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Gen5: adding access points
Gen5 being installed tomorrow at our church. Business account. We will need to add 3 access points to cover the church properly. Our plan is to add Unifi access points (from Ubiquiti). This requi...
Remote features wont be possible unless accessed via IPv6... As you said, these HT2000w units can't be put into a bridged mode, so chances are the UniFi Cloud Key will be useless for remote administration after you add on the fact you are behind CGN...
I have yet to run into a scenario where Ubiquiti AP's require a Unifi Gateway or Edge Router unless you are attempting to make remote management of the equipment and network easier, which again, is useless thanks to CGN, unless you can figure out something with IPv6...pswired and tracerrx have been working together on their IPv6 conundrum together, the thread they are discussing remote IPv6 address in could provide some good insight in that area... https://community.hughesnet.com/t5/Tech-Support/HT2000W-IPv6-inbound-services/m-p/83342#M58814
To be fairly honest, I would just go HT2000w > Switch > AP's, disable the HT2000w wifi, and create my own wifi network. Never really touched their switches or anything else as the features are mostly useless IMO.
Remote features wont be possible unless accessed via IPv6... As you said, these HT2000w units can't be put into a bridged mode, so chances are the UniFi Cloud Key will be useless for remote administration after you add on the fact you are behind CGN...
I have yet to run into a scenario where Ubiquiti AP's require a Unifi Gateway or Edge Router unless you are attempting to make remote management of the equipment and network easier, which again, is useless thanks to CGN, unless you can figure out something with IPv6...
pswired and tracerrx have been working together on their IPv6 conundrum together, the thread they are discussing remote IPv6 address in could provide some good insight in that area... https://community.hughesnet.com/t5/Tech-Support/HT2000W-IPv6-inbound-services/m-p/83342#M58814
To be fairly honest, I would just go HT2000w > Switch > AP's, disable the HT2000w wifi, and create my own wifi network. Never really touched their switches or anything else as the features are mostly useless IMO.
C0RR0SIVE wrote:Remote features wont be possible unless accessed via IPv6... As you said, these HT2000w units can't be put into a bridged mode, so chances are the UniFi Cloud Key will be useless for remote administration after you add on the fact you are behind CGN...
C0RR0SIVE. I just had this bright idea, and perhaps it's beyond the scope of this forum, but thought I'd ask anyway. With the goal of having the access points controlled and configured such that we can have more robust control over guest accounts (to limit speed, etc), what if instead of a Unifi USG/CLoad Key arrangement I originally described (which would require IPv6 enablement/bridge mode), we use an always-on PC running Unifi Controller software connected locally to the Unifi switch? While there would be no remote control of the network (thus no IPv6 complications), I'm thinking all the other features of the Contrioller could be enabled (Unifi AP guest wifi speed control, data limits, etc). What you think? Am I missing something in the way HT2000w would behave in this set-up?
HT2000w > Unifi switch > local PC running Unifi Controller
> Unifi access points
