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    Recovering Ubnt Controller?

    Water Closet
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    • wrx7m
      wrx7m @WrCombs last edited by

      @WrCombs https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.easyunifi&hl=en
      https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012360487-UniFi-Getting-Started-with-the-UniFi-Mobile-App

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      • WrCombs
        WrCombs @wrx7m last edited by

        @wrx7m said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

        @WrCombs https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.easyunifi&hl=en
        https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012360487-UniFi-Getting-Started-with-the-UniFi-Mobile-App

        thanks!

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        • WrCombs
          WrCombs @wrx7m last edited by

          @wrx7m said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

          @WrCombs https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.easyunifi&hl=en
          https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012360487-UniFi-Getting-Started-with-the-UniFi-Mobile-App

          Would you suggest Standalone mode then for at home use?

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          • wrx7m
            wrx7m @WrCombs last edited by wrx7m

            @WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

            @wrx7m said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

            @WrCombs https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.easyunifi&hl=en
            https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012360487-UniFi-Getting-Started-with-the-UniFi-Mobile-App

            Would you suggest Standalone mode then for at home use?

            That all depends. With controller, you still need a controller. Stand alone means you no longer have to run one. These are the pros and cons of each according to that link-
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            • Reid Cooper
              Reid Cooper last edited by

              For home use, stand alone is normally fine. But as wrx says, it is limited.

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              • Dashrender
                Dashrender last edited by

                FYI - if you go the controller route, you only need the controller online to update the APs or if you're using a captive portal. There might be a few more cases where it needs to always be online, but these wouldn't be typical for a home use case.

                TL;DTR - controller is really only needed for setup, and updating.

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                  bnrstnr last edited by

                  If you had automatic backups setup you should totally be able to plug the old hard drive in and grab the latest backup (I think they're enabled by default?). I've done this a few times in the past.

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                  • WrCombs
                    WrCombs last edited by

                    So I went home and downloaded the Unifi Mobile app.

                    Tried to connect to my existing controller but none were found.

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                      bnrstnr @WrCombs last edited by

                      @WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                      So I went home and downloaded the Unifi Mobile app.

                      Tried to connect to my existing controller but none were found.

                      Because that laptop died and the controller isn't running?

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                      • WrCombs
                        WrCombs @bnrstnr last edited by

                        @bnrstnr said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                        @WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                        So I went home and downloaded the Unifi Mobile app.

                        Tried to connect to my existing controller but none were found.

                        Because that laptop died and the controller isn't running?

                        Yeah, Probably.

                        How do I build a new controller? just on my phone or do I need to build it on the computer and sync to my phone?
                        I never saw that in the Link wrx gave me

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                          bnrstnr @WrCombs last edited by

                          @WrCombs Do you have a windows laptop? If you want to just start from scratch install the controller and follow the directions.

                          https://dl.ubnt.com/unifi/5.9.29/UniFi-installer.exe

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                          • WrCombs
                            WrCombs @bnrstnr last edited by

                            @bnrstnr said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                            @WrCombs Do you have a windows laptop? If you want to just start from scratch install the controller and follow the directions.

                            https://dl.ubnt.com/unifi/5.9.29/UniFi-installer.exe

                            that's probably what I will end up doing

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                            • JaredBusch
                              JaredBusch last edited by

                              Oh FFS already.

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                              • WrCombs
                                WrCombs @JaredBusch last edited by

                                @JaredBusch said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                Oh FFS already.

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                                Oh FFS .

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                                • dbeato
                                  dbeato @WrCombs last edited by

                                  @WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                  @bnrstnr said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                  @WrCombs Do you have a windows laptop? If you want to just start from scratch install the controller and follow the directions.

                                  https://dl.ubnt.com/unifi/5.9.29/UniFi-installer.exe

                                  that's probably what I will end up doing

                                  I wouldn't advice it... Just run it on Vultr if you are going to do that.

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                                  • JaredBusch
                                    JaredBusch @WrCombs last edited by

                                    @WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                    @JaredBusch said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                    Oh FFS already.

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                                    Oh FFS .

                                    If you have no other access points, then you will likely need to run the discovery app on a computer.

                                    https://www.ui.com/search/?q=discovery tool

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                                    • JaredBusch
                                      JaredBusch @dbeato last edited by

                                      @dbeato said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                      @WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                      @bnrstnr said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                      @WrCombs Do you have a windows laptop? If you want to just start from scratch install the controller and follow the directions.

                                      https://dl.ubnt.com/unifi/5.9.29/UniFi-installer.exe

                                      that's probably what I will end up doing

                                      I wouldn't advice it... Just run it on Vultr if you are going to do that.

                                      I wouldn't do that either. For a home with no infrastructure, I would run it only from the app.

                                      Using UniFi without any infrastructure is honestly stupid though.

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                                      • dbeato
                                        dbeato @JaredBusch last edited by

                                        @JaredBusch said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                        @dbeato said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                        @WrCombs said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                        @bnrstnr said in Recovering Ubnt Controller?:

                                        @WrCombs Do you have a windows laptop? If you want to just start from scratch install the controller and follow the directions.

                                        https://dl.ubnt.com/unifi/5.9.29/UniFi-installer.exe

                                        that's probably what I will end up doing

                                        I wouldn't advice it... Just run it on Vultr if you are going to do that.

                                        I wouldn't do that either. For a home with no infrastructure, I would run it only from the app.

                                        Using UniFi without any infrastructure is honestly stupid though.

                                        Gotcha.

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                                        • Dashrender
                                          Dashrender last edited by

                                          @WrCombs - did you reset the AP before using the AP? If no, that's why you couldn't find it.

                                          Also, I'm not sure if the app can find an AP via non associated wifi or not - I'm guessing it must be able to, as home users wouldn't typically have a way for their cell phone to be attached to the physical network since you're just now trying to install wifi in the home.

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