Reyee Wireless Bridges for CCTV: EST + AirMetro 2026 Installer Guide
At a glance
- Two ranges, one job: Reyee splits its outdoor radio links between the factory-paired RG-EST kits (500 m–5 km PtP and small 1:5 PtMP) and the long-range RG-AirMetro series (up to 15 km PtP and 1:32 PtMP).
- Plug-and-play installs: every EST kit ships factory-paired so the only field work is alignment, PoE and a Cat-6 run to the camera or NVR.
- UK-relevant ratings: IP54–IP65 enclosures, 4 kV (EST) to 6 kV (AirMetro) surge protection, 24 V passive PoE on the entry kits, 802.3af/at on the gigabit models.
- Camera capacity at 5 km: a single EST350 V2 / EST350G PtP link carries roughly 20 × 3 MP IP cameras in real time; an AirMetro 550G-B base feeds up to 32 remote CPEs from one rooftop pole.
- Stocked in Leicester: every SKU referenced below is on the shelf at Netview for same-day UK dispatch — call 01163 800 838.
A Reyee wireless bridge is the fastest way for a UK CCTV installer to get an IP camera, NVR or PoE switch across a yard, car park, paddock or rooftop without trenching fibre or pulling a Cat-6 run through a public footpath. The 2026 Reyee range now spans nine in-stock SKUs across two product lines — the RG-EST series of factory-paired plug-and-play kits, and the long-range RG-AirMetro series for multi-kilometre PtP and high-fan-out PtMP links. This guide walks installers through the full range, how to pick the right model for the site distance and the camera count, and how the bridge fits into the wider Reyee + Hikvision install we ship every day from our Leicester wholesale counter.
Netview is a UK Ruijie / Reyee authorised wholesaler and holds the entire bridge range in stock alongside the matching RG-EG gateway, PoE switch and Wi-Fi 7 AP SKUs. Below: when wireless beats fibre, the EST kits in detail, the AirMetro long-range range, link budget rules of thumb, installer-specific UK regulatory notes, and a six-question installer FAQ.
When a wireless CCTV bridge beats a fibre trench
A wireless bridge wins on three sites: where the cable run is blocked (a public road, a rented yard, a watercourse, a listed wall), where the run length pushes past the 100 m Cat-6 IP/PoE limit without a powered repeater, and where the customer wants the link live in a single visit. A pair of RG-EST350 V2 bridges can be unboxed, pole-mounted and aligned inside an hour and will carry full HD or 4 MP CCTV traffic at 5 km, line of sight, with 867 Mbps raw radio capacity behind it. By contrast, even a 250 m armoured fibre pull is a half-day job, a wayleave and a CDM notification away.
The other reason UK installers reach for a bridge: standalone IP cameras on a remote pole. Drop a RG-EST330F-P on the customer end, plug a Hikvision EasyIP 4.0 Plus turret straight into one of its 802.3af PoE-out ports, and you have a self-powered remote camera with no separate injector or switch needed at the far end.
Reyee EST series: factory-paired PtP and short PtMP
The EST range is what we sell most of. Each kit (where supplied as a pair) ships factory-paired: power the two units up on the bench, the LEDs lock, and you can put them straight on the pole — no SSID setup, no PIN code, no app needed for the radio link itself. Range varies from 500 m on the 2.4 GHz EST100-E up to 5 km on the EST350 V2 and EST350G.
RG-EST100-E — 2.4 GHz, 500 m, entry kit
The RG-EST100-E is the budget option for short hops — up to 500 m line of sight on the 2.4 GHz band with 300 Mbps dual-stream throughput. It supports point-to-multipoint (1:5) operation, IP55 weatherproofing, and operates from −30°C to +60°C. Camera budget per link, per the Reyee datasheet, is about 10 × 3 MP at 100 m dropping to 5 × 3 MP at 500 m. Good for a back-garden, a shed-to-house link or a small commercial yard where the camera count is in single digits.
RG-EST310 V2 — 5 GHz, 1 km kit
The RG-EST310 V2 moves up to a 5 GHz dual-stream 802.11ac chip running at 867 Mbps over 1 km, with auto-rebridge on power restoration and 1:5 PtMP support. Weatherproofing is IP54 and the operating range is −30°C to +55°C. This is our default kit for typical UK light-commercial sites — depot to gatehouse, farmhouse to outbuilding, factory office to back-yard car park.
RG-EST330F-P — 5 GHz, 3 km, with PoE-out ports
The RG-EST330F-P is the single-unit member of the EST family and the one to spec when the far-end camera or NVR has no local power. It pairs 5 GHz, 2×2 MIMO, 867 Mbps and a 13 dBi directional antenna with three Fast-Ethernet ports and two 802.3af PoE-out ports delivering 15.4 W total — enough to power a single PoE IP camera straight off the bridge. IP55 enclosure, 3 km PtP range, no separate injector at the remote end.
RG-EST350 V2 and RG-EST350G — 5 GHz, 5 km, long-range PtP
The RG-EST350 V2 and RG-EST350G share the same 5 km headline distance but split on port count and PoE input. The EST350 V2 is the 2-pack PtP kit with 15 dBi antennas, 2 × Gigabit Ethernet, IP54 and 24 V passive PoE at 9 W; per the official Reyee product page it carries roughly 45 × cameras at 3 km and 20 × cameras at 5 km. The EST350G uplifts the antenna to 16 dBi, the enclosure to IP55, the ports to 3 × Gigabit Ethernet, and accepts three power options: 12 V DC, 24 V passive PoE or IEEE 802.3af/at. Spec the EST350G where the install needs a managed PoE switch upstream and the EST350 V2 where 24 V passive PoE from the bundled injector is enough.
RG-EST450G — 5 GHz, 120° PtMP base station
The RG-EST450G is the EST family's PtMP base station. The same 5 GHz 802.11ac, 867 Mbps radio sits behind a built-in 120° sector antenna at 15 dBi gain, with three Gigabit ports, IP55, and the three-way power input (12 V DC / 24 V passive / 802.3af/at). The base supports up to 16 PtMP links with TDMA and Self-Organising-Network technologies to keep clients off each other's airtime — per the RG-EST450G product page. Use it on a rooftop pole to fan out to 8–16 remote camera locations on the same industrial estate or holiday park.
Reyee AirMetro series: long-range PtP and 1:32 PtMP
When the link distance pushes past 5 km or the customer needs more than 16 remote sites on one base, switch to the AirMetro range. Per the RG-AirMetro460G product page the 460-series CPEs hold a maximum PtP working distance of 15 km, while the AirMetro550G-B base station supports 1:32 PtMP with 30-second pairing, IP55 enclosure, two GE ports and dual passive PoE / 12 V DC input.
RG-AirMetro460F and RG-AirMetro460G — long-range CPEs
The RG-AirMetro460F and RG-AirMetro460G are physically identical 5 GHz CPEs — same dual-radio 2.4 + 5 GHz design (2.4 GHz for management, 5 GHz for the data path), same 23 dBi gain narrow-beam antenna at 9° horizontal and 9° vertical, same IP65 enclosure rated to 220 km/h wind survivability, and the same 6 kV surge plus ±24 kV ESD protection. The split is the LAN port: the 460F gets 1 × 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet, the 460G gets 1 × Gigabit. For a single 4 MP or 8 MP camera at 1 km the 460F is fine; for an NVR-to-NVR or PoE-switch-to-PoE-switch backhaul, spec the 460G. Both pair in 30 seconds and run from 24 V passive PoE.
RG-AirMetro550G-B — 1:32 PtMP base station
The RG-AirMetro550G-B is the natural home base for a fleet of 460F/460G CPEs. Per the Reyee product page it operates over a 10 km radius with up to 32 PtMP links, has two Gigabit Ethernet ports, an external antenna port (so the installer can specify a custom sector antenna), and IP55 weatherproofing. Power input is the same three-way 24 V passive PoE / 12 V DC combination — very forgiving when feeding the base off a rooftop PoE injector or a managed switch.
EST and AirMetro range at a glance
| Model | Range | Radio / Mbps | Antenna gain | LAN ports | Weather | Sold as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG-EST100-E | 500 m | 2.4 GHz / 300 | 11 dBi | 1 × FE | IP55 | Kit of 2 |
| RG-EST310 V2 | 1 km | 5 GHz / 867 | 12 dBi | 2 × FE | IP54 | Kit of 2 |
| RG-EST330F-P | 3 km | 5 GHz / 867 | 13 dBi | 3 × FE + 2 PoE-out | IP55 | Single |
| RG-EST350 V2 | 5 km | 5 GHz / 867 | 15 dBi | 2 × GbE | IP54 | Kit of 2 |
| RG-EST350G | 5 km | 5 GHz / 867 | 16 dBi | 3 × GbE | IP55 | Pair |
| RG-EST450G | 5 km / 16 PtMP | 5 GHz / 867 | 15 dBi (120° sector) | 3 × GbE | IP55 | Single base |
| RG-AirMetro460F | 15 km PtP | 5 GHz / 867 | 23 dBi (9°) | 1 × FE | IP65 | Single CPE |
| RG-AirMetro460G | 15 km PtP | 5 GHz / 867 | 23 dBi (9°) | 1 × GbE | IP65 | Single CPE |
| RG-AirMetro550G-B | 10 km / 32 PtMP | 5 GHz / 867 | External antenna port | 2 × GbE | IP55 | Single base |
EST vs AirMetro: how to pick
The decision tree we hand installers is short. Under 5 km, line of sight, one fixed link — spec an EST kit. Under 5 km but with 4–16 remote camera poles fanning out from one rooftop — spec an RG-EST450G base plus the matching number of EST330F-P or EST310 V2 clients. Over 5 km, or a high-density PtMP fan-out beyond 16 sites — switch to the RG-AirMetro range: AirMetro460F/460G CPEs out to 15 km, optionally backed by an RG-AirMetro550G-B base for up to 32 sites. The 460-series CPEs run as a straight PtP pair too — you don't need a base to use them.
A second pivot is the LAN port. If the customer wants the wireless link to carry NVR-to-VMS traffic at full bitrate, choose a Gigabit variant: EST310 V2 (kit), EST350G (PtP), EST450G (PtMP base), AirMetro460G (long-range CPE) or AirMetro550G-B (long-range base). The Fast-Ethernet models (EST100-E, EST330F-P, EST450G client ports for the F variant, AirMetro460F) cap each link at 100 Mbps — ample for one or two cameras but a bottleneck for a multi-channel NVR-to-VMS pull.
Designing the link: line of sight, Fresnel zone, throughput
A Reyee bridge only delivers its rated distance with clear line of sight and a clean Fresnel zone — the football-shaped clearance between the two antennas. As a rule of thumb, the radius of the first Fresnel zone at the midpoint of a 5 km / 5 GHz link is about 4 m, so any obstacle (tree, parapet, ridge) within that envelope cuts the achievable throughput. We tell installers to add a margin: aim the bridge a minimum of 5 m above any building or vegetation along the path, and re-check the survey on a windy day if the link crosses tree lines.
Throughput is the second sanity check. The 867 Mbps radio figure is a raw modulation rate — expect roughly 400–500 Mbps of actual TCP throughput on a clean 5 km EST350 V2 / EST350G link. Hikvision ColorVu 4 MP turrets with H.265+ enabled stream at around 4–6 Mbps each, so a 5 km link carries ~60–80 cameras comfortably; the same maths gives ~16 cameras through a 100 Mbps Fast-Ethernet EST100-E or AirMetro460F. Spec accordingly.
PoE, surge protection and the wider network
Most Reyee bridges ship with a 24 V passive PoE injector in the box. That works fine on standalone installs, but when the bridge sits in a wider Reyee + Hikvision rack we recommend powering it from a managed PoE switch — the RG-ES220GS-P for small sites, the RG-NBS3200-24GT4XS-P for mid-sized sites, or the RG-NBS5100-24GT4SFP with static routing where the bridge sits on its own VLAN. The EST350G, EST450G and AirMetro550G-B all accept 802.3af/at so they pull straight off the switch without an injector at all. If the install needs a one-off PoE feed (for example an RG-EST330F-P up a pole next to a single Hikvision camera) the RG-POE-AT30 31.2 W gigabit injector is the matching part.
Surge protection is the other variable. EST kits carry 4 kV lightning protection; AirMetro CPEs step that up to 6 kV with ±24 kV ESD on the LAN port. For UK rural sites that take a hit every winter, the AirMetro models are the safer pick — or fit a separate gas-discharge surge arrestor between the bridge and the switch.
Installation, pairing and Reyee Cloud
EST kits ship factory-paired so the radio link itself needs no configuration — power up, the LEDs lock, traffic flows. For commissioning (changing the link channel, setting bandwidth caps, monitoring RSSI from the office), every Reyee bridge can be onboarded into the free Ruijie Reyee app over QR-code scan, or into Reyee Cloud for multi-site management. Reyee Cloud reports RSSI, current channel, throughput, PoE-out draw and uptime per bridge, and emails the installer on a drop-out — useful on customer sites you do not own a VPN into. Per the Reyee EST FAQ document, both PtP and PtMP modes are configurable from the app once the link is live.
For AirMetro the pairing is the same 30-second QR-scan process; the unit on the base end is set to "base" mode in the app and the CPE units to "client", and the rest is automatic. Where the install needs a non-standard sector antenna, the AirMetro550G-B has an external antenna port for the integrator to bolt on a third-party panel.
UK regulatory notes: outdoor 5 GHz, channel selection, ICASA equivalents
In the UK, outdoor 5 GHz operation falls under the Ofcom IR 2030/8 interface requirement — UNII-1 (5150–5250 MHz) is indoor-only without a wayleave, UNII-2/UNII-2-extended (5250–5725 MHz) is permitted outdoor with DFS, and UNII-3 (5725–5875 MHz) is permitted outdoor without DFS up to 4 W EIRP. Reyee bridges operate within these bands and set the regional regulatory profile from the app on first power-up — pick "UK" or "GB" and the radio enforces the right channel list and EIRP. Installers should still keep a copy of the link survey on file in case a customer's site falls under a local restriction (airport approach paths, harbour authorities, MoD estate).
For UK CCTV compliance the relevant standards are BS EN 50132-7 (CCTV system design) and the ICO CCTV Code of Practice — neither directly regulates the radio link, but both expect the installer to document the network path between the camera and the recorder, which is exactly what a Reyee Cloud audit trail provides.
Common UK installer use cases
The four jobs we see most often: (1) Farm and rural sites — farmhouse NVR to barn or stable PoE switch, typically 200–800 m, a single RG-EST310 V2 kit covers it. (2) Industrial estates and car parks — rooftop base feeding 4–8 camera poles across the estate, an RG-EST450G base with EST330F-P clients on each pole. (3) Construction sites and temporary deployments — quick PtP link from the site office to a perimeter ColorVu camera or PIR, an RG-EST350 V2 kit (factory-paired, no commissioning). (4) Multi-building campuses (schools, care homes, hotels) — a long-range RG-AirMetro550G-B base on the main building feeding RG-AirMetro460G CPEs out to outbuildings 2–10 km away, each CPE feeding a small Reyee PoE switch and 2–6 cameras.
Ordering, warranty and same-day dispatch
Reyee carries a 2-year UK manufacturer warranty on the wireless-bridge range, returns handled through Netview as authorised wholesaler. Every SKU listed above is in stock at our Leicester wholesale counter for same-day UK mainland dispatch on orders placed before 4 p.m. on a working day. Bench-test pairs are available on request — if the customer needs to prove a link will run before committing to the kit, call the trade desk on 01163 800 838 and we will demo a working PtP pair over the counter.
FAQ — six installer questions
Do I need line of sight for a Reyee bridge to work?
Yes — clear visual line of sight between the two antennas, plus a clear Fresnel zone (about 4 m radius at the midpoint of a 5 km link on 5 GHz). The bridge will still pass traffic through partial obstruction, but throughput and range collapse as soon as the path is blocked.
Can I run a Reyee bridge as PtMP without the EST450G or AirMetro550G-B base?
Yes, for small fan-outs: the RG-EST100-E, EST310 V2 and EST350 V2 kits all support a 1:5 PtMP mode, with one unit set as base and four extra units (sold separately) acting as clients. Beyond five clients, step up to the EST450G (16 clients) or AirMetro550G-B (32 clients).
How many IP cameras can I run across a 5 km RG-EST350 V2 link?
Reyee quotes around 20 × 3 MP cameras at 5 km. In practice, with H.265+ enabled and a clean Fresnel zone, we see installers run 16–24 × 4 MP ColorVu cameras over a single EST350 V2 pair with comfortable headroom; the link saturates at around 30 cameras.
Will a Reyee bridge feed a Hikvision NVR directly?
Yes — the bridge is transparent at Layer 2, so a Hikvision K-series or VPRO NVR sees the cameras on the far side of the link as if they were plugged into the same switch. Run the camera VLAN over the bridge if you want to keep CCTV traffic isolated — Reyee bridges pass tagged VLANs natively.
Does the RG-EST330F-P really power a camera from its own ports?
Yes — it has two 802.3af PoE-out ports delivering 15.4 W total, enough for a single Hikvision or HiLook 4 MP PoE camera at the far end with no separate injector. For an 8 MP ColorVu with Smart Hybrid Light (which can pull 12 W under load) we recommend the EST450G base + a separate RG-POE-AT30 injector at the pole.
Is the Reyee bridge range NDAA-compliant?
Reyee is a brand of Ruijie Networks — not on the FCC Covered List and not subject to the UK government's 2022 Hikvision / Dahua removal-from-sensitive-sites guidance. For UK commercial and domestic CCTV installs this is a non-issue; for installs on a US federal site or a UK government secure-by-design specification, check the procurement spec before quoting.
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