Ubiquiti LBE-5AC-GEN2-US LiteBeam Wireless Bridge 100Mb LAN,GigE, AirMax AC, White

Configuring a shed as an office, with the shed about 600 feet from my home's router (1GB fiber from our ISP). Would have required a lot of trenching thru obstructed terrain to put in a fiber line to the shed. Instead, I mounted one of these on a post, about 200 feet from the shed, fed by a buried, shielded cat6 cable back to the POE injector and network switch in the shed. The a TPLink Wifi 6 router is set up as an access point at the shed, providing wireless coverage. At the ISP router side, the second unit is mounted on the side of the house.I aligned the dishes only by eyeball, across the 400 foot gap. The gap is not 100% clear. There are some minor obstructions within a foot or two of direct line of site. Might be a bit more obstructed as trees start to bloom.I've only lightly tested so far, but wireless connections are providing 100Mbps up and down, which is probably as fast as the TPLink Wifi router and my older laptop can manage. I will follow up with a test via the network switch from the shed side, but I am expecting something between 200 and 400Mbps, based on other reviewers reports. Ping times are impressive. Sitting here at a hard wired desktop on the fiber router side, I can ping the distance LiteBeam unit and get an average response of 3ms.Unless I see degraded performance during weather or during peak of leaf cover, I may not even bother with further tuning.Setup was pretty easy. Watched one of the many Youtube videos, never even bothered with the phone app. Just connected to the Litebeams via browser/IP address, completed the needed settings, and was immediately rewarded with a working link. I have considerable networking experience: I recommend newbies follow the more conventional instructions or watch more videos.EDIT: Finally got around to doing some tuning. Switching to a frequency with lower noise increased the throughput to 225mbps. Really impressed with these and thinking about adding more.

Preface: This review is by no means a guarantee that you will have the same results... but I established a ROCK-SOLID 655mbps link (actual sustained throughput >400mbps!) through a bunch of trees with ZERO radio interruptions! Ping is *excellent*: <1ms over the link.Before I bought these, I struggled to find much information or testimony from people who'd used these to establish a link through trees. In fact, nearly everyone I'd talked to (despite knowing the relatively short distance) insisted I wouldn't be able to establish a 5GHz link through trees. I figured the narrow beam pattern of these had a good chance at proving them wrong.. and for the price - I figured they were worth a try.The hardware / setup: 2x LBE-5AC-GEN2 devices. One acting as "AP" and the other acting as "Station". Distance spanned is only ~400 feet, but it's blasting right through a bunch of trees.The experience: Setup of these devices will likely prove tricky for anyone not familiar with IT. The built in Management Radio and Android/iOS "UMobile" app - once you figure it out - make the setup process very manageable (and frankly - frickin cool). I'd recommend configuring/syncing your setup before mounting (though it's not absolutely necessary).The mobile app has a lot of nice features - most notably an aiming utility that tones intermittently to help indicate when you're getting the best signal. It also has a discovery, survey, ping/traceroute/point to point speed test utility.. and more.Radio configuration: Took quite a bit of fiddling around, but ultimately I found its (mostly) best to let these things work their own magic. Ubiquiti has put a very impressive (and quite slick/visually appealing) set of tools and features into the AirOS software. Use AirMagic to identify a low-utilization part of the spectrum (preferably a DFS capable range), set your (Settings -> Wireless -> Advanced) "Target Signal" to a desired level (I target -59dBm), and tick on "Automatic Power Control" to have the devices automatically manage your transmit power depending on environmental situations (it will crank up transmit power in rain or snow to maintain your link quality). Beyond that - there's very little needed to get amazing performance out of these.Conclusion: My home internet access has been completely reliant on these devices for nearly 2 months. I haven't had so much as a hiccup. Yes, these perform best with a clear line of sight, but they are fully capable of punching through some trees over short distances! Since the leaves fell off the trees, these Litebeams have adjusted their transmit power as low as they can and signal quality is still staying around -52 dBm which is SUPERB.Ubiquiti puts out some amazing stuff, and if you need to establish a long-range PtP wireless setup - you came to the right place.PS: Nanobeams are smaller/more subtle, though with a wider beam width - intended for 'shorter' distances (still capable of many km). Powerbeams are a step up from these Litebeams and can function out beyond 30km!

We have a barn on our farm. We wanted internet down there as we don’t get good cell service anywhere where we live, but our barn is in a gulley and we have no cell service/data at all. We talked to our ISP about what our options were and they determined we’d have to have a second account and have fiber run from the road. I didn’t want to have another monthly account, so I looked at my options and we settled on the Litebeam.Now, I didn’t install it myself, so I can’t speak to ease of installation. I had a guy come do the work, but it probably took him less than 3 hours to have it all done and running. We now have fast wireless internet at our barn with 3 Google Nest Cams running on it 24/7 and we can make Wi-Fi calls as well as stream or anything we want when we are down there. The distance from dish to dish is about 500 feet and we regularly get 100+ mbps speeds. Our security cameras are live at all times. Since installation we’ve had three rounds of severe weather and have had zero issues with the dishes being affected by the high winds.