There are hundreds if not thousands of VM providers. Amazon is the biggest and Google, Microsoft, Rackspace and many others are big, but almost every hosting company offers them. I'm not sure of their pros\cons because I run my own environment.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "joseph marsh" <bwireless...@gmail.com> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 5:22:01 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant Where u get the VM or vps On Jan 21, 2015 5:15 PM, "Josh Baird" < joshba...@gmail.com > wrote: Yeah, just get a cheap VPS from somewhere. Problem solved. On Jan 21, 2015, at 3:26 PM, Mike Hammett < af...@ics-il.net > wrote: <blockquote> One {VM provider of choice} instance for all UniFis everywhere. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: "Josh Luthman" < j...@imaginenetworksllc.com > To: af@afmug.com Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:24:15 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant I don't think he has a VM cluster set up. Not worth setting up one for just Unifi. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Mike Hammett < af...@ics-il.net > wrote: <blockquote> One VM anywhere in the world with Internet access is all you need. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: "joseph marsh" < bwireless...@gmail.com > To: af@afmug.com Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:00:43 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant Can I set up a PC at the tower and mange it that way On Jan 21, 2015 1:54 PM, "Josh Luthman" < j...@imaginenetworksllc.com > wrote: <blockquote> No. You need it when you make changes only. Once it's configured you can turn the machine off. It obviously won't be able to do reporting and such, but it'll function like a normal AP. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:51 PM, joseph marsh < bwireless...@gmail.com > wrote: <blockquote> Does the unifi require a PC to be hooked up at all time On Jan 21, 2015 1:50 PM, "Caleb Knauer" < cknauer.li...@gmail.com > wrote: <blockquote> Sounds like the AP was re-provisioning? Did wifi come back up after a minute or two? On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Bill Prince < part15...@gmail.com > wrote: > > I don't know if this is a bug or not... Our new Unifi AP has been running > about 24 hours without a hitch. I started up the controller on my desktop, > and my partners laptop lost connection to WiFi. I had not pushed any > buttons, merely "started" the Unifi controller app. > > Is this a known issue? > > Not nice. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 1/20/2015 11:54 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >> >> It runs like shit on windows. It's using Linux emulation libraries. >> >> On January 20, 2015 10:48:12 AM AKST, Bill Prince < part15...@gmail.com > >> wrote: >>> >>> The machine I first loaded it on is running Windows 8.1 (puke BTW), but >>> >>> I didn't have a lot of choices. When Unifi didn't work, I googled >>> around and found out I needed to roll back java to 7.x. >>> >>> But it's a pretty snappy machine; 3.7 GHz quad-core A10 with plenty of >>> memory. >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> On 1/20/2015 11:40 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >>>> >>>> Depends on the hardware it's on, and the hardware you're using to >>> >>> manage it. >>>> >>>> On January 20, 2015 10:18:31 AM AKST, Bill Prince >>> >>> < part15...@gmail.com > wrote: >>>>> >>>>> With all the talk, we got some of these. Put one up in our office >>> >>> this >>>>> >>>>> morning. It seems to work OK. >>>>> >>>>> Controller takes a century to load initially. >>>>> >>>>> I had to time-travel back from 2115 to write this. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> bp >>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>>>> >>>>> On 1/13/2015 2:08 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 1/13/15 13:49, Daniel White wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have a Unifi AC AP at my house. Have not been overly impressed. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have two at the office. They don't do much more than basic office >>>>>> wireless stuff though and seem to be fine so far. What have you >>> >>> found >>>>>> >>>>>> lacking? >>>>>> >>>>>> ~Seth > > </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>