Share Your Installation Pictures!!

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hey Guys,

Send me pictures of your isntallations...tower's, customer sites,

Also diagrams of installation techniques, proper mounting, proper grounding.

I am making a picture gallery and an installation diagram gallery for the Wiki.

I give free stuff!

Mike


The Wiki is coming along nicely! Keep up the good work guys :)

[WHT]

Do you *really* wanna see me hanging off the face of an 1,800 tower?

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Do you *really* wanna see me hanging off the face of an 1,800 tower?
Yes.

Lol

Mike

[penypinch]

Mike
Bring your camera and you can go up our new 900' tower this summer and get all the pics you want lol
Mitch

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Mike
Bring your camera and you can go up our new 900' tower this summer and get all the pics you want lol
Mitch

LOL I would cry...

[WHT]

LOL I would cry...
And much weaker men would prolly pee in their pants...

[kijoma]

some pics of slightly unusual client / AP installs


We had a need to provide a WiFi AP to a house in dense woodland, linked to a 5 Ghz link 120 meters away with armoured cat5 .

The picture below shows what we evolved. the Pole with the flange is a Televe's satellite right angle adaptor (meant for satellites). the Bullet two without its end cap screws neatly into the end of it. we added amalgamating tape to ensure that union stays sealed. On top is an 8dBi patch. This is fed from 120 meters of armoured cat5. the aim was for a low visibility solution that had to clear a bank.

A nano 2 might of sufficed but we didn't have any as we only have bullet 2's and the rest is all 5G stuff.

http://arunvalley.net/bullet/bullet2_8dbi.jpg

This next picture shows a Nanostation 5 with the aim of blending in and complying with tight planning regulations on this property , to do this we saw off the pole mount bracket and quite literally glue the aerial to the wall. We have done this a lot of times. the glue we use has sufficient grab to hold the aerial in place without movement until it sets.

The paint is an RF transparent Dark grey paint we use a lot (see above). And is applied at install.

http://arunvalley.net/bullet/sawoffnano5grey.jpg

Below is another 8dbi Omni + bullet5 acting as a WDS relay for a single remote house. its position was critical due to a single gap in trees.

http://arunvalley.net/bullet/bullet5house_8dBi.jpg

I will dig up some older pics soon (these are a few from last weeks work).

We do have a MT433/XR5 and NS5 combo on 950 meters of buried armoured power cable too fed from 24V, when i get time i will create a Wiki Article on how we pulled it off and dealt with the voltage droop/wobble issues with such a length of cable at a low feed voltage.

cheers

[Airwip]

here something i insatlled 2 weeks ago .

Roofinstall 4 Nano5 as Ap cluster . The pannel antenna is a uplink to a similar pop.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rq8tjA3NZjU/SfXWPrzCz4I/AAAAAAAAAC8/wVZKmTV9Mzw/s320/dusib.jpg

The '19' box unter the roof with Mikrotikrouter and Vlanswitch + ups

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rq8tjA3NZjU/SfXWwf4gpPI/AAAAAAAAADE/BG0XrzgrLFc/s320/sh1.jpg

nothing special i now if you intressted i can make some detail pic's about grounding and Tower mounting.

[connollyg]

Mike,
Thanks to WHT for the pictures of my Bullet installation on a truck in http://ubnt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7064 let me know if you want the originals i also have pictures of AirOS as well.
G

[samcamfilms]

Heres a bullet2 in use,

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/678/1002450s.jpg
and
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9659/1002452d.jpg

More pictures coming in the next few weeks, Mike, we started filming today! will flick you e-mail of stills once footage is ingested.

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Looks good!

[LeoL]

Mounted on telescopic aluminum tube. The 8db omni antenna is hardly ever used since the built in ones are so much better.


http://home.joimail.com/~3dym/iw/NS2%20on%20boat.JPG (alt+p)[/img]

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Mounted on telescopic aluminum tube. The 8db omni antenna is hardly ever used since the built in ones are so much better.


http://home.joimail.com/~3dym/iw/NS2%20on%20boat.JPG (alt+p)[/img]

Nice!

[sujitjha]

Hey Mike,

I work for an ISP in Nepal. I have a lot more collection of AP Clustering and NANO at Clients. I shall be sending you soon.

Sujit

[tom712]

Nanos and Bullets.
Click for full size image.

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[sxpert]

this loco 5 is set at the end of 120m of cat6 cable... gives about 15Mbit/s to the customer. the other loco 5 is 2.7km away

http://gallery.sxpert.org/d/5750-2/100_0586.jpg

@tom712:

what is this antenna ? I'm interested ;)

http://tom712.web.klfree.net/klfree/ubntpic/thumb_p1020185.jpg (http://tom712.web.klfree.net/klfree/ubntpic/p1020185.jpg)

[tom712]

@tom712:

what is this antenna ? I'm interested ;)

http://tom712.web.klfree.net/klfree/ubntpic/thumb_p1020185.jpg (http://tom712.web.klfree.net/klfree/ubntpic/p1020185.jpg)
This one http://en.jirous.com/antenna-5ghz/jrc-24-extrem

..btw excellent antenna. We used lots of these with plastic box attached containing radio. It was before bullets5 came to distribution :-)

[samcamfilms]

here something i insatlled 2 weeks ago .

Roofinstall 4 Nano5 as Ap cluster . The pannel antenna is a uplink to a similar pop.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rq8tjA3NZjU/SfXWPrzCz4I/AAAAAAAAAC8/wVZKmTV9Mzw/s320/dusib.jpg

The '19' box unter the roof with Mikrotikrouter and Vlanswitch + ups

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rq8tjA3NZjU/SfXWwf4gpPI/AAAAAAAAADE/BG0XrzgrLFc/s320/sh1.jpg

nothing special i now if you intressted i can make some detail pic's about grounding and Tower mounting.

Whats the tplink model for that switch?

[WHT]

this loco 5 is set at the end of 120m of cat6 cable... gives about 15Mbit/s to the customer. the other loco 5 is 2.7km away
Loco hanging in a tree......

That...is...so...redneck.

More so than me running into Walmart wearing my flipflops, Ford logo pajama bottoms, Mossy oak camouflage cap, and t-shirt with the sleeves cut off.

[Airwip]

Whats the tplink model for that switch?

Its the TL-SG2109WEB its 9 port switch with V-lan and some other goodys .
They are nothing special but they work ...and once you got them setup they do
the job.

[kijoma]

this loco 5 is set at the end of 120m of cat6 cable... gives about 15Mbit/s to the customer. the other loco 5 is 2.7km away
Loco hanging in a tree......

That...is...so...redneck.

More so than me running into Walmart wearing my flipflops, Ford logo pajama bottoms, Mossy oak camouflage cap, and t-shirt with the sleeves cut off.

hey!, we have a lot of aerials in trees :), it's essential in places of outstanding natural beauty where the chances of having any form of mast are zero.

will have to take some pics of em :p

[samcamfilms]

will have to take some pics of em :p

cant wait :P

[Airwip]

hey!, we have a lot of aerials in trees Smile, it's essential in places of outstanding natural beauty where the chances of having any form of mast are zero.


what your a wisp.. and dont have a chainsaw in your truck?
common is replace the tree with a mast (get an ugly one if you can)
we are not greenpeace 8)

[tinbuds]

lol i can never get a pic from tower as it is ALWAYS the middle of the night when i am on them.lol

[alibek.r]

Power Station 2
excellent AP
we set four directed AP(mode bridge) with diameter 5 kilometers , around one circular AP in center(mode router)
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/3913/hpim0583.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/i/hpim0583.jpg/)

[WHT]

i can never get a pic from tower as it is ALWAYS the middle of the night when i am on them.
EyeClops Night Vision Infrared Stealth Goggles - $69.95 at Walmart (but only seen in the Shawnee, OK Walmart, i guess the "store-to-store" transfer would work).
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00153F5QA/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=2952087807&ref=pd_sl_24oem742pq_e

[raytaylor]

My first test customer where I have branched out from the street I live in.

5m Above sea level. The AP is 17km away over 16km of water about 100m above sea level. 9mbits down / 3mbit up. 10mhz NS2

Second customer down the road from this guy went up tonight with same results.

:D

http://i42.tinypic.com/r764yg.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/2r72cud.jpg

[samcamfilms]

Looking good Ray!

Were abouts is that coast line? Tauranga? New Plymouth???

Sam[/url]

[raytaylor]

Looking good Ray!

Were abouts is that coast line? Tauranga? New Plymouth???

Sam[/url]

Hawkes Bay, North of Napier around the coast.

[gtpro]

Hi, hey RayTaylor I have a 15km link using 2 NS2, one is setup as APWDS and the other as APWDS, but I can only achive 4 mbps up and down, Im using 10 mhz channel, How do you achive 9 mbps on that 17 km link?

[Radiotka]

Visual demo of SR9 output power. Small Mpeg file.

http://www.exergia.info/Soft/MOV012.mpeg

Best regards, Radiotka.

[raytaylor]

Hi, hey RayTaylor I have a 15km link using 2 NS2, one is setup as APWDS and the other as APWDS, but I can only achive 4 mbps up and down, Im using 10 mhz channel, How do you achive 9 mbps on that 17 km link?

AP is a bullet with a 15dbi grid

[gtpro]

I see, Thanks

[bajataz]

get one upside down (just kidding)

[masked]

[quote="sxpert"]this loco 5 is set at the end of 120m of cat6 cable... gives about 15Mbit/s to the customer. the other loco 5 is 2.7km away

http://gallery.sxpert.org/d/5750-2/100_0586.jpg


What polarisation would you consider that? doesn't tilting them on such an angle produce funky patterns?

[samcamfilms]

Its still vertical.

Vertical with a tilt!

Sam

[cinders]

This is how we first started a few years ago...

Home-based routers loaded with DD-WRT.
Housed in weatherproof boxes.
With the PSU's inside and 220V run to them!
Sealed with lots and lots of silicone.




http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6827/spa0073y.jpg

This box contains to AP's connected via x-over cable inside.
The smaller antenna is doing a WDS P2P link with a similar box across the road (gateway router).
The omni is connected to the other AP in AP mode.
This unit has been up there in the blazing sun of Southern Thailand for a year and a half and is still working fine (touches wood!)

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/1238/spa0078x.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8417/spa0094.jpg

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3302/spa0090j.jpg

Above.
This one of the neatest installs I have done.
The panel is next to the pool side, it beams through every window.

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/5070/spa0045t.jpg

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1479/spa0046a.jpg

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5562/img1282c.jpg

Again using home-based routers in weatherproof boxes with lots of silicone!... NOT GREAT!

I actually got electrocuted through the face whilst opening one of these boxes (with psu inside) on a tower!

Water had got in... When I opened the box it poured out on to my face and BANG! It was like being hit in the face with a base-ball bat!

I was 30 foot up a tower as hell and just managed to hold on. The shock was so much my jaw muscled closed instantly chipping all my teeth. I was very lucky!

It's POE all the way, and full grounding....

Now I have UBNT to thank for all this amazing equipment, which I will post next...


Cinders.

[cinders]

Now thanks to Ubiquiti - we can do these ones.

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1381/spa0062g.jpg

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2359/spa0061s.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/928/spa0052p.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9121/spa0049a.jpg

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/3918/img0213ttq.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5968/img0205b.jpg


The equipment inside is Ubiquiti Routerstation running Ubiquiti XR2 cards.

Cinders.

[cinders]

This is the tangle of ADSL lines we have to work with here.

After finding out the hard way, we all install anti-surge boxes on the DSL line and also run the DSL line through the anti-surge on grounded APC UPS's.

Check it:

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1598/cabling.jpg

Not sure which line is mine in there!

[cinders]

Grounding the NS2:

We have a lot of lightning activity where we are!

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6489/img1329nqz.jpg

Just make sure you don't select external antenna, could be dangerous! :o


Cinders.

[cinders]

OK.


http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5821/img1240y.jpg

(above) where is it pointing?... :)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8779/img1244f.jpg

(above) Here!

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2839/img1250z.jpg

(above) and here!

But what's in the box?...

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9953/img1269b.jpg

DSL Modem running in Bridge-Mode
Linksys running OpenWRT, PPPoE, QoS and Chilli (will be replaced with RS!)
800VA APC UPS (5 hours of battery backup - and nice clean electric suppyl)



Cinders.

[cinders]

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6263/img0175bdm.jpg

120 degree panel with B2HP - did the job nicely!

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/584/img0182m.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2770/pole4.jpg

Had to remove the routerstation in the metal box, it was to heavy on the pole, it moved around too much in the wind. the owner of the place wouldn't let us put wires to keep the pole still.

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6670/img0234glh.jpg

NS2 connected to 15dbi Omni. In the end we turned off the external antenna and it worked so much better... Now we have taken off the omni and lowered the pole with NS2. (it was moving around too much in the wind and the owner wouldn't let us put up cables to keep it still)

[cinders]

PS2 in action!

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5322/img0240x.jpg

Cinders.

[cinders]

Here's one we did yesterday:

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/8805/img1342f.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4578/img1338n.jpg

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6091/dsc00068vcm.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3947/dsc00067cok.jpg

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9901/dsc00068w.jpg

[cinders]

I have a lot more to post, but need to process the pictures. I didn't have much time today to upload. I'll get some more later after my next install.

I have a lot more to come. I even have one taken last night especially for WHT! (I was up a pole at 8pm reversing the polarity of a grid - in near dark!)

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Cinders.

[Aveyer]

Nice, would love to see more :) .

[cinders]

Hmm... for some reason reception on this thing isn't very good at all...

Could there be something missing?... :?:

Look carefully now...

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8138/somethingmissing.jpg

8)

[cinders]

These pictures are for WHT...

After advising me to change polarisation from vertical to horizontal for a ptp link across water...

I went out that night and did it! No time like the present. However, I think I lost a spanner in the dark...

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7296/forwht2.jpg

My friend was supposed to be holding the ladder, but played with the camera more :?

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/674/forwht.jpg

I love this work!

[cinders]

If you didn't spot it... In the previous picture with grid, the reflector from the end of the grid antenna was missing!... Apparantly, it just fell off... or maybe our competition removed it... :lol:

We don't use PTP with grids to this place any more. We have an NS2 on my friends house around 200m away pointing the site.

We decided to take the grid down and use a 16dbi 60 degree panel with B2HP to spread a bit of signal in the area. We have picked up 2 from this.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1830/img1423.jpg

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9660/img1398.jpg

We use 3m self-sealing tape around the B2HP and any seals. We work in a high-humidity environment here, so it's essential.

[WHT]

That little dinky reflector on the end of the feed horn supposedly only adds half a dB of gain. but it really helps reducing the side lobe pickup.

I did some testing of three 3M tape products and some other tapes. I'll get around to posting that.

Climbing a ladder and holding on with one hand. Pssst...A fall from a mere 15 feet has a 50% fatality rate. Does that mean the other 50% of the time you'll sit up and walk away unscathed? Not hardly...but you may end up with tubes stuck up every body orifice for the rest of yer life

[connollyg]

Unfortunately not a single image from cinders shows up for me

[Aveyer]

Not showing up for me at the moment either, the links seem to be broken.

[ita77]

Yesterday they were running, but seems like imageshack has a problem or deleted the pics :-/

[caboteur]

Ubiquiti radio along with different company antenna. This was install in Quebec canada rural area using high harveststore tower.

[caboteur]

Ubiquiti radio along with different company antenna. This was install in Quebec canada rural area using high harveststore tower. Last picture, myself relaxing after a week of hard work.

[miraclemart]

hello every body

here a coople of picture of my installation on Gaspesie, Quebec, Canada
3 Bullets and 7 Nano2

1bullet a the source of my network

1 nano as backhaul on top of the mountain
2 bullet-2-HP on 14db 60° panel on the mountain

and Nano2 as customer AP

Martin

[cape-connect]

Here are some NanoStation and Bullet installations I've done.

[cape-connect]

Here are some more.

[cape-connect]

This next picture shows a Nanostation 5 with the aim of blending in and complying with tight planning regulations on this property , to do this we saw off the pole mount bracket and quite literally glue the aerial to the wall. We have done this a lot of times. the glue we use has sufficient grab to hold the aerial in place without movement until it sets.

The paint is an RF transparent Dark grey paint we use a lot (see above). And is applied at install.
cheers

Alright Bill!

What glue do you use? Araldite?

Also, what's the paint and where does one get it?

I've got some goodies that are building up in the garage of my house over on Mud Island that I need to ship out here (ex MOD cherry picker and some other bits and bobs) and am looking for "stocking fillers" to fill the gaps in the container.

Thanks

[kilos]

Cape-connect nice and neat

[samcamfilms]

Cinders,

Are you going to reupload the images?

Put em on flickr

Cheers

Sam

[bigbear1398]

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Install with cubic ant.

[MBChris]

Hi there,

we just installed our new Hotspot:

3 Bullet 2HP / 3 120degree sectors
2 Rocket M5
2 Dishs to manage 300 Mbit over 4km
1 5 GHZ Omni to provide the other satelites

enjoy

BUT: its a pitty to have 300/300 Mbit/s Rate and only a 100 Mbit/s interface !

[GordyG1970]

Here is a Loco on a MoWinet Dish. We have been very successful with this combo for residential installations.

[boydsoftprez]

Here is one of our installs atop Mt. Pisgah. Amazing place!

[boydsoftprez]

Here are a few more.

[samcamfilms]

Put this one up today for a client.

Also got some new company stickers!

TIP: Those dishholders and can be found at recycling centers! last time i went their i got 20 of them for $30, all good nic, not rust, working nuts n bolts!

Sam

[cape-connect]

I had planned on mounting the Bullet onto the steel tube (hence the threads) and then mounting the antenna to the bullet, but then the importers changed the antenna type they were importing. The new antennass connectors are on the back, whereas the old antenna connectors were underneath, so I had to change the design on the fly.

[toko_wireless]

I was installed Nano Station2 on tower 70 meter for 15 km range Line Of Sight.

But I loss my picture.... hehehehe

[cape-connect]

Bullet5 with 18dBi Poynting antenna.

[infracom]

hi,

here is a picture taken at a customer's camping : two Bullet 2, two 120° sector antennas, and one Nanostation 5 to get the internet 500 m away from the roof.

Logins are controled through time-limited coupons and Wifipak server.

[bweyrick]

This was a cold one had to remove ice from omni ...

[sxpert]

hope you had a harness to go up there !

[WifiMax]

My grid antennas shooting wireless IPTV and internet to my parents house in the boonies 10 miles from civilization :D

[InoX]

two new installation sites

[whitedot]

:icon_eek:

That looks like fun to service. Dedication!

[WHT]

And I commented on that....

I heard that!....

Yeah...I'm in Texas and it was 70 F degrees (21 C) last Sunday. Will drop to the frigid 50s F (10 C) this weekend. I'll stop by Walmart to get a pair of Walls bib insulated overalls with suspenders (I hate full coveralls).

I stopped by the house today and opened up all the windows.

On the other hand, I heard on the news that California is having a heat wave....

Also in the news....
Southern California experienced a minor earth quake today. We called San Andreas and he said it wasn't his fault....

[din0]

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/coolfuel/26012007001.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/coolfuel/14022007002.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/coolfuel/07022007001-1.jpg

[cape-connect]

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/coolfuel/26012007001.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/coolfuel/14022007002.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/coolfuel/07022007001-1.jpg

G'day mate!

Tell us about your brackets, please.

[din0]

G'day mate!

Tell us about your brackets, please.

Iron roof T.V antenna mount, Sold Australia wide. There is a tile variant but find the iron is better.

Existing tek screws from the roof are used back into the roof truss/rafter. Tile mount is braced with a timber across two roof trusses/rafter under the tile to prevent the tile cracking from the wind load onto the PS series.

I do several installs a day and keep forgetting to take pictures. Next time I'll be more detail in the photo's and show all the different mounts and installation methods I use including 6meter mast's etc..

[WHT]

We use the five foot tripod roof brackets as the three foot ones won't span a typical roof's rafters without a piece of wood inside the roof.

We also may use some metal electrical strut material to span the rafters on the outside of the roof.

[ralbano]

my nano array.

[Yotendoten]

Just installed this reflector yesterday to try to improve my signal strength a bit. The Receive Strength on the Nanostation2 went from on average -67dBm (w/o Reflector) to -53dBm (with Reflector). I had a Powerstation2 up for quite a while and it was doin about somewhere in the rage of -54 to -57.

In case anyone wants to know this is the MoWiNet reflector.

[thewisperer]

Nano on roof using small mount

[thewisperer]

wire through the vent into the attic

[raytaylor]

wire through the vent into the attic

You should ask if you can put a second nano there, and point it at that red building with a hotspot / walled garden on it for the residents to use direct with their laptops

[skyhigh]

Would the signal be stronger if the nano are install a dish that look like a satellite dish? I have never tried this before and would like to know the success rate when using the dish installation.

thanks,

sky High

[caspat]

Ubiquiti radio along with different company antenna. This was install in Quebec canada rural area using high harveststore tower. Last picture, myself relaxing after a week of hard work.

where are you in quebec?

[thegreatoz]

Just started using these. Both really work good. More than double your gain with the dish. Dish only requires a 7/16" wrench to assemble/tune. Vagi, 7/16 wrench and screw driver. I primarily do repairs. We are replacing all Tranzeo equipment with UBNT, on repairs. The NS2 with the oval dish, way outperforms the CPQ -19.

http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=VA24-16-NF&eq=&Tp=

http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=NSReflector&eq=&Tp=

[jmann]

Here is a link I set up to link an off-campus building network to a university network using a wireless link to the CWRU public wi-fi from 1750 ft away. Computers then use Cisco VPN to get to the university private network.

link map (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=115199870197197028623.00047707d6cba3ed233e1)


The high-rise in the middle is the target. It is Crawford (http://wiki.case.edu/Crawford_Hall)Hall at Case

Radio is the Ubiquiti Bullet M2 HP (http://www.ubnt.com/products/bulletm.php) and the antenna is the Teletronics 2.4GHz 24 dBi Grid Subscriber Antenna (http://www.teletronics.com/tant24sub24dbigrid.html#specs). This antenna is a magnesium alloy instead of the usual cast aluminum alloy used for this antenna design.

The antenna mast mounting things are just the mast holders sold at Lowes.

Hey: Anyone in the north-east Ohio area want to let me tag along on a call to do maintenance/install on the top of a tower? (think of it lake take your fellow engineer to to work day - sort of like take your kid to work day) I would love to see that, and I am one of those people that will do anything to get to climb a tower or go on a roof. I might even be a help-- I am an electrical engineer

[jmann]

this is my "temporary internet" in the house I just bought. Same antenna as above, lashed to a tripod using lots of electrical tape. I'll be moving it to the roof when the snow melts and I can safely install it.

[raytaylor]

Jmann I hope you arent exceeding your local EIRP limits with that huge antenna.

[sxpert]

Jmann I hope you arent exceeding your local EIRP limits with that huge antenna.

looks like your average 24dB grid ;)

[InoX]

Jmann I hope you arent exceeding your local EIRP limits with that huge antenna.
so what? you will call authorities?

[900mhzdude]

Just started using these. Both really work good. More than double your gain with the dish. Dish only requires a 7/16" wrench to assemble/tune. Vagi, 7/16 wrench and screw driver. I primarily do repairs. We are replacing all Tranzeo equipment with UBNT, on repairs. The NS2 with the oval dish, way outperforms the CPQ -19.

http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=VA24-16-NF&eq=&Tp=

http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=NSReflector&eq=&Tp=


we are also replaceing all Tranzeo with UBNT do you know if the tranzeo POE will work for the NS2's?

[kijoma]

hi,

the tranzeo PoE units do work with ubiquiti stuff but the plethora of diodes inside do cause problems with long runs of cable.. best not to use them if you can :)

[900mhzdude]

ok thanks... now to get that dish for the NS2's :-)

[900mhzdude]

what ever happened to the NS2 Dish that UBNT was going to sell i remember getting the e-mail a long time ago but then never heard of it any more is UBNT still going to make it?

[treichhart]

what pictures we need is from the inside how you mount your cat 5 like to a wall jack or something?

[WHT]

Like how do you terminate the outdoor ethernett cable on the inside of the wall?

We don't. As the wall penetration is pretty close to where they will have the PoE, we just shove about six feet through the wall, or at least enough to reach the PoE plus two feet.

If they want the PoE on the left side of the window on the inside wall, we enter to the right of the window on the outside wall. No sense in making a penetration past the PoE and having to run some cable back in the other direction. We use a black, ivory, or white bushing. http://www.mowinet.com/zstore/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4_9

In the inside of the wall, we use another bushing, usually white. It make a neater job than a junk of drywall sticking out. We do not use a TV cable wall plate ($1).

We..do...not...place...a...jack...in...the...wall. Its too time consuming and serves no purpose. If they want one, they pay an extra $20.

We may route the inside cable along the base board. http://www.summitsource.com/cable-clip-strap-fastener-phone-cord-clear-20-pack-modular-cat-5e-data-audio-video-signal-base-board-flat-holder-part-woods-0952-p-4832.html?osCsid=3e5e055b64bb2c8f8b7ba82ceb0680f1

For dry wail http://www.summitsource.com/cable-clips-rg6-100-pack-drywall-wire-fastner-snap-grab-rg6-coaxial-dry-wall-clip-audio-video-modular-telephone-cat-5e-data-wire-holder-straps-black-p-6809.html

For dressing the cables, we use double hook & loop taps, fuzzy on one side and furry one the other. It doesn't have to be the 400# rated Velcro you find at Christy's Adult Toys store.

[treichhart]

yes like how you bring in your cat 5 from outside into the inside would like to see the pictures of it.

[Dolfpotgieter]

hello,how are you?

I can send you some pecs of my home instelation if you can tell me where to send them since I am new tothe site and as of yet don't know my way around the site,thanks alot

peace,peace

[myronray]

i will post soon my pico in a coconut tree :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

[x187]

i will post soon my pico in a coconut tree :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

lol :icon_twisted:

[900mhzdude]

i will post soon my pico in a coconut tree :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

post it already :-)

[myronray]

ladies and gentledog tsarannnn my pico in coconut tree hehehehe

http://s623.photobucket.com/albums/tt318/iwantlemonjuice/?action=view&current=coconutpicostation.jpg&newest=1

another pico in restaurant side :)

http://s623.photobucket.com/albums/tt318/iwantlemonjuice/?action=view&current=picostation2.jpg&newest=1

and my nano station side but sori my SLR camera cannot reach the client side nano too far!!! so the owner of the resort enjoy browsing using his nano client side almost 2km :)

http://s623.photobucket.com/albums/tt318/iwantlemonjuice/?action=view&current=nano2.jpg&newest=1

those ubi product installed here in resort www.7stonesboracay.com
7stones pics http://s623.photobucket.com/albums/tt318/iwantlemonjuice/?action=view&current=areaof7stonesresort.jpg as you can see two kite boarders in the front :)
where is my prizeeeee lololol

[whitedot]

Gorgeous place.

[x187]

" in the bamboo "

pic 1 >>> (http://sandripples.com/bulog/IAM_1330xx.jpg)

http://sandripples.com/bulog/IAM_1330xxx.jpg

pic 2 >>> (http://sandripples.com/bulog/IAM_1337x.jpg)

http://sandripples.com/bulog/xy2.jpg

:ubnt_banana:

[din0]

http://www.ubnt.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=27&pictureid=138

http://www.ubnt.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=27&pictureid=136

http://www.ubnt.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=27&pictureid=137

http://www.ubnt.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=27&pictureid=134

[din0]

continues^ (4pic rule)
http://www.ubnt.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=27&pictureid=133


And how not to use a old nano bracket onto a NSM. what's up with that?
They don't fit! Nor have they ever spun 90 degrees without cutting the plastic out.
http://www.ubnt.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=27&pictureid=132

[900mhzdude]

Vary Nice! anyone have a photo of a tree install or more water tower installs?

[din0]

Vary Nice! anyone have a photo of a tree install or more water tower installs?

Maybe, though very embarresed in the mess on one of our towers currently under going a overhaul. hence crown piece is pictured in front. Extra height being added, not that it needs it @ 280 meters above sea level.

http://www.ubnt.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=27&pictureid=139

[samcamfilms]

dam all the tower porn is gone!

[WHT]

dam all the tower porn is gone!too many (tower) erections, mebbe.

[mp45]

Any reason why these nice pics are gone (topic was already at page 25+) without crawling the whole forum?
Regards,
MP.

[samcamfilms]

Ubiquiti's old hosting provider crashed, and they didnt make backups!

[mp45]

F***!
If anyone is interested I an provide an archive with all pictures seen in this topic until crash. Prox. 32megs, saved them for myselve to show them some mates.
MP.

[samcamfilms]

Upload em to flickr anyway, someone will want them!

[capital]

Yes mate, It will be good if you could upload em again. There we some pretty good installations up there.

[WHT]

http://whtonline.com/UBNT_cached_posts_Mar-16/Installation_Pictures/

[treichhart]

thank you WHT for keeping them pics who posted them.

[thewisperer]

I like the looks of these installs

[acidu]

1002

1003

-71 signal, nanostation set to B only , power set to 20 :D

[raigos]

Hi, smt from Estonia, we are making new photos soon from our installations, but right now i would like to show u guys our working car ;)

http://it-tugi.ee/mast/web_auto.jpg

[900mhzdude]

Hi, smt from Estonia, we are making new photos soon from our installations, but right now i would like to show u guys our working car ;)

http://it-tugi.ee/mast/web_auto.jpg

looks sweet where are you from don't know where .ee is

Kontakt is almost English contact

vary nice...like the UBNT Sticker

[raigos]

looks sweet where are you from don't know where .ee is

Kontakt is almost English contact

vary nice...like the UBNT Sticker

We are from Estonia :)

[WifiMax]

Here is a pic of my mobile testing platform... aka honda civic+10ft pvc pipe+nanobridge :)

Also a speedtest from RocketM5 20db 90degree sector, to a nanobridge. -67 signal strength, 20mhz channel... 94.29 Meg very impressed

[acidu]

Here is a pic of my mobile testing platform... aka honda civic+10ft pvc pipe+nanobridge :)

Also a speedtest from RocketM5 20db 90degree sector, to a nanobridge. -67 signal strength, 20mhz channel... 94.29 Meg very impressed

distance........?

[WifiMax]

It was only 3 miles, but the Sector antenna is not pointed correctly,

I advised the tower climber that downtilt was built into the antenna, DO NOT DOWNTILT AT ALL..... so he points it up at the sky... it is actually tilted up right now... :incazzato:

But he'll be climbing again this week to put the second one up and adjust them as needed :)

[Maurix09]

Here I give you some pictures

[sakita]

Here's our first go at a quick-install CCTV which we've used for monitoring road construction and traffic conditions.

It is a Axis 232D+ camera in a VideoAlarm housing mounted to a simple box with a Ubiquiti Bullet. The whole assembly mounts to the lighting arm using hose clamps and is powered by a photocell tap. The traffic signal cabinet also has a Bullet mounted to it (picture shown is 'typical' not the actual one this particular camera was at - in case you notice the different cabinet types). Both radios typically use small Laird antennas (although we have used larger PCTEL 6dBi units - which is the legal limit).

We've built additional units - the later versions mount to the arm on *top* of the box. Another version using a Mobotix camera (and much smaller housing) is in the works.

[PCaddict]

take from another website :) when i see the nanostation i decide to upload it here

[PCaddict]

take from another website :) when i see the nanostation i decide to upload it here and it's do circular polarity !

[sakita]

A few examples...

Cabinet - This one is linking to another intersection cabinet about a 1/4 mile away. The same configuration can be used for portable CCTV or simple AP.

Bullet Omni - providing a link to a cabinet a little further away using a 6dBi omni. The yagi is for a 900MHz radio providing connectivity to this intersection (sharing connection to next intersection down the road). All on a Pelco mount with standard 5' riser.

Nano Back-to-Back - providing connectivity to fiber backhaul. First Nano shooting a mile one direction for one intersection + CCTV and second Nano sending connectivity the other direction for a cluster of intersections (and eventually more intersections further away).

Nano - Connectivity for intersection and CCTV. The mount is a 10 foot piece of aluminum conduit on a Pelco mount.

Nano Bullet - In this case the Nano is shooting to an intersection and CCTV down the road a ways and the Bullet with omni is taking care of a couple of nearby intersectons (1/4 mile and 1/2 mile away). This physical configuration is also used with the Nano back-to-back to jump down the road and get a group of intersections connected.

[gtpro]

Hi.

Here are two new installs from today and two installs I did 5 months ago.

http://img651.imageshack.us/i/dsc01055h.jpg/
http://img697.imageshack.us/i/dsc01057k.jpg/
http://img683.imageshack.us/i/dsc01059g.jpg/
http://img10.imageshack.us/i/dsc01062tn.jpg/
http://img686.imageshack.us/i/dsc01063ac.jpg/

[WHT]

In the upper left of http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5247/dsc01059g.jpg is that one of those multi-polarity "coat hanger" antennas I see?

[gtpro]

Hey WHT, thats what we call an "airplane" TV antenna in Mexico.

[Clint Hanley]

What kid of camera is that for traffic monitoring? I am thinking of putting a camera on my remote repeater tower for security -- runs only on 12 volt solar. Any good information from people who have camera experience?

[WHT]

http://www.aviosys.com.tw/ipkamera.html The 9060 line is discontinued and replaced with the 9070 line. AFAIK, I'm the only U.S. distributor.

[Joshi]

SR-71a MIMO setup at Mine in southern Namibia.

Link is 8.9km (5.5 miles)

[Nanflexal]

I will post some picture this coming August / Septmeber but we'll start from tower contruction.

meanwhile you can visit website: http://www.adamos.org

[geebee]

Hi Mike,

I know that I am wrong here, but I need an email or phonenumber to your salespeople.
The number given on your website doesnt work for me. I am on the canary islands and want to buy
hundreds of your components within the next month.
After repaetedly speaking to your automatic telephone system without any answer, I am trying now this way.
my email: gboensch@gmx.net

Thanks for help,

Gerd Boensch

[WHT]

UBNT has no sales people per se. UBNT products can be purchased from distributors http://www.ubnt.com/purchase

[WifiMax]

Two customers where we werent allowed to mount on the house.....

[wjhooft]

file:///C:/Users/Gebruiker/Pictures/BlackBerry/Antenna%20Calehonda%20Spain.jpg

one of the ap on the top of Calahonda en el sur de España

[caspat]

file:///C:/Users/Gebruiker/Pictures/BlackBerry/Antenna%20Calehonda%20Spain.jpg

We cannot acces files on your computer!! lol!
Pat

[sxpert]

SR-71a MIMO setup at Mine in southern Namibia.

Link is 8.9km (5.5 miles)

the large helix antenna is what ? IRT 2000 E1 over 1500MHz ?

[gtpro]

Hey guys, I have some more pictures of new and old installs.

NanoBridgeM5 to NanoBridgeM5 5.5 km. apart with NLoS, signal is -78 and -100 noise, real throughput is 22Mbps, with 95 to 100% CCQ.

BulletM2 to BulletM2 with 24 dbi grids on both sides, distance 15.5 Km,NLoS ( Some trees in the path ), signal is -75, real throughput is 25Mbps with 90 to 100% CCQ.

Thank you Ubiquiti.

http://img225.imageshack.us/i/nm5.jpg/
http://img202.imageshack.us/i/buletm23.jpg/
http://img199.imageshack.us/i/bulletm22.jpg/
http://img14.imageshack.us/i/bulletm24.jpg/
http://img713.imageshack.us/i/bulletm2.jpg/
http://img708.imageshack.us/i/loco2u.jpg/
http://img20.imageshack.us/i/nano2z.jpg/

[shimekmj]

From fiber link at cell tower to construction site 1 Km away. Nanostation M5's and a "backup" A****x 200.

[Celtic Broadband]

Here are some pics of the Celtic Broadband crew working on one of our towers.
We are rigging backhaul links using rocket5M and Rocket dishes, linking to our office and to other network Access Points.
We also have a rocket5M on a 120 deg sector covering Limerick City, Ireland and the surrounding area.
Jay
Celtic Broadband (http://www.celticbroadband.ie)

[Celtic Broadband]

This is a link from our office to one of our towers.
We are using the rocket5M and the rocket dish.
Jay
Celtic Broadband (http://www.celticbroadband.ie)

[Aveyer]

Nice, keep em coming!

[Celtic Broadband]

Aligning the backhaul on a repeater mast.
Quality not so good as dull and overcast.
Jay
Celtic Broadband (http://www.celticbroadband.ie)

[Celtic Broadband]

Install on a house on a hill in rural Tipperary, Ireland. Nice when you find a genuine guy who will let you use their house as an Access point.
"Don't put too much gear on that small house Josh!"
Rocket5M with Rocket Dish (link in), two Rocket5M's and 102 sectors as Access Point, AirGrid5 link to another house up the valley.
Jay
Celtic Broadband (http://www.celticbroadband.ie)

[Celtic Broadband]

CPE (Client Premises Equipment) install on my own house linking to our network.
Jay
Celtic Broadband (http://www.celticbroadband.ie)

[Celtic Broadband]

We finally completed the stays on the tower. Now it won't sway in the high winds!

[Celtic Broadband]

Install of CPE on customers house, tidy job! We love the NanoStations as they are a quick, easy and very tidy install.
This is a NanoStation5M linking to a Rocket5M on a 120 Ubiquity sector from 8.4 miles.
Signal level was -73 dBm, AirMax quality 73%, AirMax Capacity 62%,
Download 104Mbps, Upload 78Mbps.
Jay
Celtic Broadband (http://www.celticbroadband.ie)

[Aveyer]

What kind of lightning protection do you use for the mast, Celtic?

[broadband]

Hi Airwip,

Could you tell something on your "Roofinstall 4 Nano5 as Ap cluster " setup? What was your expectation and what is the result, satisfying?

Kind Regards

Ali

[Celtic Broadband]

This is a NanoStation5M install on a house using a sky dish bracket. They make for a quick easy tidy install.

Celtic Broadband (http://www.celticbroadband.ie)

:icon_smile:

[Celtic Broadband]

The UBNT system for attaching the NanoStation to a pole is quick and easy.
Nice design feature!

Celtic Broadband (http://www.celticbroadband.ie)

[WifiMax]

Hand dug about 20 feet of cat5 and kept the equipment off the house :D

[WifiMax]

Same deal... except closer to 50 feet of Cat5 to hand dig....

[WHT]

Middle of last week, my backhaul went down. I could remote into the headned, but couldn't see past it - no station was associated. So I drive thirty miles to the tail-end as I suspect the problem is a dead receiver. Nope, the station can see my other APs. It getting dark so I fire up my cellular modem I use as a backup and drive back to town.

Next morning, drive over to the building with the head-end and NO FRICK'N radio! No radio, no grid antenna, no cable...NOTHING!

I got my backup link in place before I went back to see what the frick happened. I asked snippy monkey boy what happened to my radio, he said building owner said, "We don't need that anymore". Riiight........

By the condition of the feed horn and grid, it looked like snippy monkey boy threw the whole thing off the roof of the building around noon, and between 5:30 and 6 PM, cut the cables.

Anyway, I already had a backup building permission in place, so I ordered a new DSL line http://www.speedtest.net/result/934425834.png and am back up.

Here's my ghetto / redneck temporary mount for the backhaul and back to the office

[masked]

Recent job

Cabin and Caravan park covered with a NS2, PTP to Managers home powered by two AirgridM5's.

[totwifi]

hello
rocket disk 10km
base1 high 31m

http://www.uppicweb.com/x/i/ts/p9032624.jpg (http://www.uppicweb.com/show.php?id=7e61d3818c697e5979fa9e778ce2a567)
Thanks: ฝากรูป (http://www.uppicweb.com) dict (http://www.dictionary.in.th)
http://www.uppicweb.com/x/i/tt/p9032648.jpg (http://www.uppicweb.com/show.php?id=2339c80cee68989e1d995486a1afc818)
Thanks: ฝากรูป (http://www.uppicweb.com) dict (http://www.dictionary.in.th)
http://www.uppicweb.com/x/i/tn/p9032651.jpg (http://www.uppicweb.com/show.php?id=aecb8c3652e354bb218e1b7a9461e5fc)
Thanks: ฝากรูป (http://www.uppicweb.com) dict (http://www.dictionary.in.th)

[totwifi]

and ..... high 20 m base2
http://www.uppicweb.com/x/i/te/p9032689.jpg (http://www.uppicweb.com/show.php?id=eb62aa11c412ff387bc4a1a8b1ff330f)
Thanks: ฝากรูป (http://www.uppicweb.com) dict (http://www.dictionary.in.th)
http://www.uppicweb.com/x/i/tw/p9032709.jpg (http://www.uppicweb.com/show.php?id=c389e0cd6b5a2dba3ad91b9410730c6e)
Thanks: ฝากรูป (http://www.uppicweb.com) dict (http://www.dictionary.in.th)
http://www.uppicweb.com/x/i/tb/p9032727.jpg (http://www.uppicweb.com/show.php?id=dfbd3c9a431dc19545561ba0fb291df7)
Thanks: ฝากรูป (http://www.uppicweb.com) dict (http://www.dictionary.in.th)

[totwifi]

and 3 base station sector 16dbi 120
http://www.uppicweb.com/x/i/tm/p9032736.jpg (http://www.uppicweb.com/show.php?id=4a0691c59dd99afea869cde621db48d8)
Thanks: ฝากรูป (http://www.uppicweb.com) dict (http://www.dictionary.in.th)


protection box
http://www.uppicweb.com/x/i/tg/p9032715.jpg (http://www.uppicweb.com/show.php?id=9943806d83d6f0d0a93588e6753352fd)
Thanks: ฝากรูป (http://www.uppicweb.com) dict (http://www.dictionary.in.th)

to cpe 2.1 km i use nanostation5 and nanostationloco m5
http://www.uppicweb.com/x/i/tx/z1hsm.jpg (http://www.uppicweb.com/show.php?id=58cca1292edaded68d2a20978d376d37)
Thanks: ฝากรูป (http://www.uppicweb.com) dict (http://www.dictionary.in.th)

but i can't find signal of basestation sector T_T

and....to be continue

[totwifi]

http://www.uppicweb.com/x/i/tn/8link.jpg (http://www.uppicweb.com/show.php?id=9d2ec11efdf27f10e50a567f2bb22030)
Thanks: ฝากรูป (http://www.uppicweb.com) dict (http://www.dictionary.in.th)

[jimbouse]

Thanks for the pictures!

Can you please upload them to the forum instead of uppicweb.com? That site is laden with ads and is slow.

[raigos]

Our installation for today:

http://it-tugi.ee/mast/risto.jpg

http://it-tugi.ee/mast/risto2.jpg

[russman]

Same deal... except closer to 50 feet of Cat5 to hand dig....

Do you have to get a permit or permission from the power company to do this?

[WifiMax]

Yes, but I work for a cable company that already does lol!

But then again if its in their back yard, people hang bird feeders and other crap from them all the time, as long as your 4ft away from power most people could care less.....

[rschmid]

These things can mount anywhere. Love em.

[sakita]

These things can mount anywhere. Love em.

What's the tree penetration like :icon_lol: (somebody's bound to ask). Nice view BTW...

[rschmid]

What's the tree penetration like :icon_lol: (somebody's bound to ask). Nice view BTW...

no trees, all of our ubnt links are line of sight PTP. But we get excellent window penetration. :)

[WifiMax]

A NanobridgeM5 on a shed into a router, which comes back to a NsM2 for public wifi to laptops, smartphones, etc..... Working great :D I was even able to fit the NSM2 on the same J-pole as the nanobridge hahah

[sakita]

no trees, all of our ubnt links are line of sight PTP. But we get excellent window penetration. :)

I was just being funny. People probably don't realize just how many nice trees there are in New York... it's not all concrete. Of course the trees aren't typically 100 stories tall either so window penetration definitely comes into play at some point.

[treichhart]

I mounted my loco m5 to my back porch today here is couple pictures of it and yes I know the pictures are crappy they are from my cell phone.

http://i52.tinypic.com/eja23p.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/bdtkww.jpg
http://i53.tinypic.com/amr2mo.jpg

[acidu]

here are some photos of my new installation of a solar site

setup:
bulletM2 and home made 17dbi antenna acting as an AP
bullet2 and 24grid recovered from junks :) acting as a STA WDS PTP from 9km distance

the bullets are connected together with a crossover cable, I`v striped the cable in the middle of its lenght to acces the white-blue+blue and white-brown+brown wires, witch I connected to the solar controller witch is a Steca Solsum 8.8f

the battery is buried about 50 cm in the earth in a special water proof box
12v 120Ah
it worked 13 days non stop without the solar panel conected and it had 11.7 volts

the solar pannel is home made with solar cells imported from china about 7$/pcs
the specification of a cell is.. 0.62 v and 7.35A

there are 34 cells connected in series... I`v broked so many and I could not make a complete 36 cell pannel :))

at 4 PM today , after I finished the pannel installation I`v made some measurements... it outputs about 19V and 5.23 A in short ... and I`m quite happy for something that I`v made my self for the first time


1667

1668

[WHT]

A few people have commented on the bad idea they had to bury the batteries. If you want to keep them at a stable temperature, I would place them in a Styrofoam cooler above ground and bank abut a foot of dirt around the sides and bottom. Permanently prop the cooler lid open and an inch diameter vent tube at bottom,middle and top of the dirt. Glue some window screen over the vent tubes.

[acidu]

A few people have commented on the bad idea they had to bury the batteries. If you want to keep them at a stable temperature, I would place them in a Styrofoam cooler above ground and bank abut a foot of dirt around the sides and bottom. Permanently prop the cooler lid open and an inch diameter vent tube at bottom,middle and top of the dirt. Glue some window screen over the vent tubes.

I`v buried the battery for a simple reason, ``THEY`` steal stuff that are in boxes... so if ``THEY`` can not see the box... maybe nothing bad will happen

THEY= low IQ `alien` kind people :icon_mrgreen:

[Jayson]

These things can mount anywhere. Love em.

Where did you get the mount from? I need a bunch of those.

[WHT]

OK, I'll concede that burying the batteries to prevent theft would be better than dealing with corrosion. Or...........

http://www.virtualrocks.com/rocks.php
http://www.virtualrocks.com/dishcovers.php

Hide it like twenty feet away.

[acidu]

OK, I'll concede that burying the batteries to prevent theft would be better than dealing with corrosion. Or...........

http://www.virtualrocks.com/rocks.php
http://www.virtualrocks.com/dishcovers.php

Hide it like twenty feet away.

hmm... do they make a 7 meter high virtual rock?.... so I can hide inside all the antennas... pipe...solar pannel...

---it will be great :D

[cape-connect]

acidu,

Do you guys have lots of problems with theft from - how shall I put it - those people that are now being evicted from France?

[acidu]

acidu,

Do you guys have lots of problems with theft from - how shall I put it - those people that are now being evicted from France?

everyone has this problem.... only that in some regions of the globe where the incoming wage is under 200$/mounth.... or there is a high rate of Unemployment, where the POWER CORUPTS in such way that they really don`t care about the people that they lead, this thing happen alot...

[rhauf]

Hey, i'll play!! i took some pics of some of our stuff today. We're a new WISP so these are new installations, and are not necessarily "complete" (yes, some stuff is a bit sloppy i know!)

anyway, our first antenna "tower" is a 20' 2x4 with a piece of plywood on the top and a DD-wrt linksys loaded onto it. it's purpose is to feed one of our bonded DSL's to the next tower, where our Ubiquiti AP's and stuff are. (this tower may be changed to a more permanent steel tower at some point, but for testing purposes and early stuff, this is fine)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_6196_.jpg

then our next tower is an old 1940's wind machine (about 40 feet), it has another DD-wrt router on it (client bridge) and two Ubiquiti sectors (2.4 and 5.8ghz) oh.. and it has a webcam on it just for fun (you can check the webcam out at http://barn.hopto.org:1003 if you like, but i didn't allow it much upstream bandwidth so its a bit slow. username: guest, no password). it's all powered by a pair of 60w solar panels, and two 125ah deep cycle batterys. i may add another battery, but for now this should be OK. there is a lot of sun here.

here's some pics of that tower.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_6179_.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_6181_.jpg

[rhauf]

pic with the 2.4 and 5.8ghz units and their "view"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_6193_.jpg

the webcam (and the plywood "roof" for our dd-wrt unit)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_6191_.jpg

batterys (and POE injectors, power inverter, charge controllers etc) and yes, i know i'm wasting energy by inverting it, then converting it back to DC etc, etc.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_6192_.jpg

[rhauf]

Then here is our next tower. it's located on a hill with a pretty good view, has a 5.8ghz dish (receiving from the rocket m5 sector on the wind machine at -70dbi 2.5 miles away) and currently just one m5 sector rebroadcasting that connection. this tower will get another feed soon (and bond them) neither of these towers are "finished" quite yet

the m5 dish and m5 sector are ours, the other 2.4ghz stuff was abandoned there. we sort of inherited this tower from another wisp that died a few years ago.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_6048_.jpg

view
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_6045_.jpg

[WHT]

here's some pics of that tower.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_6179_.jpg
Looks like something from the Mad Max Thunderdome movie.

[rhauf]

Looks like something from the Mad Max Thunderdome movie.

hah, yeah.. maybe i can shoot a new mad max movie, i think i have enough props by now, i'll put the wind machine in there along with my "remote location" service truck

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/broncos/th_PICT0020.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/broncos/?action=view&current=PICT0020.jpg)
(click)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/broncos/th_jump1920x1200.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/broncos/?action=view&current=jump1920x1200.jpg)

[sakita]

hah, yeah.. maybe i can shoot a new mad max movie, i think i have enough props by now, i'll put the wind machine in there along with my "remote location" service truck<snip>

Don't you mean Mad AirMax?

"Mad AirMax Beyond MCS15"

I'll get my popcorn ready... :lurk5:

That's a pretty cool looking wind machine. Put a whole bunch of sectors on that baby and use the blades to keep everything cool. If the top part rotates that reminds me of a post that was on here before about rotating antennas.

[WHT]

Don't you mean Mad AirMax?

"Mad AirMax Beyond MCS15"
Good one! Thumbs up!

[din0]

http://www.ubnt.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=39&pictureid=185

http://www.ubnt.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=39&pictureid=194

http://www.ubnt.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=39&pictureid=193

[vaden]

Hey Guys,

Send me pictures of your isntallations...tower's, customer sites,

Also diagrams of installation techniques, proper mounting, proper grounding.

I am making a picture gallery and an installation diagram gallery for the Wiki.

I give free stuff!

Mike


The Wiki is coming along nicely! Keep up the good work guys :)

Ector, TX Water Tower --- replaced dead MikroTik link with NanoBridge M5 link to Fannin County Electric Coop, 4.7 miles; east middle post of corral.

Update:

Station MAC Device Name Signal / Noise, dBm ACK TX/RX, Mbps CCQ, % Connection Time Last IP Action
00:15:6D:1A:67:1E ec-fcec-far -67 / -90 80 104 / 104 100 4 days 23:14:08 172.25.120.197 kick

[gtpro]

Hey there, here is a new install in the mountains. Nanostation 2 connecting to a 15 Dbi Omni with a BulletHP2, distance is 4.5 km. signal at the Nano is -66. Enjoy.

http://img88.imageshack.us/i/nano2oct.jpg/
http://img683.imageshack.us/i/nano2oct2.jpg/
http://img97.imageshack.us/i/nano2oct3.jpg/

[acidu]

Ector, TX Water Tower --- replaced dead MikroTik link with NanoBridge M5 link to Fannin County Electric Coop, 4.7 miles; east middle post of corral.



signal? /speed?

[vaden]

signal? /speed?

acidu,

See article 197 for the update which answers your question.

kind regards/ldv

[raigos]

Hi, yesterday we tried to align our longest link 18km, one side is RocketDish 30DBi and another side is PowerBridge. Picture of our signal
http://www.it-tugi.ee/mast/vahenurme.jpg

[acidu]

Hi, yesterday we tried to align our longest link 18km, one side is RocketDish 30DBi and another side is PowerBridge. Picture of our signal
http://www.it-tugi.ee/mast/vahenurme.jpg



nice

:ubnt_banana::ubnt_banana:

[Ruddy]

hi i try to attach a few picture but i cant don't know why
can you send me a Email
THANKS!

[rhauf]

Got another tower up. This one replaces some temp (flimsy pvc) towers on top of a building. tower is about 25' above the roof top (18 feet above the pivot point). a couple hundred bux in steel, and a couple thousand in permits and legal junk (grrrr), and here it is.

what do you guys think?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_12403_.jpg

i built it to fold down for servicing, but DAMN it sure is heavy, especially with 4 rockets on top (and only being able to push/pull it up from near the base) the bundle of extra cable on the top is for some 2.4ghz stations. speaking of which, does anybody see a problem placing all that 5.8 and 2.4ghz hardware that close together?

here's a pic of it folded down
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_12386_.jpg

[treichhart]

nice pics there rhauf is them sectors 5Ghz or 2.4Ghz?

[rhauf]

they're 5.8, but we're also putting some 2.4's up there with them for some reason.

we want 2.4 and 5.8 coverage in 360 degrees

[WHT]

i built it to fold down for servicing, but DAMN it sure is heavy, especially with 4 rockets on top (and only being able to push/pull it up from near the base)"A-Frame" the back side and use a hand winch.

I'll look for my pictures of a 400 foot (that's four and two zeros) fold-over tower.

[rhauf]

"A-Frame" the back side and use a hand winch.

I'll look for my pictures of a 400 foot (that's four and two zeros) fold-over tower.

Since it's in the city, it has to be a low profile visually as possible, which is why i went with just a single pole instead of a structured design. (and we already have our ridiculously expensive permit) so I'm a bit hesitant to built onto it. although a winch would be nice indeed.

i think what i'm going to do is just make a pole with a fork at the top which can hook our antenna tower near the top to push it upright, that would make things pretty easy i think.

and yes i'd love to see pics of the 400' one too

[900mhzdude]

NBM5 on a Water Tower 6mile link :)

[kijoma]

Hi All,

some install pics

First one is something we just decommissioned afer some years of service.

It could easily be a nano loco prototype :)

14dBi panel antenna, Mikrotik rb133C



http://kijoma.net/images/pre-nano.jpg

Now replaced with... a Loco M5 , much neater, cheaper and faaaaster.

http://kijoma.net/images/newlocom5.jpg


A bunch of pigtails (N plug to RSMA plug), built by my fair hand . Now all attached to mars panels/rockets.

http://kijoma.net/images/mars-pigtails.jpg

The SMA end was heatshrunk when fitted to the rocket, thereby sealing plug and socket together.

pah 4 image limit.... next msg..

[kijoma]

more pics..


This next picture is in itself not particularly fascinating, however the positioning of that loco2 is critical in that it fires down a chimney stack and neatly in conjunction with a pico 2 at the ground floor (this is a 4 storey mansion) as a WDS relay provides wifi coverage to all of this new build highly insulated (foil insulation everywhere!) building. The chimney was the only method of getting a signal to all floors and the metal flu pipe acts well as a reflector spreading signal across floors and the pico 2 at the bottom fills the ground floor coverage.

http://kijoma.net/images/wifiinsulated.jpg

Finally a picture of one of those dread to do last job of the day jobs, long way up a wall and fit a nano m5 onto an old bracket that once held a repeatit wifi unit. working above your head 30ft up is so invigorating :icon_eek:

http://kijoma.net/images/m5ladder.jpg

[raigos]

Got another tower up. This one replaces some temp (flimsy pvc) towers on top of a building. tower is about 25' above the roof top (18 feet above the pivot point). a couple hundred bux in steel, and a couple thousand in permits and legal junk (grrrr), and here it is.

what do you guys think?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_12403_.jpg

i built it to fold down for servicing, but DAMN it sure is heavy, especially with 4 rockets on top (and only being able to push/pull it up from near the base) the bundle of extra cable on the top is for some 2.4ghz stations. speaking of which, does anybody see a problem placing all that 5.8 and 2.4ghz hardware that close together?

here's a pic of it folded down
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/rhauf/257712341_photobucket_12386_.jpg

Aren't those antennas too close to each other?

[gfinney]

Hi All,

some install pics

First one is something we just decommissioned afer some years of service.

It could easily be a nano loco prototype :)

14dBi panel antenna, Mikrotik rb133C



http://kijoma.net/images/pre-nano.jpg

Now replaced with... a Loco M5 , much neater, cheaper and faaaaster.

http://kijoma.net/images/newlocom5.jpg


A bunch of pigtails (N plug to RSMA plug), built by my fair hand . Now all attached to mars panels/rockets.

http://kijoma.net/images/mars-pigtails.jpg

The SMA end was heatshrunk when fitted to the rocket, thereby sealing plug and socket together.

pah 4 image limit.... next msg..

Can you identify the bracket that you used to mount the loco? I am always looking for something better and cheaper.

Thanks, Greg

[WisTech]

Aren't those antennas too close to each other?

Yes they sure are buddy. If you're doing that, get some of Chris' shields!

[cape-connect]

This is the new UBNT mount. Universal Arm Bracket (http://www.ubnt.com/ubam).

It's very cool and has numerous mounting options.

[Sirhc]

This is the new UBNT mount. Universal Arm Bracket (http://www.ubnt.com/ubam).

It's very cool and has numerous mounting options.

WHT's pretty cool too, and I am sure he has numerous mounting options at his disposal as well! :icon_eek:

[treichhart]

any install pictures of equipment like ap's on a farm silo?

[acidu]

This is the new UBNT mount. Universal Arm Bracket (http://www.ubnt.com/ubam).

It's very cool and has numerous mounting options.

and how much that arm bracket costs?

[gfinney]

and how much that arm bracket costs?
The arm cost ~$10 from all the US distributors.

[acidu]

The arm cost ~$10 from all the US distributors.

hmm.. expensive...

I make my own ones with ~1$...

[WHT]

Got a picture?

[kennethpochubay]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs495.ash2/76886_453843357762_611812762_5613697_5203692_n.jpg

all the pictures

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=246436&id=611812762&l=2ed5dd18d1
(http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=246436&id=611812762&l=2ed5dd18d1)

[gtpro]

Hi again.

More new installs I did a few days ago, AP is a Rocket M2 with 90 degrees Airmax Sector, 10mhz width, clients CPE are NanoBridges M2, all clients are 8.5km from AP, best signal I got from one client is -57, the rest varies from -68 to -60. Max throughput I got is 20mbps. All Nanobridges and Rocket have v.5.2.1. So far I have no problems other than when there is no traffic flowing Tx ant Rx shows 3mbps on Rocket. Enjoy.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6921/nbm2.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8545/nbm22.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2259/nbm23.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8297/nbm24.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9935/nbm25.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6133/nbm27.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6919/nbm28.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/154/ns2012.jpg

[gfinney]

Hi again.

More new installs I did a few days ago, AP is a Rocket M2 with 90 degrees Airmax Sector, 10mhz width, clients CPE are NanoBridges M2, all clients are 8.5km from AP, best signal I got from one client is -57, the rest varies from -68 to -60. Max throughput I got is 20mbps. All Nanobridges and Rocket have v.5.2.1. So far I have no problems other than when there is no traffic flowing Tx ant Rx shows 3mbps on Rocket. Enjoy.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6921/nbm2.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8545/nbm22.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2259/nbm23.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8297/nbm24.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9935/nbm25.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6133/nbm27.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6919/nbm28.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/154/ns2012.jpg

Very nice work. That last photo gives me the willies though... all I can picture is that pole coming down in the wind and slaming into a car.. or two.

[gtpro]

That last photo is a Nanostation2, the pole is 12mts high, it is very secure dont worry.

[acidu]

That last photo is a Nanostation2, the pole is 12mts high, it is very secure dont worry.

last picture is the best of all :))))
the pipe is in one piece of 12m? or 2 pieces welded together?

[gtpro]

It is made of 4 pieces of 3mts each.

[thewisperer]

It is made of 4 pieces of 3mts each.

if its solid now, you could add another section (just to be safe)and then call Guinness World Records or just leave it like that cause I think its already a winner!!!

[gtpro]

Lol, its a telescopic pole, there is a 15mts. version but I wont be using it.

[Kenyasuperman]

Hi,
I have been providing wired internet for two years now. I would like to set up a wireless network near where I live. The area is about 10km radius with many 5floor buildings close to each other. I would like to use three 120 degrees 19dBi, 5Ghz Sector antennas with the 5Ghz Rockets to achieve a hi-gain signal strength that does not fluctuate at any time. How can I achieve the best signal using this equipment? Are there any other ubiquiti equipments I need to purchase?

Thanks

Hi again.

More new installs I did a few days ago, AP is a Rocket M2 with 90 degrees Airmax Sector, 10mhz width, clients CPE are NanoBridges M2, all clients are 8.5km from AP, best signal I got from one client is -57, the rest varies from -68 to -60. Max throughput I got is 20mbps. All Nanobridges and Rocket have v.5.2.1. So far I have no problems other than when there is no traffic flowing Tx ant Rx shows 3mbps on Rocket. Enjoy.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6921/nbm2.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8545/nbm22.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2259/nbm23.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8297/nbm24.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9935/nbm25.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6133/nbm27.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6919/nbm28.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/154/ns2012.jpg

[johnsonnet]

I have a 200W wind gen and 80W solar going into a 4D Sun-Xten. That powers 2 RocketM5, 1 Nanobridgem5 and a cisco 8port switch. It all works fine as long as i get some wind or sun. I need to expand on my battery bank without breaking my bank account!!

JohnsonNet
:ubnt_banana:

[Sirhc]

Looks like a "remote" site there johnsonnet!

[gtpro]

I want to make a "remote" site, theres is demand in a few small towns that dont have direct LOS but I could make a repeater site in a hill, but people steal anything here and that is why I dont even want to try to do a Remote site.

[Sirhc]

I want to make a "remote" site, theres is demand in a few small towns that dont have direct LOS but I could make a repeater site in a hill, but people steal anything here and that is why I dont even want to try to do a Remote site.

Think security, think land mines! Problem solved!

[gtpro]

lol great Idea!

[agsweeney]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs495.ash2/76886_453843357762_611812762_5613697_5203692_n.jpg

all the pictures

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=246436&id=611812762&l=2ed5dd18d1
(http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=246436&id=611812762&l=2ed5dd18d1)

Did you really mount that unit sideways?

[rhauf]

^^ did you really mount that unit pointing straight up?

[thewisperer]

^^ did you really mount that unit pointing straight up?

he's linking to the space station

stupid question= stupid answer

[thewisperer]

I still use this bracket
Smaller than a satellite mount

Is the sat mount by Ubnt smaller than a normal one?

[samcamfilms]

Heres a site i setup last week.

http://twitpic.com/3dy22u/full
http://twitpic.com/3dy22p/full

Week before
http://twitpic.com/33qs7u/full
more pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55630715@N08/sets/72157625322197832/with/5149994309/

Video and More pics coming soon

[agsweeney]

^^ did you really mount that unit pointing straight up?

Okay now... He is mounting the RD to a horizontal member of the tower from what was shown in th picture.

It is actually a valid question with real, potential future problems; such as the weep hole in the feed horn being exposed to water (I really hope he sealed them) as well as the condensation inside the rocket itself that has no place to go.

But hey, go right ahead and try to make this a joke...

[Sirhc]

Okay now... He is mounting the RD to a horizontal member of the tower from what was shown in th picture.

It is actually a valid question with real, potential future problems; such as the weep hole in the feed horn being exposed to water (I really hope he sealed them) as well as the condensation inside the rocket itself that has no place to go.

But hey, go right ahead and try to make this a joke...

In the future I might suggest using some tools, and a drill, this would allow him to rotate the Rocket stem and bracket 90 degrees and still be able to use a horizontal mounting surface. Just a thought!

[rhauf]

Okay now... He is mounting the RD to a horizontal member of the tower from what was shown in th picture.

It is actually a valid question with real, potential future problems; such as the weep hole in the feed horn being exposed to water (I really hope he sealed them) as well as the condensation inside the rocket itself that has no place to go.

But hey, go right ahead and try to make this a joke...

geez sorry i guys i didn't realize it was so serious on here 100% of the time.
i thought the bird bath idea was pretty sweet.

yes it was a joke... i wasn't giving you crap for asking if he was mounting it sideways, i realize they are designed to be weatherproof with the wires coming out of the bottom and they are not sealed for condensation purposes etc.

[din0]

Heres a site i setup last week.

http://twitpic.com/3dy22u/full


NB feed horn mounted horizontally !

[johnsonnet]

Thanks Sirhc

[rschmid]

Figured I'd take some new shots as 1 World Trade Center reaches half height.

Originals..
http://mayo.nuvisions.net/ryan/photos/101215_RocketD30_over_Downtown.png
http://mayo.nuvisions.net/ryan/photos/101215_NBM5_over_Downtown.png
http://mayo.nuvisions.net/ryan/photos/101215_Old_Yagi.png

[toshik]

Airgrid m5 feed (15 km)

[acidu]

Airgrid m5 feed (15 km)

:))) interesting

and what signal do you get with this kind of setup
and what signal did you had before installing a sattelite dish as a reflector

[toshik]

-89; -67
This is bullet2 :icon_smile:

[acidu]

-89; -67
This is bullet2 :icon_smile:

nice signal gain there with your satellite dish


what happend with that bullet? fire?, smoke from heating with wood?

[jake_craner]

Just put up my first off grid site for my personal spinoff WISP company. I am currently working full time for another WISP, and then work full time on my own from Friday-Sunday :) I'm getting tired! 18.9 mile link with 2 rocket M5s and 30db dishes. -61db signal, and got my best throughput at 40mhz with AirMax ON. Originally I tried 20mhz and 10mhz with airmax off, autoack off with 125% distance, but I could never get the offgrid site to transmit more than 10mbps, although it was recieving at 30-40. With airmax on at 40mhz, I have a very solid link pushing 40 both ways.

120 pushed by RocketM2

Solar panel is a 220w from sunelec, charge controller is a Morningstar Sunsaver MPPT 15, and 2 Deka (or whatever the manufacturers name is now) 12v 108ah gel cell batteries. Running 12v, and I may add a wind generator. We will see how this winter goes, as it is supposed to be a bad one.