[TriLUG] Wireless AP recommendation

[Dewey Hylton via TriLUG]

I too have installed and still manage several deployments and absolutely love
the products. I have a few sites which run dedicated (vm-based) servers for the
java/mongodb controller software, but I also have a few leveraging the newer
"cloudkey" device and I now prefer the latter. The cloudkey device runs $70 or
so, and allows very easy management of the APs and switches and other things.

The ERL is a great little product; their USG is nearly identical from a hardware
standpoint, but requires the controller software (or cloudkey) for configuration
as opposed to the web interface provided by the ERL. Both are still manageable
via ssh, and (I think) they are vyatta-based.

----- On Aug 24, 2017, at 10:56 AM, Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion trilug at trilug.org wrote:

> I have 5 APs at my house, a dozen at my son's school, and have helped
> install, manage and support probably half a dozen different Ubiquiti
> installations over the past few years.  I've used the cheap $60 discs, the
> more-expensive Pro units, and some of the longer-range point-to-point
> gear.  They're all really inexpensive for what they offer, and surprisingly
> robust and high quality for their price point.  The management interface
> (although Java and MongoDB-based) is surprisingly pleasant and end-user
> friendly, and there is no real-time dependency on it.  You only need it to
> configure the APs.  I highly recommend you run it in the cloud on a small
> VM, and setup the local DNS or DHCP config so the APs find it
> automatically.  If you do have to dive under the covers, the APs expose SSH
> on port 22, and you can SCP a config file to them to manage them yourself.
> 
> I have no direct experience with the other Unifi products (ERL, etc) but
> have heard universally good things from a large swath of my peers whose
> opinions I highly respect.
> 
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Matt Pusateri via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
>> Also have Ubuiquity AP’s. and recommend them as well.
>>
>> Matt P.
>>
>> > On Aug 24, 2017, at 10:26 AM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > The thread on Eero wifi reminded me that I am going to be in the market
>> > for some wireless access points.  We are in the process of building a
>> > house for my parents and while most of the rooms will have a wired jack
>> > (or multiple) they are rather addicted to their tablets and phones
>> > which will run wifi.
>> >
>> > I was thinking of getting a couple of Ubiquity UAP-Pro models and
>> > mounting them on the ceiling, one at each end of the house.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have experience with them, good or bad, and would you
>> > recommend them or recommend staying away from them and going with
>> > something else?
>> >
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