Hardware

I have been working on a small application to monitor the state of a solar charge controller remotely. At this point, I have a (relatively) low cost EPSolar Tracer MPPT controller connected to a local R-Pi

I got a couple of new Nanostation Loco M5s with the XW firmware. I downgraded to 5.5.x, and installed the "NanoStation M5 (XW)" firmware. After loading the firmware and rebooting, I was not able to get any DHCP lease or other traffic over the LAN port. I had to connect to MESHNODE to complete setup. After saving my node name as KG6KCO-LOCOM5-ROAMER and rebooting the node, I am not able to reach the node at all. The lights are on and the node seems happy, but no DHCP lease is offered. I can't ping the LAN IP of the node even if I set a good 10.X.X.X IP and netmask on my laptop' LAN port.

Hi,
I have installed software on 2 Bullet M5s with no problem.
I just received a Nanobeam M5 16 with Ubnt 5.5 software which checks out "Good/Good" with the AREDN test program.

I select the Factory Software for upload, the upload %counter counts up and I receive error -6.

Any suggestions?


Best,
Sonny, WA9KJE 

Ubiquiti nodes

Reading Left to Right - Normal conditions

Power	Lan 1	Lan 2	RF Low	RF Mid1	RF Mid 2	RF High
Green=ON	Blink Green	Blink Green if 2nd LAN connected (eg: M5)	Red if connected to mesh	Off	Off	Green

TP-Link nodes

Reading Left to Right (lettering upside-down) - Normal conditions

In order to save and restore switch configurations on the Netgear GS105Ev2 switch, you must use the latest version of the switch firmware AND the latest version of the ProSafe Utility. 

First, download the ProSafe Utility from the Netgear downloads page - version 2.3.5 - unzip and install.

Next, download the current firmware from the Netgear GS105Ev2 download page - version 1.4.0.2.

Hello All,

I was looking as some of the proposed link paths in discussion.  We use the stock equipment and base our PtP links locations on the performance of a stock radio.  Has anyone in the group considered using an external RF bi-directional amplifier.  Now that we are able to go into our band segment, we could easy employ a 1 or 2 watt, or even a 5 watt amplifier to achieve a greater link distance.  Company's (note 1) make Bi-directional RF Amplifiers not quite legal for the commercial market but would be perfectly for Amateur use. 

I have my Air Router HP up and running AREDN ssid, 16 beta.  Laptop on Port 1, POE into the WAN.

I am wanting to connect old Linksys wrt (BroadbandHamnet) on Port 4 the D2D port.

I cannot see the linksys.  All else is working.  Do I need to do anything to the Linksys or is it plug and play?

Vance, kc8rgo

 

For those considering long Ethernet runs between a PoE injector or switch and the Ubiquiti node, here is another option worth considering. On long runs, it is more efficient to power at a higher voltage, so you can use a Switch such as the Netgear GS108PEv3 or the Toughswitch TS-9-Pro at 48V. The key to success is to use a Ubiquiti Instant 802.3AF outdoor 48V PoE adapter at the node end of the cable. I recently tried this adapter with both types of switches and it works well. The Netgear switch is auto-sensing (true 802.3af) and the Toughswitch is passive PoE (not auto-sensing).