Of course, I wasted time and energy trying to get pictures of the labels on the bridges and finding them via arp, etc before I got smart – the discovery tool is a must-have. One recent use of the tool showed me this: Found at the bottom of the Ubiquiti downloads page, the tool can save a lot of time and frustration for figuring out what model numbers of hardware is in use, firmware version, and IP addresses. Whether you’re putting in new Ubiquiti bridges or trying to tame existing deployments, here’s some guidance to help you to be successful, based on my own recent experience: Many of these cases have come to be in their current state from either a shoestring budget, a poor choice of “network guy”, or both. In some cases, the bridges are so high up on a building, you have no way to read the model on them, and the customer has no idea whether he’s using 900 Mhz, 2.4 GHz, or 5 GHz. I’ve had new-to-me customers declare that their links are failing or that the last guy to touch them did something odd to them. Now that I’ve inherited a number of these to verify, optimize, or fix, I’ve found a handful of discussion points worthy of sharing. That’s not to sound snobby, but more to add context- and I can say that I’m developing a real appreciation for the likes of Ubiquiti Nanostations and such. My own knowledge with this tier of hardware isn’t all that deep, as I’m used to dealing higher-priced enterprise-grade stuff. It seems like almost everywhere I go to consult with small networks that have wireless bridge links in use, I run into some model of Ubiquiti gear.
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