We run the unifi server in the office. The only requirement is the
unifi units need to be able to connect to the unifi controller on port
8080, you will also need 8880 and 8843 if using the portal redirect. So
even if the controller is behind a NAT you can set up a port forwards.
While I haven't set up the AWS controller, those that I have talked to
said it was dead simple using the steps on the wiki, even from people
who aren't system administrators.
If the staff is willing to do the vouchers they are pretty simple. You
just create a bunch ahead of time, print out the codes and they can hand
them out as needed. Every place I have wanted to use it the staff
didn't want to mess around with it so they just change the WPA2 key
every month.
On 03/26/2014 08:50 AM, Mark Spring wrote:
Heith,
Do you run those back to your server over a vpn on the tik or is it
all just local? I am planning on doing some unifi work in the near
future and I'm just curious what others have run into when the unifi
is not on your network. My knowledge of unifi is almost none, just
trying to come up with some scenarios that would work best. It seems
like others are confirming what I think you would run into, the unifi
server just won't play that well on site for most installs.
Thanks for your feedback!
Mark Spring
Systems Analyst
New Knoxville Telephone Company
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:47 AM, <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Yeah, I run a UniFi server at my office to drive the 3 HotSpot pay
per use
camp grounds we have and operate, but they are all driven from
Mikrotik
routers on site. I suppose we could run something here, but
allocating its
own server or virtual server locally could be beyond me. I bought
a few
slots on amazon aws before, just never dug into it too deeply yet
heith
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Pierce
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 6:51 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Motel WiFi Authentication
I've got Tik hotspots set up at a few towers and have setup
usermanager for
a retirement community. You definitely have more control with a
Tik box but
using Unifi with vouchers would be far easier.
You can still host the Unifi server at your place if they do not
keep a
computer running and they can print out vouchers ahead of time or
at the
time.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:11:44 -0500
>Thanks!
>
>From: Bryce Duchcherer
>Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 2:34 PM
>To: WISPA General List
>Subject: Re: [WISPA] Motel WiFi Authentication
>
>I did a hotel a few months ago using UniFi and MikroTik.
>
>We are running Hotspot service on the MikroTik (RB1100AHx2) and
>UserManager.
>
>For user account creation I put in a HotSpot printer from
Technologic. It
>uses API to create user accounts in UserManager so it is very
easy for
>clerks to be able to create users for guests. You can set limits
for days,
>speed, data transfer, etc.
>
>ItâEUR^(TM)s not cheap, and not the easiest to set up but once it
is in it works
>well.
>
>
>
>Check out www.hotspot-printer.com <http://www.hotspot-printer.com>
>
>
>
>Another option, depending on the billing system they use, could
be to use
>radius integrated with their billing system to create users.
>
>
>
>Or, you could just enable user manager and the clerk could create
users in
>the web interface.
>
>
>
>If you want some more info shoot me an email off list.
>
>
>
>Bryce D
>
>[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>
>
>
>From: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] On
>Behalf Of [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:24
>To: WISPA General List
>Subject: [WISPA] Motel WiFi Authentication
>
>
>
>Not sure if I should post to UBNT or Mikrotik. Anyways we have a
few motels
>that we run the UniFi APs in and they offer free use of the
service. Of
>course its all you can eat for anyone across the street from the
motel, or
>those who loiter in the parking lots. I havent really stayed in
enough
>motels to see how they do them but whatâEUR^(TM)s a way that
users can get a temp
>username & password when they check in? I havent dinked with it
much on the
>UniFi. I can see how to do it, kind of, with hotspot on a
Mikrotik, but I
>am not sure I would want a desk clerk dinking with the router. I am
>assuming that UniFi would be easier to use for this. Problem I
have is with
>the few motels using UniFi they hardly ever keep the software
running, and
>only turn it on when they need remote help from me. We have something
>similar set up with our ISP billing system for a few campgrounds
where they
>create their own credential then pay a few, but I had to contract
a lot of
>that out due to my inexperience. Maybe I need to look into the Amazon
>solution. Would be cool to run UniFi on a Mikrotik router.
>
>
>
>I also assume with them being authenticated we can track
bandwidth hogs
>better. We have quite a few motels that have mostly permanent
guests full
>time, people that never leave the room constantly downloading
movies. On
>the unifi we could always see who they were by MAC only, but forcing
>someone to log in may help with the abuse.
>
>
>
>thanks
>
>heith
>
>
>
>
>
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