VM coming on 22nd. Pair of nanobeams, 100m of ethernet, heads and crimpers arrived yesterday. Sourced a telegraph pole for free from farmer next door. Will be digging a hole with the minidigger and farmer is coming round with pole and teleporter at the weekend to install... Not before testing the nanobeams tomorrow. All exciting stuff.
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Don
Keep us posted.
If you've not crimped before, remember to get the coating/sheath into the RJ45 plug so it clamps down onto it. Puts less strain on the pins.
Run a spare cable on both ends too (Don't add RJ45 ends unless you can hide the from the elements.
If you've not crimped before, remember to get the coating/sheath into the RJ45 plug so it clamps down onto it. Puts less strain on the pins.
Run a spare cable on both ends too (Don't add RJ45 ends unless you can hide the from the elements.
Don
Leave a few feet of spare cable at each end if possible, just in case you need to recrimp or change anything in the future.
Cheers. Nah never crimped before so advice is appreciated. Figured if Linus can do it, anyone can 
The nanobeam ends are reasonably protected from elements but not as much as I'd have liked, especially for the wind and rain battered area I live in. I'll be adding some sort of diaphragm/seal I reckon. The cable I have got is armoured, weatherproof and UV proof. I will be running it along some thing steel wire so it doesn't have to support its own weight.
I really hope my ping and packet loss is gonna be ok. Quite a journey from pc to modem. Pinged the neighbours connection last night to maidenhead and Amsterdam (my default tests) and got 39 to maidenhead and 41 to Amsterdam. Bout the same as my "in town" connection. So as long as it stays below 10-15ms between my house and the modem, I'm happy.
The nanobeam ends are reasonably protected from elements but not as much as I'd have liked, especially for the wind and rain battered area I live in. I'll be adding some sort of diaphragm/seal I reckon. The cable I have got is armoured, weatherproof and UV proof. I will be running it along some thing steel wire so it doesn't have to support its own weight.
I really hope my ping and packet loss is gonna be ok. Quite a journey from pc to modem. Pinged the neighbours connection last night to maidenhead and Amsterdam (my default tests) and got 39 to maidenhead and 41 to Amsterdam. Bout the same as my "in town" connection. So as long as it stays below 10-15ms between my house and the modem, I'm happy.
Soldato
Make sure you leave a bit of a loop under the nano beams and they should be good from water ingress.
A good tip if not a little late now, try to get some Dow Corning dc4 silicon grease. We put a pea in every Cpe we install into the rj socket as it helps drive out moisture.
A good tip if not a little late now, try to get some Dow Corning dc4 silicon grease. We put a pea in every Cpe we install into the rj socket as it helps drive out moisture.
Nope, not too late. Cheers, will definitely do this. I already use it on some a lot of my machinery but didn't even occur to me to use it in this instance.
We did a test run yesterday down the garden. No internet, just bridged two laptops. Distance, 600m. Width, 40Mhz. Alignment was rough, it's hard to like up one round disk the size of your hand with another at 600m.
First internal test shows bandwidth of 170mbit each way with a averages ping of 1ms. Noise level was at -60db. We then connected two laptops and transfered an 8gb file both ways, both times reaching 350mbit, with 140mbit during simultaneous up/down transfers.
I think once we get things set up properly and spend some serious time on the allignment, we will be able to get slightly better speeds, though obviously for 150mbit VM, current speeds are fine.
Could anyone explain the noise factor to me. I can't wrap my head round it lol. Is -60db ok?
Cheers.
First internal test shows bandwidth of 170mbit each way with a averages ping of 1ms. Noise level was at -60db. We then connected two laptops and transfered an 8gb file both ways, both times reaching 350mbit, with 140mbit during simultaneous up/down transfers.
I think once we get things set up properly and spend some serious time on the allignment, we will be able to get slightly better speeds, though obviously for 150mbit VM, current speeds are fine.
Could anyone explain the noise factor to me. I can't wrap my head round it lol. Is -60db ok?
Cheers.
Associate
Lower numbers are better when it comes to the noise floor, -99db is the best achievable in reality. I don't find it that important a metric on UBNT gear, it's more important to pay attention to getting the Transmit CCQ has high as possible and minimising the difference between chains.
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Is there a special tool that you use to align both dishes to get maximum signal strength?
We just did it by eye yesterday.. I do have a special tool though, it's called a 'Wickedlasers 1500Mw Artic S3 Blue'
We just did it by eye yesterday.. I do have a special tool though, it's called a 'Wickedlasers 1500Mw Artic S3 Blue'
Looking good so far OP, I've been following this.
Looking good so far OP, I've been following this.
Getting there slowly. Handy video, thanks. Should have the box installed on neighbours house this week and pole up by the end of next weekend. I've got farmers and rural houses coming from all over now asking how they can do the same..
I'm slightly elevated over the countryside and counted nealy 50 houses and the edge of a village with at least 200 houses with LOS from the top of my cherry picker. I'm wondering what it will take to bring a huge line down from the village to my place and then out to the rest using this sort of tech.
Are you talking about noise floor or signal strength with your readings? I tend to aim for -60dBm with these radios - a nice strong signal but not so hot that it's going to cause issues at the receivers.
I can't imagine background noise will be a problem given your location.
I can't imagine background noise will be a problem given your location.
And We Are Live...!
Been a long but worthwile process. To say I am happy is a huge understatement. Exactly 1 month without "proper" internet... and speeds go up to ~300/20 in the next few days
(EDIT: 200/12)600m wireless, 70m of cable.
Total cost was somewhere in the region of £350. Not bad for interwebs in the middle of a field.
Ubiquity devices £150
Cable £70
Asus Router £70
Telegraph pole £20
Erection of pole etc FREE! (will have to return some favours)
Equipment for modem at neighbours house, cables, box etc £40
Bit of a tight fit but it works! I'll put some more pics and network stats up soon.
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Don
Nicely done!
I must admit, I thought this was just a pipe dream when you created the thread.
I must admit, I thought this was just a pipe dream when you created the thread.
Haha holy crap. Please post it on the Ubiquiti forums when you've taken more pics and can do a mini project log, they might send you free stuff.
Put a breather in that case if you haven't already as well.
Are you bunging your neighbor some cash each month to cover power etc?
Put a breather in that case if you haven't already as well.
Are you bunging your neighbor some cash each month to cover power etc?
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Its not perfectly sealed around the cables yet as VM have to come back and shorten the excess coax but thats something I didn't think of so will bare it in mind when I seal it properly.
Free stuff!?
I'll take some decent photos and maybe shoot a little vid some time next week.
Cheers