PTP Wireless Bridge Setup 2022 - Step-by-step Guide!
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- New for 2022! An updated guide to setting up either a PTP (Point to Point) or PTMP (Point to Multi-point) wireless bridge. Wireless bridges are an excellent way to extend your network wirelessly across great distances. In this video, I use some Ubiquiti NanoBeam 5AC antennas to create both a PTP and PTMP wireless bridge, and explain every step of the process along the way.
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802.3af to 24V PoE converter: store.ui.com/collections/rela...
Anker 655 USB hub: geni.us/d4nLUf3
Timecodes
00:00 Intro
01:15 Network architecture example
02:03 Access Point vs. Station antennas
03:18 Unboxing the NanoBeam 5AC
06:16 Connecting the NanoBeam 5AC
07:36 NanoBeam 5AC Access Point Initial Setup
21:35 Quick Mount overview
22:56 NanoBeam 5AC Station 1 Initial Setup (PTP)
33:20 NanoBeam 5AC Station 2 Initial Setup (PTMP)
39:18 Finishing touches and taking backups
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I'm only `5 minutes in, but wanted to pause to tell you that I dig your teaching style. Very easy to follow. We're actually setting up these Ubiquities for a couple of remote sites at work right now and this was well needed...
So, I have to say thank you very much. I am using 1st gen NB5AC16 for almost 5 years now and I didn't have PTP enabled and never got above 40mhz, i turned on PTP and was able to get 80mhz and now i'm getting over 600mbs over a line of site 300ft distance, as well as my full 300mbs down internet speed.
Dude, thank you so much. I really appreciate, you, your channel and all the knowledge and education you provide.
Thanks again Chris. I've been using Unifi products for about 10 years now and easily forget the steps in configuration. I've learned not to take things for granted and make sure each tiny step is somewhat understood and followed through. So important in this type of work. All the best! John for ACTX
Love this video. We just set up a similar ptp today and had we watched this first could have avoided a few issues that were later resolved. I sent links to this video to my other support staff as we will be setting up a few more clients in the near future. Can't wait for the next one. Thanks
Thank you so much for this video. It helped me set up our wireless bridge across our farm's property - we finally have internet in our sheep barn, which let me set up cameras so we can check the flock during the current lambing season.
Chris, your videos are clear and well laid out! I totally appreciate the service you're providing to the community. For those of us who have the bandwidth to dive in just enough, you've helped me learn and saved me the expense/hassle of finding someone else to do it for me. If you teach man to fish... Thanks much. I have a Nanobeam 5AC as my AP and 3 NSM5s as my stations. Working great. That being said, would love to see how to configure the UISP. All the best
Create a ubiquiti account at account.ui.com, then create a free UISP instance at uisp.ui.com, get the UISP key in SETTINGS - DEVICES - DEVICES ADOPTION - COPY UISP TO CLIPBOARD (and paste it somewhere to easily retrieve it in the future) then plug that UISP key into the radios you're using, then "assign" the devices as they show up in UISP to a site or a client (which you need to create). Take an hour to poke around UISP to get comfortable with using it to manage your sites/devices (and even customers, if you flip UISP into "ISP MODE" so you can use the CRM app for customer management - an AWESOME aspect of UISP, easy to build a business off of!) UNMS (the predecessor to UISP) was better IMHO, but UISP has been redesigned to eventually integrate Unifi and UISP as a single management platform for both product lines (will take Ubiquiti YEARS to get this fully realized, if ever, IMHO). UISP is an amazing, free product, that you can even self-host, host in the cloud, and spin up business with by being a Managed Service Provider for your customers who use Ubiquiti (or you move them to). Good luck and enjoy.
Excellent video as others have stated. I once had to mount one of these to a concrete wall and wanted to point out that a 1/4" Tapcon X 3 1/2" long worked perfect and it will fit right inside the ball through the hole in the center. This method can also be used for wall mounting into wood or a stud through the drywall, just adjust your screw length and type as needed.
Thanks again for your clear and accurate help!
From one installer to another, thank you
Great timing! I'm setting up a few of these on a local race track this week and I wondered if it was possible with the NanoBeam AC5. Thanks Chris!
The best tutorial I have ever seen in my life. Long live, Sir.
You are my go-to when it comes to my home unifi network. Thanks for doing these!
Thanks! Followed this exactly setting up my Nano Beam's, worked great!
we use these gen 2 versions with AC Prisms/typically with 5G16 120 antennas - for temporary video installs at large events and festivals across the United States... they are pretty bulletproof... have also thrown in some power beams for the occasional 5 mile + shot... like anything else these days though , very hard to find in stock currently.
Your videos are always clear and concise! Very much appreciated! Would also love to see an video about the UISP Dashboard!
Awesome video as always, Chris! I have a couple of NanoStation 5AC Locos that I haven't tested yet. You've inspired me to start experimenting! Thanks!
They're pretty fun to play with - go for it!
Very nice setup and explaining. Did it on a much, much older Unifi devices before. But the new UISP settings look great. Don’t forget to add the geo-location. Would love to see an video about the UISP Dashboard!
Chris excellent guidance committed with great knowledge, please keep it up. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2023 to you.
Very good instructional video I have setup many Loco M5 this video made the NanoBeam setup easy. Thank you Great Job.
Always enjoy your videos!
You did a great job explaining this setup
Such a knowledgeable guy!!! ❤
Could you do another short video showing how to scan the area for other traffic as you referred to in this video? This was an excellent video and very thorough. Thank you.
Please do more with UISP I have got a wide number of all of the equipment including EA stuff and I need help setting this up as a WISP! Thanks for this video it really helps I wish I can send you my setup but you know how EA works!!! So great that you are making this as I am building this
Hit me up - I have 12 instances of UISP for my own WISP, customers, and other businesses with IT folks who manage it themselves (Management As A Service). Not difficult to do at all. Ubiquiti makes it simple.
Excellent walk through!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thanks for the video tutorial it's fairly easy and simple to follow along
This video is amazing. Inwas beating my head against the wall trying to figure out why they wouldn't connect. After watching this video and getting yhe settings all corrected they connected to each other roght away!
Great video, thank you. I was about to reproduce this set-up for a PtP set-up I needed at my cabin. I thankfully checked with Ubiquity Customer Service to ask different between this and the UBB setup. Important thing to note that this or the AirMax setup can only be managed by UISP app. It can't be managed by a UDM-Pro or remotely through the Portal. Have to go with the UBB solution in order to do that. Would have been a real problem to not be able to check their status remotely. Keep up the good work!
Can you show us how to dial in the ptmp connections in your future install video? I remember back in the day looking at those popcorn static ball looking things and not being able to make heads or tails out of it.
Also, would love a follow-up video on how to manage all these devices in UISP. Thanks!!
Yes sir. It worked! Thank you for the video.🙂
Thank you Chris. With your help, we are up and running on a pair of PBE-5AC-Gen2 units. You tutorial translated with only a couple of minor differences.
The instructions that came with these things were... lacking. Like, for instance, the default IP address. Couldn't have done it without you.
Set up PtmP with LiteAP and two NanobeamACg2 over a year ago. Going to troubleshoot our first issue today. Great products.
Follow-Up. Power cycling the LiteAP fixed for one base station, the other was left without PoE when someone else was troubleshooting. Plugged back in and all is well again.
If I had known about the PoE adapter that provides 24V passive from 802.3af, I could have fixed most of this issue remotely.
Thanks for the video!
@@tompuryear Be careful if you're powering the LiteAP with a PoE port of an ERx or ERx SFP. I've found many times, the hard way, that not using a PoE brick and letting the ER's power the LiteAP eventually led to a lot of bounces and instability. Edge Switches on the other hand have never given me problems, oddly enough.
@@seanzigmund858 Thanks for the heads-up on this Sean. Really invaluable information here. Appreciated.
@@brandonbrand2338 You're very welcome. ERx is a powerful little router, but after about a year, it's PoE output on port ETH4 just starts going south and the gear powered off it bounces constantly! I have yet another customer with the same issue - just started a week ago... be well!
@@seanzigmund858 Noted. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing thats an great guide, would be even more nice to get know more in debt explanation of functions and settings, thanks for sharing
Great video! Would love to see how to set-up and configure UISP, thank you!
Really cool setup and i would definetly like to see the UISP setup
Great video Chris. Love seeing this type of setups. Also where do I get some of your stickers?
hello, thank you for your videos am from kenya and planning to setup my rural wisp
Great video, excellent tutorial, the only part i missed is how to address the angle for point to multipoint. I am interested in uisp as well
Great video. Thanks!
Great video Chris. I have a little job to do where this is going to fit the bill perfectly - PTP over about 1Km. Understand the configuration but a little intimidated by getting the units aligned over that distance (when up a pole!!). Any tricks you could share. Thanks, and keep up the good work
you are awesome, thanks to share this video with us.
UISP setup, yes please.
Excellent video Chris. Well laid out and to the point. I've been using UI equipment for PtP, indoor AP's for schools and businesses, Routers, Switches etc and always have had great results. The one subject that's starting to get cloudy for me is PoE. With multiple IEEE formats on the market now and so many devices utilizing PoE I've been trying to breakdown the various forms myself. Would you have a video talking about various PoE?
Power over Ethernet (PoE) & IEEE formats
1. 802.3af - 12.95W devices
2. 802.3at or PoE+ - 25.5W devices & backwards compatible with 802.3af
3. 802bt or PoE++ - up to 100W & backwards compatible with 802.3af/at
4. Passive PoE
PoE is just as you listed above, pretty simply four levels of power provisioning and active or passive (the device providing power is unable to intelligently determine if PoE is needed by the connected device, so you MUST know the device you need to power can take the PoE and not get zapped by the power it's being injected with). Active PoE (af / at / bt) are intelligent and can detect if the device needs power, how much, and gets powered without bad affects. Passive power sources can be used by some devices (like laptop computers) without bad affect, but be careful in general with passive. Other than active/passive, the three active levels (af / at / bt) are based on wattage needs of the device(s) being powered. Then there is 24v vs. 48v vs. 56v and what PoE power source you need (switch, poe adapter, etc.) All networking devices needing PoE will have a voltage rating, so as long as you provide the corrent voltage and amperage (volts * amps = watts), you'll power the connected devices just fine. Ubiquiti has some cool switches (and there are many others on the market) for PoE provisioning, like the Nanoswitch (a 24v 4-port switch - 1 port is PoE in and 3-ports passive PoE out. I forget the voltage/amp/wattage on it, but check the docs on UI's site (or whatever manufacturer you use). With PoE, the devil is in the details of the devices you need to power (active or passive needed, voltage / wattage needed) and the device providing power (switch or PoE adapter) to make sure they match up properly. Considering the adapters are pretty cheap, I keep a variety in stock to ensure I can power a wide variety of devices, known or unknown, when I'm doing an install / at a customer site and have a need for an unknown situation, etc. Good luck.
Very helpful. Very clear. Can you just add an access point, such as UAP AC Lite, plugged directly into the Station1 or Station 2 to provide WiFi access to laptops and other devices?
As always, many thanks. I look forward to how the physical directional setup works, if you have multiple stations which are not co-located in just one direction. It would be great if that gets covered in a later video (while not wishing to set someone as busy as yourself any homework 😊).
IF the radios are close enough together, and are configured for FULL power, you can literally point them in any direction. I've configured Nanostation Loco 5AC radios in a basement and had the Stations connect to an outside AP quite a distance away (1500 feet) and pass over 100 Mbps symmetrical, then using AIR MAGIC (a tool availabe on the AP side), get the radio to tell me the best frequency to use to increase symmetrical bandwidth between the AP and the stations, then change to that frequency on all the remote stations, then the AP, and boom - top bandwidth across all radios pointed in whatever direction is possible at the locations needed. I have campus locations with an AP pointing in one direction, and Stations pointing in various directions with perfect signaling and great bandwidth. Using the built-in tools on both sides (AP and Station) is key to making this work. Look up AIR MAGIC and AIR VIEW (older tool, but still indispensable to find the best channel/frequency for the radios to communicate over).
@@seanzigmund858 Many thanks for your generous reply.
@@seanzigmund858 At what distance would it start to require a directional antenna at the access point side?
@@samdotson7297 It depends on many factors - the radios being used, the frequency being used, channel width, capacity desired, the fade margin you're looking to achieve, etc. It's really a matter of what you're trying to achieve. As an example, consider a campus scenario where one building might only have 2 people with 2 devices (a smartphone and a laptop each) and a voip phone for them both to use - do you need 100 Mbps, or will 20 suffice? If 20, then you could set up a PTP or PtMP that only gets around 23 to 25 Mbps (20 Mbps total with a 15 percent fade margin (3 Mbps)). All things depend on what you really *need* on the other side(s). I don't ever look at the links as "maximum bandwidth all the time" but more "what do you actually need to accomplish" as a least common denominator starting point, then ramp up from there. So if an AP is behind a 300 foot thick forest and a station side only needs 25 Mbps total to serve the CPE devices, I know I can achieve that with a pair of Nano locos and an AirCube ISP (about $150 of gear and probably $400 of labor depending on cable runs and how I have to snake the cabling from point a to b, etc. Make sense?
@@connclissmann6514 you're welcome, Conn. :)
Thanks Chris, Good video. I'd like to see a quick video maybe of fine tuning the signal with these devices. I have the NanoBeam AC Gen2 that you did this video on but can only get it to process a 200mb average speedtest even though it shows a 700mb connection for the bridge. THANKS!
Yeah, Chris, a video talking about fine-tuning or troubleshooting PTMP connections would be phenomenal. I've been in a situation, where I've had clear line of sight, great signal numbers from the AP to the Station, but garbage numbers from the Station to AP. I'm also not entirely clear on how to improve alignment when signal chain 0 is low while signal chain 1 is high. the UI ISP crowd has not been incredibly helpful (or supportive) when trying to look for help.
Good video, Chris. Would be good to see a bit more of an advanced video on setting up the best possible link by tweaking the AP/Station pair by using AIR MAGIC, AIR VIEW, and Alignment tools to assist people in getting the best possible link and capacity from the radios. Also, differences between a simple BRIDGE MODE deployment vs. a ROUTER mode deployment, among other things. Certainly a good run down of basic features and config steps to get a simple BRIDGE up between two locations. The Nanostation Locos are hands-down the best and financially cheapest radios for PTP and even PtMP scenarios where the beam width is no greater than 45 degrees (unless the AP/Station pair are so close to each other that you can literally point them in any direction and still get them to lock up!). Also, I'll add, having (or using) UNIFI gear on the CPE side makes no sense really, unless it's a larger physical environment/building where you need UNIFI features for use/management. The AirCube ISP and AirCube AC model of EdgeMAX CPE wifi routers do an ample job of providing whole-home/business wifi, unless the home/business are over 3000 sq ft, I've found in my professional deployments. And, the AirCube's are also manageable in UISP also, so you don't need two different management platforms to see/tweak all your devices. UI will soon be merging UNIFI and UISP into one platform to make dual/hybrid environments possible! I can't wait, but it won't affect me if they don't - just have to manage UNIFI on one webpage and UISP on another.
Second that! I would love to see a video with alignment tips and how to maximize speeds. I have a setup like this and I'm getting only 100Mbps on a distance of less than 0.5 mile
@@rafaelpadilha4511 Is there obstruction between the radios? What models are you using? Did you use the alignment tool, AirMagic, or AirView? If not, look into those tools - super helpful to get the best possible link and capacity. I'll try to do a video soon - just super busy now with summer on my heels!
@@rafaelpadilha4511 Because you have to check settings. And be sure it's not an older NanoBeamM5 19 model..
Hey Chris, great video. Wish it was done in early 2020 when I set up a PTP for our church and had difficulty finding Ubiquiti documentation. Man they owe you big time for the best tutorial! Maybe Ubiquiti will take the hint and create an in-depth video tutorial on all of the settings. Anyway, many thanks!
ah, so alignments does matter just like microwave, good to know!
Spent ages today getting a link going, turns out it wasn't my config after all. It was a faulty switch port! Anyway nice to watch your video for a sanity check! Anyway YES to a UISP video. I have 25 devices on mine and still don't understand how to set up the device locations, Sites and clients.
Hit me up sometime. I run a small WISP and it is easy and ROCKS! Awesome application UISP is!!
nice! I recently had a patch cable go bad and it's just so simple you rarely check that first!
Really cool video. I also use such kind of configuration in my Area of germany to provide my friends internet connectivity.
I would like to see some stuff of UISP connection. I like to implement also on my site to have an better overview about configuration, bandwidth and firmware upgrading possibilities.
Best regards from Germany.
Chris
Good Video for setup but wondering how wide the beam width on the access point side is for the station side to be apart to still reach the main Access point with good thru put.
useful and easy to understand, much thanks ! The only thing that looks confusing to me in configuration is client station switch p2p/p2mp for modes. I can understand this switch on AC but why client station needs to know which mode AC operates in is strange for me
What about setting up the management VLAN? Could you do a video on that?
Also, I have a EA device. Waiting for it to be released publicly. It’s UISP in nature. Hopefully you will review and setup on that too…
A wireless scan won't help. The WIFI environment is quite dynamic, and what is an unused frequency today, can be congested tomorrow. Thanks for updating this video in 2022 Chris. I didn't realize till partway through that the comment on the old videos were 5 years old! How time flies
Hi Chris,
Great video and my Nanobeams 5 are working fantastically thanks to watching your video, are you going to do one on setting up the UISP, as I would like to remotely access them, instead traveling around trip of 200kms them I need to do something on them, anyway great video's thanks.
lu wa brother, thank you for your knowledge. it help a lot
Chris, Great video and timely as we are installing our first pair of GigaBeam Plus - airMAX 60. Are these for the most part plug and play when plugging into an unmanaged switch? There is no other Ubiquiti products in the system so we will use the USIP to do the basic configuring of the airMAX AP and receiver.
Thank you for the informative video, first and foremost. Quick question: will setup "carry" client side SSIDs? Or will I have connect and actual AP (to the 2nd Ethernet port on the Station side) for clients to connect to the same SSIDs on the access point side ? Thank you!
Awesome video you got me internet when I was only able to get hotspot!! My question is, how do I get back to the dashboard after setup? Mine's been running for several months and I wanted to check the alignment and I can't figure out how to get back to the original setup dashboard! Any help is appreciated, thank you again for helping me get internet!!
Hi Chris, I am new to your channel(from Cape Town, South Africa) and enjoying your videos tremendously. I was recently asked to suggest a network solution for a Cemetery that needs to keep track of all the GPS co-ordinates of the graves. The area that needs wifi coverage is 700m x 400m and it has an Admin office on site with internet connection. Any suggestions on devices i should consider.??
nice tutorial sir
I've been running a pair of XM NSM5 in PTP for years. Now considering theses are also 24v passive I assume they are just a drop in replacement/upgrade? airOS 8 doesn't seem that different from 6 apart from controller support which I won't need. Thanks for the guide.
Thank you!!
Great video! Please what drawing tool did you use for the architecture ?
Thanks for all the great info but this all would be much easier if I were to use the app and bluetooth to adopt both of the Nanos all at once, correct?
Chris, Have you ever used the program Netsetman? You can save IP profiles and switch between them easily and save all the typing.
Interesting Video.
Thanks Chris, can you now switch on the passthrough to run a Swiss army knif for example?
Videos on UISP would be great
Cool video Chris, I have a P2MP setup with a rocket and nano station 5s at my horse farm for outbuildings and am considering upgrading to AC or LTU hardware. Love to hear your thoughts on those two options compared. Thanks!
No need to upgrade if you don't need the bandwidth - what are you requirements on the remote side? If you can get a capacity + fade margin (usually 15% more than your total need) then your PTP or PtMP link can be set up to achieve just that - size the radios based on that as a minmum, then consider ramping up from there. I mean, are you running a storage server in your outbuildings? Of course not. Do you have 20 people streaming Netflix out there? Probably not... If you just need to check email, do a video call from a smartphone, maybe watch a youtube video - you only need about 10 or 20 Mbps total capacity in throughput MAX. A cheap pair of nano locos for $49 a piece and an AirCUBE ISP is all you need. However, if you have events and have 50 people out there using wifi on their smartphones, they all need roughly 2 Mbps download by 512kbps or 1Mbps upload to function happily, so 50 to 100 Mbps symmetrical would suffice - that's the older M2 and M5 gear, not even the AC series gear. But even that older gear is more expensive than the Nano locos, Lite AP AC, LiteBeam Gen2, etc...
@@seanzigmund858 big bandwidth need is for HD surveillance cameras in the outbuildings. It’s a new farm to me so I’m just installing the equipment and already seeing the bandwidth becoming a limitation as I add cameras.
@@johnmerryman1825 Are the cameras really just HD (1080p) or are they 2k or 4k, and, how many? And, what is the current capacity between the radio bridge you're using? If you use the AC series radios, you can lean on the AIR MAGIC tool on the AP side and switch to the frequency the AP recommends will bring more bandwidth over the link. Use the antenna alignment tool to properly align the antenna. Ensure the class of radio you use has a wide enough beam width to cover all the radios you're connecting up. Change to the channel width that provides the bandwidth you need in total plus 15% (fade margin). Other things to consider, potentially...
Thank you for the very clear video
An example, I want to make a point to point connection between my neighbor's house and my house 2 km away, with two different IP addresses, can this also be set up?
So my basic access point IP address is my house and the neighbor's other (dish) is picked up and set as a receiver, can my external IP address be entered for the neighbor's IP address?
Because suppose I want to make a point to point connection of 2 km, then I have to put dish 2 on a different fixed IP address outside my own network connection, or am I making it too difficult?
Many thanks for the clear video.🙂
Chris , do you have a video on how to set up starlink with a wisp as back up? or even load balance them both?
Chris. A completely off-topic question. I notice you use LastPass password manager. Are you willing to expand upon how long you have been using it, and which plan you are using (Or even creating a video on the topic) ?.
Hello, I set up using the same configuration for starlink to a guest house right down the road from where you set up the lake house in Idaho. I am able to get excellent speeds to my I phone, but nothing to computer or Smart TV. Appreciate any input you may have. Thanks!!!
I'm going to make it my life's mission to get out of South Africa and come work for you, Chris
Thank you for the video. One question, for PTMP. If you use the "Lock to AP Mac" feature on the the two stations instead of just selecting the AP will they both still function?
Yes, interested in UISP set up
thx
Super helpful. It seems the access point only transmits the pipeline of the internet to the station and not the AP’s local network. Is there something I’m missing?
On a video a while back you spoke of a website where you could put in two addresses and check line of site. It would tell you how high to mount the equipment to get line of site between two points. Will you share that again?
For most residentials installs that people are on a budget I use the NanoStation 5AC Loco's, $49 each. The only downside is that even though they connect at 300 Mbps, the LAN ports are only 100Mbps
Nanostation 5ac locos have a gig port and can do 500+mbps. I think you're referring to the nanostation loco m5.
Nanostation Loco AC's are GIG ports (but only if you use a GIG PoE adapter!!! Always, always, always use Poe-24v-G adapters, not the older 100 Mbps PoE adapters!) and they can lock up at 655 Mbps symmetrical MAX capacity on Point-To-Point (PtP) links - I have many in the field like this. However, in Point-To-MultiPoint (PtMP) scenarios, YES, the AC-branded radios will only hit 340 Mbps MAX capacity because they are servicing on a 40 MHz channel width, not 50/60/80 MHz channel widths. The older models of Locos (Nano M2's) have 100Mbps ports only.
Getting ready to do a similar setup on a campus and was wondering if I powered the station side of the bridge with the POE injector it comes with, will the secondary passive POE port on the nanostation be able to power a Unify APAC Pro or a APnanoHD?
Nice video. Do you still recommend the Nano 5 AC or is there a new model that I should look for? I need to set up a point to point between two buildings that are about 2 city blocks away from each other. Thanks.
Can you show that same connection where both sides have their own ISP and gateway yet they can internally communicate with each other?
Hello chris
I need to know the max distance between the main bridge to other point bridge.
Thanks
I would love to see how do you set up a remote configuration
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Ok so if you are using multipoint configuration with the Nanobeam AC5 devices, the video states that the access point and stations should face each other with no obstructions. What if you have two stations facing in opposite directions, how does the access point cover both stations? Do you need two access points and two stations with one access point facing one station and the other access point facing the other station in the opposite direction on does the access point broadcast in a wide omnidirectional pattern!? Any help appreciated!!
Sir Chris, I'm using ubiquiti liteAp and my clients uses litebeam gen2.. my problem is having to much air time .. kindly advice 🙏 what cause to much air time to my connection. Thank you.
I purchased an Nsm2 and Nsm5 5-6 years ago just to play around and learn about wireless bridges. I know the 2 aren’t compatible. If I have an upcoming need for a wireless bridge would you recommend getting an additional Nsm5 or just buying 2 newer units such as the ones in this video? Are those older units somewhat soon to be obsolete?
Great video as usual, Chris. Thanks! Sort of a dumb question, but these nanobeam devices must "point" at each other, right? That is, the internet side is not omnidirectional ...
Actually a Ubiquiti competitor (Mikrotik) have the Wireless Wire line of products. These are preconfigured pair of Mikrotik wireless devices.
I use two NanoStation 5AC LOCO to bridge between my house and my garden just over the street. Its just 25-30 meters but i can't run an cable so i use the NanoStations to connect remotely. It's cheap and works perfectly for me. The link capacity is around 600 and I get stable 100-120 mbs per second throughput. Its enough to run two cameras and an Access Point for Iot devices and my Phone or Laptop. Even all my VLANs work perfectly. If you need a cheap solution for an small distance, I can recommend these. The setup is nearly the same as in the video. I like them because they are way smaller and just are 50€ per unit. My only down site is, that the Topologie isn't correctly recognized by my UDMP, but i think ist fine for how well they work otherwise.
Great feedback - thanks!
I use 2 locos to my workshop with a Aircube and it works like a champ. 2 years and no issues. Can’t believe the Aircubes are $29. That and $49 each for the Loco’s is a bargain to provide access to a remote building.
@@reg_in_sc4572 Yes! No need to integrate UNIFI gear into the mix for simple scenarios like yours - having to use two different management platforms (UISP and UNIFI) makes no sense if the coverage needed from the AirCube is neglible). It's an awesome WISP solution and totally manageable in UISP for FREE (if you have 10 AirMAX and/or EdgeMAX devices!) Love this gear.
What is the right dB (POWER) to choose for a distance of 2km on M2 PTP?
This was a very good video and I learned a lot. I am advising a neighbor who like me is on Starlink and who might need a wireless P2P bridge to add a house his son is building a few hundred yards away. I had a few questions. First, I noticed you set the Nanobeam AP and the other end to static IP addresses so when you hooked them up to your home network you knew how to connect to them. Starlink does not support static IP addresses like most routers. I assume if you set them to DHCP you could go into the device table on Starlink after the boot and find the assigned IP address? Second, how would you point the AP Nanobeam unit in the case of a PTMP arrangement where the 2 remotes are in different directions from the AP? Say the remotes are 180 degrees apart? Finally in the case I mentioned above how good are these units at linking up with trees in the way?
I wouldn't mind seeing the UISP setup. We only have a couple of these deployed, but I didn't know that was an option to manage them with a controller.
Also, I haven't been able to find any support on this, but we can no longer access our LiteBeam-5AC devices at one of our sites. Traffic is passing fine between the two sides, so the antennae are working to create the "wireless wire", but the devices themselves are not accessible via SSH or HTTP. I'm hoping a drive there, a reboot, and maybe a firmware upgrade might fix it (but it only fixed it temporarily the last time I did that). Any ideas?
So what's the final setup for the Basic Wireless Settings for the PtMP AP and the two remote Station radios?
I want to know how to setup USIP for centralized management
Great video. I bought a cheap set of Chinese units in 2.4G on the suggestion that it would connect indoor to indoor through a Commons stud wall better than 5.8 but I could not get a connection window to window at about 50 feet I decided to look into some better units and finding your video I followed your link to the website and it does bring up that unit however, if I search the product name I can’t find the unit from this video or any of the other products that would fall under the point-to-point product type. Are they still selling this product segment directly?
It would appear that the link you said is not public on the website. Does this have anything to do with the hundreds of clones of these devices available on Amazon? I was trying to find information on the other product. I’ve seen on Amazon, I believe it was the M5.
Is there a product you would recommend they would go indoor indoor a short distance where there is through a stud wall or in an attic? And do you recommend any of the Chinese knock offs?
great video! love it! ... one question, have you noticed any speed difference between the nanobeam AC, nanobeam 5AC, and the nanobeam 5AC Gen2 ? ... keep up the good work!
No - those devices are all very similar in speed and capability.
The 5AC allows you to put an additional dB of output power if your country allows for it. The first gen also uses the XC chipset, where as the Gen2 uses the WA chipset which supposedly doesn't deal with noise as well, also the Gen2 has two ethernet ports with the second port capable of PoE passthrough
No, but speed differences will show up when you tune the radios properly using the built-in tools (air magic and air view - air magic is only available on the AP side radio and really improves overall capacity and throughput performance! Look it up and use it on every deployment - it'll drastically improve capacity!)
Hi Chris, Thanks for your expert advice. Can I pick your brains please? I need to run a point to point around a woodland . Using nano5ac point 1 In AP mode, point 2 in Station mode - link with lan cable to point 3 AP mode ( both on same pole 110° apart) point 4 in Station mode. Does that setup sound like it will work okay?
Thanks Adam
Hi Chris i love your videos. I did a quick set up of loco stations and the speeds I was getting was 300mbps download. Quick question… how many station/receiver units can someone install before the speeds start to drop??
It really depends on how many CPE devices you have on the station sides - consider that you're creating either a bridge between locations, or a routed link (which Chris didn't cover - he set up a bridge, essentially a LAN extension at layer 2). And, consider that over that bridge you're going to push end-user device traffic (from a wifi AP in a house or business) to the Internet connection (AP side). As a WISP, you really have to research what each radio model UI (or any other manufacturer) publishes about the radios they sell and then take that number with a grain of salt and as you roll them out, test/test/test/test and keep looking at the statistics the radios can report (capacity, throughput, CPU/RAM load, etc.) As an example, in a small rural WISP scenario the Lite AP AC (store.ui.com/collections/wireless/products/lap-120?_pos=5&_sid=ae315c606&_ss=r) can handle about 20 CPE radios that are AirMAX AC radios (nanostation loco ACs, litebeam ACs, etc.) before that Lite AP AC starts bogging down it's CPU and RAM trying to service all the devices behind the remote Station radios on the internal WLANs/LANs at each customer location. Ubiquiti scales up the AP radios for larger deployments to many more customers (look up Rocket APs with sector antenna combos) so you can really scale out over backhaul like multi-gig fiber.
Chris, a while back up created a video that had two UAP-AC-LR where you set one up to be a repeater. When I upgraded to Unify 6.x this no longer works. Is this option not supported?
i see that these airMAX NanoBeam 5AC's might be a good solution for me to get connectivity to my outbuildings. can these be controlled through the Unifi Network app?
Hello Chris, how can i setup a connection to ISP. TY