| Jan 2011 Newsletter |
| News from Freenet Antennas |
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Ubiquiti's New UniFi
Start with one ... scale to thousands.
UniFi is a revolutionary WiFi system which combines carrier class performance, unlimited scalability, disruptive pricing, and a virtual management controller.
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More Features:
- Maps
- Remote firmware upgrade
- Statistics
- Guest portal support
- Events & Alerts
- Users and Guests
- One UniFied network
- Wall or Ceiling mount
- POE
More Information:
http://ubnt.com/unifi
Availability:
These units should start shipping from the factory in about Feb-2011. We hope to have stock in March 2011.
Tell us of Your Success

Do you have a WiFi success story you would like to share with other Freenet Antennas customers? If so email us the details and we might publish in our next newsletter.
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NanoBridges in The Pilbara WA
This photo shows the relay point on a hill joining separate 4km and 1.7 km links giving a total path length of 5.7 km. The link is in the Pilbara WA and was installed by a major mining company.
This node is solar powered (Solar cells/batteries not shown). The end of one link is circled in red. The Ubiquiti units are 22 dBi NanoBridges
Performance:
Connect Speeds
- Link 1: TX/RX = 300/300 Mbps
- Link 2: TX/RX = 300/300 Mbps
TCP/IP Speeds
- Link 1: 134 Mbps (as measured by the iperf tool in the NanoBridges)
- Link 2: Not measured
- End to End: 92 Mbps (passing through the 100 Mbps ethernet ports)
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Recommended Firmware
Each month we will update this table.
| Device |
Recommended Firmware |
Comments |
| UltraWAP-G V2 |
V1.31 |
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| UltraWAP-N |
Factory FW |
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| Ubiquiti a/b/g |
V3.5.1 |
Lock ACK to 20% more than actual distance |
| Ubiquiti "M" |
V5.2.1 |
Stable with Auto ACK |
| RouterStation(Pro) |
OpenWRT Backfire 10.03 |
Supports MIMO (SR71-12/15 radio cards) |
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