Yeah, you're understanding it correctly. It does stick you with having to stay with the old client radios until after the AP is upgraded, but it's better than no backwards compatibility.
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > I may be misunderstanding the way it works, but allowing M-series clients > to connect to an AC AP would allow you to upgrade the the AP from M to AC > now, and upgrade the clients afterward (as needed, as able). > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 11/20/2017 11:55 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > Is this common with mixing ac & n? For some reason I thought there was > backwards and forwards compatibility in 802.11. > Is it a design choice by Ubiquiti for performance reasons maybe? > > I could imagine that being a quandry....you don't want to keep buying the > older stations, but maybe you can't immediately upgrade every AP either. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Mathew Howard" <[email protected]> > To: "af" <[email protected]> > Sent: 11/20/2017 1:43:51 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] UBNT AC CPE backwards comaptible with Airmax M series > AP? > > If it's a PtP link, where you can switch the roles around and make the AC > radio the AP and the Rocket M5 the client, that will work, but if it's a > PtMP scenario, the only choices are to use non-AC clients or upgrade the AP > to AC. > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Joe Novak <[email protected]> wrote: > >> M5 APs can only have M5 clients, AC APs can have both AC and M series >> clients... so assuming you have your model number correct the Nanobeam M5 >> will work fine to a M5 AP. But the Nanobeam 5AC will not connect to a M5 ap. >> >> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Sam Lambie <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> Can I install NBE-M5-16 <https://www.ubnt.com/airmax/nanobeamm/> to a >>> Rocket M5 AP? Or do I have to upgrade the AP as well? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Sam >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> *Sam Lambie* >>> Taosnet Wireless Tech. >>> 575-758-7598 <%28575%29%20758-7598> Office >>> www.Taosnet.com <http://www.newmex.com> >>> >> >> > >
