well, that seems logical... you'd think UBNT would know that they made the nanostation.
The only issues I've seen with NanoBeams have been a random reboot thing I've been trying to figure out... I was wondering if it might be related to the WDS thing, but I'm pretty sure it's just bad radios in this case. On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > Originally MT to Nanostation. Worked for years. Wanted to upgrade, > slapped on a Nanobeam (higher gain). > > MT to Nanobeam wouldn't do WDS. Ubnt said they can't support it because > they're not both Ubnt. > > Nanostation to Nanobeam wouldn't do WDS. Ubnt said they can't support it > because they're not both Ubnt. Slammed keyboard. > > Nanobeam to Nanobeam does do WDS just fine. It wouldn't work in this link > because of signal issues (nLOS). > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> What sort of problems were you seeing with WDS on Nanobeams? Was it >> Nanobeams on both ends? I know you've posted about it before, but I don't >> remember what exactly the issue was. >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Josh Luthman < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I've found that Nanobeams have problems with WDS. I tried 5.5.9 and >>> maybe 5.5.10? I emailed Ubnt but it never got anywhere. Ended with >>> putting up MT radios. >>> >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> And I’m not seeing the problem where I have XW clients talking to XM >>>> Rockets. Now that I think about it, I had the Powerbeam as the station and >>>> the PowerBridge as the AP. Dang, should have flipped that and retested. >>>> The thing that caught me off guard is that this has been working for >>>> several months, no issues. It just randomly went weird. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Rory >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman >>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 4, 2015 9:07 AM >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti radios with different xm/xw firmware >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> No. Different architecture. >>>> >>>> Think compiled for Arm vs x86 Windows. >>>> >>>> Josh Luthman >>>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>> Suite 1337 >>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>> >>>> On Mar 4, 2015 11:05 AM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I thought the XM versus XW was just a hardware thing. Is it possible >>>> to update a device that is on XM with XW? >>>> >>>> >>>> bp >>>> >>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 3/4/2015 8:03 AM, Vince West wrote: >>>> >>>> I am not 100% sure on this, but I have only been loading XM firmware >>>> with NSM, Rockets and NanoBridges. For anything newer, like the NanoBeams >>>> we have been using the XW firmware. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I have seen pretty decent improvements on throughput in some of my >>>> rocket APs since we did these software upgrades. I don't have any >>>> PowerBridges in service anymore, so I can't speak for those. >>>> >>>> >>>> Vince West >>>> >>>> Tower Hand >>>> >>>> Technical Support >>>> >>>> Shelby Broadband >>>> >>>> 148 Citizens Blvd >>>> >>>> Simpsonville, KY 40067 >>>> >>>> Phone: 1-888-364-4232 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:33 AM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I know that was some discussion on this and some people said that >>>> mixing firmware was a problem, even with 5.5.10. I hadn’t seen the problem >>>> until about a week ago. Had PowerBridge talking to a Powerbeam talking to >>>> a PowerBridge which then link to a another PTP using NS5’s and an AP on >>>> that end. It seemed to work great for several months. A week ago, the AP >>>> at the end started pushing through 10-20 pings and then dropping 3 pings. >>>> After finding nothing, we pull the PowerBridge and replaced it with a >>>> PowerBeam. Problem solved. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On the other hand, we have a boatload of NS5M’s, some with XW firmware >>>> connected to XM Rockets. No problems so far. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Rory >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >
