Which Ubiquity Equipment

[JoelM]

I haven't done this before and can't remember the correct equipment. I have a customer with fiber internet coming into his building. We need to share that with their second building about 20 yards away. Straight line of site. Do I us the NanoBeam for this or is a different product better.
I will be able to mount both units outside under cover of eaves.
Thanks

 

[HCHTech]

Calling @YeOldeStonecat.

I will comment that Ubiquiti could sure use a "configurator" tool on their website somewhere. I want to solve this particular problem, which kit do I need? This is a very common question. Even answering the "why is AP X better than AP Y" question in a particular use case is a maddening slog through the documentation that often generates additional questions and more reading. For folks like me that only do a few of these setups a year, it's different almost every time because of new products or versions. I love their stuff, but figuring out WHICH of their stuff to get is not part of that love.

 

[cyabro]

With that distance no chance of running cable instead?

I think the nanobeams won’t work at that close range, you’d need the nanostations instead.

But I’d also look at the mikrotik wireless wire kit.

 

[Diggs]

Which product to use for what is still a question I have. Most here use Nanostations or Nanaobeams where I tend to use Litebeams. Hmmm....

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Which airMAX should I use? Ubiquiti has a good page here:
https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/205197750-airMAX-Which-product-should-I-use-

So you have a very short run....~20 yards. How much bandwidth do you need?

Read the whole link above.
On the small, low cost end...the little Nanos...
On the higher end if you need LOTS of bandwidth...airFibers.

I actually like the IsoStations for "higher density, urban environments" where there is a lot of existing wireless noise. I'll add the Prism 30* airhorn antenna to further cut down the noise, like a horse with blinders on!

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Also, I haven't tried these yet, but UI released a "Unifi" flavor of the NanoBeam,
https://store.ui.com/collections/un...ng/products/unifi-building-to-building-bridge
Nice if you have the rest of the network infrastructure on Unifi switches 'n APs....keep it all in the same family. Basically NanoBeams with firmware for the Unifi controller instead of local web admin and UNMS.

 

[marley1]

Gigabeam

 

[SAFCasper]

Also, I haven't tried these yet, but UI released a "Unifi" flavor of the NanoBeam,
https://store.ui.com/collections/un...ng/products/unifi-building-to-building-bridge
Nice if you have the rest of the network infrastructure on Unifi switches 'n APs....keep it all in the same family. Basically NanoBeams with firmware for the Unifi controller instead of local web admin and UNMS.

I wouldn't really compare these to NanoBeams. The Building-to-Building Bridge (UBB-US) works primarily on 60GHz so only good up to about 300m. It has a 5GHz antenna but only for failover. I think the better AirMax comparison would be the GigaBeam.

Still a great option for this particular setup though. At such short distances with line of sight 60GHz makes perfect sense.

 

[JoelM]

The Building-to-Building Bridge (UBB-US) might be an option if you could actually buy it. It's out of stock anywhere I look.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I wouldn't really compare these to NanoBeams. The Building-to-Building Bridge (UBB-US) works primarily on 60GHz so only good up to about 300m. It has a 5GHz antenna but only for failover. I think the better AirMax comparison would be the GigaBeam.

Still a great option for this particular setup though. At such short distances with line of sight 60GHz makes perfect sense.

Well, the OP had a 65' range to deal with, so I thought it would fit the bill. Wasn't caring to get into the scientific differences of the guts, my analogy was more along the line of to treat it like a nanobeam but with Unifi management...and to contrast against against traditional Unifi "mesh" confusion.

 

[JoelM]

I agree that the Building-to-Building is what I would like to go with if I could get them so I really appreciate the suggestion and will try to look at them again in the future. However since I can't purchase them I'll have to fall back to NanoBeams.

 

[SAFCasper]

Well, the OP had a 65' range to deal with, so I thought it would fit the bill. Wasn't caring to get into the scientific differences of the guts, my analogy was more along the line of to treat it like a nanobeam but with Unifi management...and to contrast against against traditional Unifi "mesh" confusion.

I agree, it fits the bill perfectly for this situation.

Still think it was worth adding clarification for others reading the thread. NanoBeam links up to 15Km while UBB struggles past 300m. If you treat them the same in general the experience is going to be awful. And I'm sure you already knew this - again it was for the benefit of others.