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I would make a deal with a friend or neighbor who gets 5G reception on top of the hill. Connect a 5G modem to a Ubiquiti point-to-point antenna set that beams t

I would make a deal with a friend or neighbor who gets 5G reception on top of the hill. Connect a 5G modem to a Ubiquiti point-to-point antenna set that beams the connection to the house at the bottom (they have different products depending on the distance). That may violate the TOS of the original connection but probably wouldn’t come up.

kiwijamo 6y ago
Have you missed all the recent chatter about Ubiquiti? I'd steer well clear and look at other options such as MicroTik et al.
- Sander_Marechal 6y ago
  Have you seen the chatter about MikroTik vulnerabilities as well? Everybody has security incidents. What matters is how you handle them.
  - bierjunge 6y ago
    The last breach was not handled really well by Ubiquiti. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/04/ubiquiti-all-but-confirms-breach-response-iniquity/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/04/ubiquiti-all-but-confirm...
    - denysvitali 6y ago
      Indeed, but if you don't put everything to the cloud and consider Ubiquiti as an HW manufacturer: they're pretty good
      - kiwijamo 6y ago
        That is getting harder and harder. E.g. Unifi Video has a great on prem software to manage their video devices on your own devices but was depreciated in favour of a cloud based solution. At least MicroTik has so far steered clear of cloud solutions.
pmlnr 6y ago
> That may violate the TOS of the original connection but probably wouldn’t come up. How? If that were true, WiFi range extenders would violate TOS as well.
- outime 6y ago
  WiFi range extenders usually implies same home and same family members and not the house down the hill so neighbors don’t need to pay their own. It’s a bit absurd though since that house wouldn’t be able to pay their own in this case.
- bayindirh 6y ago
  > How? If that were true, WiFi range extenders would violate TOS as well. A WiFi extender just repeats the same network with same security, SSID and access password. It doesn't extend connection to third parties. Similarly, if I have a large property with a large land, I can spread the network to every part of the land with the equipment of my choosing and no one would say anything unless I allow third parties unfettered permanent access to said network.
  - the-dude 6y ago
    Same password, yes. But you can alter the SSID, on WEP at least, last time I checked.
    - bayindirh 6y ago
      You can always alter the SSID & password and present it as a completely different network (even you can run a different DHCP to make it a subnet effectively). However, when you keep the SSID the same, your devices can roam much easier. In fact, WiFi has a roaming standard and latest devices can utilize this for mesh-like handoff without a central controller. Recent laptops and phones handle it relatively well, it seems.
      - the-dude 6y ago
        The WiFI extender I used could not change the passphrase.

kiwijamo 6y ago

Have you missed all the recent chatter about Ubiquiti? I'd steer well clear and look at other options such as MicroTik et al.

Sander_Marechal 6y ago
Have you seen the chatter about MikroTik vulnerabilities as well? Everybody has security incidents. What matters is how you handle them.
- bierjunge 6y ago
  The last breach was not handled really well by Ubiquiti. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/04/ubiquiti-all-but-confirms-breach-response-iniquity/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/04/ubiquiti-all-but-confirm...
  - denysvitali 6y ago
    Indeed, but if you don't put everything to the cloud and consider Ubiquiti as an HW manufacturer: they're pretty good
    - kiwijamo 6y ago
      That is getting harder and harder. E.g. Unifi Video has a great on prem software to manage their video devices on your own devices but was depreciated in favour of a cloud based solution. At least MicroTik has so far steered clear of cloud solutions.

pmlnr 6y ago

> That may violate the TOS of the original connection but probably wouldn’t come up. How? If that were true, WiFi range extenders would violate TOS as well.

outime 6y ago
WiFi range extenders usually implies same home and same family members and not the house down the hill so neighbors don’t need to pay their own. It’s a bit absurd though since that house wouldn’t be able to pay their own in this case.
bayindirh 6y ago
> How? If that were true, WiFi range extenders would violate TOS as well. A WiFi extender just repeats the same network with same security, SSID and access password. It doesn't extend connection to third parties. Similarly, if I have a large property with a large land, I can spread the network to every part of the land with the equipment of my choosing and no one would say anything unless I allow third parties unfettered permanent access to said network.
- the-dude 6y ago
  Same password, yes. But you can alter the SSID, on WEP at least, last time I checked.
  - bayindirh 6y ago
    You can always alter the SSID & password and present it as a completely different network (even you can run a different DHCP to make it a subnet effectively). However, when you keep the SSID the same, your devices can roam much easier. In fact, WiFi has a roaming standard and latest devices can utilize this for mesh-like handoff without a central controller. Recent laptops and phones handle it relatively well, it seems.
    - the-dude 6y ago
      The WiFI extender I used could not change the passphrase.