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27.12.2016

I have a shop located about 200 feet from my house, and getting a good solid network connection out there has been a problem of mine for over a year now. I had almost decided to rent a trencher and just run some conduit and Cat5e cable out there, but I learned about these NanoStation antennas through research, and decided to give them a try. They work great!I have one antenna mounted just under my roof line under the overhang, running the PoE ethernet cable up through the attic and over to my network closet. The other antenna is mounted on the power utility pole on the side of my shop. By using the lights on the antennas, and the strength numbers in the user interface of the devices,I was able to get them well-aligned, resulting in a super solid network connection between the house and shop - all for around $100! Forget that trencher...Setting these things up is mostly a breeze, and there are tons of instruction guides online about the best configurations and signal quality numbers you should aim for while setting them up. The Ubiquiti forums are great for this...To mount on the house, I found a metal galvanized bracket at the hardware store and bent it so I could zip-tie the antenna to one side, and screw the other side to the overhang. You need to either get creative and make your own mounts, or go ahead and buy some of the mounts available for these devices, depending on how and where you are mounting them.Pros:- Cheap - much cheaper than the expense of running an underground network cable, regardless of the length of run- Easy to install (depending on your technical skills of course, but I believe most people could set this up with some research)- Great connection quality; the connection between antennas has been rock solid for the entire time is has been installed- The user interface for the devices has lots of features and reporting capabilities- They look great on the buildings, but are honestly hardly noticeable as they are very small in size - only slightly larger than a large cell phoneCons:- Mounting options can be confusing, so you'll need to do some research and plan for how you'll mount these (nothing is included other than zip ties)- The alignment bars on the back of the units can be misleading, as the alignment can still be far off and it show full strength (use the device interface for final alignment)- As with all Ubiquiti devices, they don't use the standard 802.3at/af PoE standards, forcing use of their Passive PoE injectors. This isn't a big negative, but it does just add to the clutter when some people already have PoE switches.Overall, these devices are amazing, and I'm really glad I found out about them before going to all the trouble to trench a network cable out to my shop. I run two IP cameras in the shop over this connection, and the latency and connection speed are way more than adequate, plus streaming music and videos inside the shop also gives no issues.I definitely recommend these antennas to anybody needing to extend their network over short and long distances where running ethernet cables can be prohibitive or troublesome.
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31.8.2016

Awesome unit if you know what to expect. The primary use case for these things is to wirelessly bridge 2 wired networks together. If you are wanting wireless clients to connect directly then you probably want to get a UAP from Ubiquiti, because these antennas are very much directional.To bridge two networks together, leave AirMax enabled (proprietary protocol for better performance between two nanostations, but consumer clients can't speak it so they won't be able to directly connect). Point the two at each other, they can be mounted inside or outside but if you mount them inside you want to put them on a window because they don't penetrate walls super effectively.You can also use it stationmode to act as a wireless client for a normal consumer wireless network but if that's all you're doing with it you've overpaid, TP-Link sells the N300 or N150 portable travel router which will do the same job for half the price.So that covers AP mode and Station mode (client mode), there's also AP-Repeater mode. This mode sucks, don't use it. AP repeaters are fundamentally going to be much worse in performance. As expensive as it is, if you need to bridge your wireless network to a far away location, you will have to buy 2 of these and an actual access point. You connect the one near your internet source to your router, then point it at the remote destination. Leave Airmax enabled and turn it to AP mode. Then take your second one to the remote destination and point it back to the first one, turn it on station mode (leave airmax enabled), and it will act as a client to your first AP. Then you can wire up an actual AP to your second one and connect your devices to that AP.You can technically use this as a consumer AP, but as I said it's very directional and doesn't penetrate walls super well. You also have to fiddle with the channel and frequency settings because by default it uses a ton of frequencies but consumer clients only understand a few.The primary use case for this is to act as a wireless ethernet cable. As long as you understand that, you'll get along great. If you want an access point, get a UAP from Ubiquiti
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25.10.2020

I have been in communications for decades. We sell & install wireless products, from these to commercial microwave and laser systems on towers. If you have a critical application, need high security, high bandwidth for commercial, government or military applications, look elsewhere. If you are a small business or consumer who needs an inexpensive wireless link, these are a great choice.Unfortunately, these may last 2 months or 5 years, you never know, but most seem to last 2-3 years. At this price, it is far less expensive than the high end commercial products, or the monthly cost of an added internet connection, or trenching and wiring a location. If you have to cross a public right of way,the cost is prohibitive.They use typical WiFi type security, if you enable it, so you can get reasonably secure data transmission. They have reasonable data transmission rates, but real world scenarios will typically have lower rates than advertised.If you need to connect a barn, a shop, a warehouse, a detached garage, a small remote office or building across the street, or down the block, these can work well and are an affordable solution. If you need a highly reliable link, with high bandwidth, high security or are in an area with a lot of WiFi usage/interference, I wouldn't recommend these. They are very good for the right application.
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15.12.2016

Great option for long distance beaming of a wifi signal. I know these go FAR but I am using it for a few hundred feet and absolutely NO issue setting it up, aiming it (I could hit the side of a barn with it and get the signal just fine). Plenty of walkthroughs online that help you step by step. I wouldn't think you would want this for an AP but it is possible, although the beam is very directional. I was able to get a signal behind the device, through a wall... so that should give you an idea of the power considering it is directional and I was behind it. Ubiquiti can be a bit hard to deal with for tech support. While their live chat is awesome, they off-shore the whole thing.I have had to email upper management twice now, two different products and occasions, to get service properly. Otherwise I couldn't like their products more. I have 6 devices now across my property and the centralized management of the Unifi products is awesome. This does not have a unifi option (or at least not supported) but you don't need it really since this isn't really a device that you manage much.
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27.7.2020

I finished an installation this weekend using a pair of these as an internet extender on a big rural property, and am quite pleased with Nanostations so far. Works well, strong, stable line of sight connection as expected. The two units are outdoors under roof eaves, so we'll see how they hold up over time.The management software in particular is good - lots of configuration options. In the installation I did, the Nanostations basically act like a very long ethernet cable, and there are several good videos on how to set this up on Youtube. For this use case, make sure the WDS (transparent bridge mode) is enabled on both the station and the access point.This will prevent the Nanostations from normal network behavior of re-writing the MAC address as packets flow through them. If you don't enable WDS, you may see perplexing behavior like the nanostations appear to be working perfectly, and you can see any part of the local network from an access point connected device, but get "no route" errors when you try to access a website outside your local network.
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23.11.2020

I needed to extend my home wifi into my detached garage. I was trying to use a wifi dongle on a long USB cable which I placed in a window that could see my house and that would work but only for my laptop. I really wanted a separate wifi network for all my devices when I was in my garage. I used the Ubiquiti product and it worked great. Once I set it up to lock onto my home network I fed it to the LAN port of another router in my garage and now I have a separate wifi in my garage and all my devices just switch over when I go in there. I had considered a mesh network but the directional nature of the Ubiquiti antenna seemed the better solution especially inside my large metal garage.

2.4.2018

Works awesome as a wireless bridge. Use two of these to send data over 300 ft. Little to no internet speed lost. Super easy to set up after watching a couple youtube videos by crosstalk solutions. They ship with a default IP address of 192.168.1.20 and I have my interenet set up on 10.1.10.xx so I had to manually change IP address of the computer and plug into the computer instead of the router itself so that was my only minor complication. Their Tech support was excellent answering some basic questions for me. I am barely a step above a beginner at IT but it was pretty easy to set up. Google Chrome was the supported browser that I had to use on my Mac, not sure about PC.

9.10.2018

very clever piece of kit, can be used example for extending your own broadband over a massive long distance, or even (eg) plugging an ip camera into one and viewing the camera very far away. There are many modes available.At the moment we are using it for a community radio station, so one device picks up the audio signal (music) and sends it to the transmission site (a mile away) for re-broadcasting on dab and fm, so very very useful indeed.Another use would be, eg, a live disco performance, and being able to send it live to a radio station or other.

4.2.2016

easy to configure, myriad configuration options if your network requires special settings. Had some issue with renegotiation due to a TP-Link switch creating some undesired traffic (I guess). Connection may drop occasionally but is resilient and reconnects automatically after a few seconds. Has a watchdog function that will auto-reboot if it can't ping a particular IP. This is very useful workaround for troublesome connections. Tons of features, great value.

20.8.2019

I use this an a small router to attach to wireless at camp sites / parks. It works great because you can attach directly to a specific AP and not get bounced around roaming (which is one of the main causes of flaky connections at these places). Great product. A reminder that the signal is only as good as both sides. Don't expect to use this "long distance" direction antennae to attach to a normal AP at 100 yards because the AP has to get the signal back.

28.7.2017

We use this camping where wifi can be difficult to get, especially when there are many hotspots that causes dropouts many times as the phone or laptop switch from one hotspot to another as signal varies. This is aimed at a hotspot and locks on to it, which greatly improves the reliability and eliminates dropouts. This is brought back to a router where I have my own WIFI signal to connect to. This thing is awesome, wish I had this years ago!

26.12.2018

I have been installing Ubiquiti Products professionally for years. and have only had 1 go bad in all of my years. I have had more failures with Cisco and Meraki than I have ever had with Ubiquiti. In our area the temperature will range 30 to 40 degrees during the day and night. Winter is below freezing and summer is above 100. They are quality products and will hold up.

4.5.2018

I got these to extend my wireless out to my detached garage for doing YouTube live streams. I got them programmed up and hung them and they work great. I can get my full 100mbs through them back to my cable modem in the house. I have had zero issues with them in rain/snow. I backed the power down to the minimum setting and still have a perfect signal.

23.2.2020

I have purchased three of these. Two for a wireless bridge and one for an access point. I have had the bridge for about six years and it works flawlessly. In my opinion, Ubiquiti makes top of the line products which are very powerful and reliable. If you know a little about networking, it makes for an easier setup.

23.3.2020

Do what is built for, very nice for networking be careful wit the firmware upgrade if u know what ure doing good otherwise for ure knowledge when u trying to do an upgrade it takes u to the ubiqui web not straight to the bin file so you have to choose ure device type to get the correct firmware upgrade

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