Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

EDIT: See update at bottom of review. Ubiquiti products are great because they are extremely reliable (no need to reset AP periodically), extremely powerful (some of the most powerful radios you can buy, with output power up to the max allowable by law of 1000mw (1 watt), at least in the USA, and they are highly programmable. However, they traditionally have been designed for the networking professional, and are missing a few features most consumer specific brands often have (D-Link, Linksys, Buffalo, Netgear, etc.), such as the ability to create multiple SSIDs (the name advertised by the access point), and a push-button setup procedure... to name two. But if you have the know-how to manually set an IP address on your computer you are a candidate for these fine products. Having said that, the trick is to pick the correct Ubiquiti model for your needs. For example the Nanostation LOCO M2 is great, but what is not revealed in the Amazon specifications is the coverage area. The built in antenna is NOT an omni (360 degree coverage). Rather, it is a 60 degree antenna (vertically and horizontally. That is coverage roughly equivalent to a fat slice of mom's apple pie. If you need to cover such an area this unit will shoot a signal hundreds of feet. And the Nanostation is weather resistant, so it can be mounted outside for a better reach. NOTE: Amazon is terrible about allowing external links in a review but if you go to ubnt com website you can see a pictogram of the coverage area. If you need a different coverage area (either wider or narrower), consider the Picostation M2-HP (see my general review of the Picostation line here:Ubiquiti Networks PICO2 2.4GHz 802.11bg). This model has the same power, but has a detachable omni antenna. You can use the omni or attach whatever antenna suits your needs. The downside to the Picostation is that is only has one antenna (MIMO 1x1), so speed maxes out at 150mb/s. The Nanostation maxes at 300 mb/s thanx to two internal antennas (MIMO 2x2). If you need the higher speed AND the external antennas, you need to look at another brand. Configuration tip: Unless you are connecting to a large numbers of other Ubiquiti devices with an "M" in the model number, turn off "airMAX" in the configuration, and also set the Channel Width in the wireless settings to "20MHz". This will give you the best compatibility, especially if using the Nanostation (or Picostation) as an AP for laptops and handheld devices to connect to. UPDATE 11-2015: Regarding the comment about looking elsewhere if greater than 300mb/s throughput is required PLUS external antennas... Ubiquiti now markets the "ac" series such as the Rocket ac, which passes up to 500+ mb/s (Ubiquiti Rocket AC Wireless Access Point (R5AC-LITE)). Ubiquiti also offers some very serious sector antennas that fit the Rocket, which allow not only extremely long distance links between two Rockets (for back haul), but also applications such as using a single Rocket as a Wireless Access Point to get a good WiFi signal to consumer devices that may be hundreds of feet away. The Ubiquiti antennas are really good "listeners", so the signal from the relatively low powered consumer devices transmitted over what would normally be a deal breaking distance can be picked up by the rocket. The Ubiquiti product page shows all this stuff off: ubnt dot com slash products