wireless bridge unifi cant see engenious why?

[knc]

Setting up a unifi nanostation to be a bridge from an engenious enh210ext. When I do a scan I see other ssid's but not the engenious any thoughts? I was able to create a bridge with the unifi in my test scenario to another 3rd party access point. I see 2.4 and 5g ssid's in the scan but not the engenious.

 

[innovativeteks]

Don't you have to setup the WDS link on both sides with MAC addresses?

 

[knc]

I didn't have to for my test.

 

[Markverhyden]

Was an EnGenius part of the lab test?

 

[knc]

Was an EnGenius part of the lab test?

No it wasn't. I connected to a ruckus AP with no problems. I guess it just must not see the frequency the Engenious is broadcasting on. I think the engenious is wireless N but should stop down I would imagine.

 

[Markverhyden]

No it wasn't. I connected to a ruckus AP with no problems. I guess it just must not see the frequency the Engenious is broadcasting on. I think the engenious is wireless N but should stop down I would imagine.

The frequencies are the same irrespective of the standard, A, B, etc used. 2.4Ghz and/or 5Ghz depending on the standard. Are you sure that the EnGenius will bridge to a non-EnGenius device?

 

[knc]

The frequencies are the same irrespective of the standard, A, B, etc used. 2.4Ghz and/or 5Ghz depending on the standard. Are you sure that the EnGenius will bridge to a non-EnGenius device?

Well no I am not sure, ye olde thought the ubiquiti would bridge a third party access point. But the ubiquiti has a scan function to view SSID's and it does not see the Engenious SSID (by the way the SSID is labeled "Clubhouse") but it see's all other SSID's.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

It should still see it on a site survey Double check to ensure the Engenius isn't broadcasting a hidden SSID?
Would you be able to reset to factory defaults and reconfigure?
The Engenius might be running some proprietary mode, try kicking down to some more backwards compatible mode just as a test.

 

[knc]

It should still see it on a site survey Double check to ensure the Engenius isn't broadcasting a hidden SSID?
Would you be able to reset to factory defaults and reconfigure?
The Engenius might be running some proprietary mode, try kicking down to some more backwards compatible mode just as a test.

No the engenious is broadcasting SSID fine, phones and computers can see it. Maybe the old nanostation is just too old.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I don't see which model Nanostation it is...if it's a first gen one you might have to log into the Engenius and dial back it's mode to a more legacy mode.

 

[mr m]

I am not familiar with Unifi but can you temporarily connect the two via an Ethernet cable to see if it is a wireless protocol issue?

 

[knc]

I am not familiar with Unifi but can you temporarily connect the two via an Ethernet cable to see if it is a wireless protocol issue?

Oh it is definitely some sort of wireless frequency mode issue. The unifi has the ability through its web interface to scan for SSID's and the unifi doesn't see the SSID being broadcast by the Engeniuos. The unifi Nanostation is loco M5 5ghz.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

The name "Unifi" is a totally different product family, different abilities, different software, different controller.

Nanostation is in the "airMAX" family. Totally different from Unifi.

Sooo....that Engenius...I just looked it up. It's wireless B/G/N "only".
You just mentioned your Nanostation model is a 5.

...there's "why it cannot see it".

 

[knc]

Otherwise, I will need to make a nano station to nano station bridge.

 

[innovativeteks]

Or vice versa. The EnGenius works really well for us. And then you can have a secure connection between the 2 locked down by MAC address as I alluded to earlier. A point-to-point bridge not viewable to the public. We have several sites deployed and they are rock solid. FWIW

 

[Markverhyden]

N does provide 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz but it appears the 5Ghz is not required. The spec for that EnGenius says it only provides 2.4 even in N.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Yup that's the chart I saw looking it up. So when the OP said "I see 2.4 and 5g ssid's in the scan but not the engenious."....I think the "2.4" part might have been some confusion. It literally should not see any 2.4 broadcast...it can't listen/see/speak on that frequency.