Cerulean
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Greetings!
This is a learning opportunity for me.
At the present time the client has a Netgear AC1900 DD-WRT router with an HP server running DHCP, DNS, AD/DC, file server, print server, Quickbooks server functions. All the workstations connect via 5GHz Wi-Fi.
Owner has agreed to grant access to next door neighbor business and will be upgrading the internet connection plan to accommodate. However, the Wi-Fi signal is not strong enough so a solution needs to be deployed without mounting anything outdoors. The owner tried running a 60ft CAT5e cable from the server room into the attic nearest to the neighboring business and hooked it up to his personal Apple Wi-Fi router but was not able to get enough range (building has brick walls).
The UAP-AC-PRO with the UC-CK will be able to satisfy the range and features guest networking. It will allow me to disable Wi-Fi on the Netgear AC1900 DD-WRT router and move the live production Wi-Fi to the Ubiquiti WAP.
Here's the next problem: isolating live production and guest networks.
So I know with minimal experience that you can set VLAN tags on SSIDs for Ubiquiti wireless systems. What else do I need? How do I set it up?
I am guessing: perhaps I need a US‑8‑150W and a USG so that I could tag live production SSIDs as 10 and guest network SSID as 20, and then plug the Netgear AC1900 DD-WRT router and UAP-AC-PRO into the US-8-150W. Is this how it works? How would I configure the VLAN routing?
This is a learning opportunity for me.
At the present time the client has a Netgear AC1900 DD-WRT router with an HP server running DHCP, DNS, AD/DC, file server, print server, Quickbooks server functions. All the workstations connect via 5GHz Wi-Fi.
Owner has agreed to grant access to next door neighbor business and will be upgrading the internet connection plan to accommodate. However, the Wi-Fi signal is not strong enough so a solution needs to be deployed without mounting anything outdoors. The owner tried running a 60ft CAT5e cable from the server room into the attic nearest to the neighboring business and hooked it up to his personal Apple Wi-Fi router but was not able to get enough range (building has brick walls).
The UAP-AC-PRO with the UC-CK will be able to satisfy the range and features guest networking. It will allow me to disable Wi-Fi on the Netgear AC1900 DD-WRT router and move the live production Wi-Fi to the Ubiquiti WAP.
Here's the next problem: isolating live production and guest networks.
So I know with minimal experience that you can set VLAN tags on SSIDs for Ubiquiti wireless systems. What else do I need? How do I set it up?
I am guessing: perhaps I need a US‑8‑150W and a USG so that I could tag live production SSIDs as 10 and guest network SSID as 20, and then plug the Netgear AC1900 DD-WRT router and UAP-AC-PRO into the US-8-150W. Is this how it works? How would I configure the VLAN routing?
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