UniFi Cloud Key
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https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-cloud-key/
Very Cool!
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I get what it is but I am uncertain as to the why. Just to avoid running a VM?
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@scottalanmiller It would work perfect at my small offices that dont have any servers.
I havent been able to get an AP to adopt over Layer 3 yet (also havent played with it enough either) -
You have offices big enough to run UniFi gear but too small for a single server? Not that that seems impossible just unlikely.
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@scottalanmiller I have an office that only has people in it about twice a month, i just through out an older router and an AP at the office.
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I am ordering one for at home. I love the idea of having a dedicated device just for this.
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@brianlittlejohn said:
@scottalanmiller I have an office that only has people in it about twice a month, i just through out an older router and an AP at the office.
Office sure, but no need to run the controller in the same office, right? Just put it on a central server?
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@anonymous said:
I am ordering one for at home.
How much are they?
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@scottalanmiller I couldn't get the AP to adopt over the VPN, couldn't figure out why while I was out there.
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Umm, for those type of stand-alone deployments, do you need a full time controller?
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@Breffni-Potter Standalone
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@scottalanmiller MSRP is $79.99
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@Breffni-Potter No. Just would like one if I need to change things, but I shouldn't really need to. That is how I ended up setting it up, ran the controller on my laptop, setup the ap, then shut off the controller.
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@scottalanmiller said:
You have offices big enough to run UniFi gear but too small for a single server? Not that that seems impossible just unlikely.
This doesn't make sense to me at all. Wouldn't that be most of our homes? large enough for UniFi gear, but no server?
I have this exact issue at home. I don't want to run the controller on my home PC so I don't have to worry about formatting it anytime I want, etc, etc.
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@brianlittlejohn said:
@scottalanmiller I couldn't get the AP to adopt over the VPN, couldn't figure out why while I was out there.
Not that I ever tried, but I adopted the AP at my home office, then took the AP to the remote location. Since the onsite router at that location was pushing DNS for my own DNS server over the VPN, the APs found unifi.mydomain.com with no issues.
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@anonymous said:
@scottalanmiller MSRP is $79.99
I suppose that's an OK price. They are providing web services for you for life at that price. Seems high though.
I could put in a Raspberry Pie and then I'd have to either have VPN to the office to manage it, or port the R Pie to the internet.
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It's a good price for what it is but seems like a high price for what it does.
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@Dashrender I tried to add them via ssh and the set-inform address using an IP address and it would show up in the controller, but when I would go to adopt them it would start and say disconnected and never recognize it again.
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@brianlittlejohn said:
@Dashrender I tried to add them via ssh and the set-inform address using an IP address and it would show up in the controller, but when I would go to adopt them it would start and say disconnected and never recognize it again.
hmm.. weird. Was your offsite router providing the DNS servers of your main network? Do you have a Unifi record pointing to your controller? Doing this has solved all of my problems.
By default the UAPs boot and look for unifi.localdomain.xyz. Assuming it resolves, that should be all that's required to connect them to your controller at your main office.
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@Dashrender I didnt have DNS stuff setup, I didn't mess with it a whole lot, running short on time.
