[Mesh] connecting to Laney College 5ghz node

[Matthew Senate]

ah k so this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-BULLET-M5-HP-Outdoor-802-11n-M5HP/dp/B002SYTPMU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414141426&sr=8-1&keywords=ubiquiti+bullet+M5

It's too bad that this similar Mikrotik is cheaper:
http://www.amazon.com/Mikrotik-RouterBOARD-Groove-52HPn-Atheros-802-11a/dp/B00HX3KNH2/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1414141989&sr=8-7&keywords=mikrotik+5ghz
but it looks like you have to connect via serial port in order to flash the
firmware: https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=39240

// Matt

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Marc Juul <juul at labitat.dk> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> hey all,
>>
>> I'd like to implement a connection to the 5ghz node sitting on top of the
>> 7-story building at Laney College.
>>
>> We've got some 5ghz antennas:
>> http://www.l-com.com/wireless-antenna-49-58-ghz-27-dbi-lightweight-die-cast-grid-antenna
>>
>> I believe we do have some 5ghz Ubiquiti Nanostations, but as far as I'm
>> aware we would have to hack them to work with the directional antennas we
>> have around. Sub-ideal.
>>
>> Looking for a cheap alternative, I'm thinking about buying one or two of
>> these Ubiquiti Bullet5 routers:
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/UbiQuiti-Bullet5-5GHz-802-11a-100mW-outdoor-wireless-access-point-/121086674675?pt=US_Wireless_Access_Points&hash=item1c315406f3
>>
>> Yes awesome, but don't buy Bullet 5, buy Bullet M5. We don't want any
> more of previous generation wifi ubiquiti gear, especially not the bullets
> (they can't even run our firmware).
>
> --
> marc/juul
>
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