If you're running a guest network with authentication portal (TOC, password, or hotspot) then it will allow everyone to get online without auth (user auth, not WPA) until the controller comes back on. Otherwise the controller only has to run to pull down stats or make config changes.
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > Soon, when your Internet goes out, you won’t even be able to open your > garage door or flush your toilet, because it will all be in the cloud. > > And as ISPs, we’ll be getting angry calls like “Is the tower down? I can’t > flush my toilet.” > > You think I’m joking? Remember the thread about LED bulbs interfering with > garage door openers? One of the suggested fixes is a garage door opener app > on your smartphone. I assume that only works if your smarthouse has working > Internet. Our hives will cease to operate if you cut the connection to the > collective. > > I’m imagining that something goes wrong with the cloud controller, and now I > can’t even use WiFi within my house, like printing to my wireless printer or > using Chromecast to my TV. Yes, I know, Unifi should continue to operate > without the controller once set up, but do some features stop working? Like > handoff between APs? > > From: Josh Baird via Af > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 1:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wifi for large houses > > You can host them all on a single controller in your datacenter. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 4, 2014, at 2:24 PM, TJ Trout via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can't stand unifi, have them came up with a way to do it without a > controller? What do you do if the customer doesn't have a windows machine? > Install a unifi "server" ? > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Sean Heskett via Af <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> UBNT UniFi...one SSID >> >> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 12:19 PM, TJ Trout via Af <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> What are you guys doing to cover large homes with good wifi coverage? Any >>> options besides multiple routers with multiple ssid's? Does rukus or someone >>> make something with true roaming? >> >> > >
