Ubiquiti LiteBeam 5AC Gen2 - LBE-5AC-Gen2

This is a piece of enterprise equipment for a home office price. The hardware design is excellent and the software is light years ahead of the home office stuff you'd normally get at this price. I got a stable 300Mbps connection across a few hundred meters through a window without even needing to align anything. They should be good for a few KM when set up properly. The management software (phone or browser) makes setup very easy. The ability to monitor signal strength and performance so granularly is what you'd expect if you'd spend 10x the cost. Based on these, I'll be buying Ubiquiti across the board from now on...

Preface: This review is by no means a guarantee that you will have the same results... but I established a ROCK-SOLID 655mbps link (actual sustained throughput >400mbps!) through a bunch of trees with ZERO radio interruptions! Ping is *excellent*: <1ms over the link. Before I bought these, I struggled to find much information or testimony from people who'd used these to establish a link through trees. In fact, nearly everyone I'd talked to (despite knowing the relatively short distance) insisted I wouldn't be able to establish a 5GHz link through trees. I figured the narrow beam pattern of these had a good chance at proving them wrong.. and for the price - I figured they were worth a try. The hardware / setup: 2x LBE-5AC-GEN2 devices. One acting as "AP" and the other acting as "Station". Distance spanned is only ~400 feet, but it's blasting right through a bunch of trees. The experience: Setup of these devices will likely prove tricky for anyone not familiar with IT. The built in Management Radio and Android/iOS "UMobile" app - once you figure it out - make the setup process very manageable (and frankly - frickin cool). I'd recommend configuring/syncing your setup before mounting (though it's not absolutely necessary). The mobile app has a lot of nice features - most notably an aiming utility that tones intermittently to help indicate when you're getting the best signal. It also has a discovery, survey, ping/traceroute/point to point speed test utility.. and more. Radio configuration: Took quite a bit of fiddling around, but ultimately I found its (mostly) best to let these things work their own magic. Ubiquiti has put a very impressive (and quite slick/visually appealing) set of tools and features into the AirOS software. Use AirMagic to identify a low-utilization part of the spectrum (preferably a DFS capable range), set your (Settings -> Wireless -> Advanced) "Target Signal" to a desired level (I target -59dBm), and tick on "Automatic Power Control" to have the devices automatically manage your transmit power depending on environmental situations (it will crank up transmit power in rain or snow to maintain your link quality). Beyond that - there's very little needed to get amazing performance out of these. Conclusion: My home internet access has been completely reliant on these devices for nearly 2 months. I haven't had so much as a hiccup. Yes, these perform best with a clear line of sight, but they are fully capable of punching through some trees over short distances! Since the leaves fell off the trees, these Litebeams have adjusted their transmit power as low as they can and signal quality is still staying around -52 dBm which is SUPERB. Ubiquiti puts out some amazing stuff, and if you need to establish a long-range PtP wireless setup - you came to the right place. PS: Nanobeams are smaller/more subtle, though with a wider beam width - intended for 'shorter' distances (still capable of many km). Powerbeams are a step up from these Litebeams and can function out beyond 30km!

Excelente muy bueno

Used it for long range wifi PTP connections to connect the shed to the wifi. Works flawlessly! Got about 400mbps speed, ping time below 1msec between the link.

Just what was excepting.

Como siempre excelente marca y productos, funcionan muy bien!