i am wanting to use this to share wifi between two houses. Does this come with both send/receive modules or do i need to purchase 2 for this to work?
1439877
Yes you need two for the best result. I have mine running a 1/4 mile apart with no problems.
1439878
Each Ubiquiti NanoStation Loco is a transceiver which means that each one has both a send and receive capability. Of course you need one Loco at each house.
1439879
it depends how far apart the houses are and the house that is not hooked up direct will have a weeker signal
1080599
Think of the Actiontek pwr214k01 as a base unit and a receiver. This sends your wifi signal to one unit and would work in most applications. But if you have a greater area to cover, i.e. larger house, garage area, or pool area, then you would want the additional two receivers of the Actiontek pwr211k01 to cover those areas.
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It is connected via an ethernet cable (no wireless). Personally I bought a cheap wireless bridge ( Edimax EW-7228APn 150Mbps 11n Wireless Range Extender/Access Point with 5 Port Switch ) and plugged the receiver and all my other internet-saavy A/V equipment into that. I figure I will never need to stream more than 1 of those devices at once so why not plug them into a single point.
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You would only need one of these devices. Keep in mind that this is an older model and does employ the latest 802.11 AC standard with 3 antennas. The new AC standard is significantly faster and has significant more range using both 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz frequencies. I understand that it can send and receive at the same time using multiple "channels" on the same frequency and hence throughput is much higher and latency significantly reduced. I use this model for our community pool (25 meters) and it has incredible range and easily covers the entire property, but it is very SLOW as it is 802.11 B and G (not N or AC). Get the newer model. You would only need one of these devices. Keep in mind that this is an older model and does employ the latest 802.11 AC standard with 3 antennas. The new AC standard is significantly faster and has significant more range using both 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz frequencies. I understand that it can send and receive at the same time using multiple "channels" on the same frequency and hence throughput is much higher and latency significantly reduced. I use this model for our community pool (25 meters) and it has incredible range and easily covers the entire property, but it is very SLOW as it... » Read More You would only need one of these devices. Keep in mind that this is an older model and does employ the latest 802.11 AC standard with 3 antennas. The new AC standard is significantly faster and has significant more range using both 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz frequencies. I understand that it can send and receive at the same time using multiple "channels" on the same frequency and hence throughput is much higher and latency significantly reduced. I use this model for our community pool (25 meters) and it has incredible range and easily covers the entire property, but it is very SLOW as it is 802.11 B and G (not N or AC). Get the newer model. « Show Less
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How far is your WiFi from the location where the M5 will be? Do you have line of sight with a clear Fresnel zone? I would say yes to using two. Normal WiFi routers don't have the strength to TX more than 100 feet or so. You place both of these in P2P mode and they will work well.
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Yes, they typically come packaged with two. I recently upgraded to the newer and much smaller NetGear Powerline 200 Mini Ethernet Adapters (2-Pack) - White/ Model: XAVB1301100PAS SKU: 1612494. They seem to be working well for $50-$60 for the pair.
1073889
Just one. It is just modem and don't have router compatibility. You will have to buy additional router to have WiFi.
1401200
No this won't work. You would need 2 of these to go to a router/switch if you wanted to share a single Ethernet line.
2009098
Yes. You can use multiple extenders in the same house. Each must be able to connect to the primary router.
1304693
Yes, I bought it for this exact reason since my stereo receiver upstairs in my loft required an Ethernet connection. The wifi is really weak upstairs in my house so I also attached a wireless access point to one of the ports and now my loft has 3 hard wired connections and wireless coverage. They work very well too! You will need more than one to make it work though. They sell them in kits. This is just for one.
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Yes, you need two or more of these. These are especially good for house to house since they transmit and receive a relatively long distance. Regular so-called wireless intercoms depend on the house electrical wiring and do not often work if the units are in different houses. Remember, since these transmit over the air, your communication can be monitored by others who use the same channels within a few miles.
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I have a fairly large house and my wifi signal tended to drop off in certain areas, so I added a second AirPort Extreme to extend my network. But, that actually "cuts the signal in half" in that configuration. Sorry, only a closet tech person so I am sure I just butchered this explanation. To get around this, I used the powerline kit. I plugged one in by my main airport and the other by my second airport. Ran Ethernet to each from the airport. Also made sure these were the only thing plugged into the outlet. On the second airport, rather than extend my network, I set it up as stand alone with the same netiwork name and password. It is setup as a roaming network. The primary airport provides the dhcp services and the second is setup in bridge mode. Google "two AirPort Extreme on same network" and there is a good apple support article about this. My network performance improved by a huge amount after I set this up.
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Absolutely yes, I have that setup in my house now. Just a tip, use the second router as just an access point. Don't let the second router assign local IP addresses. I followed the instructions in this link http://www.tested.com/tech/298-how-to-use-an-old-router-to-expand-your-wi-fi-network/
2280229
No you need 2 units, one for the router and one for the modem, then multiple ethernet cables ti connect it all
2143689
You have two units in this box. The start point for the signal and the end point. You can not make this work without both. The price point for this bundle is right on point for the quality you get. I am using it in a shed on the corner of my property ( 500' away from home ) and get consistent 5MB/sec speeds. This speed is good enough to watch video on medium settings, for example or to listen to internet radio .. etc.
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Hi Brian, you can use two extenders in one network, but you won't be able to "chain" two of them together to further extend the signal. If you're having trouble getting signal downstairs even with an extender, you might want to look into a Powerline setup!
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You can use or two. I used two for two additional locations. Ended up sending everything back though. My cable is too old and has too much inteferance for really high speeds. My wifi did better.