TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router
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@cteneyck said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
Ubiquiti ERLite-3 Edgemax EdgeRouter Lite-3
thats the router model, I could not find any information on a wizard for the configuration. Plus i need to know this anyway right?You don't start in the middle. How many times have I said that now?
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@cteneyck said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
Ubiquiti ERLite-3 Edgemax EdgeRouter Lite-3
thats the router model, I could not find any information on a wizard for the configuration. Plus i need to know this anyway right?That's not the X. But we have that one too, and it definitely has wizards. But they aren't there if you didn't put modern firmware on it. The X always has the wizards because there are no old stock items predating the wizards. But the Lite comes with firmware potentially many years old that doesn't work. You need to get it updated and it will "just work" once you do that.
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Plug your laptop in directly, download the latest firmware, update the router, plug in the router and let it guide you through the setup.
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@scottalanmiller I will have to wait till after i can download after work.
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@JaredBusch what?
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@JaredBusch this doesnt make any sense.
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@scottalanmiller so firmware update will make it work?
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I feel like you guys are misunderstanding me, did you look at my screenshots to help get an understanding of my situation
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I think they understand perfectly. Just follow Scotts last post
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@cteneyck said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
@scottalanmiller so firmware update will make it work?
Yes, if you don't see the wizards listed on the left side menu, it means that your firmware is years out of date. These units are very easy to use today, but you have to keep them updated.
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@cteneyck said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
I feel like you guys are misunderstanding me, did you look at my screenshots to help get an understanding of my situation
Yes, and I can see that the date on that screen is 2013. So likely that is 3.5 years of not having updates. It's definitely a problem because the firmware isn't updated yet.
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@scottalanmiller is there a reason i have to do it via wizard? i just feel like im missing out on learning something if i just do a wizard instead of configuring the thing myself, you know?
I will get you guys an update as i can. something came up at work
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@cteneyck said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
@scottalanmiller is there a reason i have to do it via wizard?
No, but it's the difference between trivial and hard. And you have to be updated anyway or the unit might not even work. It's not ready to be plugged in yet. So why question it, just do it the easy way.
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@cteneyck said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
i just feel like im missing out on learning something if i just do a wizard instead of configuring the thing myself, you know?
Valid. But with that logic, why not do everything from the CLI (after patching?) I do that with our enterprise VyOS (very closely related to EdgeOS here) myself, all by hand. I don't even use the config commands, I literally just modify the config file!
So I get it, but I'd get it working before you start learning hard core config editing.
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@cteneyck said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
@scottalanmiller is there a reason i have to do it via wizard?
because you obviously have no idea what you are doing. How do you expect to learn the right way if you do not even know what the right way looks like.
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@cteneyck said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
i just feel like im missing out on learning something if i just do a wizard instead of configuring the thing myself, you know?
Do you start configuring your very first Linux install with all the advanced setup options the very first time? Fucking no. You start by reading what is on the screen and clicking through all the default options to get a working install.
Then you tinker and then you reinstall and try more advanced things the second time.
You do not start in the damned middle.
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@scottalanmiller said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
And you have to be updated anyway or the unit might not even work.
This piece is completely untrue. there is absolutely nothing wrong with EdgeOS 1.2 from a basic routing point of view.
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@cteneyck said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
I feel like you guys are misunderstanding me, did you look at my screenshots to help get an understanding of my situation
Honestly, no I glanced at a bunch of horribly tiny FULL SCREEN screenshots and imediately filtered it out. If you want help, learn to use tools to help you show what you want us to see. I am not going to work at deciphering wtf you want.
@scottalanmiller for the record he is on 1.2.0, a default old stock ERL.
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@JaredBusch said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
@cteneyck said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
@scottalanmiller is there a reason i have to do it via wizard?
because you obviously have no idea what you are doing. How do you expect to learn the right way if you do not even know what the right way looks like.
The wizards are good for this, because you can then see how the wizard did it and you can then replicate it in the future.
I would recommend picking up an EdgeRouter X for $65 as well. Do your learning on a box that doesn't cut you offline and cause you to move into an emergency state. That will allow for a LOT more learning, too, as you can do router to router routing (how many times can I say route?)
But right now, Jared is right, you are not at the point where you are ready to be configuring a router an intentionally difficult way. That's a great idea to learn and practice, absolutely. But at this point, it's learning how to work with routers at a higher level. Patching, using the built in tools, etc. Get that working, learn the individual unit, then start tackling the hard stuff that 90% of Ubiquiti users will never see.
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@JaredBusch said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
@scottalanmiller said in TP SG108PE + Ubiquiti Edge Router:
And you have to be updated anyway or the unit might not even work.
This piece is completely untrue. there is absolutely nothing wrong with EdgeOS 1.2 from a basic routing point of view.
Is that true for every possible patch level between 1.2 and now, though? I'm not suggesting that "old is bad", only that there is always a risk with an old, unknown version that it's one that had to be patched for functionality reasons.
