Connecting the Ubiquiti NanoStation M2

This is a step-by-step illustration of how I connect to WiFi from the YarrVee.
For a full rundown on the Ubiquiti NanoStation M2, please visit...
yarrvee.com/ubi...

[@mimiadrija797]

I am technologically incompetent and was completely lost during most of this. I will definitely have to hook up with one of you wizards when it comes time for wiring and stuff! Sounds like it was a good day to be inside!

[@PalaVR]

Mimi Adrija Yeah, this was after I got back to the coach on the 23rd, when it was pouring out. =)

[@Easternoregonleatherpounder]

Will that thing automagically search for the strongest wifi signal and connect or do youy have to manually attach to the wifi you want to use each time?

[@PalaVR]

You have to do it manually, but it's super simple. Once you're set up in the coach and have AC power (or have supplied it with 24VDC one way or another), open a browser and go to 192.168.2.1 Log in to the device and go to the WIRELESS tab. Hit "SCAN" Once you get your list of results (every AP it can see...just as a point of data, when I was in the apartment still, my phone and PC could see 17 and 18 APs, respectively. The NanoStation could see *54*...), sort the list by clicking on the "Signal Strength" header twice - once for "weakest to strongest" then again to sort "strongest to weakest". Pick the AP that you want to connect to and hit "Lock to AP" down at the bottom, then APPLY at the top. The reality is that it took you longer to read that than it takes to actually do it. =)

[@Jamminalong]

I take it that background noise is rain? I've always found it fun to sit in the TC while the drops hit the roof but I'm wondering how I'll feel when I'm full-timing, ha! How's it been so far?

[@PalaVR]

Yep! I shot that when I got here, on the 23rd - and just now got to editing and posting it. (Time travel is complicated, let me tell ya! =) I woke up to some rain this morning, and now it's bright sunshine. So far, I'm loving it! I feel like I'm much closer to nature than I ever have been, and everything is slightly harder than it was living in a cushy apartment and having a cushy job. A small example: Trash used to be "put it in the bin outside the door and they'll come take it away every morning" - now it's 100+ yards away, and that's a walk I have to make every day. Right now, I've got all the windows open and a wind blowing through the coach. That's something I couldn't do in the apartment, because (as you can see from my pre-trip videos) I had all the windows on one side of the building. It's amazing. =)

[@davidg.johnson7208]

I searched your site and didn't find the configurations in setting up the Nanostation M2. Network tab: Router? Wireless mode: Station? And what configurations did you put on your router? Your You Tube Videos show how to put the pieces together but not how to figure them together. I too bought a Nanostation M2 and have an old Belkin Router to use in my RV but I am just learning about all the configurations of the Nanostation M2 and would like to know the correct configurations you used. Do you put them somewhere on your website?

[@PalaVR]

I used David Bott's guide to set it up. www.outsideourbubble.com/secure-private-rv-wi-fi-and-making-a-better-park-connection-for-under-100

[@davidg.johnson7208]

Yes, The same day I watched your video I did more on-line researches and found the typed configurations in a step by step video (www.outsideourbubble.com/secure-private-rv-wi-fi-and-making-a-better-park-connection-for-under-100 ). It's the the same you mentioned above!. I like the outsideourbubble video, although David Bott used a MAC computer. Other than matching up what he was doing with his MAC in the beginning of the video to my Windows laptop, the rest of the configuration was the same for Windows. I did get stuck at first when setting up the AirGateway router! I did not realize that I had to find www.ubnt.com on my laptop’s list of WiFi rather than typing the ubnt.com web address in the browser! After playing the video over again I realized this, and the rest of the setup was easy! Now I have a Ubiquiti Nanostation M2 on the ouside of my motorhome connected via ethernet cable to the AirGateway router in the motorhome! In the Fall I travel south to my RV lot in Florida and hope to get a better signal from the RV Resort’s WiFi to the inside of my motorhome. Thank you!

[@mikemorrison6373]

hey I need that black box for power for the nano station ubiquiti box the Ethernet cords in where would I get that

[@PalaVR]

You'd have to get that direct from Ubiquiti - if you can't find it on Amazon.

[@kingair350]

I can see my jetpack on my nano m5 but not any of the park wifi points. What could be the issue?

[@PalaVR]

It's been a minute since I checked in on the comments on the channel...over the years comments have come more and more slowly. If you never found an answer (and I presume you did, but this is for posterity) is that you bought the Nano M5, which works on the 5Ghz Spectrum for Wifi - ONLY. This is one of those cases where "bigger number is NOT better". For RVs and RV parks, you want the Nano M2, which operates on the 2.5Ghz frequency, which is the most common frequency for wifi. 2.5 was first, and 5 came later. Every Wireless AP supports 2.5 (and the Nano M2), while your jetpack supports both 2.5 Ghz and 5 Ghz, which is why the M5 can see the jetpack!

[@kjchipmunk]

I dont like hassling with the RV parks, or hotel's, wifi. It rarely seems to work for me so I was going to buy a Wilson Electronics (weboost) 4g booster and just use my phone's data connection. We have 40gig with ATT a month and now they have rollover. Ever thought about just using your phone for most of the surfing and viewing and maybe switch to Park WIFI for nightly uploads?

[@PalaVR]

Korey Jerome I got in on the tail end of October's Data Plan Wars, and I have an 80GB plan through Sprint. Since I was working entirely from my Cell connection from the 3rd to the 14th, in addition to leisure surfing and uploading videos, guess what I burned through with a week left to go... =) I'm being (a little) more conservative with my usage this month, I think.

[@BabyMachine]

At first i was like "wtf", then i was like "okay he knows computers a lil". But heres my question. How easy is it to run a full sized pc rather than a laptop? A LOT more power? or not much more?

[@PalaVR]

Clit Eatswood My old gaming PC (i5 4440, 8GB RAM, SSD, HDD, GTX660) drew 298 Watts at full tilt, and the 23" LCD monitor was another 20 odd watts. My Surface Pro 3 takes about 39 watts (i5, 4GB RAM, 2k 14" monitor) at full tilt (watching video and charging the battery) When you're running off an inverter, the Surface Pro is the much better setup, since I can run the SP3 and the 23" monitor and have a dual monitor setup for 50 watts. =)

[@teamhumble]

oh cool. was gonna go about making one up myself like this. good to see your doing it. do you have aircon on? i suggest noise reduction on the video! oh and i need to talk to you about sxsw! -- are you on twitter? add me up @philcampbell. cheers!

[@PalaVR]

Phil Campbell We already follow each other, you silly, silly man. =)

[@teamhumble]

Oh yeah, doh.

[@teamhumble]

This mobile lark makes me forget my connections. Don't know why but desktop apps / browser tabs make more sense that mobile versions of applications. Will drop you email!

[@PalaVR]

Awesome! I sent you a DM with the details.

[@PalaVR]

Wait. Isn't it 3am GMT? What're you doing up? =)

[@dreamkiss4u]

just to put it out there for you guys or anyone trying this out.....just a fact for anyone...doing this and trying to connect to a mcdonalds and such stores and restaurants ....its not legal to connect to there wifi network if you are not a paying customer and inside the building ....many people have came out in the news being charged with 3-5 years if caught and jailed doing so just to keep in mind guys ....but with that said do what ya want hehe.

[@PalaVR]

This is not true. McDonalds Free WiFi went online on January 15, 2010, and the McDonalds Chief Information Officer is on record (i.e. printed in the news) as saying "People will not have to buy anything. Free is free." Here's proof: www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2009/12/16/20091215-McDonald-s-deal-with-ATandT-makes-2026 "'We're excited about it,' Groom said. 'One thing our customers have told us is: 'We like your Wi-Fi, but would you make it free?' This is one thing they've consistently asked for. It's just another reason to come to McDonald's.' Groom said visitors to the restaurants will not have to buy anything to use the service. 'Free is free,' he said."

[@dreamkiss4u]

YarrVee that's before any deal went threw and anything was started...but in the end like most of all free Wifi places when they actually started providing it and wasn't just all talk that they would do it free with no purchase...in the end you needed to read the fine print when they actually started providing it, you needed to be inside the building not out side the revenue. almost all revenues to this approach because to many bogged down there Internet and weren't going in the building and near by houses or apartments were all taking there bandwidth so that led to what I'm saying....your referring to something totally way before anything actually took place and before any type of restrictions in how to get the actually free Wifi permission from them from that old article. here check this link and you can easily search how many people got fined and community service from it and some jailed : arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2007/05/michigan-man-arrested-for-using-cafes-free-wifi-from-his-car/

[@PalaVR]

So let me see if I understand this. You're referring to an article from 2007 that gives examples of: 1) A police officer in 2007 going on what's called a "fishing expedition" - trying to find evidence of an unknown crime to stick to a person already in custody, rather than trying to find the person who committed a crime that's been reported - (...the cafe owner didn't...realize what Peterson was doing was a crime...**Neither did the police officer**.) where the Cafe explicitly said Wifi is for customers only. 2) A person in 2005 who was accessing the unsecured wifi of **a private homeowner** in Florida. (which is *definitely* a crime) 3) A person in 2006 who was accessing the unsecured corporate wifi of a non-profit organization in Illinois (which is also *definitely* a crime) 4) A person in 2006 who was asked *by the police* to stop using the wifi left the area, *then came back*, and was arrested. Contrast these situations from 10+ years ago with what the CIO for McDonalds said in 2010. "Free is Free" and "People will not have to buy anything". Straight from the horse's mouth.

[@dreamkiss4u]

your not understanding that its free , does not state that its free outside the revenue and out side in public area free means free inside the revenue of business yes you do not have to buy anything but you have to be inside the revenue once again, his statement is exactly how you said but you did not read the fine print free is free but in the revenue of business...not sure how you do not get it.

[@Blueyedcin]

You went too fast.

[@PalaVR]

That's the beauty of the internet. You can rewind, pause, replay to your heart's content! =)

[@Blueyedcin]

YarrVee Really? What a concept.

[@PalaVR]

***** I KNOW, RIGHT? All this newfangled stuff! =)