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Mark M said:
Been doing some reading into Ubiquiti equipment and I keep seeing some people say that they wouldn’t deploy it into a business environment. What are people’s thoughts on this? I run a very small business (4 users, likely to grow to 10 eventually) with very simple requirements so assumed it would be ideal but wanted to check what the opinion is.
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I think those people are more talking about maybe a very high usage environment i'd imagine a average Home user would have a higher usage than what you describe. Ubiquiti aims for deployment such as yours where you want some thing better than Consumer but don't want to pay out the ar** for cisco etc. Frankly even on beta
 
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I believe you can complete some configuration directly on the AP but for full control you need to install the Unifi controller software, you download this on the official website.
 
If you just have one AP and you don't need guest portals etc. then the Unifi mobile app is meant to be able to control a decent amount.
 
Thanks for all info above re business useage, I think I'll go for it as its going to be a step up from my consumer switch etc. One other quick question that Ive just spotted in a recent post above by @SupraWez is regarding the controller software. There appears to be a software controller and a hardware controller. For a basic set up (VLan, AP with, guest wifi, VPN) do I need any controller at all and if so can I use the software controller? If so is there any cost for the software controller?
 
The software controller is free @Mark M and you can run it on raspberry pi/linux, windows, mac. If you want to run a guest portal (i.e. open SSID but with a guest login) then you need to leave the controller running. Currently mines just running in a VM on my mac along with a few other things, but when I get round to tidying everything up it'll be back running on my raspberry pi.
 
Kol said:
The software controller is free @Mark M and you can run it on raspberry pi/linux, windows, mac. If you want to run a guest portal (i.e. open SSID but with a guest login) then you need to leave the controller running. Currently mines just running in a VM on my mac along with a few other things, but when I get round to tidying everything up it'll be back running on my raspberry pi.
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Thanks for the quick response, I'll get some kit spec'd and will be back!
 
For £60 the Unifi Cloud Key is purpose-built to run the controller. Yes, it’s not the cheapest option, but it is by far the simplest as you just plug it in to USB or PoE and it powers up and you log in.
 
Hi All

So I've installed the controller software on my Macbook Air, added the UAP-AC-HD its current firmware version is 3.7.35.6029 but 4.0.15.9872 is there to download and upgrade but I cannot get it to apply.

Reading on the ubnt forums I have carried out the below so far:
  • Assigned a static IP
  • DNS
  • Gateway
  • Cache the firmware from settings>maintenance
  • A manual point to the upgrade file hosted on their servers
This is on my SkyQ network if that makes any difference?
 
I am assuming you have adopted the AP into your controller.

Under the devices page on the controller there should be an adopt button if not already adopted and also an upgrade button if new FW is available.
 
SupraWez said:
I am assuming you have adopted the AP into your controller.

Under the devices page on the controller there should be an adopt button if not already adopted and also an upgrade button if new FW is available.
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Yes its adopted but I cant get it to upgrade to the new firmware, my SSH skills are not the best :(
 
You don’t need to SSH to upgrade the firmware. If it won’t do it, there is probably a very good reason.

Have you had a look at the Ubiquiti forums?
 
Yeah - you’re not alone. It’s a duffer update. LOTS of people saying they’re having issues.

Unless you especially need a 4.015 feature then I’d leave it.
 
Yea, strange- I logged into my controller yesterday and saw the updates (one for my US8-60 and for AP AC Lite), clicked the button and it worked. Suggests a deeper/wider issue somewhere with the firmware maybe.
 
OK well I've managed to update via SSH to the latest firmware, will see if the next firmware update shows the same issues, now going to have a play and see what's what :D
 
My EdgeRouter Lite 3 died a death today, console light blinking non stop and no power up. Internet just died without warning but I had also noticed over the last week or so I had unexplained random connectivity drops which was booting me from online games.

Did some research and found many other cases of the same console blinking/no boot issue. Transpires it was a shagged power supply. Swapped it out for a suitably poled 12VDC 2Amp supply from an unused ISP provided router and it fired back up without issue.

Something to keep in mind if you start getting similar symptoms!
 
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