Nanostation M5 Bridge Setup Guide

In this guide we'll take you through extending your WiFi range and covering a separate building using an Ubiquiti NanoStation. The Problem With no data-hungry teenagers left in the house, my dad's 200GB Telstra Cable plan has lately gone unused, himself only using about 10% of the data allowance each month. His neighbours are a young family who have been making do with a cheap Vodafone 3G USB connection, pulling about 2-3Mbps download on a good day, when 'the wind blows in the right direction' as his neighbour often says. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see it made sense to share his solid 30Mbps connection between the two houses. So after fiddling about with a Netgear router set in WDS mode (a form of wireless bridging) for a few days with constant dropouts and slow connection speed, it was time to set up something more substantial. Normally extending WiFi with another access point set in WDS mode works reasonably well, but both houses being double-brick construction blocks most of the signal reaching the second access point. The Solution We decided to install a directional outdoor WiFi access point on the side of my dad's house facing his neighbour's house.

When it comes to this type of equipment there's only one name you need to know - Ubiquiti. The Ubiquiti NanoStation was chosen as it has a 60 degree transmission angle, an inbuilt 600mW amplifier, and ~15km range this unit certainly packed the punch required to penetrate the walls. Of course set to it's maximum output the unit would have covered half the suburb, so the unit was turned down to a more appropriate strength. Equipment Required To complete this type of installation you will need: • NanoStation M2 or M2 LOCO • 2 sets of Ethernet cable • Mounting pole or bracket • Basic tools (drill, pliers, etc) If you're not familiar with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE), it's a brilliant technology that allows sending low voltage (24V) over standard Ethernet cable to power devices like our NanoStation. The Australian 240V plug and PoE injector are supplied as part of the Ubiquiti NanoStation kit. The PoE injector takes our standard Ethernet connection from the modem/router plugged into the LAN port as its input, adds 24V/1A DC, and pumps it into the outgoing PoE port where we will be plugging a length of standard Ethernet cable in to connect the NanoStation.

In order to isolate the NanoStation's WiFi from the cable modem's own WiFi signal (to limit interference) the best spot for the installation was outside the house, 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. Arta Succesului Pavel Corut Pdf Files. Mx Player Apk For 4.1.2android Version. 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 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.

Configuring your NanoStation 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. 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. This is normal so just hit accept/continue. You'll then need to log in with the default username and password of 'ubnt'.

Configure the Wireless tab The first step is to configure the Wireless tab so the NanoStation acts as a WiFi Access Point. Change the settings according to the below picture. Be sure to set the device up with WPA2 security and an appropriate WiFi password here. Healthdyne Quantum Psv Manual Muscle here.