Too late I guess, but last I used a edgerouter it didn't do the whole unifi controller thing. Only the unifi security gateway did. Have they changed that.
The edgerouter worked great configuring via cli, but you couldn't do cool graphical things and show them off to your friends to what good is that?




Oh, and somewhere during the last time I updated the firmware and cleaned up some wires I unplugged the main Ethernet cable from the router to the rest of the house... I didn't notice for 3 days because the router just set up a mesh network and without missing a beat.

 

Thoiboi, I got everything up and running last night, I just need to mount the AP on the ceiling. Very simple setup. ONT to EdgeRouterX on Eth0. Eth1 to unmanaged switch. UAP-AC-PRO connected to unmanaged switch.

Wifi is great, wired is great. I was able to use the 192.168.1.1 address to configure the router, and the UniFi app for W7 to configure the AP.

However, this morning I went to use the UniFi app and was unable to connect to eh AP. The app gave indicated everything was fine but when I used the "open a browser to manage this device" button (not sure the exact language), my browser cannot connect to https://localhost:8443/manage. Wifi is working fine, though.


Not sure what changed between last night (when I could connect fine) and today. I tried rebooting the router (AP is on POE injector) but same issue. Tried three browsers, cleared cache, etc... I will try a machine that is not hardwired tonight to see if I can access it via wifi. I wish the AP showed up in the DHCP lease list as a clearly defined item, I am not even sure which IP address it is pulling from the edgerouterx.

Any thoughts?

 

localhost would be expecting the Unifi Controller to be installed on that device. 8443 is the default port the Unifi Controller, do you have that installed yet? https://www.ui.com/download/unifi/de...-51272-windows

If you've set up your AP in "AP Only mode" or "standalone" mode as I believe they call it, you won't be able to access it until you reset it. You gotta use Unifi Controller to manage the AP.

 

I have the controller installed and used it to configure the AP last night (SSID, etc.):



Last night when I clicked the "Launch a Browser..." my browser opened and I could manage the AP.

This morning, I get the above error (see two posts up) from my browser when I click the button.

 

restart the service.. that error message is telling you the service isn't running properly.

Also make sure Windows firewall rules is set to allow Unifi Controller to be running on that port.

also, have you tried turning it off and on again the quintessential IT fix

 

STill accurate, and I mentioned that as a call out earlier (UNMS would be the equivalent of Unifi Controller for the EdgeRouter) but Stogz was okay with that

 

I dont see any running or stopped services related to Ubiquiti. Do you happen to know the name of the service?

I did a reboot (I assume) by removing the Cat6 (POE) from the AP and re-plugging it in.

 

Sorry, i meant rebooting your Controller, not the AP.

https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/article...indows-Service

I may have misspoke about the service, it's an additional step, you may just have installed the Controller as a program.

 

found it, mongod.exe

 

i believe mongod is just the monogoDB database that it writes to for logs.

 

I really need to reboot the machine this is running on but I am working on this remotely and don't want to kill the apparently-working wifi for my wife who is home right now. I will take a look tonight. If I kill java process, it fully shuts down the UniFi app.

Thoiboi, two questions:

1. is my AP configuration stored within the UniFi App or on the device itself? (i.e. if I uninstall the unifi app and then re-install it, will I lose my SSIDs, etc.)?
2. does the UniFi app need to be running all the time (either as a service or an app) for the AP to function, or do I only need to run it to make changes to the AP?

Thanks for all this help, I will put your furniture back where I found it.

 

1. AP Config is stored on the device itself, unfortunately an annoying nuance is if you set up a 'new' controller, you'll have to reset the AP to "adopt"[Unifi lingo] the AP to the new controller.
2. Unifi app only needs to be running to make changes and to look at those sweet sweet charts while running, it has no bearing on the AP working. As I alluded to earlier, there's an AP "standalone mode" you can set up by connecting from the app straight to the AP and have it working sans Controller. But you seem to be the type that would like to be able to manage AP's from afar, thus my suggestion for Unifi Controller


Can you vacuum under the couch please? Thanks!

 

I rebooted the W7 machine and everything seems to be working fine.

I tried to temporarily mount the unit to the ceiling using command strips. Suffice it to say, the AP is capable of handling a 6 foot fall no problem... :grrrr:

 

I had a couple of Unifi APs in my old house that gave rock solid performance for years. Liked them so much I went with their Amplifi mesh system in the new one. Also good quality stuff.

 

Very stable so far and the quality of the signal (wired and wireless) is much better.

I get less signal strength in the back yard, but the quality of the signal is better all around, so I am happy (and more importantly the wife is happy).

 

and more importantly, i'm happy that you're happy


Glad it all worked out Stogz!


just buy a new AP for the backyard

 

LOL why didn’t I check this thread sooner. I use UniFi a lot at work, that’s almost the only WAPs we use, I got UniFi USG, AC Pro, In-Wall and I just got a 5 port flex mini switch last week for my home setup.

we have the same issue at work where the controller crashes every week or so and you can’t login without rebooting the host vm, all of our clients continue to work without it, though now I’m wondering if any of the IDS/IPS features stop working when the controller is down.

we've had the crashing in Windows vm and even when we migrated to a Linux vm. We’ve never spent too much time trying to fix it since a reboot fixes it. IDK maybe our database is corrupt.

 

I signed up for early access on their site so I could potentially buy some wifi 6 waps before they’re officially released. They sell out so fast though...

 

I have it installed in a docker container on a Linux box and it works completely fine.


IDS/IPS should be at the USG level, not on the controller so should be up as well

 

In the release notes for the controller it often mentions improvements to IDS such as So that makes me think that something passes through the controller

 

Bump.

Anyone using an Edgerouter 12?

Need to get a new router for the office (16 DHCP clients) mostly wired, handful wireless (might keep old WAP, might get UAP-AC-Pro, similar down the road).

I don't have cameras, so don't need the POE.

Is this device too long in the tooth? I really only need routing, but (a) the EdgerouterX is OOS and (b) I figured why not get rid of my 10/100/1000 dumb switch with 4-5 connections... I would still have a downstream 10GB switch, so I think the 12 ports (ok really 8 after internet uplink and WAP) would be enough. Maybe.

 

Does it have a gigabit wan port? Does it have IDS/IPS, if so what's the max throughput with IPS on?

 

It's just a router... no need for ips/ids. Just wondering if the product line is past it's arc. I know Ubiquity is pushing their complete appliances now.

 

My main router is a EdgeRouter X SFP.

 

Was hoping you would pop in.
I have the EdgeRouter X at home (based on your recommendation) and love it, but this is for a small office location that currently has a consumer grade Netgear wifi/router combo. The one thing the Netgear does really well, though, is allow setup of a VPN so I can access the office stuff (via RDP) while out of the office. It has an OpenVPN wizard that that sets up the VPN and creates the client installer for my laptop. How hard is it to set a VPN up on the EdgeRouters so I can remotely access the router's clients?

 

It's doable, just not from the UI, I believe I used this guide here: https://www.sparklabs.com/support/kb...and-viscosity/ to set it up via CLI. For the laymen, it might be a bit overwhelming to setup, but I believe in you Stogz

Also feel free to tag me

 

Thanks!

Looks "not so hard" to me, thanks for the walk through! I kan foller instrukshuns...

Will bookmark/reference this for when I actually get the damn router.