(Apologies if my questions are a bit naive, I'm still getting used to how Ubiquiti does things. I've always done things the traditional way in carrier networks, i.e. tunneling everything back to the core and then breaking out traffic accordingly).
I have some questions about Ubiquiti's ability to integrate with UAM. I have a scenario where I will have approximately 1000-2000 APs scattered across different extremely rural areas with limited backhaul space. These areas will likely NOT have the expertise to properly babysit a core solution. In a past life, I've often just put in an access point with some sort of DHCP solution and UAM redirect. This AP plugged directly into the modem (DSL, cable, etc) and then got a public CPE address which I could manage remotely. When customers hit the open SSID, they got a spash page that was served by NetNearU (NetNearU.com), and when they authenticated, their MAC was whitelisted on for the duration of time. When they went to another AP that had a different DHCP server, their MAC address was pre-authenticated and they appeared (from their perspective "to roam"). A few questions on how I can do this "The Ubiquiti Way". 1) Does Ubiquiti do DHCP at the edge on each AP? If not, is there some 3rd party software I can use? I understand if this is not supported and if I have to figure this out myself. That is not a problem. 2) Does Ubiquiti have a way of vectoring the users off to this database? I see that Chili has a plugin, and it looks relatively simple to integrate. Does this still work with the current OS? Or have things changed? http://coova.org/node/3685 3) Can someone recommend a hosted user database solution that is cheap and reliable? If I had to roll it myself, what would you recommend? 4) Do I have to use UniFi? Can I just script out some sort of login script to quickly deploy and configure these thigns? This project (if it takes off) could be about 1000-2000 thousand APs scattered across rural Africa and South America. I'm hoping for limited equipment at the edge (things like battery backups and customized antennas may be needed in some cases, but I'm hoping for limited network equipment). If anyone has any ideas or would like for me to connect them with the various decision makers, please feel free to contact me offline. I'm not looking to make anything off this project, just donate a little time in helping it get off the ground by asking the right questions. -- Also on LinkedIn? Feel free to connect if you too are an open networker: scubac...@gmail.com
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