We have done this with both unifi AP’s and CAPsMAN. Both have worked well in my opinion. With the Mikrotiks CAPsMAN the advantage is no need for a controller. Everything is done on the CAPsMAN controller router. We used a 750UP to power the mAP’s and it works fine. Only problem is people who are not experienced in Mikrotik will have problems making changes. When we used the unifi AP’s we set a static DNS entry for unifi on the Mikrotik router to our controller server. The advantage to the unifi setup is it is easier for support since everything is in a pretty GUI.
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 1:10 PM To: Josh Reynolds; [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant Well butter my biscuits. There is a manual :) On January 13, 2015 8:57:44 AM AKST, Adam Moffett <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: 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 <[email protected]> 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. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> Image removed by sender. <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> Image removed by sender. <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> Image removed by sender. <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Image removed by sender. _____ From: "Bill Prince" <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> To: [email protected] 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" <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gino Villarini Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:31 AM To: [email protected] 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 @aeronetpr From: Darin Steffl <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 12:24 PM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:19 AM > To: [email protected] > 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 <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> 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> ï¿1Ž2ï¿1Ž2 > >> @aeronetpr > >> > >> > >> > >> From: joseph marsh <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> Reply-To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 10:43 AM > >> To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> 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? > >> > > > > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com <http://www.mnwifi.com/> 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Image removed by sender. Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
