Ubiquiti NanoStation loco M5 - Wireless Access Point - AirMax (LOCOM5US)

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.

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 station mode 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

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.

I actually wanted the older model LOCOM5, which matched the product description. What I received was the newer model LOCO5AC, which matched the pictures. The older model would have included the PoE injector, the new model does not. Also these did not come in the Ubiquiti box if that matters to you, they just came bare bones with only the device and a heavy-duty cable-tie for mounting. The devices are great, I was able to connect to them easily, upgrade firmware, etc. I gave 4 stars because the pictures don't match the description ... how would the buyer know which item they will receive?

Fácil de programar, vino con todo lo mencionado