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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403
      last edited by

      So this is a bit of a cleanup job and before I go down the rabbit hole of trying to get into this controller which most assuredly doesn't have credentials that are stored anywhere, I'd like to take the rather easy approach.

      If I reinstall the same controller version onto the same Windows box (before my time) would the controller keep the wireless network settings and AP's allowing me to simply reset the credentials to get into the controller?

      Looking for options on how to resolve the issue of being unable to login this Windows based controller. SMTP (AFAIK) wasn't set up, nor do I know who actually setup the controller to even send a password reset to if there was one.

      Controller version 5.13.32

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender
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        There are instructions on how to reset the password in the controller's DB on UI.com. This is likely your best bet.

        Of course, the last time I did this was in 4.x days.. so I suppose this option might not exist anymore.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
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          https://community.ui.com/questions/Lost-UniFi-Controller-Login-Password/61513566-c3b9-4128-9fa6-84034c083311

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403 @Dashrender
            last edited by

            @Dashrender said in Unifi Controller - Reinstall and adopt APs:

            https://community.ui.com/questions/Lost-UniFi-Controller-Login-Password/61513566-c3b9-4128-9fa6-84034c083311

            That looks like what I might need to reset it.

            Thanks!

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403
              last edited by

              @Dashrender this worked to at least get me the username, fortunately we did have a password that worked so I'm logged in.

              Thanks

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
                last edited by

                awesome.

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  Of course the controller(s) that are on site actually aren't managing the AP's at all. . . which means I'll likely have to factory reset the AP's, create new wireless networks and go from there. . .

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                  • travisdh1T
                    travisdh1 @DustinB3403
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                    @DustinB3403 said in Unifi Controller - Reinstall and adopt APs:

                    Of course the controller(s) that are on site actually aren't managing the AP's at all. . . which means I'll likely have to factory reset the AP's, create new wireless networks and go from there. . .

                    I've worked in 1 place that did UniFi correctly. Ran their own controller on site with just the management port open to the internet. Everything was joined to the controller on premise to the proper site inside the controller. Just worked so much better having a single place to go when you were managing hundreds of sites.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @travisdh1
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                      @travisdh1 Yeah I'm thinking what happened is someone setup a Unifi Controller on windows at some point, then they engaged us and said yeah we don't have access to the AP's but its all still working. So they were sold a physical cloud key, and still the AP's weren't adopted.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @DustinB3403
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                        @DustinB3403 said in Unifi Controller - Reinstall and adopt APs:

                        @travisdh1 Yeah I'm thinking what happened is someone setup a Unifi Controller on windows at some point, then they engaged us and said yeah we don't have access to the AP's but its all still working. So they were sold a physical cloud key, and still the AP's weren't adopted.

                        Assuming you're at an MSP now, do you host a controller that you could just build a new site for and adopt the APs too?

                        This is what @Bundy-Associates and @NTG do.

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                        • travisdh1T
                          travisdh1 @DustinB3403
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                          @DustinB3403 said in Unifi Controller - Reinstall and adopt APs:

                          @travisdh1 Yeah I'm thinking what happened is someone setup a Unifi Controller on windows at some point, then they engaged us and said yeah we don't have access to the AP's but its all still working. So they were sold a physical cloud key, and still the AP's weren't adopted.

                          If I had a dollar for every time this happened... you all know the rest.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403 @Dashrender
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                            @Dashrender said in Unifi Controller - Reinstall and adopt APs:

                            @DustinB3403 said in Unifi Controller - Reinstall and adopt APs:

                            @travisdh1 Yeah I'm thinking what happened is someone setup a Unifi Controller on windows at some point, then they engaged us and said yeah we don't have access to the AP's but its all still working. So they were sold a physical cloud key, and still the AP's weren't adopted.

                            Assuming you're at an MSP now, do you host a controller that you could just build a new site for and adopt the APs too?

                            This is what @Bundy-Associates and @NTG do.

                            That is the plan, but for now this is just janitorial work.

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