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Pro:
Once you spent some time researching, this thing worked. It is relatively inexpensive and easy to set up once you have the instructions (even for the non-network computer pro). BEWARE upgrading firmware! (see below)Con:
Assumes you have networking experience with these devices as there is no enclosed printed manual (not even a simple setup sheet which is available if you research the forums!). Labeling is wrong from PoE to Nano and can fry your computer if connected wrong (connect on the Nano LAN socket with Cat 5 cable to the PoE socket on the PoE power supply AND with a cat 5 cable connect the LAN on the PoE power supply to your LAN card)! Must search website for specific instructions - ie to setup for Free public WiFi, hit or miss search. No clear instructions to setup IP address on the computer to access the device - just typing in 192.168.1.20 doesn't work unless you set up your LAN connection first (instruction buried on website). Instructions are scattered all over the website - no clear instructions for easy setup. Instuctions are tedious and incomplete. Trouble with firmware release v 3.5 - AirOS (see below). Clearly a beta release for all. Not for the non technical person at all. Network experts may screw up their system by upgrading to firmware v 3.5. What a mess!
The labeling is wrong. On the Nano device it should say PoE (not LAN) so you connect this end to the PoE. It is mislabeled LAN. Do not connect this to your LAN. There should be a wiring diagram and the instructions should be arranged in order in a single area on the website. Hunting for info is a NO NO as is the serious mislabeling issue. NOT a 'plug and play' - a 'plug and fix and research and ask and fix and pray'! Must have time to waste to set it up correctly (because of the missing instructions). And for techies, trouble abounds if you have an expensive customer set up and upgrade your older firmware to v 3.5 - clearly this version of AirOS is NOT ready for prime time and will cause headaches for some experts let alone the non techie.After investing time trying to just find instructions to setup the Nano for a free public WiFi access, I found buried, in one of the forums, a person who wrote a short highly detailed easy guide with step by step instructions (see Comment for the link) which the manufacturer failed to include in the product box ( because they didn't write it and assume you are a network pro ). The instructions included with the Nano are printed on the outside of the box and are crappy. Again, there is NO enclosed setup manual nor CD. Advise that you search the website for info before you buy and read the forums. There are problems with AirOS firmware v 3.5. Some network experts have upgraded their systems from earlier versions to v 3.5 and have had numerous problems with the upgraded system shutting down. These are pros who do network installation for a living. There is a lively debate on this. The company at first denied it. Now it is working to fix this problem. My advice is that if it works, do not upgrade your firmware to the current v 3.5. Leave it alone. Some have reported that even after flashing back to a prior version, some problems still remained!
Please read the forums on this mess.This device would be rated higher if the company included proper set up instructions instead of hiding them and fixes the problem with the firmware v 3.5 (should not have been released).
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