Setup almost the exact same setup with for a neighbor a couple of houses down because they didn't have internet and their son who is in my daughters class couldn't do the online google classroom the school had implemented. used a loco m5 with 24v passthru with connected to a UAP (old I know) on the neighbor side and a Loco m5 on my side. Cool thing is we both had old Directv dishes mounted on the roofs of both our houses and neither of us use Directv. I just took the dishes off and used the mount poles to mount the Loco M5s it lined up perfectly.
@@zahkam7322 would not be fair to me if that was going on if that's the case I would just like to pack up my stuff and leave no hard feelings just would like to enjoy my life
Thanks Chris. I have been extending wifi like this all over the country to remote sites that have no cellular or other communications. My record is about 40 miles but mostly under 5 miles. Recently connected a couple Ubiquiti devices and some Audio to IP devices to extend an old Copper Alarm circuit used for a remote control. The circuit was so old that the department at the telco that built these does not even exist anymore. The cost of the equipment paid for itself in about 2 months of what the telco was billing them. Since the telco would not even move the circuit this ended up being a great option. Thanks for all your informative videos.
Chris This video was a great refresher in point to point. I have this implemented with two LiteBeam AC5 units. These are providing a network to a client that has never had any working network. His kids need this for school and it is working just great for him. I am also going to setup a PTMP from his house to four neighbors. They are all in the same boat. Again thanks for a quality video on a simple technology.
Hey, Chris! You have a clear concise way of making this simple. I love your attitude. I wanted to let you know what a great help you have been to my neighbors. Century link shut off my homeowners' associations group Internet connection for non-payment due to the coronavirus. This left 12 of my neighbors in our townhouse community that are elderly or recently unemployed without the internet. Fortunately, I have a slamming fast Fiber connection and I was able to get 2 of the used computer part stores to open up for me and they even donated half of what I needed and all of the cabling. I just wanted to Whistle Out and say THANKS! You definitely are a " Doing good while doing well" kind of person. Treasures in heaven man. Too bad you can't share some of the pies and hugs I received. Oops!, I gotta go to my free roast beef dinner one of the ladies is cooking for me. 👏✌
Lower the DHCP lease time on the guest wifi to a couple of hours. It will keep the tables clean and allow max connections from being reached if there was a lot of use.
Thank you Chris for the video. I am actually planning on using this for some elderly individual in my neighborhood that can't afford internet but needs to get online to do basic things. The cost of living is ridiculous expensive where I am at so if I can help someone it is worth it!
Thanks Chris! This video was a very timely find for me. My daughter and son in law are looking to extend their home internet to their dairy barn. It's only a couple hundred feet, but it's not practical to run the wire across the road. I was considering 2 loco-M2s and UAP-AC-M. This video provided a great confirmation of my notional network design.
Thanks for the help. Setting up some internet sharing for my Sister and a Neighbor. Your videos are a great help for those who have basic networking skills.
Thanks Chris for the great information. I have shared your channel with several others in the area who are using the Ubiquiti equipment. I have it at home and my church, and it has been great. I have multiple APs on my property and they have been great. Stay well and thanks for the videos.
This video is very timely. I have a neighbour that’s asked to share the internet connection I have to save signing up for his own and a church across the road I wanted to give a network to as a charitable action. I was unsure where to start in order to do this safely but this video has given me some basic ideas! Would love to see a more detailed video that would cover this kind of solution. Thanks!
Great video. I did a very similar setup recently for my mother-in-law who lives a couple of streets away. Your video has just pointed out a few bits I need to change. Thanks.
I know this was just a how-to, but Don't you have Spectrum still? Using the IP range 192.168.100.1 I would think is a no no on a Cable connection. Not sure if any problems would be casued other than not being able to see signal levels, but your cable modem generally has an interface on 192.168.100.1
@@CrosstalkSolutions that is with bridged mode. A modem only (no routing) a modem still has a web interface. If you have one of the newer docsis 3.1 ones some of them are locked out anyway. But plain modems do have a page on 192.168.100.1 Depending on your modem just try it. Reboot it directly connected to a computer and go to 192.168.100.1. But anyway love the videos, Will prob go Ubiquiti next time I upgrade. Currently using TP-Link's EAP line for AP's in my home. Your videos helped me setup my PBX server years ago.
Hi Chris, I am a big fan of your channel. I used several of your videos in conjunction with another channel to set up my pfSense appliance and Unifi hardware. The one concern I have with sharing WiFi is if one of your neighbors (or someone hanging around) performs illicit activities, it will be recorded on your IP. One of my colleagues uses pfSense and told me that he uses a VPN for the SSID that he assigned to a Open network. He also enabled throttling on the pfSense and the Unifi controller. Nonetheless, I really liked this video especially in these times. I am fortunate to have home internet with 200/200Mbps with no data caps. I thought about setting up an open wireless network at home as I set up a similar config that my colleague did (yes, I copied him, not because he did it, but because I thought it was a cool way of doing things). I just don't share it with the neighbors. One of them is set to a foreign exit point. I find this useful for testing applications that use geofiltering without having to deal with software. Thank you again for posting this. In reading others' feedback, many give the same things. It really helps with those that are not as fortunate to have broadband internet. Libraries are closed indefinitely as are schools. Stay safe everyone reading this! Please, please stay safe.
Thx Chris. I have a brother-in-law who did 21 years in the navy (including 7 tours in Vietnam). As you would think he is getting older and needs some help. My is in college taking most of his classes on line. Of course my BIL has no internet. So we are going to have to piggy back off ours. That will allow my son (nursing student) to be with him in case he needs anything.
This is exactly how I made outside locationto cover her yard. PtP bridge going straight in to AP across two PoE injectors placed in a water proof enclosure and a special cable with classic power source connector on one end and two Mickeys on the other. Works like magic.
Hi Chris your demo print chart has a typo. You show both devices with IP 192.168.100.11. In your setup you set 192.168.100.10 on Access Point and 192.168.100.11 on the Station. You know you are a genius and I just wanted to put it out there for those who may have been confused with that. YOUR VIDEOS ARE GREAT !!!!!! CHeers!!!
I done kind of the same thing but added in simple terms a VPN tunnel connetion so in a way who ever connects to the free wifi i setup they can't see my public ip and if they do any bad stuff I I shoud not get in trouble with my ISP.
What would you suggest if we wanted to increase signal about 500 feet away to our Ring cameras? Don't need any sharing capabilities, just boost the signal. It is an open area with no interference, no trees or buildings, etc.
I am just seeing this video. Hopefully you have already gotten your answer, but if not. Just about all Ubiquiti will serve your purposes. Several they say will do up to 15k. For what they are most are fairly cheap also. Approximately $100 a piece. I have a camera on one that is about 4000 feet on between antennas. I just made sure it had close to line of site as possible.
Thank you Chris for your very helpful videos! I am struggling to get internet to my barn. Can I do this as effectively with a UAP-AC-M-Pro and a AC-Mesh instead of the NanoBeam and NanoStation? Thanks!
I would love to see your solution for weather proofing this setup. what kind of box do you use to keep the injectors dry if you need to get wifi to a field?
You can get weather proof/outdoor ethernet cable, as for the injectors, if there is no handy structure (shed etc) to hide them in then go to your local electrical supply company and get a weather proof outdoor cabinet, and run the cables into it through cable glands, that should stop any water from running down the cables into the junction box.
I live on a mountain and fiber hasn't come up here yet. Myself and all my neighbors are sick of getting screwed by dish or only other option is DSL @ 3MB. What other options have I got? Can I get an OC-192 connection brought to me?
Nice video, is there a way to do this with just a Mesh Router? I wanted to split the cost with a neighbor, I have 500 meg, works great but $60 a month, I thought if I could find a mesh router that would penetrate brick walls, it might work. My second generation Google Wifi doesn't cut it. I would also like to protect each of us, i.e. firewall but it may not be possible.
Hi, I live in an apartment block and I have a 1GB lease line. I want to charge people in the apartment as nobody has internet in the entire building apart from me. How would I manage this so I can allow people access and I can cut them off if they don’t pay.
Have a ptp setup with 2 M% nanostations. THey both see each other and I have signal. I cannot get internet or dhcp to pass throgh??? Tried several things over past coupel days. It "WAS" working before. I even tried downloading the latest firmware
So, I am building a neighborhood wifi system using the uap-ac-m's. I have put it on a different Vlan and gave it permissions to throttle the speed. They work great except for, if someone were to plug into the POE injector, they get full speeds and are on my main network. How do I either disable the POE injector's Lan or configure it properly?
Hi Chris, so quite simply I would impliment this type of system to operate a remote telescope? I will connect a telescope with a mini computer at the scope with all the operating apps and Teamviewer. I currently use a computer from my home and sometimes in remotelocations. I use Teamviewer to acess the scope(powered USB 3). The goal is to do that wirelessly. From one point only about 100 feet. Another location would be across a farm road about 400 feet away better location). It would be entirely closed.
If I theoretically pulled the Ethernet cable out of the FREE Wifi AP (not the station) and plugged it into a computer then I would be on your secure LAN, would I not? How would/should I set it up so my secure LAN isn't accessible in a remote location? Private VLAN?
I have some neighbor that in a pinch, students and elderly. I'd love to share like this but I don't have the equipment so probably will poke around with old router and see if i can get it working.
These are super videos. Thank you. Can you tell me if its possible to connect a router on the station side? If it is what do I need to do this? I am using loco m5 nanostations. Thank you.
Hi Chris, Thanks for the great videos. I have a neighbor sharing hs wifi with me and I have an Nanostation M5 and a U6-lr that I want to use to connect to his WPA network and then plugin to my switch for internet access. How do I do that use the M5 as an antenna to receive the signal and the send it to my switch. Doing this while my fibre is fixed.
If you can run a poe injected ethernet cable to the access point from the nano, then you should be able to run the ethernet cable sans the nano as well.
Hello I had a question, please help If i use the Access Point TP-LINK TL-WA801ND_V1 Wireless N300 And use an outdoor parabolic dish instead of access point antennas, to send the Wifi 2400 MHz frequency, how far can I receive the frequency 100% without loss of quality ???
Chris, thanks for a great video. During a recent power outage I realized I was one of the very few people with a generator. Concerned people wouldn't be able to get their coffee in the morning, I setup a coffee service just outside of my garage for my neighbors near and far. They were very appreciative. Lately, I got to thinking how absolutely critical it is to have internet as well during a power outage. That said, using your guidance I am going to setup a bandwidth throttled internet connection using an outdoor Unifi AC Mesh. I am installing it for my personal use anyway, so why not configure it to help the neighbors when the power goes out? Thanks so much for your help! My neighbors will appreciate it as well. :-)
Hey guys I've ran a few APs and a USG with Controller software on a pc with specific FW and SW that worked well together for a few years now. Is it possible to update these all to the newest version? Because as soon as I went ahead and updated one AP for example it wouldn't work and not adopt anymore..
How many locoM5 units can the NBE-M5-16 transmit to at one time? I have two outbuildings that I need to broadcast a signal. One is straight south of our main building about 300 ft and the other is on the west side of he main building . I’m thinking maybe I could put the NBE-M5-16 on the west and transmit to both outbuildings. If that doesn’t work can I connect a second NBE-M5 in a daisy chain configuration from the south building to the building on the west or do I need to set up two independent bridges?
Hey Chris, I've always enjoyed your content and I really like this video. I've set up a couple ptp setup's now, and this is a great idea to get those connectivity who wouldn't have it otherwise during these difficult times (if the local ISP allows it). Oh, I also noticed in your drawing that you labeled the locoM5 as 192.168.100.10 instead of 192.168.100.11 that you set on the locoM5. Just thought i'd give you a heads up, hope you and yours are doing well!
I want to set up a system in my home for my community to share my wifi so they can access it on tablets and phones at a distance of over below 1miles using unfi equipment.. Users should be able to log into the unifi guest portal with a voucher to access the wifi.. any suggestion?
Great video. One question, around minute 14:30 you are talking about setting up the bridge, one is an AP and the second on as Station, would at this point any wifi device can connect to it or not?. Thanks in advance.
can we exted unifi mesh coverage by point to point link the way you mention on this video? use a litebeam m5 for bridging link then unifi mesh ac for extending coverage?
Is it possible to create a wireless network that can transfer files of very large sizes at a high speed to more than 100 devices at the same time? What devices can be used?
So, when I add the guests network and select "VLAN Only" it shows that "USW" required. So I cannot configure the AP to use that specific network VLAN if it isn't using a Ubiquity switch?
@@talkenrain842 I ended up building the "networks" using "guest" then specified the network settings required. This tested and worked fine. Then I decided to reconfigure it using the "VLAN Only" setting just to see what it would do, that setting worked fine. Then I thought more about it and decided to totally remove the "Free WIFI" network, that setting also worked fine. At this point I am assuming that because the VLAN is setup using non-Ubiquiti hardware that building the network under "networks" is not necessary. I am also not using a Ubiquiti product for my router. Anyway, the setup appears to be working as expected with no "Free WIFI" network created. Maybe someone who knows can correct me but for now that is how I have mine setup.
@@seanzigmund858 Didn't you read my own reply to my question? VLAN's work fine without a USW or USG. Just the "VLAN Only" option is not selectable. Again, the AP's are working correctly using the VLAN's that I have setup without adding anything to the network tab. I just added the VLAN information to the wireless tab only.
Hi Chris - What I am trying to do is get Internet access from my house to my office at the church building 2 miles away. I tried a couple of Ubiquiti units about 4 years ago never got them to work. I have a Cisco Router set up here at the house and a TPLink router with the in house network at the church. The house I set an ip of 192.168.123.254 and office is 10.1.0.1. What equipment would you use? There is a slight elevation difference between the two site and there are pine trees in the path.
If line of sight is impeded at that distance, might have to go higher up at both ends or you might watch his video on a point to point through trees. We have 2 NanoBeam M2 deployed seeing each other at distance of about a 1/4 mile from a water tower to a shop building. The IP setup could be why you couldn't get it to work either. When you set up the radio on your home network with an ip of 192.168.123.254 set it in Access Point mode then set the church building radio for say 192.168.123.253 and put it in station mode and see what you get signal wise. Am I to understand you don't have internet access at the church or are you simply wanting your church office on your home network and not the church network?
How many feet will this work for ? In my case i have a barn that is 250-300 feet across my driveway. The path is unobstructed. By they way, I had an EnGenius point to point connection setup to the barn from my office but i am not getting a signal after a storm last week which cause the device to fall. So i am looking to upgrade.
Lawrence, Chris published a video on August 25, 2020 called "Ranch House Network Design." He incorporated a point to point broadcast bridge that looked like it would foot the bill for your needs. He also explained why he averted more powerful bridges. Good luck with your setup.
Hi Chris, I am trying to extend network at my grandparent's house (House) to another house (smaller ranch) which is roughly 500 apart. The house has a cable modem (which has built-in WiFi and 4 Ethernet ports). I would like Ethernet and WiFi at the small Ranch. I think this can be done two ways: -Use two NanoBeams Gen2 to connect from House to the Ranch - NBE‑5AC‑Gen2 -Use the Building to Building Bridge - UBB-US Which option would give me both WiFi and Ethernet at the ranch? Or can it be done with either option? Thanks!
If clear line of sight and only 500 feet apart, just get two Nanostation M5Loco. One ran to the home router in AP mode and the other on the ranch set up in station mode. I currently have 2 of these doing the same thing at a distance over 1200 feet and the throughput is excellent. An 80 Mbps connection at the AP direct to the ISP and the station side gets 65-70Mbps.
This is the first time I have had wireless point to point bridge explained. A lot of your acronyms I have never heard of. One question. Do you need this UniFi stuff to complete the bridge? I never heard of this brand.
In this example will you be able to 'see' the UAP from your side and adopt it to manage it? Or will you have to manage it from the 'neighbour' side? Im having a problem of graspong the concept of managing UAPs on different subnets.
I'm planning on doing a wifi bridge out to my pole barn. It isn't too far from my house, but running an underground cable isn't feasible. Plus the pole barn is metal so signals really aren't getting inside. That being said, I was wondering if the Nanobeam AC bridges can be powered by a PoE switch, or if I would need to use the passive 24v plugs. I do have one bar of wifi signal out to the pole barn, so I probably need a bridge, right??
Nice Idea! I was thinking about putting a bridge over to my barn/parking lot and it's only like 10m, so it feels like a Nano Beam would be overkill. Could just two loco M5s do that job over that short distance?
basic Internet is 115 a month where I live in canada. I can get 200 fiber for $120, which is enough for 4-5 families. I want to start with my best friend across the street and my next door neighbour. both are not sketchy and would be down for trial and error. 40 bucks is way better than 120
Hi Chris, what antennas do you recommend for a PTP link between 2 buildings separated by 300' of moderately dense woods (like yours)? I don't care if throughput is as low as 5-10MBps. I basically want to do UniFi-Switch -> AP ---> AP -> UniFi-Switch. I have no security concerns for this setup as it will all be one big network (I'm trying to get internet to my elderly mom's house next door). Thanks!
Yet another great video. I always appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I was hoping that you would do a video on how to set up a secure network for working from home. I would like to keep it separate from my other network with my wife brings home her work computer during this Covid time. She works for government Entity and is required now to work from home and would like it separated on a VLAN and the rest of my home network.
I just watched your wifi 10 miles video and wanted to know if you have a suggestion for connection using an antenna instead of a router to router connection setup. thx
Off topic a bit. Why / when did you start disliking UniFi's captive portal ? I've watched your videos on the setup (for the motel) and you seemed to like it then ? what changed. Thanks, and stay safe!
Setup almost the exact same setup with for a neighbor a couple of houses down because they didn't have internet and their son who is in my daughters class couldn't do the online google classroom the school had implemented. used a loco m5 with 24v passthru with connected to a UAP (old I know) on the neighbor side and a Loco m5 on my side. Cool thing is we both had old Directv dishes mounted on the roofs of both our houses and neither of us use Directv. I just took the dishes off and used the mount poles to mount the Loco M5s it lined up perfectly.
AAah the beginnings of a beautiful relationship
Would it increase the connectivity at all if you put it inside the dish?
UAP May be old but sure is reliable and gets the job done.
@@zahkam7322 I hope you're not talking to my fiance. . I have a pit in my stomach that I think you two are talking
@@zahkam7322 would not be fair to me if that was going on if that's the case I would just like to pack up my stuff and leave no hard feelings just would like to enjoy my life
Thanks Chris. I have been extending wifi like this all over the country to remote sites that have no cellular or other communications. My record is about 40 miles but mostly under 5 miles. Recently connected a couple Ubiquiti devices and some Audio to IP devices to extend an old Copper Alarm circuit used for a remote control. The circuit was so old that the department at the telco that built these does not even exist anymore. The cost of the equipment paid for itself in about 2 months of what the telco was billing them. Since the telco would not even move the circuit this ended up being a great option. Thanks for all your informative videos.
Chris This video was a great refresher in point to point. I have this implemented with two LiteBeam AC5 units. These are providing a network to a client that has never had any working network. His kids need this for school and it is working just great for him. I am also going to setup a PTMP from his house to four neighbors. They are all in the same boat. Again thanks for a quality video on a simple technology.
i am a field support engineer in ISP(Wireless) . Your videos are absolute perfect. :)
Didn’t use it for now but this video serves as an example of how awesome this channel is.
Hey, Chris! You have a clear concise way of making this simple. I love your attitude. I wanted to let you know what a great help you have been to my neighbors. Century link shut off my homeowners' associations group Internet connection for non-payment due to the coronavirus. This left 12 of my neighbors in our townhouse community that are elderly or recently unemployed without the internet. Fortunately, I have a slamming fast Fiber connection and I was able to get 2 of the used computer part stores to open up for me and they even donated half of what I needed and all of the cabling. I just wanted to Whistle Out and say THANKS! You definitely are a " Doing good while doing well" kind of person. Treasures in heaven man. Too bad you can't share some of the pies and hugs I received. Oops!, I gotta go to my free roast beef dinner one of the ladies is cooking for me. 👏✌
Chris you are such a great teacher u know how to drive your points home i am impressed i have learnt a lot from u
Lower the DHCP lease time on the guest wifi to a couple of hours. It will keep the tables clean and allow max connections from being reached if there was a lot of use.
Great tip.
What about limiting the aggregate data usage (like 1 to 5 GB per day) per device/MAC address and resetting this every 24 hours?
What about limiting the aggregate data usage (like 1 to 5 GB per day) per device/MAC address and resetting this every 24 hours?
@@rakOnRails just give them more ip range :) then you don't care at all anymore
The view of your gear out the window made me chuckle - "I'll get it going and tidy up the cables and ties later..."
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution that works.
can't be married?
Thank you Chris for the video. I am actually planning on using this for some elderly individual in my neighborhood that can't afford internet but needs to get online to do basic things. The cost of living is ridiculous expensive where I am at so if I can help someone it is worth it!
Thanks Chris! This video was a very timely find for me. My daughter and son in law are looking to extend their home internet to their dairy barn. It's only a couple hundred feet, but it's not practical to run the wire across the road. I was considering 2 loco-M2s and UAP-AC-M. This video provided a great confirmation of my notional network design.
Thanks for the help. Setting up some internet sharing for my Sister and a Neighbor. Your videos are a great help for those who have basic networking skills.
Thanks Chris for the great information. I have shared your channel with several others in the area who are using the Ubiquiti equipment. I have it at home and my church, and it has been great. I have multiple APs on my property and they have been great. Stay well and thanks for the videos.
This video is very timely. I have a neighbour that’s asked to share the internet connection I have to save signing up for his own and a church across the road I wanted to give a network to as a charitable action. I was unsure where to start in order to do this safely but this video has given me some basic ideas! Would love to see a more detailed video that would cover this kind of solution. Thanks!
I like this. Going to share with my father inlaw, and parents. Hopefully it will go that far. About 1 mile.
Great video. I did a very similar setup recently for my mother-in-law who lives a couple of streets away. Your video has just pointed out a few bits I need to change. Thanks.
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I know this was just a how-to, but Don't you have Spectrum still? Using the IP range 192.168.100.1 I would think is a no no on a Cable connection. Not sure if any problems would be casued other than not being able to see signal levels, but your cable modem generally has an interface on 192.168.100.1
Bridge mode FTW.
@@CrosstalkSolutions that is with bridged mode. A modem only (no routing) a modem still has a web interface. If you have one of the newer docsis 3.1 ones some of them are locked out anyway. But plain modems do have a page on 192.168.100.1 Depending on your modem just try it. Reboot it directly connected to a computer and go to 192.168.100.1. But anyway love the videos, Will prob go Ubiquiti next time I upgrade. Currently using TP-Link's EAP line for AP's in my home. Your videos helped me setup my PBX server years ago.
The mesh AP mounts real well to a mailbox and will reach an access point mounted on a house.
Hi Chris,
I am a big fan of your channel. I used several of your videos in conjunction with another channel to set up my pfSense appliance and Unifi hardware. The one concern I have with sharing WiFi is if one of your neighbors (or someone hanging around) performs illicit activities, it will be recorded on your IP.
One of my colleagues uses pfSense and told me that he uses a VPN for the SSID that he assigned to a Open network. He also enabled throttling on the pfSense and the Unifi controller.
Nonetheless, I really liked this video especially in these times. I am fortunate to have home internet with 200/200Mbps with no data caps. I thought about setting up an open wireless network at home as I set up a similar config that my colleague did (yes, I copied him, not because he did it, but because I thought it was a cool way of doing things). I just don't share it with the neighbors. One of them is set to a foreign exit point. I find this useful for testing applications that use geofiltering without having to deal with software.
Thank you again for posting this. In reading others' feedback, many give the same things. It really helps with those that are not as fortunate to have broadband internet. Libraries are closed indefinitely as are schools.
Stay safe everyone reading this! Please, please stay safe.
Great - as always... I must have seen most of your instructions by now. More please. Thanks!
Thx Chris. I have a brother-in-law who did 21 years in the navy (including 7 tours in Vietnam). As you would think he is getting older and needs some help. My is in college taking most of his classes on line. Of course my BIL has no internet. So we are going to have to piggy back off ours. That will allow my son (nursing student) to be with him in case he needs anything.
This is exactly how I made outside locationto cover her yard. PtP bridge going straight in to AP across two PoE injectors placed in a water proof enclosure and a special cable with classic power source connector on one end and two Mickeys on the other. Works like magic.
Thanks for the information.. am planning on setting up a community wifi, and I really need more insight on this project
Hi Chris your demo print chart has a typo. You show both devices with IP 192.168.100.11. In your setup you set 192.168.100.10 on Access Point and 192.168.100.11 on the Station. You know you are a genius and I just wanted to put it out there for those who may have been confused with that. YOUR VIDEOS ARE GREAT !!!!!! CHeers!!!
Nice video Chris! Hopefully helps those in need. Have a great day.
Great video! Working on building a system to share access to my low income community. Thanks for the tips!
2:14 That helpful. Sir I would ask why you build VLAN 101 on that edge router? What the purpose that?
Why didn't you use WPA2 for the AP side of the wireless bridge?
just what i needed to do it at my place.. Thanks Chris you Rock!!!
thanks for the demo and info, sharing is caring.. LOL... Have a great day
Can one just get a roll of coax and connect one of the antennas eg. 40m away?
I done kind of the same thing but added in simple terms a VPN tunnel connetion so in a way who ever connects to the free wifi i setup they can't see my public ip and if they do any bad stuff I I shoud not get in trouble with my ISP.
Turn on WDS on both sides, use WPA2 and also adjust airmax priority :-)
Why did you use a nano beam on the send end instead of using loco M5 on both ends?
Thumb up to you... It was helpful Chris
Thanks for the tuturial Chris.. I love to set up the wireless bridge with the ubiquiti equipment for my wifi business here in the Philippines..
nice
wish I could try this in my neighbourhood
What would you suggest if we wanted to increase signal about 500 feet away to our Ring cameras? Don't need any sharing capabilities, just boost the signal. It is an open area with no interference, no trees or buildings, etc.
is there a ubiquiti product that allows you to cover a large property, 20-50 acres or so?
I am just seeing this video. Hopefully you have already gotten your answer, but if not. Just about all Ubiquiti will serve your purposes. Several they say will do up to 15k. For what they are most are fairly cheap also. Approximately $100 a piece. I have a camera on one that is about 4000 feet on between antennas. I just made sure it had close to line of site as possible.
Thank you Chris for your very helpful videos! I am struggling to get internet to my barn. Can I do this as effectively with a UAP-AC-M-Pro and a AC-Mesh instead of the NanoBeam and NanoStation? Thanks!
I would love to see your solution for weather proofing this setup. what kind of box do you use to keep the injectors dry if you need to get wifi to a field?
You can get weather proof/outdoor ethernet cable, as for the injectors, if there is no handy structure (shed etc) to hide them in then go to your local electrical supply company and get a weather proof outdoor cabinet, and run the cables into it through cable glands, that should stop any water from running down the cables into the junction box.
I live on a mountain and fiber hasn't come up here yet. Myself and all my neighbors are sick of getting screwed by dish or only other option is DSL @ 3MB. What other options have I got? Can I get an OC-192 connection brought to me?
Thank you, I have learnt something new today
Damm Chris. This is a great video. Thank you very much.
Nice video, is there a way to do this with just a Mesh Router? I wanted to split the cost with a neighbor, I have 500 meg, works great but $60 a month, I thought if I could find a mesh router that would penetrate brick walls, it might work. My second generation Google Wifi doesn't cut it. I would also like to protect each of us, i.e. firewall but it may not be possible.
Hi, I live in an apartment block and I have a 1GB lease line. I want to charge people in the apartment as nobody has internet in the entire building apart from me. How would I manage this so I can allow people access and I can cut them off if they don’t pay.
Have a ptp setup with 2 M% nanostations. THey both see each other and I have signal. I cannot get internet or dhcp to pass throgh??? Tried several things over past coupel days. It "WAS" working before. I even tried downloading the latest firmware
So, I am building a neighborhood wifi system using the uap-ac-m's. I have put it on a different Vlan and gave it permissions to throttle the speed. They work great except for, if someone were to plug into the POE injector, they get full speeds and are on my main network. How do I either disable the POE injector's Lan or configure it properly?
Hi Chris, so quite simply I would impliment this type of system to operate a remote telescope? I will connect a telescope with a mini computer at the scope with all the operating apps and Teamviewer. I currently use a computer from my home and sometimes in remotelocations. I use Teamviewer to acess the scope(powered USB 3). The goal is to do that wirelessly. From one point only about 100 feet. Another location would be across a farm road about 400 feet away better location). It would be entirely closed.
If I theoretically pulled the Ethernet cable out of the FREE Wifi AP (not the station) and plugged it into a computer then I would be on your secure LAN, would I not? How would/should I set it up so my secure LAN isn't accessible in a remote location? Private VLAN?
Great explanation. Could this also be used for a point to multi point setup?
Is it possible to use a NBE-5AC-Gen2 as an access point pointed at a notebook and tv across the alley and they just use the wifi
I have some neighbor that in a pinch, students and elderly. I'd love to share like this but I don't have the equipment so probably will poke around with old router and see if i can get it working.
These are super videos. Thank you.
Can you tell me if its possible to connect a router on the station side? If it is what do I need to do this?
I am using loco m5 nanostations.
Thank you.
Hi Chris, Thanks for the great videos. I have a neighbor sharing hs wifi with me and I have an Nanostation M5 and a U6-lr that I want to use to connect to his WPA network and then plugin to my switch for internet access. How do I do that use the M5 as an antenna to receive the signal and the send it to my switch. Doing this while my fibre is fixed.
Chris I do thin you´re a Genius Bro
Can you update your Amazon links? Was going to buy some of this stuff to learn/play with and appears maybe products no longer available?
If you can run a poe injected ethernet cable to the access point from the nano, then you should be able to run the ethernet cable sans the nano as well.
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I had a question, please help
If i use the Access Point TP-LINK TL-WA801ND_V1 Wireless N300 And use an outdoor parabolic dish instead of access point antennas, to send the Wifi 2400 MHz frequency, how far can I receive the frequency 100% without loss of quality ???
Great videos, but just curious about you using windows and DOS command prompts instead of Linux and XTerm?
Chris, thanks for a great video. During a recent power outage I realized I was one of the very few people with a generator. Concerned people wouldn't be able to get their coffee in the morning, I setup a coffee service just outside of my garage for my neighbors near and far. They were very appreciative. Lately, I got to thinking how absolutely critical it is to have internet as well during a power outage. That said, using your guidance I am going to setup a bandwidth throttled internet connection using an outdoor Unifi AC Mesh. I am installing it for my personal use anyway, so why not configure it to help the neighbors when the power goes out? Thanks so much for your help! My neighbors will appreciate it as well. :-)
is the firewall needed if you already have one on your router/dedicated?
Hey guys I've ran a few APs and a USG with Controller software on a pc with specific FW and SW that worked well together for a few years now. Is it possible to update these all to the newest version? Because as soon as I went ahead and updated one AP for example it wouldn't work and not adopt anymore..
This is great! I will use this info locally in Ontario Canada..thank you!!!
I have no fibre optic internet in my building, so I’m getting it from my neighbor across the street. We use the nanobeam and it works great!
How many locoM5 units can the NBE-M5-16 transmit to at one time? I have two outbuildings that I need to broadcast a signal. One is straight south of our main building about 300 ft and the other is on the west side of he main building . I’m thinking maybe I could put the NBE-M5-16 on the west and transmit to both outbuildings. If that doesn’t work can I connect a second NBE-M5 in a daisy chain configuration from the south building to the building on the west or do I need to set up two independent bridges?
Hey Chris, I've always enjoyed your content and I really like this video. I've set up a couple ptp setup's now, and this is a great idea to get those connectivity who wouldn't have it otherwise during these difficult times (if the local ISP allows it). Oh, I also noticed in your drawing that you labeled the locoM5 as 192.168.100.10 instead of 192.168.100.11 that you set on the locoM5. Just thought i'd give you a heads up, hope you and yours are doing well!
Thanks! I'll fix.
Chris your videos are very informative and are explained very 101'ish.
I want to set up a system in my home for my community to share my wifi so they can access it on tablets and phones at a distance of over below 1miles using unfi equipment.. Users should be able to log into the unifi guest portal with a voucher to access the wifi.. any suggestion?
Thanks You very much. Your vid was really helpful
Is this still the best solution for now.Or is there any recent better technologies.
Great video.
One question, around minute 14:30 you are talking about setting up the bridge, one is an AP and the second on as Station, would at this point any wifi device can connect to it or not?.
Thanks in advance.
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can we exted unifi mesh coverage by point to point link the way you mention on this video?
use a litebeam m5 for bridging link then unifi mesh ac for extending coverage?
Is it possible to create a wireless network that can transfer files of very large sizes at a high speed to more than 100 devices at the same time?
What devices can be used?
So, when I add the guests network and select "VLAN Only" it shows that "USW" required. So I cannot configure the AP to use that specific network VLAN if it isn't using a Ubiquity switch?
I have the same issue. Please help?
@@talkenrain842 I ended up building the "networks" using "guest" then specified the network settings required. This tested and worked fine.
Then I decided to reconfigure it using the "VLAN Only" setting just to see what it would do, that setting worked fine.
Then I thought more about it and decided to totally remove the "Free WIFI" network, that setting also worked fine.
At this point I am assuming that because the VLAN is setup using non-Ubiquiti hardware that building the network under "networks" is not necessary.
I am also not using a Ubiquiti product for my router. Anyway, the setup appears to be working as expected with no "Free WIFI" network created.
Maybe someone who knows can correct me but for now that is how I have mine setup.
Yep, you need a USW and/or a USG to do VLANs.
@@seanzigmund858 Didn't you read my own reply to my question? VLAN's work fine without a USW or USG. Just the "VLAN Only" option is not selectable. Again, the AP's are working correctly using the VLAN's that I have setup without adding anything to the network tab. I just added the VLAN information to the wireless tab only.
Hi Chris - What I am trying to do is get Internet access from my house to my office at the church building 2 miles away. I tried a couple of Ubiquiti units about 4 years ago never got them to work. I have a Cisco Router set up here at the house and a TPLink router with the in house network at the church. The house I set an ip of 192.168.123.254 and office is 10.1.0.1. What equipment would you use? There is a slight elevation difference between the two site and there are pine trees in the path.
If line of sight is impeded at that distance, might have to go higher up at both ends or you might watch his video on a point to point through trees. We have 2 NanoBeam M2 deployed seeing each other at distance of about a 1/4 mile from a water tower to a shop building. The IP setup could be why you couldn't get it to work either. When you set up the radio on your home network with an ip of 192.168.123.254 set it in Access Point mode then set the church building radio for say 192.168.123.253 and put it in station mode and see what you get signal wise. Am I to understand you don't have internet access at the church or are you simply wanting your church office on your home network and not the church network?
Learning alot from your video. Thank you.
Wonderful thought here... Could have use a wireless router with the station instead.
Why do you have the /24 on the ipadresses?
Hi Chris. Why did you set a password between the ptp since the edge ap has no password? and why wpa not wpa2? Thanks!
How many feet will this work for ? In my case i have a barn that is 250-300 feet across my driveway. The path is unobstructed.
By they way, I had an EnGenius point to point connection setup to the barn from my office but i am not getting a signal after a storm last week which cause the device to fall. So i am looking to upgrade.
Lawrence, Chris published a video on August 25, 2020 called "Ranch House Network Design." He incorporated a point to point broadcast bridge that looked like it would foot the bill for your needs. He also explained why he averted more powerful bridges. Good luck with your setup.
Hi Chris, I am trying to extend network at my grandparent's house (House) to another house (smaller ranch) which is roughly 500 apart. The house has a cable modem (which has built-in WiFi and 4 Ethernet ports). I would like Ethernet and WiFi at the small Ranch.
I think this can be done two ways:
-Use two NanoBeams Gen2 to connect from House to the Ranch - NBE‑5AC‑Gen2
-Use the Building to Building Bridge - UBB-US
Which option would give me both WiFi and Ethernet at the ranch? Or can it be done with either option?
Thanks!
If clear line of sight and only 500 feet apart, just get two Nanostation M5Loco. One ran to the home router in AP mode and the other on the ranch set up in station mode. I currently have 2 of these doing the same thing at a distance over 1200 feet and the throughput is excellent. An 80 Mbps connection at the AP direct to the ISP and the station side gets 65-70Mbps.
Curtis Hale thanks!
Did you already make a video on how to set up a VLAN for guests on a USG? I’m not sure how to do it and want to keep guests on a separate network.
Yes - just search my channel for VLAN.
@@CrosstalkSolutions Do you stiil recommend the edgerouter over usg?
This is the first time I have had wireless point to point bridge explained. A lot of your acronyms I have never heard of. One question. Do you need this UniFi stuff to complete the bridge? I never heard of this brand.
In this example will you be able to 'see' the UAP from your side and adopt it to manage it? Or will you have to manage it from the 'neighbour' side? Im having a problem of graspong the concept of managing UAPs on different subnets.
I'm planning on doing a wifi bridge out to my pole barn. It isn't too far from my house, but running an underground cable isn't feasible. Plus the pole barn is metal so signals really aren't getting inside. That being said, I was wondering if the Nanobeam AC bridges can be powered by a PoE switch, or if I would need to use the passive 24v plugs.
I do have one bar of wifi signal out to the pole barn, so I probably need a bridge, right??
afternoon Chris, is the edgeRouter X at EOL if so what would be compareable ?
Thank you for informative video! How can a radius server be used for end user authentication? Just curious.
Probably overlooked, but shouldn't you use WPA2 for the bridge?
Nice Idea!
I was thinking about putting a bridge over to my barn/parking lot and it's only like 10m, so it feels like a Nano Beam would be overkill. Could just two loco M5s do that job over that short distance?
basic Internet is 115 a month where I live in canada. I can get 200 fiber for $120, which is enough for 4-5 families. I want to start with my best friend across the street and my next door neighbour. both are not sketchy and would be down for trial and error. 40 bucks is way better than 120
Hi Chris, what antennas do you recommend for a PTP link between 2 buildings separated by 300' of moderately dense woods (like yours)? I don't care if throughput is as low as 5-10MBps. I basically want to do UniFi-Switch -> AP ---> AP -> UniFi-Switch. I have no security concerns for this setup as it will all be one big network (I'm trying to get internet to my elderly mom's house next door). Thanks!
So if I am purchasing new equipment. What would your recommendations be for that setup. Vs what you have laying around?
Check the description for equipment list.
Yet another great video. I always appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I was hoping that you would do a video on how to set up a secure network for working from home. I would like to keep it separate from my other network with my wife brings home her work computer during this Covid time. She works for government Entity and is required now to work from home and would like it separated on a VLAN and the rest of my home network.
Finally i get the idea of vlan and how to use it correct on my router x..thy so much, i guess i have a lot of time in home office to test it out ;-)
Sorry, but there's one thing I'd like to ask about. Why did you choose WPA instead of WPA2? I thought WPA2 is more secure than WPA.
I just watched your wifi 10 miles video and wanted to know if you have a suggestion for connection using an antenna instead of a router to router connection setup. thx
Is it possible to provide WiFi to people long range up to 1km ???
sir good day..please help me..my prism gen2 reach at 11km but the speed receive 80mbps only..but my home base is 200mbps..how can i do sir?thanks sir
Off topic a bit. Why / when did you start disliking UniFi's captive portal ? I've watched your videos on the setup (for the motel) and you seemed to like it then ? what changed. Thanks, and stay safe!