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 Subject :Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2011-07-21- 13:38:56 
kj6dzb
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I would like to request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be compiled for Ubiquiti NanoStationLOCOM2, NanoStationM2, and the Bullet2HP. This unit is more than capable of operating within the Ham radio band @ 2.3ghzand, it's perfectible suited for Our efforts to create and expand the HSMM-Mesh Network in Berkeley CA and the Greater SF Bay Area.

Firmware would be greatly appreciated   Surprised  

73 Kj6dzb 

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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2011-07-21- 16:52:16 
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We would like to have HSMM-MESH(tm) firmware running on more hardware platforms. We are working on it but have no published delivery date. Porting the software is much more effort than just recompiling the code. It is a very, very, very large amount of tedious work. If it was easy, we would have done it already. The advantages of having the firmware on additional hardware platforms is obvious. Several of us have Bullet hardware and will let folks know when we have the firmware running on the hardware. It will be announced on the web page. Again, no delivery date has been set. -Glenn KD5MFW
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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2011-07-22- 04:39:46 
kj6dzb
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Thanks for the update!! I have one of each listed above, and I would be willing to test out the firmware, when you have it ready... I'm hoping to lunch the hsmm firmware on all 3 units, linking BERkeley's ARC with one remote station and another qth with Comcast the annotations will serve as the router/gateway there. I'm so stoke to move my WiFi communications out of the 2.4ghz commercial band!! Wile supporting a local and soon to grow local mesh net....
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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2011-12-09- 17:18:54 
K1OQ
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I was wondering if anyone in the firmware devlopment community has asked Ubiquiti for assistnce in porting the HSMM-Mesh firmware over to their products. With 700,000+ Hams and many of them in ARES groups with interest in HSMM-Mesh, it would seem to me that they might be interested in another market for their products. Just a thought!
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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2011-12-29- 14:29:55 
kj6dzb
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Any Luck let... Because i love me some Nanostations , and Bullets....
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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2012-01-22- 07:03:06 
K6DPY
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The only thing amateur digital radios like D-Star have over this product, with respect to digital communications, is distance (35 mile +).  With Ubiquiti ported, that distance should be in reach.  Right?  Or is Ubiquiti advertising just hype?

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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2012-02-04- 02:50:26 
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Might want to look at 'nanobridge' options. They quote 35km I think, at full speed. They seem to be very freq agile (ham part of 5ghz vs consumer). I don't have any _yet_ but maybe soon. What I do have from ubnt is a B2 and bullet M2HP (600mw N)
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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2012-02-04- 17:07:53 
kj6dzb
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35+ miles with a line of site hop maybe...

FYI I Have a Nanostation M2 @ about 40ft off ground level, with a BulletHP2 below it with that POS EBAY yagi seen here ( http://qsl.net/kj6dzb/HAM/antennas.html ) patched in. Ive had better results with the ( http://www.te.com/catalog/pn/en/1513164-1?RQPN=1513164-1 ) so Im going to make the switch this week, I have others... I have the Nanostation M2 and Yagi pointed @ W6BB Building up on campus thats about 2.5 miles away. I know it possible to make the hop but I dont have the time to confirm this. I have a NanostationLOCO M2 standing by in the box... The link is simple to set up Ive got another BulletM2 (thats the NEWER ONE!!!) in a self contained box patched into an AXIS web cam, its self contained and runs on a 12v battery. "Zoneminder" is capturing the camera's view, the BulletM2 is linked in WDS mode to the Nanostation M2, all I would need to do is place the box in the LOS of the Nanostation M2 with another one of my 2.4 yagis. 

I would be really Happy to see an HSMM ROM for the equipment that I have but enless any of you plan to write it.... Its been just about a year from my request for an HSMM rom and Ive just moved on to creating PTP WDS networks. OH and FYI the NanostationM2, BulletM2, NanostationLOCO M2 and BulletHP2, all work on 13cm ham band out of the box!!!! the NanostationM2's have a cool java spectrum analyzer see (http://qsl.net/kj6dzb/HAM/Wierless%20Hardwere.html).

73 kj6dzb
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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2012-02-05- 10:43:19 
K6DPY
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Ubiquiti advertises 50+km range for their Bullet M2HP or M5HP http://www.ubnt.com/bulletm Questions: 1. Is 50+km close to what you're getting, line of sight? What do you think I can get with their omni antennas? (I'm thinking of using Bullet M2HPs with omni antennas at each end of the wireless link -- for portable, not mobile, operations. The range will be less, but how much less?) 2. How's the reliability of Ubiquiti equipment? What's with all the "not working, use for parts" auctions of Ubiquiti equipment on ebay? 3. What do you hope to gain with HSMM-MESH firmware versus stock firmware? Thanks!
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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2012-03-04- 09:41:00 
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I've got a NS loco M5 I'm willing to beta test with. Let me know. 

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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2012-03-11- 11:40:50 
KE5FGX
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As to Ubiquiti reliability, here's my data point: I've been running a Nanostation 2 for a couple of years outdoors on rooftops of buildings, RV's. It seems to do well as outdoor customer premises equipment, no problems, has withstood a lot of temperature extremes and moisture. The internal 10dbi patch has worked adequately at distances of 2 miles or so. Terry S. KE5FGX south Orange County, CA
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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2013-09-21- 13:37:48 
W5LMM
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ANy news on this front???  I would LOVE to be able to use my M2 with HSMM-MESH (er.. BB HN)

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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2013-10-07- 12:23:04 
K7LQH
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Bump.
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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2013-10-08- 04:18:03 
K5KTF
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Really? Please remember that all those involved with the firmware have real day jobs, and we do not make a dime on this project. In fact, we spend money on it, as we buy gear that gets put into public places, the webserver space is donated, and a host of other little odds and ends that take funds.

If you want it so bad, sit down, do the research, and build it yourself. When you get it done, post it back to us and we will get it up on the site.

Im really am sorry if I come off crass, but many people do not really know what is going on behind the scenes. And impatience of people begging us to deliver on their schedule is a bit irritating, knowing we all here work to make a living, then spend our free time working on this. If someone wants to donate a few hundred thou to pay us salaries so we can work on it full time, then I can see where results could be expected on a timeline. And I for one would be more than happy to do it.

Please dont reply calling me a jerk. I know I am a jerk (well, OK, worse, but I wont type that in a public forum where youngsters and religious folk may read :-) ). Its just that people need to understand that even though UBNT and other gear is great stuff, and WE would love to be able to use it ourselves, time is a major constraint. I mean, I still have 4 nodes here that I need to get upgraded to 1.0.0, and just havent had the time to sit and do it. I have some M3 nanostations/nanobridges that I would LOVE to have meshing up properly instead of just being invisible links. But again, spending time on this does not pay the electric or water or TWBC bills.

The info is out there (the forums here, etc) for individuals to manually handcraft for other platforms. What is needed is someone with the skills to do the crafting on a platform, then package it up and get it back to us to help everyone.

/rant

Happy Meshing!
KTF

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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2013-12-05- 18:32:49 
kc2zqo
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What type of funding would you need to get the Ubiquity firmware up and running? I'm sure we could raise the funds.
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 Subject :Re:Request that HSMM-Mesh firmware be created for Ubiquiti Products.. 2013-12-06- 01:29:47 
K5KTF
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There is a Beta test program underway for UBNT firmware. It just requires the chosen few to buy their own gear at this time.

So now its just a matter of time and effort.

Patience is the virtue :-)

KTF


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