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Unifi APs being bridges only is a feature, not a bug. There's a wide range of all-in-one devices on the market; pure AP bridges, not so much. And before you sa

Unifi APs being bridges only is a feature, not a bug. There's a wide range of all-in-one devices on the market; pure AP bridges, not so much. And before you say, that you can configure all-in-one to work in bridge mode: yes, some of them. Many of them cannot, or have weird limitations when you do.

rootusrootus 6y ago
> Unifi APs being bridges only is a feature, not a bug I think OP means that you have to be running Unifi somewhere in order to get all the features from the AP. Not that it's just an access point and requires a separate router (which I agree, is a huge plus).
- ripdog 6y ago
  Strictly speaking you don't need to run the controller. The Android app can configure APs in standalone mode and update their firmware.
  - vetinari 6y ago
    He wrote "some features", not to run the APs in general. You don't need controller per se to get per-user VLAN assignment or WPA Enterprise. What you need is running RADIUS server somewhere, and controller conveniently provides a basic one (it has FreeRadius underneath, but provides only basic configuration options, so you won't be able to use AD for your users; also do not edit the config manually, any update will wipe your edits). For guest portal, you need, well, guest portal somewhere. The guest portal is a part of the controller. However, if you need guest portal, I don't see any problem running controller somewhere. For the rest, you can also run controller on your computer once, configure everything and then shutdown the controller. All the devices will work fine without it. Edit: word
    - glsdfgkjsklfj 6y ago
      you are correct. can't expect unifi fanboys to pass a reading comprehension test. for the record, most other industry that offer APs that run on standalone will work with all features, or only advertise that feature on the package. For example, you don't see cisco(?) unleashed mode APs advertising guest portal, unless they can do it on unleashed (stand alone) mode. Unifi is intentionally misleading.
      - vetinari 6y ago
        Don't worry about that; even the biggest unifi fanboy will turn back into normalcy once they will have to contact the ubiquiti support (yeah, ubiquiti support, that's oxymoron).

rootusrootus 6y ago

> Unifi APs being bridges only is a feature, not a bug I think OP means that you have to be running Unifi somewhere in order to get all the features from the AP. Not that it's just an access point and requires a separate router (which I agree, is a huge plus).

ripdog 6y ago
Strictly speaking you don't need to run the controller. The Android app can configure APs in standalone mode and update their firmware.
- vetinari 6y ago
  He wrote "some features", not to run the APs in general. You don't need controller per se to get per-user VLAN assignment or WPA Enterprise. What you need is running RADIUS server somewhere, and controller conveniently provides a basic one (it has FreeRadius underneath, but provides only basic configuration options, so you won't be able to use AD for your users; also do not edit the config manually, any update will wipe your edits). For guest portal, you need, well, guest portal somewhere. The guest portal is a part of the controller. However, if you need guest portal, I don't see any problem running controller somewhere. For the rest, you can also run controller on your computer once, configure everything and then shutdown the controller. All the devices will work fine without it. Edit: word
  - glsdfgkjsklfj 6y ago
    you are correct. can't expect unifi fanboys to pass a reading comprehension test. for the record, most other industry that offer APs that run on standalone will work with all features, or only advertise that feature on the package. For example, you don't see cisco(?) unleashed mode APs advertising guest portal, unless they can do it on unleashed (stand alone) mode. Unifi is intentionally misleading.
    - vetinari 6y ago
      Don't worry about that; even the biggest unifi fanboy will turn back into normalcy once they will have to contact the ubiquiti support (yeah, ubiquiti support, that's oxymoron).