Business WIFI Planning and Deployment
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The controller has a ton of functionality - but you need additional hardware to take advantage of it. The firewall for example in the controller is if you are using a USG from Ubiquiti.
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As far as setting up a guest network that is isolated from the main network... Any walk-throughs for that? On my Meraki I had set up a VLAN for the guest wifi, but the UniFis totally foreign to me.
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@ccwtech said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
As far as setting up a guest network that is isolated from the main network... Any walk-throughs for that? On my Meraki I had set up a VLAN for the guest wifi, but the UniFis totally foreign to me.
Assuming your VLAN still exists on your LAN, then just make another Wireless network but expand the advanced options and set the VLAN.
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@jaredbusch Tried that but for some reason it wasn't picking up on the DHCP on the Meraki for that VLAN. I'll look into that more.
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@ccwtech said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
@jaredbusch Tried that but for some reason it wasn't picking up on the DHCP on the Meraki for that VLAN. I'll look into that more.
you'd have to create a new scope for DHCP for that VLAN. and create routing rules to route that network.
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@dashrender said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
you'd have to create a new scope for DHCP for that VLAN. and create routing rules to route that network.
DHCP on the Unifi Controller?
I have DHCP setup on the guest VLAN on the Meraki
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@ccwtech said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
@dashrender said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
you'd have to create a new scope for DHCP for that VLAN. and create routing rules to route that network.
DHCP on the Unifi Controller?
I have DHCP setup on the guest VLAN on the Meraki
Then why aren't you getting DHCP from it?
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That's the issue I am having.
I have DHCP on my Windows Server 2016 Box (Private network) for Vlan1 and DHCP on the Meraki for Vlan2 for the Public/Guest.
When clients join the private Wifi (no lan specified on the Unifi) they get an IP from the Windows Server. When the clients join the public Wifi Vlan2, no DHCP.
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@ccwtech said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
That's the issue I am having.
I have DHCP on my Windows Server 2016 Box (Private network) for Vlan1 and DHCP on the Meraki for Vlan2 for the Public/Guest.
When clients join the private Wifi (no lan specified on the Unifi) they get an IP from the Windows Server. When the clients join the public Wifi Vlan2, no DHCP.
Aww, you need to tell your Meraki to give DHCP on the public VLAN. Likely, the Meraki's DHCP is bound to the default VLAN (I guess I'm surprised you aren't having issues there, but that's only a guess).
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This is how I have the Meraki setup. When I use the Wifi on the Meraki, things work as they should.
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OK, how about your guest wifi on the Unifi side? how is it setup?
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OK that looks right - now how about the switch ports that that Meraki is plugged into and the the port the UAP is plugged into?
Also, is the Meraki outputting to the network via a trunked line (i.e. both VLANs on a single connection) or via to network connections to the switch?
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The switch port on the UAP needs to be a trunked port. untagged traffic for VLAN 1 (default VLAN) and tagged for VLAN 2. The UAP will will tag the LPVGuest network as VLAN 2, if the switch doesn't allow tagged traffic for VLAN 2 on the port the UAP issuing, then the switch will drop that traffic and it will never make it to the Meraki, and something similar for the Meraki, depending on how it connects to the network.
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@dashrender
Is this a config I need to do on my Netgear switch? -
Also, in creating a DNS entry to point to my Vultr server, is that best done on my DNS for my domain name on GoDaddy or locally on my DC?
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@ccwtech said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
Also, in creating a DNS entry to point to my Vultr server, is that best done on my DNS for my domain name on GoDaddy or locally on my DC?
That depends where the Start of Authority is located. Your local DNS is never for anything but your local items. There's really no options here, only one will work.
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@scottalanmiller said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
@ccwtech said in Business WIFI Planning and Deployment:
Also, in creating a DNS entry to point to my Vultr server, is that best done on my DNS for my domain name on GoDaddy or locally on my DC?
That depends where the Start of Authority is located. Your local DNS is never for anything but your local items. There's really no options here, only one will work.
While correct technically, it does not actually answer the question. But that would also be because the question is not complete.
@CCWTech what DNS? There are multiple things involved here.
You have a DNS need just for yourself to get to the mange this side via a URL.
Typically like: https://unifi.domain.com - This one needs entered wherever you enter your domain.com entries.You also have a DNS need for ‘unifi’ to point to the correct IP. This needs to resolve on the local network in order to make UniFi devices magically find the controller to await adoption.
If you have other UBNThardware, such as a ERL serving DHCP, it has a spot designed for the IP.
You can also use a DHCP option on your Windows network to make this work instead of using a DNS entry.So, clarify what you are asking now that you have this additional information.
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I have it up and running. (DNS)
Even my guest WIFI on a VLan is now getting DHCP addresses. Everything is working great now.
