The units reach out to the hostname of "unifi" on boot and attempt to
provision. Or via dhcp option 43.
Then you adopt them to the site in the controller (say Billy Bob's Banjos and
Burgers), and assign wireless profiles to the devices.
On January 13, 2015 8:26:10 AM AKST, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>So if your controller is running on a VM in the cloud, and the unify
>box(es) is/are behind NAT, how does the controller reach through the
>NAT? Or do the unify box(es) reach out?
>
>bp
><part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>On 1/13/2015 9:21 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
>> Windows and Linux. Not sure about Mac. No, it won't run on Mikrotik.
>>
>>
>>
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>> *From: *"Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com>
>> *To: *af@afmug.com
>> *Sent: *Tuesday, January 13, 2015 11:20:22 AM
>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant
>>
>> Anything special about the controller? Windows, MacOS, Linux? Will
>> the controller run on a Mikrotik?
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 1/13/2015 9:17 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
>>
>>
>> You need a unifi controller to manage the system. The individual
>> AP's don't have a web page. You put the controller on the same
>> LAN segment as the AP's and it will discover them and add them to
>> the network.
>>
>> You could use your laptop as the "controller" to set them up and
>> then take it with you when you leave. The AP's will keep working
>> without being able to reach the controller.....but don't do that.
>
>> If you want to change anything later you'd have to go back with
>> the same laptop. If you want to associate the AP's with a
>> different controller you have to default them.
>>
>> For a super small deployment I just install the controller
>> software on the customer's PC. Once you get past a handful of
>> AP's then you include a $300 PC in the cost estimate.
>>
>> So the unifi is like a normal ubnt. Product just program it
>> and leave. It?
>>
>> On Jan 13, 2015 10:47 AM, "Rory Conaway"
>> <r...@triadwireless.net <mailto:r...@triadwireless.net>>
>wrote:
>>
>> I have a customer yanking out his Meraki’s in a couple
>> months and going to UniFi. We have a installations with
>> them, zero problems. But you do need a management
>> computer. I have the XClaim radio too that I tested at
>my
>> house. The only problem is no management tool outside
>> your phone and you have to be onsite. They said they
>will
>> have something in a few months for that.
>>
>> Xirrus is enterprise grade and probably as expensive as
>> Meraki with all the bells and whistles. I’d stick to
>> UniFi if it was me for financial reasons if you simply
>> want to give away free internet.
>>
>> Rory
>>
>> *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
>> <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On Behalf Of *Gino
>Villarini
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:31 AM
>> *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant
>>
>> I have 2 at home, easy setup. Basic feature set… problem
>> with reatail locations like restaurants is that you need
>> control of the users… how much time they can browse, when
>> the AP will be available (avoiding night leeches), login
>> mechanisms, value added marketing for the host restaurant
>> (like pop ups every x min with advertisement) Etc… Retail
>> is a different animal… Meraki even offers visit
>statistics
>> of how many passerbys( mac detected but not registered) ,
>> users (loged in) with how long they stayed, how
>> recurrently the pass or visit ect! Very extensive reports
>> for the host restaurant/retail location
>>
>> Gino A. Villarini
>>
>> President
>>
>> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.
>>
>> www.aeronetpr.com <http://www.aeronetpr.com>
>>
>> @aeronetpr
>>
>> *From: *Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com
>> <mailto:darin.ste...@mnwifi.com>>
>> *Reply-To: *"af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>"
>> <af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>
>> *Date: *Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 12:24 PM
>> *To: *"af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>" <af@afmug.com
>> <mailto:af@afmug.com>>
>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant
>>
>> We also ordered a few Xclaim AP's and they seem to be
>> performing really well and at a great price as well.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Daniel White
>> <afmu...@gmail.com <mailto:afmu...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> The new Xclaim AP's are designed for this type of
>> environment. Get the Ruckus RF engineering technology
>> with the coffee shop type price.
>>
>> Installing one in our new office... will have my hands on
>> it on Friday. Only need a single AP... and of course it
>> will be lightly loaded (mostly for cell phones,etc...
>> computers are hardwired typically).
>>
>> Got mine from JR at WAV - good price on those units too.
>>
>> Daniel White – Managing Director
>> SAF North America LLC
>>
>> Cell: (303) 746-3590 <tel:%28303%29%20746-3590>
>> Skype: danieldwhite
>> daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com
>> <mailto:daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com>
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
><mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] On
>> Behalf Of Jay Weekley
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:19 AM
>> > To:af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant
>> >
>>
>> > The problem I have with Unifi is there really isn't a
>stand alone
>> feature that
>> > doesn't require a controller that I know of. I would
>> like the option of logging
>> > in locally, changing a few settings, and moving on.
>> >
>> > Cameron Crum wrote:
>> > > Unifi is not hard to set up at all. I put about 20 of
>> them in my kid's
>> > > school and it works great. VLAN'd 3 separate
>networks,
>> one for
>> > > teachers, one for students, and one for guests. I
>> don't use the
>> > > payments stuff of course and access is still
>> controlled by a CCR
>> > > behind it all, but it has not even had so much as a
>> hiccup in over a
>> > > year since it went in. This is not even the
>enterprise
>> version as it
>> > > was not out yet when I put the system in.
>> > >
>> > > Cameron
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Bill Prince
>> <part15...@gmail.com <mailto:part15...@gmail.com>
>> > > <mailto:part15...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:part15...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Gino,
>> > >
>> > > What do like (and dislike?) about Meraki, and
>> which others have
>> > > you tried?
>> > >
>> > > bp
>> > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>> > >
>> > > On 1/13/2015 6:47 AM, Gino Villarini wrote:
>> > >> Meraki
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Gino A. Villarini
>> > >> President
>> > >> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.
>> > >> www.aeronetpr.com <http://www.aeronetpr.com>
>> <http://www.aeronetpr.com> ï¿1Ž2ï¿1Ž2
>> > >> @aeronetpr
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> From: joseph marsh <bwireless...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:bwireless...@gmail.com>
>> > >> <mailto:bwireless...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:bwireless...@gmail.com>>>
>> > >> Reply-To: "af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
>> <mailto:af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>"
><af@afmug.com
>> <mailto:af@afmug.com>
>> > >> <mailto:af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>>
>> > >> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 10:43 AM
>> > >> To: "af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
>> <mailto:af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>"
><af@afmug.com
>> <mailto:af@afmug.com>
>> > >> <mailto:af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>>
>> > >> Subject: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant
>> > >>
>> > >> Doing WiFi for a restaurantï¿1Ž2ï¿1Ž2ï¿1Ž2 what
>> would be good for
>> > >> deploying WiFiï¿1Ž2
>> > >>
>> > >> Ubnt unifi, meraki or something else?
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>>
>> Minnesota WiFi
>>
>> www.mnwifi.com <http://www.mnwifi.com/>
>>
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