Configuring PowerBeam M5 (ubiquiti)

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Configuring PowerBeam M5 as an Access Point

1. Connect the laptop to the Airmax adapter which is the LAN and the ubnt device to the adapter that is POE using a straight / LAN cable.
   
2. The laptop Ip Address setting, 192.168.1.x for the gateway is just blank, I use the ip because for ip the UBNT product the default ip is 192.168.1.20.
   
3. After giving Ip Address to the laptop, it's finished and right, what we do is try to connect from the laptop to the wireless device, to try to connect from the laptop to wireless, that is by using the "ping" command to wireless IP Address.
   
4. Enter the IP Address for PowerBeam M5 itself through the browser already installed on the laptop that was already prepared, for example as follows, the default PowerBeam M5 IP Address, namely: 192.168.1.20.
   
5. Later the display will appear like this then click (continue).
   
6. Then it will appear again like this click (continue to 192.168.1.20 (unsafe)).
   
7. After that there will be a Login display as follows, then enter your username and password, the default is ubnt, and select the country according to our country for example Compliance Test, then check "I Agree" and click "login"
   
8. After Login the first display will appear
   
9. Then, enter the system menu. Fill in the name of the device as desired, for example: ROCKET M6. Then set Time Zone so that the time can synchronize with our location, also set the date by activating the date on the startup date in "enable" and the system account can be replaced by username and password when first logging in, then click "change".
   
10. Then select the wireless menu.
11. Select wireless mode as an access point. The choice of an access point as wireless mode means that our radio device is used as a signal transmitter
12. Fill in the SSID as desired. For example: Central BTS GS.
13. Then select the frequency that will be used, we can use the tool, select site survey to see the frequencies that have been used around our area. After looking at a number of frequencies, try to choose a frequency that is rarely used.
14. At the Mhz frequency select the frequency to be used according to the survey results.
15. At wireless security, we can add a password for our wifi, select security mode and enter the password according to our wishes then click "change".
    
16. Then enter the "Network" menu. In network bridge select mode, set the ip address to later become the ip address access point that we will connect to, for example; 192.168.2.103 then click "change".
    
17. After that enter the "ubnt" menu on the far left, we can change the port on the airView Port, and we can select airMax Priority, then click "change" and "apply"
    
18. Now go to the service menu which functions to activate ssh, telnet and log or can change the secure server port so that it is not accessed by anyone 
    

Configuring PowerBeam M5 as a Station

1.  select the "wireless" menu, select wireless mode as the station.
2. Selecting the station as a wireless mode can be connected to the power point access point
3. Then click select on SSID to look for the SSID on Powerbeam as an access point
   
4.  At wireless security, we can add a password for our wifi, select security mode and enter the password according to our wishes then click "change".
   
5. Then enter the "Network" menu. In network bridge select mode, set the ip address of one network, to later become the ip address station / client that we will connect to, then click "change".
   
6. After that enter the "ubnt" menu on the far left, we can change the port on the airView Port, and we can select airMax Priority, then click "change" and "apply".
   
7. Results From Point To Point
   

In the Tab "Main" Powerbeam, only displays the status and info about the radio that we are setting, on this page we cannot change any configuration.

• Device Model: Displays a radio model, PowerBeam M5 300, means Radio PowerBeam, M5 means Mimo Frequency 5 Ghz, 300 is an antenna diameter of 300 millimeters.    
• Device Name: The name of the device that is set.
• Network Mode: Bridge, means that the radio functions Bridge, if it is a Router, it means that PowerBeam also functions as a Router.
• Wireless Mode: Access Point WDS, means PowerBeam as AP or Master from the client or the opponent.
• SSID: (Service Set IDentifier) as identification so that AP and Client Radio can be connected, besides SSID can also with Mac Address.
• Security: Security in the form of encryption that we have set, so that no one else carelessly connects to our Radio.
• Version: Version of AirOS PowerBeam.
• Uptime: PowerBeam has lived.
• Date: Info The date of the PowerBeam system, the data will fit right now if it is set correctly.
• Channel / Frequency: Channel used.
• Channel Width: Channel width used, the greater the width, the greater the Throughput can be obtained, but the more vulnerable the interference.
• Frequency Band: The frequency range used.
• Distance: PowerBeam distance with the opponent's Radio.
• TX / RX Chains: 2 × 2, information that PowerBeam Multi Input Multi Output.
• Tx Power: Large Transmit PowerBeam with dBM units.
• Antenna: Info from the antenna used (in settings).
• Wlan0 MAC: Wlan PowerBeam's Mac Address interface info.
• LAN0 MAC: Mac info PowerBeam LAN interface address.
• LAN0: Duplex info and PowerBeam LAN Speed interface.
• AP MAC: If the radio is a client, then the Mac Address listed is the Mac Address AP AccessPoint (master).
• Connections: Info of the number of clients that are connected, if you want to see the details of the client you can click on the station menu at the bottom.
• Transmit CCQ: The quality of Transmit Radio PowerBeam, the greater, means the quality is getting better.
• airMAX: status of airMAX disable or enable.
• airMAX Quality: Quality of airMAX technology.
• airMAX Capacity: Capacity of airMAX technology.
• Throughput: Status of real time traffic on WLAN and LAN interfaces.
• Stations: Detailed info from the connected client.
• Interfaces: Detailed status of WLAN and LAN interfaces.
• ARP Table: ARP status of other devices that are still on a network with PowerBeam.
• Bridge Table: Info on other devices connected with PowerBeam in Layer2.
• Routes: Routing info on PowerBeam.
• Log: When activated, it displays a log from PowerBeam.                 

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