Recovering Ubnt Controller?
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At home, I had a Controller set up for an AP for wireless.
Since that Laptop has died, I cant get to the controller.
Any way to recover that so I can update the AP, Change password, Change Network name?I was thinking USB from the old HDD from a different Laptop? would that work to get the controller back?
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@WrCombs One AP? I would just factory reset the AP
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@wrx7m said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@WrCombs One AP? I would just factory reset the AP
yes, One AP.
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@WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@wrx7m said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@WrCombs One AP? I would just factory reset the AP
yes, One AP.
Would you recommend just re-installing Ubnt Controller ?yes - install a new controller - on the AP, use the reset button... then plug it in and adopt it into the new controller.
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@WrCombs - If I get to the point where I need to factory reset mine, I will be ditching the controller and using the Android app.
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@wrx7m said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@WrCombs - If I get to the point where I need to factory reset mine, I will be ditching the controller and using the Android app.
For a single home controller - that is likely the best solution.
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@Dashrender said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@wrx7m said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@WrCombs One AP? I would just factory reset the AP
yes, One AP.
Would you recommend just re-installing Ubnt Controller ?yes - install a new controller - on the AP, use the reset button... then plug it in and adopt it into the new controller.
Okay.
Now my question, Where do I start with that?
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@Dashrender said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@wrx7m said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@WrCombs - If I get to the point where I need to factory reset mine, I will be ditching the controller and using the Android app.
For a single home controller - that is likely the best solution.
There's an Android App???
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@WrCombs Yup. You can provision the AP using it. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles the controller does, but it does most of what you want in a home network AP
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@wrx7m said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@WrCombs Yup. You can provision the AP using it. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles the controller does, but it does most of what you want in a home network AP
I'll have to look into it.
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@wrx7m said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@WrCombs https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.easyunifi&hl=en
https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012360487-UniFi-Getting-Started-with-the-UniFi-Mobile-AppWould you suggest Standalone mode then for at home use?
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@WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@wrx7m said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@WrCombs https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.easyunifi&hl=en
https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012360487-UniFi-Getting-Started-with-the-UniFi-Mobile-AppWould you suggest Standalone mode then for at home use?
That all depends. With controller, you still need a controller. Stand alone means you no longer have to run one. These are the pros and cons of each according to that link-
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For home use, stand alone is normally fine. But as wrx says, it is limited.
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FYI - if you go the controller route, you only need the controller online to update the APs or if you're using a captive portal. There might be a few more cases where it needs to always be online, but these wouldn't be typical for a home use case.
TL;DTR - controller is really only needed for setup, and updating.
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If you had automatic backups setup you should totally be able to plug the old hard drive in and grab the latest backup (I think they're enabled by default?). I've done this a few times in the past.
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So I went home and downloaded the Unifi Mobile app.
Tried to connect to my existing controller but none were found.
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@WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
So I went home and downloaded the Unifi Mobile app.
Tried to connect to my existing controller but none were found.
Because that laptop died and the controller isn't running?
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@bnrstnr said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
@WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:
So I went home and downloaded the Unifi Mobile app.
Tried to connect to my existing controller but none were found.
Because that laptop died and the controller isn't running?
Yeah, Probably.
How do I build a new controller? just on my phone or do I need to build it on the computer and sync to my phone?
I never saw that in the Link wrx gave me
