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Tue, 07/26/2016 - 20:28
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KD7VEA
is the NanoBridge M2-22 supported?
I am looking at buying a bulk lot of nanobridge m2-22 nodes, but I am wondering if those are supported under the AREDN firmware?  thanks
Jake
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Tue, 07/26/2016 - 22:15
AE6XE
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Jake, 
Jake, 

I'm looking at the AirMax M Series "nanobridge" product sheet:  https://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/nanobridgem/nbm_ds_web.pdf 

There is only the NB-M218.   Could this bulk lot be "nanobeems" or something else?  
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Wed, 07/27/2016 - 15:20
KD7VEA
here is the link to the ebay
here is the link to the ebay listing, thia will give you all of the same info that I have. http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-pack-used-Ubiquiti-NanoBridge-M2-wireless-brid... . I just want to be sure they are going to work before I order 10 of these. thanks Jake KD7VEA
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Wed, 07/27/2016 - 15:48
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AE6XE
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This looks like the supported
This looks like the supported NBM2. I suspect a hopefully not intentional typo, it's a 5GHz NB that has 22 dBi gain, not the 2Ghz.
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Wed, 07/27/2016 - 15:56
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K6AH
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These are NB-2G18

These are NB-2G18's.  They're M2, not M5.  I bought 2, 5-packs last month from this guy.  They're a real good deal at $32 a piece.  They need clean-up when you get them, but so far all have worked fine.   And as you will see from our Matrix, the 2G18 is supported by AREDN.

Andre

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Wed, 08/31/2016 - 17:59
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kc8rgo
I bought a five pack.
I bought a five pack.

One is an M2 w/ 5.6 software.  Where is the previous 5.5 version?  Thanks.

Also one of my 5 units is an M5.   I have asked vendor to send either another M5 or M2.  The M5 would give me a pair.
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Wed, 08/31/2016 - 19:39
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kc8rgo
The unit was actually an M2,
The unit was actually an M2, but the enclosure said M5.
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Wed, 08/31/2016 - 21:02
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AE6XE
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http://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares
http://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/XN-fw/v5.5.11/XM.v5.5.11.28002.150723.1344.bin


 
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Wed, 08/31/2016 - 21:31
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kc8rgo
Joe, I have that one, but the

Thanks, Joe, I have that one, but the unit just hangs for ever.  Tried it a couple of times.  Get the message about non support of long passwords, then "Please wait, updating Firmware.
Reboot via power plug goes back to the 5.6.2 version.

The software on the unit is 

Firmware Version: XM.v5.6.2
Build Number: 27929
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Wed, 08/31/2016 - 21:34
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K5DLQ
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try a different web browser..
try a different web browser...
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Wed, 08/31/2016 - 21:48
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kc8rgo
Ahhhh GEEEZE - I have been
Ahhhh GEEEZE - I have been here before - should have known!!!   DAH!!!

It works w/ Chrome, but NOT IE.  Thanks Darryl - second time I got stupid in the last year.
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Thu, 07/28/2016 - 00:30
KD7VEA
Thanks everyone, I am going
Thanks everyone, I am going to order a couple of 5 packs to distribute locally, I just didn't want to get stuck with 10 units that would not work.
Jake
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Sat, 07/30/2016 - 18:28
K7OPA
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access
Andre - were you furnished with logins and password for the AirOS or did you just flash them directly with the AREDN SW?
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Sat, 07/30/2016 - 21:34
K6AH
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Defaulted
Username and password were defaulted to "ubnt".
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Thu, 08/04/2016 - 18:09
K7OPA
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Guys,
Guys,
My 5 pack arrived today.  I am having a devil of a time separating the feed from the feed support, for cleaning and routing of cable.  Any tips?
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Thu, 08/04/2016 - 18:21
K6AH
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Use a screwdriver blade...
There's a slot on the barrel.  Use a screwdriver blade to pry the slot open enough to release the retaining tang.  I agree they could have done a better job of engineering that.

Andre, K6AH
 
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Thu, 08/04/2016 - 19:41
K7OPA
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OK, I did that but they were
OK, I did that but they were all stuck tight. Anyway a little WD40 and time and I was able to pry them loose.
Interestingly all 5 had different sw versions but all 5.5 or earlier. All working - great - new toys!!
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Sun, 08/28/2016 - 13:00
K7OPA
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Nano bridge update

I mentioned in my last post that all 5 nodes were working - what I meant to say is all 5 booted to AirOS.  I have one node that is ubnt sw v5.3.  When I try to upgrade to AREDN it says insufficient memory???  I thought I could maybe update to 5.5.x sw then try again BUT ubnt site only shows 5.6.x sw versions.
Anyone else have this problem - any ideas on a workaround??
tx Ron K7OPA
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Sorry - false alarm - I was in the wrong section of the System page.  Operator Error !!

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Sun, 08/28/2016 - 17:27
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K6AH
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SW=Older Pre-M devices
I think the SW devices are all the pre-"M" devices which are not supported by AREDN.
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Mon, 08/29/2016 - 22:01
KD2EVR
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Thanks for the tip-off on

Thanks for the tip-off on these.  I received mine today and got the first one is assembled and flashed - so far so good! 

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Tue, 11/15/2016 - 21:54
K7OPA
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various quality
I have had several of these surplus units up and running on short (1-2miles) paths.  Have notice the LQ and NLQ fluctuate wildly at times.  Swapped out one unit and the second unit appeared to be much stronger on throughput.  Has anyone seen similar results?  DO these units degrade over time or tend to just stop working altogether?

tx,Ron K7OPA
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