I think you can do that exact same method if you use 169.254.1.1 (on every
radio or SM) on 2.3+ if you have a MT.
Still think it would be painfully stupid easy to add a virtual interface
that gets an IP from the AP.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
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On Dec 18, 2014 10:17 AM, "Mark Radabaugh via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote:
> That Cambium so completely failed to realize how big of a use proxy access
> was on the Canopy product still completely baffles me. Cambium spent way
> too much time trying to make a better Ubiquiti product rather than
> understanding how and why their own product was used.
>
> Hopefully they learned something :-)
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Dec 18, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Vlad Sedov via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
>
> One thing that makes it so bullet-proof on Canopy, is the internal
> network between the AP and the SMs (169.254.101.x) which is what makes the
> proxy so smooth. With ePMP and UBNT, you're still at the mercy of having
> the right IP address set in the SM before you can manage it (even when
> connecting from the AP).
> We sorely miss this feature in ePMP, and it makes NMS mapping a major
> headache.. We don't pre-map SMs before they go out into the field, so with
> ePMPs, I have to create a static ARP entry for the 192.168.0.2 address in
> the closest Mikrotik router, and use the Tik proxy to get into the SM..
> Change IP, delete ARP, rinse, repeat.
>
> Click-through is a cruel joke without the proxy. I really, really hope it
> gets properly implemented.
>
> Vlad
>
> On 12/18/2014 7:18 AM, Josh Luthman via Af wrote:
>
> How are you doing it with Ubnt? Can't the same be done with epmp?
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Dec 18, 2014 8:06 AM, "Mark Radabaugh via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote:
>
>> For our install method proxy access (or some means of remote access to
>> a minimally configured CPE) is a must have. The installers do NOT have to
>> get out a computer or otherwise access the device. Power it up, point it
>> at the tower, listen for signal, call the office for a signal quality check
>> and go. Everything regarding CPE programming can be done remotely.
>>
>> This can be done with Ubnt as well by SSH to the AP's and then to the
>> CPE but it's not as clean as Canopy.
>>
>> No way at all that I know of with ePMP.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On Dec 17, 2014, at 11:04 PM, Steve D via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
>>
>> Use it all the time. Between it and installer color code field techs
>> can't FUBAR an install. When our larger networks were vlan'd years ago
>> that made the process super safe.
>>
>> One of the "best features" of the canopy platform in my book. It annoys
>> me working on 802.11 crap when I see a tech has typo'd something like an IP
>> or vlan.
>> On Dec 17, 2014 7:30 PM, "Bill Prince via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Me too.
>>>
>>> I don't know how many times I've used it, but it's more than I have
>>> finger to count on.
>>>
>>> --
>>> bp
>>> <part {dash} 15 {at} SkylineBroadbandService {dot} com>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/17/2014 7:08 PM, George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af wrote:
>>>
>>> No, rather just have it.
>>>
>>> On 12/17/2014 9:07 PM, Josh Luthman via Af wrote:
>>>
>>> Rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it.
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>> On Dec 17, 2014 9:55 PM, "Mike Hammett via Af" <af@afmug.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I used it a couple times on my Canopy gear, but it was never a
>>>> show-stopper to not have it.
>>>>
>>>> This brings me to a new post...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----
>>>> Mike Hammett
>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From: *"George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af" <af@afmug.com>
>>>> *To: *af@afmug.com
>>>> *Sent: *Wednesday, December 17, 2014 8:30:14 PM
>>>> *Subject: *[AFMUG] ePMP proxy
>>>>
>>>> OK Cambium ePMP dudes and chicks, I am disappointed. I thought you guys
>>>> had Canopy-like SM "click-thru" access, aka LUID proxy. But this is not
>>>> the case on 2.3.3. All you give me is a URL with the IP of the SM.
>>>> Informational helpful, yes, operationally helpful, no.
>>>>
>>>> I'm guessing you need an RF private network like exists on Canopy to
>>>> make this work. Please do it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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