Compatibility with Ubiquiti Bullet5

Hi,

I have OmniTIK U-5HnD and I use it as AP for users.

On client side, cpe is Ubiquiti Bullet5 with dish antenna or Ubiquiti airGrid.

There is 11 clients connected, and they are allowed to use 3-6mb/s.

These days I started to worry about compatibility with old bullet5 clients. I’m not sure are MT as ap and Ubiquiti as cpe good combination.

My wireless setting are on screenshot below:
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Does somebody have combination like me?
I like to use MT on towers because they have powerful software, and Ubiquiti equipment because I buy them for price a much lower than actual market price.

hay bro hope u already running this kind of network, so did u got it compatible???
OmniTIK U-5HnD as a tower and powergrid on client site is this working???
Even Im planning for the same!!!
What is total throughput u r getting???

You can use Mikrotik APs in 802.11 with wds-mode=dynamic, and ubnt stations with WDS enabled if you need true layer2 transparency with no inter-operatibility problems.

However, to extract the maximum from your infrastructure, you should be using a wireless mode that uses TDMA.

Each brand has its own, propietary TDMA implementations which aren’t compatible between them: Mikrotik = nstreme / Nv2, ubnt = Airmax

Mixing AP/station brands prevents you from using TDMA, forcing you to use regular 802.11 wireless protocol (no TDMA), which won’t scale as well as TDMA.

Your equipment choices aren’t ideal:

1.- You’re mixing brands (No TDMA)
2.- You’re using an Omni, which is the worst choice for regular AP deployment
3.- You’re using a dual chain AP radio, with a single chain station radios
4.- You’re using a station radio (bullet) that additionally needs an external antenna (more expense, and chances of the N connection developing problems due to weather).

I’m not sure how cheap you get the airgrids/bullets, but I doubt this setup will save you money in the mid, nor even in the short term if you factor in single chain performance or extra costs like the external antenna.

I’m afraid you picked just the worst possible options available to mix.

Use same AP/station brand equipment. You can use budget-conscious equipment, like integrated sectors as the SXT SA, and mANTBOX. Great CPE options to match: SXT lite (until 5km), LHG-5 for > 5km.

That will enable you to make the max out of the equipment, exploiting TDMA, dual chains, and the lack of external antenna connectors will save you from one of the main typical sources of problems.

Pukkita explained very well. 100+ from me!