William Warren wrote:> I would just buy a cloudkey and not have to bother installing the software > onto your machine directly. If you do not have a power over ethernet > switch you'll need a micro USB cable and power supply adapter to run it but > after that it takes care of running your software for you you don't have to > install anything on to your machineOne would have to be insane to give the maintenance and administration of their wireless infrastructure out of hands. Besides, Ubiquity makes nice devices, yet the lack of documentation makes them pretty useless.> > On Feb 15, 2018 20:43, "Gregory P. Ennis" <PoMec at pomec.net> wrote: > >> Everyone, >> >> Have any of you installed ubiguiti wireless routers on your network? >> >> It looks like the setup requires the use of software; they have some >> packages that are ready made for Ubuntu and Debian, but not RedHat >> >> https://www.ubnt.com/download/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-pro >> >> Have any of you tried or succeeded in installation this on Centos 7.4? >> >> Greg Ennis >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
On 2018-02-16 8:16 am, hw wrote:> William Warren wrote: >> I would just buy a cloudkey and not have to bother installing the >> software >> onto your machine directly. If you do not have a power over ethernet >> switch you'll need a micro USB cable and power supply adapter to run >> it but >> after that it takes care of running your software for you you don't >> have to >> install anything on to your machine > > One would have to be insane to give the maintenance and administration > of > their wireless infrastructure out of hands.The cloudkey is a device that one purchases and runs the same management software, on your network, rather than installing the software onto a Linux server...it's literally the difference between an ethernet connected (and powered, if you have a PoE switch) device running the software or running it on a full fledged computer. There's no giving of the maintenance to someone else's hands. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org "It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever just stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1
Mike Burger wrote:> On 2018-02-16 8:16 am, hw wrote: >> William Warren wrote: >>> I would just buy a cloudkey and not have to bother installing the software >>> onto your machine directly.? If you do not have a power over ethernet >>> switch you'll need a micro USB cable and power supply adapter to run it but >>> after that it takes care of running your software for you you don't have to >>> install anything on to your machine >> >> One would have to be insane to give the maintenance and administration of >> their wireless infrastructure out of hands. > > The cloudkey is a device that one purchases and runs the same management software, on your network, rather than installing the software onto a Linux server...it's literally the difference between an ethernet connected (and powered, if you have a PoE switch) device running the software or running it on a full fledged computer. > > There's no giving of the maintenance to someone else's hands.You mean it?s an access point controller Ubiquity makes? Why don?t they call it just that ...