Ubiquity Unifi AP
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I have been converted to using Ubiquity Unifi AP's (from this group).
However I have a client that just needs one AP. Since they require a bit more setup than others (the Unifi Controller) is there another brand that would be better in this situation?
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@ccwtech said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:
I have been converted to using Ubiquity Unifi AP's (from this group).
However I have a client that just needs one AP. Since they require a bit more setup than others (the Unifi Controller) is there another brand that would be better in this situation?
Nothing I could think of. What are the chances that your client will stick to one AP for the foreseeable future? Let's say in the next 5 years?
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@thwr said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:
@ccwtech said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:
I have been converted to using Ubiquity Unifi AP's (from this group).
However I have a client that just needs one AP. Since they require a bit more setup than others (the Unifi Controller) is there another brand that would be better in this situation?
Nothing I could think of. What are the chances that your client will stick to one AP for the foreseeable future? Let's say in the next 5 years?
Very small office, so 1 more maybe
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More to the point, you can setup the controller as a VM and simply turn it off once the AP is no longer needing to be configured.
Or ( @JaredBusch will probably stab me) you could purchase the Unifi controller (forget the name) and use that.
It's pretty cheap iirc.
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@dustinb3403 said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:
More to the point, you can setup the controller as a VM and simply turn it off once the AP is no longer needing to be configured.
Or ( @JaredBusch will probably stab me) you could purchase the Unifi controller (forget the name) and use that.
It's pretty cheap iirc.
The Ubiquiti Cloud Key?
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@dbeato Yeah that's it.
I know its a gimmick to use it in almost every case, but it's still there.. . .
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Does the customer have even just a desktop? That's all that is needed.
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No, most are laptops and in/out of the office. They don't have a server. So either the cloud key or Vultr would do it. I just didn't know if there was a better option for a single AP solution.
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@ccwtech said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:
No, most are laptops and in/out of the office. They don't have a server. So either the cloud key or Vultr would do it. I just didn't know if there was a better option for a single AP solution.
Even a laptop would work to configure the AP.
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@dustinb3403 True, I guess it really doesn't need to be there all the time.
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The cloud key is $80 bucks though, one time.
So it might be one of those cases where it makes sense to get.
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The controller is there to keep track of system stats. Really nothing else.
Occasionally to update the firmware on your AP's etc. You could set it up on your laptop, setup the singular AP and then turn off the controller.
When you go in, push any updates for the AP and then leave.
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@dustinb3403 said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:
The cloud key is $80 bucks though, one time.
So it might be one of those cases where it makes sense to get.
Not really.
If he has one client, then he probably has others.Just setup a UniFi controller on your own Vultr instance and put all your customers on it.
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Ok, cool. Thanks for the input. Sounds like Unifi is the way to go and I do already have a Vultr server.
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@ccwtech said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:
Ok, cool. Thanks for the input. Sounds like Unifi is the way to go and I do already have a Vultr server.
If there is a chance you will be rolling out more APs, I would set up a unifi controller on Vultr. It makes rolling every AP after that faster and when it comes time to do firmware updates, all of your sites are right in front of you and you don't have to log in to computers in a bunch of different offices to fire up the controller.
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@mike-davis said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:
@ccwtech said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:
Ok, cool. Thanks for the input. Sounds like Unifi is the way to go and I do already have a Vultr server.
If there is a chance you will be rolling out more APs, I would set up a unifi controller on Vultr. It makes rolling every AP after that faster and when it comes time to do firmware updates, all of your sites are right in front of you and you don't have to log in to computers in a bunch of different offices to fire up the controller.
Sounds like a plan.
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I use Vultr and have each customer set up as a different site. Works perfect.
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@dustinb3403 said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:
More to the point, you can setup the controller as a VM and simply turn it off once the AP is no longer needing to be configured.
Or ( @JaredBusch will probably stab me) you could purchase the Unifi controller (forget the name) and use that.
It's pretty cheap iirc.
For myself, I run a Linux VM on my Windows desktop for the Controller. I spin it up as needed... once ever few months to make sure things are updated.
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Push come to 'shove'
Run the APs of a PoE switch, get a rPi3 and run it also on the PoE, and you have it covered with very very little expense ...
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@ccwtech said in Ubiquity Unifi AP:
Ok, cool. Thanks for the input. Sounds like Unifi is the way to go and I do already have a Vultr server.
In the Unifi Controller you setup on Vultr, you just make a new site for each new client. That keeps them all separate.
