Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant

[Adam Moffett]

Hey UBNT:  Instead of scattering all the useful information around a 
knowledge base and a forum, why not unify it all into one document that 
describes the product and how to use it.  You could call it a "manual" 
and then I could RTFM whenever I want to be enlightened.

Several different ways.  DNS is one.
https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Controller-Installation/UniFi-Layer-3-methods-for-UAP-adoption-and-management/ta-p/455643

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com 
<mailto:part15...@gmail.com>> wrote:

    So if your controller is running on a VM in the cloud, and the
    unify box(es) is/are behind NAT, how does the controller reach
    through the NAT?  Or do the unify box(es) reach out?

    bp
    <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>

    On 1/13/2015 9:21 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
    Windows and Linux. Not sure about Mac. No, it won't run on Mikrotik.



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    *From: *"Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com>
    <mailto:part15...@gmail.com>
    *To: *af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
    *Sent: *Tuesday, January 13, 2015 11:20:22 AM
    *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant

    Anything special about the controller? Windows, MacOS, Linux? 
    Will the controller run on a Mikrotik?

    bp
    <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>

    On 1/13/2015 9:17 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:


        You need a unifi controller to manage the system.  The
        individual AP's don't have a web page.  You put the
        controller on the same LAN segment as the AP's and it will
        discover them and add them to the network.

        You could use your laptop as the "controller" to set them up
        and then take it with you when you leave.  The AP's will keep
        working without being able to reach the controller.....but
        don't do that.  If you want to change anything later you'd
        have to go back with the same laptop.  If you want to
        associate the AP's with a different controller you have to
        default them.

        For a super small deployment I just install the controller
        software on the customer's PC.  Once you get past a handful
        of AP's then you include a $300 PC in the cost estimate.

            So the unifi is like a normal ubnt. Product just program
            it and leave. It?

            On Jan 13, 2015 10:47 AM, "Rory Conaway"
            <r...@triadwireless.net <mailto:r...@triadwireless.net>>
            wrote:

                I have a customer yanking out his Meraki’s in a
                couple months and going to UniFi.  We have a
                installations with them, zero problems.  But you do
                need a management computer.  I have the XClaim radio
                too that I tested at my house.  The only problem is
                no management tool outside your phone and you have to
                be onsite.  They said they will have something in a
                few months for that.

                Xirrus is enterprise grade and probably as expensive
                as Meraki with all the bells and whistles.  I’d stick
                to UniFi if it was me for financial reasons if you
                simply want to give away free internet.

                Rory

                *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
                <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On Behalf Of *Gino
                Villarini
                *Sent:* Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:31 AM
                *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
                *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant

                I have 2 at home, easy setup. Basic feature set…
                problem with reatail locations like restaurants is
                that you need control of the users… how much time
                they can browse, when the AP will be available
                (avoiding night leeches), login mechanisms, value
                added marketing for the host restaurant (like pop ups
                every x min with advertisement) Etc… Retail is a
                different animal… Meraki even offers visit statistics
                of how many passerbys( mac detected but not
                registered) , users (loged in) with how long they
                stayed, how recurrently the pass or visit ect! Very
                extensive reports for the host restaurant/retail
                location

                Gino A. Villarini

                President

                Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.

                www.aeronetpr.com <http://www.aeronetpr.com>

                @aeronetpr

                *From: *Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com
                <mailto:darin.ste...@mnwifi.com>>
                *Reply-To: *"af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>"
                <af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>
                *Date: *Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 12:24 PM
                *To: *"af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>"
                <af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>
                *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant

                We also ordered a few Xclaim AP's and they seem to be
                performing really well and at a great price as well.

                On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Daniel White
                <afmu...@gmail.com <mailto:afmu...@gmail.com>> wrote:

                The new Xclaim AP's are designed for this type of
                environment.  Get the Ruckus RF engineering
                technology with the coffee shop type price.

                Installing one in our new office... will have my
                hands on it on Friday.  Only need a single AP... and
                of course it will be lightly loaded (mostly for cell
                phones,etc... computers are hardwired typically).

                Got mine from JR at WAV - good price on those units too.

                Daniel White – Managing Director
                SAF North America LLC

                Cell: (303) 746-3590 <tel:%28303%29%20746-3590>
                Skype: danieldwhite
                daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com
                <mailto:daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com>


                > -----Original Message-----
                > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
                <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley
                > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:19 AM
                > To:af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
                > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant
                >

                > The problem I have with Unifi is there really isn't
                a stand alone feature that
                > doesn't require a controller that I know of.  I
                would like the option of logging
                > in locally, changing a few settings, and moving on.
                >
                > Cameron Crum wrote:
                > > Unifi is not hard to set up at all. I put about
                20 of them in my kid's
                > > school and it works great. VLAN'd 3 separate
                networks, one for
                > > teachers, one for students, and one for guests. I
                don't use the
                > > payments stuff of course and access is still
                controlled by a CCR
                > > behind it all, but it has not even had so much as
                a hiccup in over a
                > > year since it went in. This is not even the
                enterprise version as it
                > > was not out yet when I put the system in.
                > >
                > > Cameron
                > >
                > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Bill Prince
                <part15...@gmail.com <mailto:part15...@gmail.com>
                > > <mailto:part15...@gmail.com
                <mailto:part15...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
                > >
                > >     Gino,
                > >
                > >     What do like (and dislike?) about Meraki, and
                which others have
                > >     you tried?
                > >
                > >     bp
                > >  <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
                > >
                > >     On 1/13/2015 6:47 AM, Gino Villarini wrote:
                > >>  Meraki
                > >>
                > >>
                > >>
                > >>  Gino A. Villarini
                > >>  President
                > >>  Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.
                > >> www.aeronetpr.com <http://www.aeronetpr.com>
                <http://www.aeronetpr.com> ï¿1Ž2ï¿1Ž2
                > >>  @aeronetpr
                > >>
                > >>
                > >>
                > >>  From: joseph marsh <bwireless...@gmail.com
                <mailto:bwireless...@gmail.com>
                > >>  <mailto:bwireless...@gmail.com
                <mailto:bwireless...@gmail.com>>>
                > >>  Reply-To: "af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
                <mailto:af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>"
                <af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
                > >>  <mailto:af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>>
                > >>  Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 10:43 AM
                > >>  To: "af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
                <mailto:af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>"
                <af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
                > >>  <mailto:af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>>
                > >>  Subject: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant
                > >>
                > >>  Doing WiFi for a restaurantï¿1Ž2ï¿1Ž2ï¿1Ž2 what
                would be good for
                > >>  deploying WiFiï¿1Ž2
                > >>
                > >>  Ubnt unifi, meraki or something else?
                > >>
                > >
                > >



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