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Review on Ubiquiti Networks LOCOM5 NanoStation Loco by Boondo Viswanathan

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Oh I wish I had known that 4 months ago!

Background: Last year my wife and I built a house 600 feet from Main Street. We also have a rented house just off Main Street 400 feet from the house we built. We later learned that Cox Cable would not install cable internet for us because they were only 300 feet from the street. So I asked them to install it in our rented house and used 2 Ubiquiti NanoStation M5 to wirelessly send a signal back to our new house. In a rented house, I checked the Internet connection speed and it was 61 MB incoming traffic and 7 MB incoming traffic. Once I set these devices up (probably 30 minutes since I've never done this before) we have 61/7 in our house! I was shocked. I figured by the time he came to us there would be a loss, or some expense, or something. not so. I'm excited. The Nanostation comes with a POE box, and the "Half Pole" bracket is permanently attached to the Nanostation. I placed one on the windowsill of the rented house, pointing at our house, and fastened the other to one of the posts on my porch. Each nanostation has a force gauge on the back, making it easy to place them if you point them at another. You just keep moving it until you're at full power. I was told they could work 9 miles so I guess I shouldn't have been surprised at how well they work at 400 feet but I was surprised. I'm constantly doing speed tests to make sure it's not an accident. 61MB down each time. Unbelievable.

Pros
  • Accessibility
Cons
  • There are downsides