Review on 📡 LBE-5AC-GEN2-US Ubiquiti LiteBeam Wireless Bridge - 100Mb LAN, GigE, AirMax AC - White by Derek Davie

Preface: This review is by no means a guarantee that you will get the same results. but I've established a RELIABLE 655Mbps connection (>400Mbps actual sustained throughput!) through a few trees with ZERO radio drops! Ping *excellent*: <1ms per link. Before I bought them, I struggled to find much information or testimonials from people using them to communicate about trees. In fact, almost everyone I spoke to (despite the fact that I knew a relatively close distance) insisted I couldn't communicate through the trees on the 5 GHz frequency. I thought their narrow beam had a good chance of proving them wrong. and for the price - thought they were worth trying. Hardware / Installation: 2 LBE-5AC-GEN2 units. One acts as "AP" and the other acts as "Station". It's only 400 feet, but it cuts through a line of trees. Experience: Setting up these devices may be difficult for those unfamiliar with IT. The built in control radio and the UMobile Android/iOS app - once you get the hang of it - make the installation process very straightforward (and frankly pretty darn cool). I would recommend tweaking/syncing your settings before mounting (although this is not required). The mobile app has a lot of nice features, most notably a target utility that periodically beeps to indicate when you're getting a better signal. It also has a detection, polling, ping/traceroute/point-to-point speed test utility. and much more. Radio Configuration: It took some fiddling, but I ended up finding a (mostly) better way to get these things to work by themselves. Ubiquiti has added a very impressive (and quite flashy/visually appealing) set of tools and features to the AirOS software. Use AirMagic to identify the low usage part of the spectrum (preferably the DFS enabled band), set (Settings -> Wireless -> Advanced) "Target Signal” to desired level (I'm aiming at -59dBm) and enable "Auto Control power" so that the devices automatically control the transmission power depending on the environmental conditions (they increase the transmission power when it rains or snows to maintain the communication quality). In addition, they require very little to achieve amazing performance. Conclusion: My internet access at home was completely dependent on these devices for almost 2 months. I didn't even have the hiccups. Yes, they work best on line of sight, but they're quite capable of punching through some trees at close range! Since the leaves have fallen from the trees these Litebeams have set their transmit power as low as possible and the signal quality is still at -52dBm which is EXCELLENT. wireless PtP band adjustment - You are in the right place. PS: Nanobeams are smaller/thinner, but with a wider beam width - designed for "shorter" distances (still capable of many kilometers). Powerbeams are a further development of Litebeams and can work over 30 km!