Review on Ubiquiti NanoStation locoM2 2.4GHz airMax 8dBi CPE - Indoor/Outdoor High Performance Wireless Device by Nick Beck

I had a hard time choosing between TP-Link and Ubiquity. After having problems with other TP-Link products, I finally settled on Ubiquity. I wanted to connect to my neighbor's hotspot 700 meters away through many trees (real trees, big and tall), yes I have permission! , but not a dummy either, my computers run Linux. It took a while and many hard resets to get it working. The main problem was coming back after setting up the network in bridged mode and DHCP for LAN. I went to the Ubiquity website and downloaded and read/scanned the wireless and networking tutorials. I found that via the mac address the last two hex addresses xy:zy (converted to decimal) become the last two on the access address 169.254.xxx.zzz. Now connected via ethernet, set as DHCP for IPV4, voila I'm on the login page. The rest of the setup is fairly easy, including updating the firmware, device names, changing the password, everything else is standard. If you are in the wireless network settings and there is no button to select the desired access point, just do it manually, including all security settings. It's actually a straight forward path, it's just time consuming and requires learning. A To get the MAC address, use the Chromium or Chrome browser and the Ubiquity Discover add-on. Works perfectly. I have a LocoM2 connected to my old wireless coverage access point. uses NSM2 with 11db antenna because the signal level is low here. The setup is the same and works pretty well. These devices should work great for people who need access to a hotspot that's further away than a small wifi card in a laptop!