For my wireless access points, I wanted to select equipment that was close to enterprise grade that will not burn a hole in my pocket. I am looking at you Cisco Aironet. I ultimately decided with an access point from Ubiquity.
- Reputation for stability
- Affordable cost
- Good reviews
I specifically went with the Unifi AP-AC-LR Access Point. I personally think this AP is one of the best values for a 802.11ac wireless access point. For the average consumer, the Apple Airport Extreme is a good choice.
Installation Procedure
Getting the Unifi controller to properly install and recognize the unprovisioned access points was quite the challenge. I initially tried installing the software in Windows with no success. For those installing on Windows made sure that the Windows Firewall is either off or set to allow the controller software to communicate inbound and outbound.
I decided to install the controller on Ubuntu 14.04 and it worked!
During the initial setup you will need to choose a name for your network and password. In addition, you will need to adopt the access point into your network.
To setup the access point that will serve as the repeater you will need to connect the device to the same layer 2 network, aka the same switch. Once you do that, adopt the AP into your network. Then disconnect the device from the switch. After a few minutes the AP will display isolated in the controller then go into settings and configure the Wireless Uplink settings to the Access Point you want it to uplink to. After this is done, both Access Points should be blue.
To setup the wireless uplink, I found the following blog entry to be helpful.
http://www.tongfamily.com/2014/05/wireless-uplink-unifi-ap/
Note: There are some versions of the Ubiquity controller that will require you to manually set the Access Points to the same channel.
To setup the access point that will serve as the repeater you will need to connect the device to the same layer 2 network, aka the same switch. Once you do that, adopt the AP into your network. Then disconnect the device from the switch. After a few minutes the AP will display isolated in the controller then go into settings and configure the Wireless Uplink settings to the Access Point you want it to uplink to. After this is done, both Access Points should be blue.
To setup the wireless uplink, I found the following blog entry to be helpful.
http://www.tongfamily.com/2014/05/wireless-uplink-unifi-ap/
Note: There are some versions of the Ubiquity controller that will require you to manually set the Access Points to the same channel.
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