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

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?

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?

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?