My problem with M series is they seem to have a tendency to revert to
default config during a thunderstorm.
I've also seen more than one once where after a thunderstorm the UBNT
item at the tower is dead, but everything else is still up. Someone
could argue that's just dumb luck, but I don't think so.
It's always been a decent option for cheap point to point, like when you
need to extend a network between two buildings, or you have Line of
Sight to your tower from a barn or detached garage.
I also understand the Micro POP use case.
That said, my experience with M series was so unimpressive that I
haven't bothered looking at their AC products very closely. Maybe I will.
On 3/23/2016 10:48 AM, Stefan Englhardt wrote:
I hear a lot of people praising the old UBNT M gear for it’s
consistant and stable behavior now.
We tested it as soon as it came to market and considered it junk.
UBNT throws out hardware and then do the SW. At some time it is usable
and stays usable.
Their AC gear is now usable (not in mixed mode as I have heard).
Starting with UBNT AC we had no RMA so far with 100 devices. With ePMP
we had to test
the first batch as there were some defective devices.
*Von:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *Im Auftrag von *John Woodfield
*Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 23. März 2016 13:23
*An:* [email protected]
*Betreff:* Re: [AFMUG] ePMP rant
Thats a first, someone who claims UBNT is more stable than ePMP.
John Woodfield, President
Delmarva WiFi Inc.
410-870-WiFi
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Subject: [AFMUG] ePMP rant
We pull the plug now on our ePMP installations. We still have
disconnects. Every day a disappointed customer calls.
We dont look at this anymore. We give them a Mikrotik or a UBNT AC to
make them happy and take the ePMP SM back.
We had several problems with SW quality in the past. We had bad SMs we
need to RMA. At some time it seems stable. Now problems
came back. Not sure it is SW or HW. We dont want to bother any longer.
This gear is low quality no matter what is said by marketing.
We go UBNT AC now. Blazing fast webinterface, background channel scan
and more speed on 20MHz Channels. Everywhere we use it
we have much better results than with ePMP. These ePMP fans want to
tell 11ac is not needed as 256QAM is never achievable.
we see it at most of our installed cpes. If signal is to weak for
256QAM there are cheap dish-cpes.
