I would like to see a migration tool of some sort. Our big controller has gotten a bit too big and we are about to split it into multiple pieces. It's an adventure.
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > I see one thing that could be smoother. We set up a couple of Unifi APs; > one here in our office, and another in a large home. The controller was on > my traveling laptop. Now that each of them is running, I wanted to move the > controller to a VM in our colo. > > It seems to me that if you are logged into the active controller, it should > be a simple push-button to "move" the controller to another running > controller. Maybe you need to have some sort of session going between > controllers, but that should be relatively easy too. Or maybe (at the most) > a push-button receive mode on one controller, and a push mode from another > controller. > > It does not seem "right" that you need to reset an AP (or APs) to move the > controller. Very uncomfortable with this when I have to remote into a site > in the first place, and reset an AP (or APs) in order to get them to link to > an L3 controller in the cloud. Of course, once you've moved the controller, > then you have to re-load the previous AP configuration. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 1/21/2015 12:12 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > Yes, run the UniFi Controller at the colo. From there you can control every > UniFi you place everywhere. > > It pulls statistics, handles upgrades, well, everything a controller is > supposed to do. > > It doesn't have to be in a VPN, but that's what I do. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > ________________________________ > From: "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:07:07 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant > > Run it where? The colo? That seems counter productive. We want a > more-or-less continuous VPN connection between our colo and the WiFi AP in > our office? How is this good? > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 1/21/2015 12:04 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > So run it there. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > ________________________________ > From: "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:03:29 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for restaurant > > AP was not re-provisioned. She had to re-connect to continue to use > it. She said the connection just "went away". It was simple to > re-connect, just unexpected, and not what I would consider nice behavior. > > I will do a couple of controlled tests to see what is happening. > > BTW - We don't have any VMs running in our office; those are all down in > the colo. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 1/21/2015 11:49 AM, Caleb Knauer wrote: >> Sounds like the AP was re-provisioning? Did wifi come back up after a >> minute or two? >> >> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I don't know if this is a bug or not... Our new Unifi AP has been >>> running >>> about 24 hours without a hitch. I started up the controller on my >>> desktop, >>> and my partners laptop lost connection to WiFi. I had not pushed any >>> buttons, merely "started" the Unifi controller app. >>> >>> Is this a known issue? >>> >>> Not nice. >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> On 1/20/2015 11:54 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >>>> It runs like shit on windows. It's using Linux emulation libraries. >>>> >>>> On January 20, 2015 10:48:12 AM AKST, Bill Prince <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> The machine I first loaded it on is running Windows 8.1 (puke BTW), but >>>>> >>>>> I didn't have a lot of choices. When Unifi didn't work, I googled >>>>> around and found out I needed to roll back java to 7.x. >>>>> >>>>> But it's a pretty snappy machine; 3.7 GHz quad-core A10 with plenty of >>>>> memory. >>>>> >>>>> bp >>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>>>> >>>>> On 1/20/2015 11:40 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >>>>>> Depends on the hardware it's on, and the hardware you're using to >>>>> manage it. >>>>>> On January 20, 2015 10:18:31 AM AKST, Bill Prince >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> With all the talk, we got some of these. Put one up in our office >>>>> this >>>>>>> morning. It seems to work OK. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Controller takes a century to load initially. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I had to time-travel back from 2115 to write this. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> bp >>>>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1/13/2015 2:08 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote: >>>>>>>> On 1/13/15 13:49, Daniel White wrote: >>>>>>>>> I have a Unifi AC AP at my house. Have not been overly impressed. >>>>>>>> I have two at the office. They don't do much more than basic office >>>>>>>> wireless stuff though and seem to be fine so far. What have you >>>>> found >>>>>>>> lacking? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ~Seth >>> > > > > >
