XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.repair   
   From: _arlen.george@halder.edu   
      
   On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:49:58 -0000 (UTC), Dan Purgert wrote:   
      
   > Because it's a Powerbeam.   
      
   Hi Dan Purgert,   
      
   The useful takeaway is that we can fix our WiFi range by miles.   
      
   Facts:   
   o On the outside, it's called a "nanobeam"   
        
   o On the inside, it's called a "powerbeam"   
        
   o And, the dish is steel.   
        
      
   Assessment:   
   o Moving forward, I'll call it a "powerbeam"   
        
      
   In that photo above, you can use just the horn to extend your range by   
   bridging your laptop Ethernet to WiFi, without much fuss as it's light   
   plastic.   
      
   Essentially, you set up the router software & then you can plug that   
   powerbeam horn into any Ethernet ready laptop or desktop to vastly extend   
   the WiFi range. Except for price, this beats a USB dongle (IMHO), where   
   it's certainly no more costly than adding a repeater would be.   
      
   You can use the laptop with both horn & dish, but it's gonna be bigger.   
    At one time, the 400mm (and 620mm) diameter dish radios were known as   
   > "Nanobeam". As I recall, they were intended to replace the Nanobridge   
   > lineup; and retained the "Nano-" prefix, to stick with the other   
   > "All-in-one" radios that also have the "Nano-" prefix (i.e. the   
   > Nanostation and Nanostation Loco).   
   >   
   > However, They were renamed to "Powerbeam" due to people getting confused   
   > between the naming schemes:   
   >   
   >   NBE-M5-400 "Nanobeam" with a 400mm ~25 dBi antenna   
   >       vs.   
   >   NBE-M5-1* "Nanobeam" with a ~200mm 16 or 19 dBi antenna.   
   >   
   > Yes, there are obviously used units with the wrong stickers (such as a   
   > "Nanobeam-M2-400"), because they were made / sold before the rename   
   > occurred -- but as you pointed out, they internally refer to themselves   
   > by the correct name ("Powerbeam").   
   >   
   > Therefore, the unit you keep referring to as a "Nanobeam" is, in fact, a   
   > "Powerbeam".   
   >   
   > Perhaps you're familiar with "The artist formerly known as Prince"?   
      
   I have no problem naming the device formerly known as a nanobeam as a    
   "powerbeam".   
   o I was never one to quibble about such semantic things anyway   
      
   It's the trolls who can only quibble about such things that cloud the   
   otherwise adult technical valuable conversations on Usenet.   
      
   Back to JP Gilliver's question and to pjp's question   
   o I think any of the suggested Ubiquiti WiFi devices will work.   
      
   A LOS kilometer is puny for WiFi with these things, is it not?   
      
   Since we're trying to repair his Internet signal, we need to know of pjp   
   a. What country   
   b. What wind conditions   
      
   > If he purchases a "5AC" device, there is no question about "setup".   
   > They cannot do 802.11 wifi, at all, end of discussion.   
      
   Let's clarify a few things for the general observer of this thread on that.   
      
   1. Since we're discussing TWIN devices, this "5AC" idea is feasible.   
   2. However, the distances are puny where 802.11 LOS will work just fine.   
   3. Plus, "5AC" generally costs more, where it's not needed (IMHO).   
   4. And the setup requires, at least "slightly" more knowledge.   
   5. Worse, WiFi re-use, which I do all the time Dan, is not possible.   
      
   Bear in mind, once you have one of these devices, you find uses for them!   
      
      
   Simply because, at WiFi they are as powerful as you can possibly get.   
   --   
   The useful takeaway is that you can extend your WiFi range by miles.   
      
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