Reddit mentions of Ubiquiti UAP-AC-M-US Unifi Mesh Access Point, White

For outdoor use, the Ubiquiti models are fairly solid, and are designed to be water resistant

Buyer's Warning: the initial configuration is not a walk in the park, but once you have it setup, you can set it and forget it. I use these as part of a small business deployment. There are plenty of guides for setup, you can even use your smart phone to set it up. Once configured, you just plug a LAN cable from your router to it and it extends the service

Here is one that I personally use
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY

Here is the link to the mobile app to configure the WAP. I advise reading up on this process to see if this is a product that you want to buy.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.easyunifi

This is what I recommend, one of the Unifi AC Mesh's. It's made for the outdoors. $88 on amazon.

I recently redid my stuff and while I ended up not getting one of these and just two indoor AC Pro's I did the research and was very close to pulling the trigger. In the end I was able to get the outdoor coverage I needed from positioning of my indoor AC Pros.

You could do 3 sets of these to throw data around the park, for 6 units total. 3 would be mounted on your main building:

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-NanoStation-Dedicated-Management-NS-5ACL-US/dp/B078NN1J4K

Then 4 of these, 1 in the main building, 3 in the corners of the park:

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY

If you still have dead spots to fill in, you would add in more Unifi Mesh AP's, and use the wireless uplink mode. If you do that I'd suggest swapping in a Mesh Pro to improve capacity for that cell.

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-PRO-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N1VMBUR

The idea is to avoid using the Unifi wireless uplink mode as it cuts down the capacity of that cell. Uplinking multiple times really hurts a lot, especially with many hungry clients. Start with a solid foundation, and stretch out the installation only where necessary.

I'd top it all off with a USG and a cheap 8 port switch

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Unifi-Security-Gateway-USG/dp/B00LV8YZLK

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Ethernet-Optimization-Unmanaged-TL-SG108/dp/B00A121WN6

You'll also want a cloudkey to manage the Unifi computers, or consider loading the controller software on a PC. And don't forget to buy 6 gigabit 24v PoE injectors for the nanostations, or 3 of these and a 4 port 24v gigabit midspan injector:

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-POE-24-0-5A-Gigabit-Port/dp/B00NAENDX4

2x Nanostations AC Loco 5 GHz for point to point...

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-NanoStation-Dedicated-Management-NS-5ACL-US/dp/B078NN1J4K/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1525570693&sr=8-8&keywords=Ubiquiti+NanoStation+AC+Loco

Then something outdoor rated like a UAP AC Mesh but using the wired connection to the nanostations..

https://amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525570717&sr=8-1&keywords=uap+mesh

Sysadmin here. Some specifics.

Ubiquiti's UAP-AC-M (the M means mesh) sells for $86 On Amazon.

Using the "xfinitywifi hotspot" (whatever the fuck that is) seems like a worse idea, than just running a single network cable outside carefully, and attaching one of those UAP-AC-M's to the side of the house. With another one nearer yours, of course, so you can run a cable from that. Or just use the nearer and properly amplified wifi signal of course.

In fact, this has the added bonus, that you can add an isolated, speed-restricted guest wifi to the setup, so other neighbours can browse on their laptops while in the yard, if you're so altruistically inclined.

Turn off the wireless radio on your router and buy [this] (https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-802-11ac-Dual-Radio-UAP-AC-PRO-US/dp/B015PRO512/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1501096252&sr=8-2&keywords=unifi+ac).

I'd place it in the middle of the second floor and it should cover the whole house.

For outside: [here] (https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501096437&sr=8-1&keywords=unifi+outdoor)

A pair of these will work just fine
Ubiquiti UAP-AC-M-US Unifi Mesh Access Point https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9FIELY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_1LVnDbJYEFCRP

I think you're confused about the purpose of a modem. In cable or DSL internet, a modem takes the incoming cable or DSL signal and converts it to Ethernet, which then connects to the router. That's it. It doesn't do routing, it doesn't do Wi-Fi. In FiOS, the ONT takes the incoming fiber optic signal and converts it to Ethernet, which then connects to the router. It's the exact same job. There is no such thing as a modem in FiOS because the ONT already does what a modem does. The only potential source of confusion is that the connection between the ONT and router can be Coax rather than Ethernet, but this does not make the router a modem nor does it mean that a cable modem can be connected to the ONT and work. FiOS uses the MoCA protocol to transmit data over Coax lines, while cable modems use DOCSIS. They're completely different and incompatible.

What you can use with FiOS is your own router. In order to do this, you need to connect it to the ONT with Ethernet. There's no way around this. If the ONT to Router connection is Coax only, you must use a Verizon router. You can't use a cable modem for the reasons I've stated above, and you can't use a MoCA adapter because all the commonly available ones are MoCA LAN only and don't support the MoCA WAN channel that the ONT to router connection uses.

When you have FiOS TV service, you do need one additional thing to use a non-Verizon router. You need to get a MoCA adapter and connect it between a LAN port on your router and the Coax cable that would otherwise be connected to the Verizon router. This allows your cable boxes to connect to the internet and access guide and VoD data.

When you need to cover a large area with Wi-Fi, don't think "better router". Think "More APs". The key point is that a router is actually not a Wi-Fi providing device, it's just a gateway and traffic cop of sorts between your network and the internet. A "wireless router" is just a router with a built-in AP, this is the part that provides Wi-Fi. When you need more Wi-Fi coverage, the best way to do it is to add additional APs (not routers, mind you, just APs) in the dead spots. APs have, by definition, a wired connection to the rest of the network. Without this, they're just repeaters (range extenders) which are crap. One of the best APs is this one, but it seems like you may need at least one outdoor AP. For that, this is the one to get.

You can't reasonably get signals in and out of metal boxes.
Drill holes in side and run a cable to a roof mount antenna, point them all at a box with some servers and an upstream liink and some routers with decent horsepower.

New outdoor AP systems are getting super cheap and easy to set up. Don't waste company productivity and time on stuff that can't work.

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY 5 pack is $440

I've done it before with the litebeams mentioned above and those work great. I also did this recently with one of these also
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY/

and it was dead simple and also kept everything in the unifi controller. I mounted the mesh on the first building and I was going ~100 feet and was able to mesh with a AC lite inside without a second mesh outside. It would probably depend on what material the second building was made of as well but worst case you would need a second ac mesh on the second building.

That's a decent model, the link you sent me is a 3 pack of 802.11n wifi access points. Which will give you a large coverage area, but I'm using this one which supports 802.11ac.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B015PRO512/ref=psdcmw_1194486_t1_B005EORRBW

If you want to do mesh networks they also just release some cool AP's that do that too. I think I'm going to pick this one up to improve wifi coverage in our master bath. Which is probably not necessary since our sonos in there never drops out.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N9FIELY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499138482&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=uap+m&dpPl=1&dpID=312mdI78PJL&ref=plSrch

If everything MUST be self-contained and indoors (read: no drilling or slightly open windows)
Consider something like an AC68U (TM-ac1900 refurbished/rebranded for as low as $50ish on amazon/ebay), set it in media bridge mode using the 2.4GHz band to connect to the local internet and the 5GHz to connect to the site.

This SHOULD give a much stronger connection than going with a traditional extender.

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As far as "outdoor wifi antennas" that would probably be something akin to an outdoor wireless access point.

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wireless-MU-MIMO-Gigabit-EAP225-Outdoor/dp/B07953S2FD

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N9FIELY/

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N1VMBUR/

You MIGHT actually be able to do something somewhat similar to the above with just an AP. I would need to research it. Likely something to do with "mesh mode" (mesh is a loaded term which means different things for different products FYI). Also be aware that there are different levels of "weatherproof" and "outdoor". Some devices assume that they're under an awning.

Great! Thanks for the help. One last thing. We don't need anything crazy what do you think of this Ubiquiti model

Yes, that helps greatly.

First, being unable to acquire additional IPv4 address is unfortunate. The additional address would have greatly simplified the overall headache involved and allowed each residence to essentially have their own standalone internet connection with whatever portion of the fibre bandwidth you allocated to them. Without them you can still do it, you're just looking at NATing your single IP to all the devices which complicates things such as port forwarding, introduces the possibility of dual-NAT configurations, and increases the likely hood of that shared IP being abused and potentially blacklisted on a service because of the actions of one user affecting the rest of the users.

I would suggest a pfSense (or OPNsense) gateway hooked up to your modem or ONT, this will handle the NAT, VLANs, DHCP and traffic shaping. If you don't buy or build a pfSense box with at least 8 ports, hook this up to a managed switch. One line run from this to each of the wire-able units on your attached building plus one to the roof for a wireless AP.

Because the distance across the road is short and looks to be mostly clear LOS with sparse trees - you can approach the wireless AP a couple of ways. If you plan on only offering a 100Mbit/s or so to each "customer", you could get away with 3 Ubiquiti AirMax NanoStation Loco M5 units. One on your roof to act as the AP and broadcast the signal across the road and 2 on the other building across the road for each unit. Just easier to put up a receiving station at each unit that wants to join vs sharing a single one - I can get into the reasons why if you'd like.

If you're planning on providing more than a 100Mbit/s to each person than you can consider the same setup but substitue for the newer Ubiquiti NanoBeam AC units for a slightly increased cost.

It is also possible to do this all under the Unifi umbrella if you so choose. It is slightly more costly but is definitely more user-friendly and easier to manage under one interface. Here I would suggest you replace the broadcast AP with a Ubiquiti Unifi UAP-AC-M-Pro and each receiving station with a Ubiquiti Unifi UAP-AC-M. Note these are omni-directional antennas now, they lose the benefits that come from directional APs but at the distances we are looking at here that should be a negligible difference.

A real rough hierarchy layout here: https://i.imgur.com/QV0qfq6.png

Each individual unit is isolated from each other and you by being on their own VLAN, to which you will configure only gateway access on each VLAN with no cross VLAN routes.

When it comes to what is happening on each units internal network, you can do one of a few things. You could still allow them to use any ol' router they choose, hook up to the WAN port on said router and NAT their own internal network. This will work fine, albeit behind double NAT, it will take a good portion of the internal routing load off your pfSense box and only involve it when the client needs to get out to the net. Or you could handle all the internal routing and just have them use a switch and AP (if they want wifi in their unit) - you could get real fancy with this way but it adds a lot more potential for trouble on your part, the other option is likely the easier one.

Lastly, regarding authentication, you could take it one step further and utilize the PPPoE server on pfSense to give each unit their own PPPoE username and password they need to use to authenticate against your router. No username and password = no IP = no internet. Useful for revoking access to one user who doesn't pay their portion without having to physically go over and unplug them.

Sorry for the wall of text. These kind of setups are fun and I've dealt with a lot of similar setups for different applications.

Yikes, that definitely makes for a bad time, if you're tech-savvy, Ubiquiti is a robust brand that will outlast anything consumer-grade. Otherwise, I can find Asus or Netgear all-in-one.

ERX is the wired router
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-ER-X-Router/dp/B0144R449W


AC-Lite or Mesh for wifi
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Unifi-Ap-AC-Lite-UAPACLITEUS/dp/B015PR20GY/

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY/

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1189144-REG/ubiquiti_networks_uap_ac_lr_us_802_11ac_long_range.html?ap=y&gclid=CjwKCAjwlejcBRAdEiwAAbj6Kebzq9Mb5fILCz_AVisQDw-qFqelBNtqncq9x76YkI7kNRUQOIeNVBoCMWIQAvD_BwE&smp=y

For outdoor use and weather proof you probably want this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1536833576&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=outdoor+access+point&dpPl=1&dpID=31AIzZssG9L&ref=plSrch

https://www.amazon.com/Actiontec-Bonded-Ethernet-Adapter-ECB6200K02/dp/B013J7O3X0
The speeds can run up to gigabit and most rooms seem to have a coax port ran to them. If there are going to be multiple devices you can attach an AP to the moca adapter to get wifi upstairs too.
If you don't want to run something like that you could look into https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY/ and you could just add more as you find you need more coverage around the house

Great. After looking at the one I was planning on getting the one you’re talking about it only like $15 more than what I was going to pay. I might just go ahead and get this one instead.

fwiw, my wired Reolink (the ptz 423) loses connection more often than my wireless Amcrest did.

I've since replaced the Amcrest, though, with a Ubiquiti AP acting as a wireless uplink for a Dahua HDW5231R-Z. I'll be adding another camera soon & it will connect via the same uplink.

This Uplink:
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY

Powered by a small PoE switch placed into one of these boxes outside:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0131VGD1O

All of the above are possible.

https://amcrest.com/wifi-cameras.html

Lots of great 1080p 30fps wifi cameras for around $100 or less.

https://amcrest.com/amcrest-nv4108-1080p-8ch-1080p-3mp-4mp-5mp-network-video-recorder-supports-up-to-8-x-1080p-2-1mp-wifi-ip-cameras-at-30fps-realtime-supports-up-to-4tb-hdd-not-included-no-built-in-wifi.html

Depending if you do motion activated or not this will have plenty of storage. I use a different company but a 4TB drive has 8 months of 1080p 30fps motion detection on it and still room for more.

Lastly, if you want to really control these without interfering get an enterprise AP

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510175563&sr=8-1&keywords=ubiquiti+ac+mesh&dpID=31AIzZssG9L&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

One or two of these will take care of any wifi problems. They are far more powerful than consumer products and will let you have multiple networks all over 2.4 and 5ghz.

Total cost on this will be around $600 depending on taxes, shipping, and a few ethernet cables.

AC Mesh is same price on amazon new.

ERL - 2x ac lites or nanoHDs.

for outdoor I used these with wired backhaul.
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY/

might as well just get a 8 or 16 port. you don't really need to go ubiq for it. ex: https://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Business-LGS116P-Unmanaged-Enclosure/dp/B00GECC11O/

Is this what you are talking about?

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY

ah ok, I hear you. This would be perfect for one of these if you change your mind.

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-M-US-Unifi-Access-Point/dp/B01N9FIELY/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=unifi+ac+mesh&qid=1557013958&s=gateway&sr=8-3