radios that close together in frequency in the same box are going to jam each other badly unless you have really good filters.

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