Ubiquiti airMAX Nanostation M5: 5GHz 802.11a/n hi-power (27dBm) 2x2 MIMO airMAX TDMA PoE station. This is the ultimate 5Ghz wireless outdoor CPE with integrated 14dBi dual polarity antenna.
There are 2 ethernet ports on the nanostation M5. Ideally it would have been best to place it on the outside of the brick wall, but we opted for the easier choice and mounted it on a wooden board.Most of the area to be covered was only 50-70m away from this position.As the NanoStation is designed for pole mounting, it's integrated bracket is curved and has a slot for securing with the supplied zip ties.While we thought about dropping down the hardware store to grab a short length of polypipe and some brackets, a bit of treated timber that was lying around did the job just fine.As the antenna had to be faced in the direction of the neighbours house, the NanoStation was mounted at a slight angle.Once mounted correctly, the 10m Ethernet cable was secured in place using cable clips and routed back inside the house to the cable modem, and plugged in to the PoE port on the Power-over-Ethernet injector.Now that the hardware has been completely installed, it's time to configure the NanoStation to act as a WiFi Access Point.While the device can be configured over the network, it's often easier to perform configuration when the LAN cable is plugged directly into the Ethernet jack on your computer.Configuration is performed using your web browser by typing in https://192.168.1.20.You'll get a warning pop up stating that the device has presented an invalid SSL certificate due to the certificate being self-signed and not issued by a CA.
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Of course these are our network settings, your settings will undoubtedly be different, so make sure you configure them accordingly.On the normal home WiFi network (BigPond3035) sitting 1 metre from the cable modem, speeds typically range between 30-35Mbps and latency between 20-40ms.Next door in the neighbours house, speeds ranged from 20-30Mbps, with best speeds in the middle of the house away from the brick walls.Given the short distance, we didn't need to fine tune any settings or adjust the angle of the NanoStation, if anything the system was still a bit too powerful despite halving the output power.All Ubiquiti equipment is incredibly versatile, their M2 (2.4GHz) models are most popular for installations requiring long range bridging, extending WiFi coverage, AP-Repeater scenarios requiring the use of 802.11b/g/n, and much more.Their M5 (5.8GHz) models are preferred for short and long range bridging (P2P, P2MP, hybrid) as there's less interference on the 5.8GHz band, and can also network with UE operating on 802.11a/n.For this type of short range installation I'd suggest using the NanoStation LOCO, I simply chose the standard NanoStation and turned the power down to keep the WiFi footprint as small as possible, while still penetrating through the double-brick.Consequently I could remain connected to the WiFi several hundred metres down the street (as far as I could bother walking), but with WPA2 encryption (and internal security that would make a CISSP proud) - I'm not worried about wardriving.Subscribe to our newsletter and we'll keep you up to date on our products and services. Use the NanoStation® M Mount to quickly mount the NanoStation® M on a window or wall. AirOS V
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