SmartBridges Air Bridge Total

Hoping someone can offer some insight.
I'm working at a golf course, they have these SmartBridges set up to give wireless access throughout the course.
One of my computers has lost access via the bridge, but the other locations work fine. We've tested the electric current/connections, things look good. I'm leaning towards the Air Bridge Total box has gone down. The company is out of business, so getting another box is out of the question.
I was wondering if you guys knew whether we could get a different box to pick up the signal? In other words, purchase a receiver from another company. Or is this type of setup proprietary?



Thanks ahead of time!

Lots of them on eBay.

Sooooo... that's it.
That's the sage advice from Wireless Forums? Go buy one on ebay?
No comment on the rest of my question?

HAHAHAHA...OK, my apologies if I came off as being sarcastic. Usually it's a good idea to not mix up different manufactures' radios, it reduces the finger pointing when something doesn't work.

As you said you give wireless access throughout the course, I'll assume your current radios are a generic WiFi compatible access points for laptops and smartphones. If my assumption is correct, then yes...most any replacement AP would be compatible.

The Ubiquiti Rocket M2 with a Ubiquiti dual-polarity omni antenna has proven to be a very good performer with laptops and smartphones that have unpredictable polarities. A Rocket and omni will run you around $300. If you can get by using a non-omni sector solution, a Ubiquiti NanoStation M2 with built-in antenna for $90 may be a good solution. Just set the UBNT radios with airMax disabled and 20 MHz channel width.

Heh.
Thanks for coming back!

You know, I cannot pick up the signal with just a smartphone or laptop, so that must mean it is a different type of signal?
I sent an email to SmartBridges and asked if there was something in their product range that could help me replace all of the older models onsite.
Thanks a lot!

Can you describe what the Smartbridges are currently used for? PtP between buildings?

If a laptop can't see the AP, you might be too far away. Try from ten or twenty feet away.

Yes, between buildings.
We have the gateway on the clubhouse.
We have one receiver at 'the turn' which is about 100 yards out, and then another at the maintenance building, probably 600 yards out.
The receiver at maintenance works fine.

In the clubhouse where the gateway is, I cannot pick up the signal on a cellular phone wifi.
That is why I am lead to believe it is a different signal or frequency.

Just sent a private message with pictures of setup.

Really need a map or drawing to determine if this is a PtM or multiple PtP links.

Ok. What do you need me to do? What would you like to see in the drawing or photos?

An aerial photo with lines showing the radio paths and radios' purpose, i.e an AP or client.

OK. let me see what I can do.
Thanks for your patience.