| March 2013 Newsletter |
| News from Freenet Antennas |
Recent Ubiquiti Webinar
Live Date: 14-Feb: UniFi V3
[Watch on Youtube]
Ubiquiti has announced V3 of the UniFi controller software. There are a number of very significant enhancements.
- Multi-Site Management
You can now have ONE controller managing more than one UniFi network. So you can now manage multiple customer networks from one controller instance.
- Seamless Roaming/Zero Handoff
Roaming performance has been improved. Ubiqiuiti has added AP-to-AP communication to manage the handoff of a roaming client device (Laptop, smart phone, ...) between APs. Significantly, this is done without requiring adding software/drivers to the client device. The client device is actually unaware when the switch happens; there is no disconnect/reconnect as far as the client device is concerned.
- WLAN Groups
Better control over different classes of user within one organisation
- Rogue AP Detection
Notification if someone adds an AP to the LAN with the same SSID as you are managing.
- SNMP Support
MIB now exists for UniFi devices, so that other management platforms can query UniFi values.
- Improved Load Balancing
Limit client connections based on signal level, and set max. client connections per AP.
- Same Hardware
All of the above features will run on all existing UniFi hardware. It is just a software upgrade.
For more information, I urge you to watch the Youtube video.
Ubiquiti YouTube Channel
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AirVision 2 Announced
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Ubiquiti has announced the BETA testing has started for AirVison2. This is an exciting re-design and re-write of the AirVison system.
Some highlights are:
- Works on existing Ubiquiti camera hardware. (No need to buy new cameras)
- In-camera motion detection (Less network traffic, less controller CPU load)
- 10 times faster
- Audio (microphone) support
- H.264 video support
- Android/Apple viewers (in development)
- Optional NVR 'appliance' (in development). This Network Video Recorder in-a-box includes a 500 GB disk and will greatly simplify customer installations.
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Win More Business
We now have in stock these 6-page, A4 folded brochures.
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- Promote Ubiquiti products in Australia to your customers
- No price or vendor information.
- Printed on 150 gsm gloss paper in full colour.
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Make your bids/quotes more professional by attaching these brochures.
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Upcoming Products
The products below have been announced. We will keep you updated via this newsletter as we learn more.
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The following new products are expected in stock approx end of May.
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1U Universal Rack System
Holds any two of the following:
EdgeMAX Lite Router
Tough Switch (5 port)
Tough Switch Pro (8 port)
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1U Rack System - ToughSwitch-8-Pro
Holds any two of the following:
Tough Switch Pro (8 port)
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Wall Mount for TS-Pro
The Tough Switch Wall Mount will hold one Ubiquiti Tough Switches Pro 8 port.
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Exterior Ethernet Cable Anchor |
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Exterior Ethernet Cable Clip
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Cluster Mount - 6 Gang
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TOUGHSwitch - POE Switches
Ubiquiti has announced their range of POE switches.
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EdgeRouter-Lite
This is the first product announced in the EdgeMAX Router series. Ubiquiti has given us a ship date that means we should have these in stock by the end of April.
The world’s lowest price, one million packet-per-second router. Powered by the feature rich EdgeOS featuring a next-generation graphical user interface.
Outstanding Performance and Value
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See these reports:
Features
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(Layer-3 base forwarding) 1,000,000 pps for 64-byte packets. Line rate (3 Gbps) across all three ports for 512-byte packets and higher |
| CPU |
Dual-core MIPS64 processor with hardware acceleration for packet processing and encryption/decryption |
| Ethernet |
3 RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet ports |
| Memory |
512 MB DDR2 RAM |
| Storage |
2 GB |
| Console |
1 RJ-45 serial console port |
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Mid-Gain 5GHz Titanium Sector Antenna
Ubiquiti has announced a smaller cousin to the variable-gain/variable-beam-width 5GHz Sector Antenna.
Antenna
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Gain(dBi)
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Beamwidth (Deg) |
Height (cm) |
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| AM-V5G-Ti |
19 to 21 |
60 to 120 |
721 |
Now |
$354 |
| AM-M-V5G-Ti |
15 to 17 |
60 to 120 |
385 |
April |
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New Products
The products are now in stock.
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airGridM
airGrid M provides incredible price/performance for airMAX Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) applications, or just Point-to-Point applications.
These are functionally the same as a Ubiquiti BulletM2/BulletM5, matched with a grid reflector. As such they are SISO (Single channel) units, and run slower than the MIMO (Dual Channel) cousins (e.g. NanoStationM, RocketM, ...)
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airGridM Point-to-Point Links
You can buy complete PtP links based on the AirGrids; both 2.4 and 5 GHz.
These kits come with:
- 2 x AirGids (antennas/radios/POE injectors/AC Cables),
- 2 x 20m grounded, outdoor rated POE cables,
- Pre-configuration, and
- Testing
You just install.
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Console Cable for EdgeRouter
The EdgeRouter has a cisco-compatible serial port (DB9 to RJ45). We have them in stock.
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Ubiquiti Training - airMAX
Upcoming scheduled courses:
CeBit - Sydney - 2013 May 28-20
Come see the Ubiquiti stand at CeBit 2013.
For a Free Exhibition Ticket (valid for all 3 days), Register Now.
Tell us of Your Success
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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. |
Recommended Firmware
Each month we will update this table.
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Tolly Report vs Cisco/Juniper
