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Ubiquiti NanoBeam ac Gen2

Ubiquiti NanoBeam ac Gen2 High-Performance airMAX ac Bridge (NBE-5AC-Gen2-US)

By Ubiquiti

33mentions65%positive$91.00typicalr/HomeNetworking+8pros/โˆ’6cons

What one Redditor said

โ€œNanobeams are great for this. We have a one shooting from the house to a pond about 1,000โ€™ away that runs an access point, and five cameras. Camera streams are solid.โ€

r/HomeNetworking52upvotes

What Reddit thinks

Pros

8
  • +work great
  • +Long-range wireless connectivity
  • +reliable
  • +proven solutions
  • +delivering 200/300 Mbps with clear line-of-sight
  • +rock solid
  • +piece of cake
  • +500-600 Mbps bandwidth on a 450โ€™ link that is slightly obstructed with tree limbs

Cons

6
  • โˆ’issue with too much receive power
  • โˆ’non-los at half a mile is rough
  • โˆ’need fresnel zone clearance
  • โˆ’expect packet loss
  • โˆ’may require special 24v Poe
  • โˆ’bottleneck depending on ISP speeds

Where Reddit talks about it

33 comments ยท 4 subreddits

r/Ubiquiti
24 mentionsโ†‘ 71
38%
r/HomeNetworking
6 mentionsโ†‘ 909
67%
r/homelabsales
1 mentionsโ†‘ 1
0%
r/Internet
1 mentionsโ†‘ 1
0%

Reddit reviews

+ 14~ 15โˆ’ 4
r/positive

IMO just get a ubiquiti nanobeam and beam it to where you need

r/HomeNetworkingpositive2

Use Ubiquiti p2p gear, NanoBeam AC Gen2 for short runs (eg. house to garage) and LiteBeam AC for longer ones (eg. house to barn). Each link needs two devices, one at each end, set up in bridge mode so

r/HomeNetworkingpositive1

I did nanobeams site A and site B. Simple switch at site B and a access point at site B. Hard wired TVs and NVR also at site B. Learned a lot. Already forgot most of it. But it's been rock solid

r/Ubiquitipositive2

I have no experience with the Litebeam, but this would be a piece of cake for the Nanobeam.

r/Ubiquitineutral1

Is it possible to connect the Ubiquiti U7 Lite to the NanoBeam to create Wi-Fi there, or do I need any additional hardware?

r/homelabsalesneutral1

Iโ€™m interested in the NanoBeams as well as the SFP modules if they are available

r/HomeNetworkingneutral1

I see 500-600 Mbps bandwidth on a 450โ€™ link that is slightly obstructed with tree limbs. This is using a pair of 10 year old Nanobeams. I had to turn the transmit power down to min to keep the receive

r/HomeNetworkingneutral845

Two Ubiquiti Nanobeam bridges and an AP for your shop.

r/HomeNetworkingpositive8

Why do this when nanobeams work great?

r/HomeNetworkingpositive52

Nanobeams are great for this. We have a one shooting from the house to a pond about 1,000โ€™ away that runs an access point, and five cameras. Camera streams are solid.

r/Ubiquitineutral1

Is this Cat5 or Cat6 nanobeam fluid?

r/Ubiquitineutral2

On points 1 and 2, the nanobeams have a local web interface that you can use, no need for a controller. There is an option to disable the management radio, OR limit how long they broadcast after power

r/Ubiquitipositive8

I've pretty recently installed the Nano 5AC Loco solution at two different sites to do something similar. Both have had great success. ... It has all been working flawlessly for almost a year now, and

r/Ubiquitineutral3

Then a RocketPrism 5ac with a 90ยฐ sector antenna for the ptmp link to 6 NanoBeam, each has a switch connected to various APs , U7 Outdoor for outdoor coverage, U6 Mesh Pros for outdoor/indoor omni cov

r/Ubiquitinegative1

i've done temp av links too and non-los at half a mile is rough with nanobeams since they need fresnel zone clearance. at that distance you might get something but expect packet loss.

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