Programming the nanostation for the freelynk project
The NanoStation will forever be a favorite of ours. Incredibly easy to setup and get working. Minimal aiming necessary when pointing towards the main antenna, and can easily support WiFi Speeds of 100Mbps.A powerhouse and a trooper, we salute the NanoStation.
This tutorial will explain how to program the NanoStation M series wireless bridge. These are great for use with OMNI directional antennas with Rocket base station radios.
Lets begin
1. Navigate to the default unifi device IP of 192.168.1.20. From there enter the default login credentials. "ubnt/ubnt"
2. Once logged in, follow the prompt to change the default username and password.
3. Clicking on the key will open the password change boxes. You may also change the user name at this time, and we recommend that you do. For this tutorial we left the user name as ubnt but changed the password for you to follow along with.
4. Old password was as before stated "ubnt", then click the change button in the lower right.
5. Navigate to the network settings tab
6. Change the default IP of 192.168.1.20 to something either inside of your network range or at least different from default. Click the change button at the lower right after you've made your changes. When prompted don't forget to use the "Test" option.
7. When the changes are applied, if you aren't automatically redirected to the new IP address, go there yourself to continue.
8. New user name and password we recently changed
9. Apply the network changes we just tested with.
10. Navigate to the wireless tab
11. Make sure your Wireless Mode is set to station, then click the select button next to the SSID box
12. Find your rocket radio base station, select it, then click Lock to AP
13. If you set WPA2 security (like you should have) then you'll be prompted to enter the password at this point. Enter it then click the change button.
14. Always use the Test option in case we messed something up and need to revert changes
15. Apply the changes if everything reboots and is working like it should
16. When it successfully reboots and is working correctly, you should be able to see your connection status with the rocket station feeding the NanoStation.
17. Navigate to the advanced settings, then enable POE passthrough. This will come in handy for later when attaching a solar panel and WiFi access point to our NanoStation. Click change at the bottom when ready.
18. Test the settings before you apply them
19. If the reboot is successful and everything works correctly apply the settings change.
20. If your settings are correct you should be able to see your connection strength to the rocket antenna on the back of your NanoStation. If you're within 50 feet of the antenna you'll probably have full signal strength. Experiment a little with the signal strength and become familiar with it. In the next tutorials we will go on to show you how to attach the NanoStation to a SolarLynk!