Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs
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@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@gjacobse How difficult was the setup of the controller software?
Not at all.
I have these running in multiple places now, and have the controller on a DigitalOcean VM.
They work great.
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@coliver said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@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.
Unless you have the additional USB add-ons, whatever the hell those are!
I just tested my new PRO today on a desktop switch from like 3 years ago. Powered up no problems.
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@coliver said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@coliver Bought, worst case I'll use it myself.
Thanks for the find.
That's the one I use as well. Very easy to setup and very good hardware.
Ypu,.. you'll spent much more time in unboxing it and plugging it in as you will getting it running with the controller....
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Dustin, if you have a VPN connection or are willing to publish a VM to the internet, you can host your controller on the internet and control all locations from a single controller.
@jaredbusch has a single controller running something like a dozen clients, and it can easily handle many more than that. In the controller, each client is it's own "site."
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@Dashrender said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
Dustin, if you have a VPN connection or are willing to publish a VM to the internet, you can host your controller on the internet and control all locations from a single controller.
@jaredbusch has a single controller running something like a dozen clients, and it can easily handle many more than that. In the controller, each client is it's own "site."
Must say, it is pretty awesome.
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@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@coliver Bought, worst case I'll use it myself.
Thanks for the find.
Return it. This is the original UAP. While it is a great device, it is a waste of money to buy today. This is also not 802.3af, it is the normal 24V passive PoE.
This is what you buy for testing/home. Still 24V passive PoE, but current model and you get AC (not full 1.3mbps, but still AC).
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-LITE/dp/B017MD6CHMFor the office, you will want the UAP-AC-PRO that is full AC and 802.3af.
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-802-11ac-Dual-Radio-UAP-AC-PRO-US/dp/B015PRO512 -
@JaredBusch said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
This is what you buy for testing/home. Still 24V passive PoE, but current model and you get AC (not full 1.3mbps, but still AC).
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-LITE/dp/B017MD6CHMThat's the one I was looking for.
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@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@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?
The Unifi Controller is 100% required for configuration. It runs on next to nothing and you should leave it always on to collect stats. The only way to install it is on Ubuntu because Ubiquiti has a repo for it that you can add. Obviously you can install it other ways, but that is the only smart way.
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@JaredBusch The old version has a controller that is windows based (now ignoring how stupid it would be to setup a system to just run this) there is a windows server at the location that these are planned for.
Is there no longer a windows based controller? I don't mind setting up a VM to run these, just wanting to confirm.
Also the remote site is on our network, just a different segment. So I could run the Ubuntu system right from our corporate offices.
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@JaredBusch said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@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?
The Unifi Controller is 100% required for configuration. It runs on next to nothing and you should leave it always on to collect stats. The only way to install it is on Ubuntu because Ubiquiti has a repo for it that you can add. Obviously you can install it other ways, but that is the only smart way.
You can set them up with the phone app now. You scan the QR code and set it up, but I wouldn't do that other than at home.
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@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@JaredBusch The old version has a controller that is windows based (now ignoring how stupid it would be to setup a system to just run this) there is a windows server at the location that these are planned for.
Is there no longer a windows based controller? I don't mind setting up a VM to run these, just wanting to confirm.
Also the remote site is on our network, just a different segment. So I could run the Ubuntu system right from our corporate offices.
It has always had a Windows controller option. Does not mean it is the right choice.
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@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@JaredBusch The old version has a controller that is windows based (now ignoring how stupid it would be to setup a system to just run this) there is a windows server at the location that these are planned for.
Is there no longer a windows based controller? I don't mind setting up a VM to run these, just wanting to confirm.
Also the remote site is on our network, just a different segment. So I could run the Ubuntu system right from our corporate offices.
There is a Windows version of the controller yes... why you would ever use it aside from home use is beyond me. Setup the Windows server in a VM and then the lightweight Ubuntu server in a VM and you'd be good to go.
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@coliver said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@JaredBusch The old version has a controller that is windows based (now ignoring how stupid it would be to setup a system to just run this) there is a windows server at the location that these are planned for.
Is there no longer a windows based controller? I don't mind setting up a VM to run these, just wanting to confirm.
Also the remote site is on our network, just a different segment. So I could run the Ubuntu system right from our corporate offices.
There is a Windows version of the controller yes... why you would ever use it aside from home use is beyond me. Setup the Windows server in a VM and then the lightweight Ubuntu server in a VM and you'd be good to go.
Existing circumstances where this office doesn't have a hypervisor..... instead a bare metal install of a Windows server.
And while I could install a vBox on this server (not hyper-v since we don't have licensing) I'd rather avoid it.If possible I might just setup the controller in our main offices within a ubuntu system and see how that does.
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@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@coliver said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@JaredBusch The old version has a controller that is windows based (now ignoring how stupid it would be to setup a system to just run this) there is a windows server at the location that these are planned for.
Is there no longer a windows based controller? I don't mind setting up a VM to run these, just wanting to confirm.
Also the remote site is on our network, just a different segment. So I could run the Ubuntu system right from our corporate offices.
There is a Windows version of the controller yes... why you would ever use it aside from home use is beyond me. Setup the Windows server in a VM and then the lightweight Ubuntu server in a VM and you'd be good to go.
Existing circumstances where this office doesn't have a hypervisor..... instead a bare metal install of a Windows server.
And while I could install a vBox on this server (not hyper-v since we don't have licensing) I'd rather avoid it.If possible I might just setup the controller in our main offices within a ubuntu system and see how that does.
Then ask someone with a public facing controller to set up a site for you until you have time to spin up your own controller.
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@JaredBusch any serious reason why when the remote site is connected by a point to point vpn?
Same LAN, just different segment.
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@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@JaredBusch any serious reason why when the remote site is connected by a point to point vpn?
Same LAN, just different segment.
Run it on your XS then. I read that the first time that you had no virtualization in order to spin up a controller on an Ubuntu instance.
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@JaredBusch said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@JaredBusch any serious reason why when the remote site is connected by a point to point vpn?
Same LAN, just different segment.
Run it on your XS then. I read that the first time that you had no virtualization in order to spin up a controller on an Ubuntu instance.
Ah, sorry, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Yeah I can run it locally.
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@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@JaredBusch said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@DustinB3403 said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:
@JaredBusch any serious reason why when the remote site is connected by a point to point vpn?
Same LAN, just different segment.
Run it on your XS then. I read that the first time that you had no virtualization in order to spin up a controller on an Ubuntu instance.
Ah, sorry, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Yeah I can run it locally.
Yes, you can run it locally. I do. I manage my two sites over the VPN. I could just as easily pay $5/month to vultr and setup a VPS for it and have it on the internet.
Once you get it running, you'll need/want to setup a DNS record for unifi pointing to that controller. This will allow Unifi devices to find your controller at layer 3.
