Wireless Desktop Streaming Showdown

Setting up a user friendly, seamless and reliable projecting system can me a daunting and expensive process. I will be looking at a couple of major options, weighing their strengths and weaknesses, and hopefully help you to choose which one is right for you.

I will be taking a closer look at the following products:

Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter
Airtame Wireless HDMI dongle
Chromecast
Apple TV
Windows 10 Desktop Streaming
Airserver

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Ubiquiti AirOS 5.6 Virtual SSID Step by Step

One of the big gripes that people have with Ubiquiti is the lack of support for Virtual SSIDs. Here is a step by step tutorial for setting up VSSIDs on Airos 5.6 devices with Vlans back to the upstream router. Please note that you will not be able to use Airmax when you have Virtual SSIDs.

This tutorial is based on information from the Ubiquiti Forums, specifically this post by AnubisSL.

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Ubiquiti Airos 5.6 CPE on Cacti

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A NEW VERSION AT:
http://www.binaryheartbeat.net/2015/08/ubiquiti-airos-56-cacti-templates.html

Ubiquiti has created a new MIB definition to go with the new version of AirOS.  I made myself some new templates to monitor 5.6 version AirOS devices, I will try to update the templates when the 5.6 goes final.

I am working with Cacti version 0.8.7i since that is the current version available to apt-get install on Ubuntu 12.04.

Client Signal - Polled From AP

AP CPU Uage

AP Station Count

AP Uptime

Client Connection Details - Polled from AP

Client Connection Details - Polled from Client

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802.11 Networks on Radio Mobile (Part 2) - Coverage Maps

Now that we have mastered point to point links using RM, the next major feature is generating coverage maps.

For this tutorial we will be continuing with our Fictional WISP, SaharaWisp. We already have our two highsites configured, and we have a link running between the two. We are now going to be adding two 5.8ghz sectorized antennas to each tower, and plotting the resulting coverage.

Start by opening your existing network file in Radio Mobile.

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802.11 Networks on Radio Mobile (Part 1) (Step-By-Step)

Before reading this tutorial, you might want to take a look at Introduction to Radio Mobile

This tutorial will cover the creation of your first 5.8 ghz network with a single point to point link. You will learn how to create units, set network parameters, and create a point to point link profile.

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Introduction to Radio Mobile

Radio Mobile is a free (not open source) RF Propagation simulator. Originally intended for amateur radio operators, the software is also perfect for plotting long distance wireless links on the 2.4ghz and 5.8ghz bands (and any other for that matter).

You can find thorough documentation for the software on http://radiomobile.pe1mew.nl/ but I would like to make a few tutorials specifically geared towards 802.11 networks.

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Radio Mobile Installer

Radiomobile is one of the best RF propagation modelling programs, and certainly the best free one available. One of the drawbacks has always been that it does not come with an installer, so, with the permission of the developer I have created a simple installer for it. It includes all the Radiomobile languages. Although it is not officially sanctioned, it was created with the input of the developer of Radiomobile.

Please note that this installer is still in development, but every effort has been made to ensure that it is without errors. If you find an error, please report it in the comments section.

You can download the installer here:

August 11 2015
Updated Installer to 11.5.8

May 7 2014
Updated Installer to 11.4.8

April 8 2014
Updated Installer to 11.4.7



Version History from Radio Mobile Website:

April 27 2014
Version 11.4.8

• Bug in color pane resolved

April 5 2014
Version 11.4.7

• Batch mode improved

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