Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs

DustinB3403

So @art_of_shred just posted it, and I actually just got out a meeting discussing Wireless.

We have a remote office, that has two basic AP's providing wireless. Specifcially Cisco WAP4410N Wireless-N with POE.

These units are ancient, and we're looking for some recommendations on Ubiquti AP's. (We're not the client that @art_of_shred is talking about)

art_of_shred

https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-pro/

I'm pretty sure these are the ones that will run on standard POE voltage and don't require the proprietary POE switch (or injectors).

coliver

@art_of_shred said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:

https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-pro/

I'm pretty sure these are the ones that will run on standard POE voltage and don't require the proprietary POE switch (or injectors).

Yep, they are able to run off of 802.3af.

Obsolesce

@art_of_shred said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:

https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-pro/

I'm pretty sure these are the ones that will run on standard POE voltage and don't require the proprietary POE switch (or injectors).

I've run with these and they are excellent. Definitely the way to go.

DustinB3403

Is a controller or anything needed to get this working?

dafyre

@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:

Is a controller or anything needed to get this working?

Doesn't the Unifi controller software manage the APs ?

DustinB3403

@dafyre said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:

@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:

Is a controller or anything needed to get this working?

Doesn't the Unifi controller software manage the APs ?

That is what I'm asking, do I need to setup a controller or use the controller software? Or do this just act as dump AP's without any configuration?

gjacobse

Yes you will need the Controller Software, which runs on Linux or Windows. I have mine currently running in a LInux VM which I don't always have running.

gjacobse

@DustinB3403

Just happened to think - Heck, if you really wanted to, I'm sure you could run the controller from a USB install of Linux....

DustinB3403

@gjacobse said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:

Yes you will need the Controller Software, which runs on Linux or Windows. I have mine currently running in a LInux VM which I don't always have running.

So the control software (or controller) have to be setup and running to configure the AP's. And only when you want to make changes you power on the controller?

gjacobse

@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:

@gjacobse said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:

Yes you will need the Controller Software, which runs on Linux or Windows. I have mine currently running in a LInux VM which I don't always have running.

So the control software (or controller) have to be setup and running to be configured. And only when you want to make changes you power on the controller?

Yes. I would have to look, and I am only running two APs, but I think it's been 4 months since I last ran it.

Now if you want more details,.. history, stats, etc... then you would want to run it 24/7

DustinB3403

@gjacobse How difficult was the setup of the controller software?

gjacobse

@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:

@gjacobse How difficult was the setup of the controller software?

it isn't

It's JAVA based... you run the installer to 'added the needed components' and then it's a web page.

gjacobse

@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:

@gjacobse How difficult was the setup of the controller software?

If you wanted to,.. You could even run the controller on a Raspberry Pi......

DustinB3403

I wish I had one of these units to play with...

coliver

They are enterprise APs so you'll want to have that software running almost all the time. Especially if you want to do things with 802.1x or RADIUS. It's a crazy lightweight Ubuntu (I've installed it on SUSE as well) server.