Several different ways. DNS is one.
https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Controller-Installation/UniFi-Layer-3-methods-for-UAP-adoption-and-management/ta-p/455643
On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:26 PM, 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
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> On 1/13/2015 9:21 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
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> Windows and Linux. Not sure about Mac. No, it won't run on Mikrotik.
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> *From: *"Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> <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>
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>
> 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> 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] *On Behalf Of *Gino Villarini
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:31 AM
>> *To:* 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
>>
>> @aeronetpr
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com>
>> *Reply-To: *"af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com>
>> *Date: *Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 12:24 PM
>> *To: *"af@afmug.com" <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> 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
>> Skype: danieldwhite
>> daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:19 AM
>> > To: 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>> 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> ï¿1Ž2ï¿1Ž2
>> > >> @aeronetpr
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> From: joseph marsh <bwireless...@gmail.com
>> > >> <mailto:bwireless...@gmail.com>>
>> > >> Reply-To: "af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>" <af@afmug.com
>> > >> <mailto:af@afmug.com>>
>> > >> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 10:43 AM
>> > >> To: "af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>" <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?
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Darin Steffl
>>
>> Minnesota WiFi
>>
>> www.mnwifi.com
>>
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