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Very brief How-to on how to setup and configure a Point-to-Point wireless bridge with Ubiquiti devices. For this example, I use Ubiquiti NanoBeam M5-19 devices. The setup and config will be very similar on all devices that use AirMax, Ubiquiti's interface for similar devices.

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9 Steps total

Step 1: Unbox

Hopefully, you've already figured out how to do this step on your own.

Step 2: Connect your workstation to the 'root bridge' using a 192.168.1.x address - NOT 192.168.1.20.

'Root bridge' is a Cisco term for the P2P device actually, physically wired to your network. The device on the other end of the bridge is referred to as the 'Non-root Bridge.' This is also referred to as the 'Mesh Point' by some vendors.

Once you've setup your workstation's networking to the above settings, be sure you're connected to the NanoBeam M5's LAN interface and point your browser to 192.168.1.20. Default username/password is ubnt/ubnt

Step 3: System changes

Change the login/password

Step 4: Wireless changes

Make the following changes:
- Wireless —> Mode: backbone=AP - mesh point (remote)=Station
- Wireless —> WDS (Transparent Bridge) Mode: ENABLED
- Wireless —> SSID: change SSID
- Wireless —> Wireless Security —> Security: WPA2-AES. Change the key.

Step 5: Network changes

Make the following changes:
- Network —> mode: Bridge
- Network —> Mgmt Net Settings: configure and set to static

Step 6: Time Zone

Make the following change:
- System —> change device name and time zone

Step 7: Make same changes to 'Mesh Point'

Make the same changes from steps 3,4,5,&6 to the Mesh Point.

Step 8: Physically setup the transceivers at their correct locations.

There is about a 35-degree angle that is allowable for these devices, which should give you a very good margin of error.

Step 9: Start networking!

Enjoy your new wireless bridge! =)

16 Comments

• Pimiento
  rudraghosh2 Dec 25, 2014 at 09:10pm

  Hi All,

  I am planning to provide internet for an area of 2 km. Will use open mesh APs and a Radius server to authenticate users to login along with squid proxy for cache.

  The leased line will be connected to a router --->switch --->SQUID Proxy--->NAS---->Radius Servers--->Switch--->access point(main)--->access points(clients)--->User.

  I will use a ASP.net to create a page for the user login which will be intregated to the RADIUS server. The users will be configured in AD.

  What do u suggest. will this work???

  Regards,
  Rudra

• Jalapeno
  emile74890 Feb 13, 2015 at 11:04am

  @Rudraghosh2, this is not the way to do that. These ptp connections don't provide wifi for CPE clients. You need a PTMP system and at every remote client you need an accespoint for the CPE clients.

• Pimiento
  lineshkumar Feb 18, 2015 at 03:42am

  Hi I need to connect 2 sites with a point to point link they are over 25km apart, will the Nano Beam do the job?

• Chipotle
  DaddyDoodle Feb 18, 2015 at 03:50am

  According to the Ubiquiti site, the M5-19 will do 15km and above. Never tried that; however, that's what the site says. Here's the link: http://www.ubnt.com/airmax/nanobeamm/

• Pimiento
  lineshkumar Feb 18, 2015 at 04:09am

  yeah been through the site and videos understand the install, what I am not sure about is will i have to install towers and have a direct line of sight between the 2 Nanos ..

• Chipotle
  DaddyDoodle Feb 18, 2015 at 04:13am

  At 25km, I would definitely say towers are necessary. I would consult an PE (professional engineer) to determine earth curvature and line of site requirements for height. The AP's have a fantastic built-in utility for zeroing in the signal - but you've got to be able to 'see' each other first.

• Pimiento
  lineshkumar Feb 18, 2015 at 04:25am

  thanks mate, makes sense... that just confirms my suspicion, I will have to get a clear line of site.

• Poblano
  Solomon B Jun 8, 2015 at 10:05pm

  Resurrecting an old thread here for the googlers down the road. Cambium (used to be Motorola PTP) has a great tool for wireless link planning called 'LinkPlanner'. I have used it many times to run PTP link studies for all kinds of wireless links. It is usually pretty close on it's signal strength calculations.

  Fine Print: I am not an employee or distributor for Cambium and have/will not receive any benefit from this post.

• Pimiento
  keerthipandiang Aug 7, 2015 at 05:48am

  linesh we can make the connectivity by taking proper LOS survey ,i have done point to point connectivity upto 25 km

• Pimiento
  Celestem Sep 15, 2015 at 01:47pm

  To connect to buildings could I use this setup. They are really close, no more than a mile and no interruption between them. I just need to do the bridge because the underground cable is damaged. do you recommend the Nanobeam or the nanostation to do the bridge setup? I just need to devices, nothing else, right?

• Chipotle
  DaddyDoodle Sep 15, 2015 at 01:51pm

  That's correct and that's precisely what I use it for. I've got 5 different P2P's with these setup in various locations. Greatest distance at our school is probably 100 yards. Shortest distance is no more than 30 yards.

• Pimiento
  nisarali2 Nov 27, 2016 at 10:37am

  Hii team

  Actually I wanted to connect my 2 branch office lan network which is in two different building distance between that two building is around 200 mtr so I purchased 2 nano beam m5 19 device to do the same
  On yesterday I have installed my both devices in that building terrace now I wanted to configure so I can joint that 2 office lan with each other can you help me with how to configure so I can access both branch office lan network

• Pimiento
  jeromiediamond2 Nov 14, 2017 at 09:36pm

  Is it realistic to use a bridge, point to point, hooked with the transmission side with a VPN Router?

  I was tasked from the boss to research a 100mi wireless bridge, on the cheap.
  Site to site is out of the question, however, close enough to an IT group that has a fairly tall enough building that I can use their network, because of the low usage, less than 5Gb/month. So from their modem to a pre-programmed VPN router out the transmission to the site, ~30 miles away.

  Any thoughts?

• Chipotle
  DaddyDoodle Nov 14, 2017 at 09:41pm

  100 miles is probably too far for this implementation. 100 meters? Just fine. But 100 miles - nope. My recommendation would be a hardware-based site-to-site VPN.

• Sonora
  CTMBOB Jun 11, 2019 at 04:01pm

  DaddyDoodle,

  We have a small distance (50 meters max) between building with a broken underground conduit.

  At the secondary location we have various machinery (3 CNC machines, 10 PCs, 10 VOIP phones, printers). What would you recommend for bandwidth/latency requirements in regard to the Ubiquity products (love their stuff by the way!)?

  CTMBOB

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Ubiquiti UniFi Wireless

Wireless networks are everywhere. Getting the right WiFi gear, and making sure it's configured to its peak performance is important, and not always straightforward.

Step 1: Unbox

Hopefully, you've already figured out how to do this step on your own.

Step 2: Connect your workstation to the 'root bridge' using a 192.168.1.x address - NOT 192.168.1.20.

'Root bridge' is a Cisco term for the P2P device actually, physically wired to your network. The device on the other end of the bridge is referred to as the 'Non-root Bridge.' This is also referred to as the 'Mesh Point' by some vendors.

Once you've setup your workstation's networking to the above settings, be sure you're connected to the NanoBeam M5's LAN interface and point your browser to 192.168.1.20. Default username/password is ubnt/ubnt

Step 3: System changes

Change the login/password

Step 4: Wireless changes

Make the following changes:
- Wireless —> Mode: backbone=AP - mesh point (remote)=Station
- Wireless —> WDS (Transparent Bridge) Mode: ENABLED
- Wireless —> SSID: change SSID
- Wireless —> Wireless Security —> Security: WPA2-AES. Change the key.

Step 5: Network changes

Make the following changes:
- Network —> mode: Bridge
- Network —> Mgmt Net Settings: configure and set to static

Step 6: Time Zone

Make the following change:
- System —> change device name and time zone

Step 7: Make same changes to 'Mesh Point'

Make the same changes from steps 3,4,5,&6 to the Mesh Point.

Step 8: Physically setup the transceivers at their correct locations.

There is about a 35-degree angle that is allowable for these devices, which should give you a very good margin of error.

Step 9: Start networking!

Enjoy your new wireless bridge! =)

16 Comments

• Pimiento
  rudraghosh2 Dec 25, 2014 at 09:10pm

  Hi All,

  I am planning to provide internet for an area of 2 km. Will use open mesh APs and a Radius server to authenticate users to login along with squid proxy for cache.

  The leased line will be connected to a router --->switch --->SQUID Proxy--->NAS---->Radius Servers--->Switch--->access point(main)--->access points(clients)--->User.

  I will use a ASP.net to create a page for the user login which will be intregated to the RADIUS server. The users will be configured in AD.

  What do u suggest. will this work???

  Regards,
  Rudra

• Jalapeno
  emile74890 Feb 13, 2015 at 11:04am

  @Rudraghosh2, this is not the way to do that. These ptp connections don't provide wifi for CPE clients. You need a PTMP system and at every remote client you need an accespoint for the CPE clients.

• Pimiento
  lineshkumar Feb 18, 2015 at 03:42am

  Hi I need to connect 2 sites with a point to point link they are over 25km apart, will the Nano Beam do the job?

• Chipotle
  DaddyDoodle Feb 18, 2015 at 03:50am

  According to the Ubiquiti site, the M5-19 will do 15km and above. Never tried that; however, that's what the site says. Here's the link: http://www.ubnt.com/airmax/nanobeamm/

• Pimiento
  lineshkumar Feb 18, 2015 at 04:09am

  yeah been through the site and videos understand the install, what I am not sure about is will i have to install towers and have a direct line of sight between the 2 Nanos ..

• Chipotle
  DaddyDoodle Feb 18, 2015 at 04:13am

  At 25km, I would definitely say towers are necessary. I would consult an PE (professional engineer) to determine earth curvature and line of site requirements for height. The AP's have a fantastic built-in utility for zeroing in the signal - but you've got to be able to 'see' each other first.

• Pimiento
  lineshkumar Feb 18, 2015 at 04:25am

  thanks mate, makes sense... that just confirms my suspicion, I will have to get a clear line of site.

• Poblano
  Solomon B Jun 8, 2015 at 10:05pm

  Resurrecting an old thread here for the googlers down the road. Cambium (used to be Motorola PTP) has a great tool for wireless link planning called 'LinkPlanner'. I have used it many times to run PTP link studies for all kinds of wireless links. It is usually pretty close on it's signal strength calculations.

  Fine Print: I am not an employee or distributor for Cambium and have/will not receive any benefit from this post.

• Pimiento
  keerthipandiang Aug 7, 2015 at 05:48am

  linesh we can make the connectivity by taking proper LOS survey ,i have done point to point connectivity upto 25 km

• Pimiento
  Celestem Sep 15, 2015 at 01:47pm

  To connect to buildings could I use this setup. They are really close, no more than a mile and no interruption between them. I just need to do the bridge because the underground cable is damaged. do you recommend the Nanobeam or the nanostation to do the bridge setup? I just need to devices, nothing else, right?

• Chipotle
  DaddyDoodle Sep 15, 2015 at 01:51pm

  That's correct and that's precisely what I use it for. I've got 5 different P2P's with these setup in various locations. Greatest distance at our school is probably 100 yards. Shortest distance is no more than 30 yards.

• Pimiento
  nisarali2 Nov 27, 2016 at 10:37am

  Hii team

  Actually I wanted to connect my 2 branch office lan network which is in two different building distance between that two building is around 200 mtr so I purchased 2 nano beam m5 19 device to do the same
  On yesterday I have installed my both devices in that building terrace now I wanted to configure so I can joint that 2 office lan with each other can you help me with how to configure so I can access both branch office lan network

• Pimiento
  jeromiediamond2 Nov 14, 2017 at 09:36pm

  Is it realistic to use a bridge, point to point, hooked with the transmission side with a VPN Router?

  I was tasked from the boss to research a 100mi wireless bridge, on the cheap.
  Site to site is out of the question, however, close enough to an IT group that has a fairly tall enough building that I can use their network, because of the low usage, less than 5Gb/month. So from their modem to a pre-programmed VPN router out the transmission to the site, ~30 miles away.

  Any thoughts?

• Chipotle
  DaddyDoodle Nov 14, 2017 at 09:41pm

  100 miles is probably too far for this implementation. 100 meters? Just fine. But 100 miles - nope. My recommendation would be a hardware-based site-to-site VPN.

• Sonora
  CTMBOB Jun 11, 2019 at 04:01pm

  DaddyDoodle,

  We have a small distance (50 meters max) between building with a broken underground conduit.

  At the secondary location we have various machinery (3 CNC machines, 10 PCs, 10 VOIP phones, printers). What would you recommend for bandwidth/latency requirements in regard to the Ubiquity products (love their stuff by the way!)?

  CTMBOB

• prev
• 1
• 2
• next

Ubiquiti Networking

Whether you have Ubiquiti EdgeMAX Switches or Ubiquiti UniFi gear, let Willie Howe Technology manage your network.

With the expertise to configure and maintain your Ubiquiti Edge Router (ER) or Ubiquiti UniFi Security Gateway (USG), we'll have your network running smoothly.

Ubiquiti Networks Stock

Ubiquiti UniFi Wireless

Wireless networks are everywhere. Getting the right WiFi gear, and making sure it's configured to its peak performance is important, and not always straightforward.

Wille Howe Technology can help get your network from planning to inception.

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