Ac version?

uap ac lr - 510 per unit, exclude gst and delivery

Hi Pandera999, I am keen to move to an edgerouter for my 500mb time fiber connection at home. Currently using an Asus rt-ac68u as router/AP combo device. It's good and stable but I'm curious about ubiquiti now

Thinking of having an edgerouter dedicated to routing ie with NAT and the Asus as my dual band AP. What do you recommend - the erx or erlite? Do quote your prices too if you don't mind. Thanks.

hi, im using ERLite for tm fiber for time being.... and want to switch time fiber soon too.... there is something good and bad bout ubiquiti honestly to say. the good thing is, its suitable for sme, and can customized using CLI due to build in linux in router. and can be configured according to ur needs, + support load balancing features in case you have 2 different ISP. the bad is, it might be pricey for some people especially home user. sometimes, hard to configure as well.

if you are using it for home using, i recommend u to get ERX around RM326 (not include gst and delivery)

edge router lite is suitable if you have switches, but if u are home user, its might be not that suitable for you unless you have switches.

p/s: i dont sell ubnt... i just create garage sales for my friend... since she is handle everything so far and using my acc to view sometimes. since there is no ubiquiti discussion thread here, therefore i create one to get more feedback from user.

This post has been edited by pandera999: Sep 16 2016, 04:35 PM

ER-X seems to have high speed processor but lower RAM that ER-Lite. Still not too sure which can really support a 500mbps WAN.

I have gigabit switches, no worries about the limited Ethernet ports on both routers.

500mbps... well... what will u use it for? may explain in detail

I'm already using an Asus RT-AC68U with my 500Mb Time Fibre connection. Home user here with about 12 devices (wireless and wired). Biggest use case is concurrent streaming of HD media - Netflix, iFlix, Youtube, Spotify and web browsing. I don't need VPN server functionality or DMZ and such.

My question is - will the ER-X or ER-Lite be a better NAT router for my home vs. the RT-AC68U? Or am I better off using consumer-grade stuff like Netgear, Linksys, Asus?

ER-Lite is much suitable and sustain your packet transfer need.. but it comes with 3 port only and not support wifi. u might need asus router to become dumb router to broadcast wifi since u have few devices that will access internet through it.....

So ER-Lite it is then, slower CPU but more RAM and with hardware acceleration too, I believe.

3 ports, i.e. 1 for WAN (PPPOE). Can the remaining 2 ethernet ports be grouped into a LAN?

Need to expand the LAN port with a gigabit switch. No problem. I've managed Fortigate and Netscreen firewalls in my previous job plus used PFSense before, so learning the CLI is not a big issue.

Yeah, if I go for the ER-Lite the plan is to set the AC68U as my dual band wifi access point.

How much does the ER-Lite go for, buddy?

then it should be not an issue to u to have this ER-Lite...

yes.. 2 remaining port can be grouped into LAN... and its fully customize router.. with user friendly interface.. i pm u the price.

Hi,
Can you give the cheapest solution to create point-to-point wireless connection between 2 buildings upto 2km apart? And also suitable for weather condition in Malaysia (a lot of rain, thunder etc.). As for bandwidth, it is not important, I only need 10mbs connection between the two points. Thanks.

This post has been edited by zebrabiker: Sep 20 2016, 12:41 PM

can use NanoBeam 5AC-19 due to good outdoor design and loss signal is much less during heavy rain+thunder. even there is lightning rod nearby, i still suggest to put surge arrestor to prevent damage..

Thanks for the very quick reply
I edited my post but you answered it too fast..

Like I mentioned in my edited post, I dont need a lot of bandwidth, only enough for internet connection between the 2 points about 10mbs. In addition, the elevation of the points will be quite low and so the signal might go through some trees. Are there any other cheaper but reliable alternatives that fit my requirements?

welcome powerbeam as alternative (have dish) but once again, we did have test it before, during heavy rain + trees blocking.. signal interference kinda worse.. that was 600m distance... as your case, 2km distance will be a very big issue...

baru terjebak dengan ubnt. sedang mencari USG 2nd kalau ada yang nak jual murah2

maybe at garage sales..

The distance is actually only about 500m and I have just checked the line of sight between the two points seems to be clear from trees and other obstructions. From the information I got in ubiquiti forum, signal below 10ghz is not affected by rain but I dont know about heavy rain. I think my setup would be possible with either litebeam or nanobeam from what I have gathered, powerbeam is way out of my budget.

My big concern is now how to protect the two stations from direct lightning strikes. Does a lightning arrester attached on top of of the mounting beam going to help the stations from being hit by lightning?

nanobeam is should be efficient enuf to deliver good speed and able to work well during heavy rain and thunder. according to my friend in malaysia, he did setup it on 1 company in puchong which the company use nanobeam as temporary device. distance was 600m. nanobeam giving good air quality.

surge arrestor usually put behind that protect the device not really attach on mounting beam.
so, nanobeam will be expose outside.. and surge arrestor usually put behind nanobeam but not on the mounting pole

From what I understood from the diagram you gave, the lightning arrester will protect the poe adapter and other networking devices if the nanobeam is hit by lightning but of course the nanobeam would be destroyed. What I meant in my previous post, I dont want lightning to hit the nanobeam but I used the wrong word, what I meant was lightning rod when I said lightning arrester. So, if I put a lightning rod, properly grounded above and near the nanobeam would it help to protect the nanobeam against lightning strike?

yes.... exactly... because there is must be lighting rod that will attract the lightning some anything surrounding will not get strike.. but for peace of mind... its better to have lightning arrestor to protect the device..