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yes. You do not need any cloud login at this point.

nottorp 4y ago
They saw the light :) I have an older device (first in 5 Ghz I think) and I was beginning to think I should upgrade it to <whatever the latest Wi-Fi standard is>.
- nottorp 4y ago
  Hmm I just redownloaded the 'unifi network' thingy. For one I had to go through a screen of threats telling me I shouldn't use a local application that only reminds me of the threats you have to go through when downloading the LGPL version of Qt. For two, the app is incomprehensible, it wanted me to create a "local administrator account" after i opted out of an online account and then it didn't find my old unifi ap that is working just fine thank you. So nope. Still unacceptable, sorry. Note: I still have an old version of their admin app on an old computer and that one just finds the AP and lets me configure it. So if they could do it 10 years ago they could do it now too, should they wish to. Note 2: Why do they want my email even for a "local administrator" account? Note 3: If i click through all the crap it does find my UAP-AC but it says "managed by another console"? With no way of taking control of it. What the... i haven't started the old management app in years. Looks like besides threatening their customers they have gone enterprise.
  - strbean 4y ago
    > it wanted me to create a "local administrator account" after i opted out of an online account What alternative would you prefer? Anyone on the network can configure it? Just a password with no username? > I still have an old version of their admin app on an old computer and that one just finds the AP and lets me configure it. So if they could do it 10 years ago they could do it now too, should they wish to. The answer to security issues is... worse security? > and then it didn't find my old unifi ap that is working just fine thank you. You need to release the device from your old Unifi deployment, or factory reset the device. You don't want anyone on your network to be able to adopt your devices and seize control of your network.
    - nottorp 4y ago
      > What alternative would you prefer? Anyone on the network can configure it? Just a password with no username? How about having access control tied to the actual AP instead of a particular installation of the controller app, so I can admin it remotely from any machine that is available instead of just one? Also, you conveniently ignored the spurious threats telling me i'm incompetent and i will get hacked without a unifi cloud account. I had to check 4 checkboxes agreeing to 4 different predictions of doom if i admin locally. Pray tell, how do you configure a cloud linked device if there is no internet?

They saw the light :) I have an older device (first in 5 Ghz I think) and I was beginning to think I should upgrade it to <whatever the latest Wi-Fi standard is>.

nottorp 4y ago
Hmm I just redownloaded the 'unifi network' thingy. For one I had to go through a screen of threats telling me I shouldn't use a local application that only reminds me of the threats you have to go through when downloading the LGPL version of Qt. For two, the app is incomprehensible, it wanted me to create a "local administrator account" after i opted out of an online account and then it didn't find my old unifi ap that is working just fine thank you. So nope. Still unacceptable, sorry. Note: I still have an old version of their admin app on an old computer and that one just finds the AP and lets me configure it. So if they could do it 10 years ago they could do it now too, should they wish to. Note 2: Why do they want my email even for a "local administrator" account? Note 3: If i click through all the crap it does find my UAP-AC but it says "managed by another console"? With no way of taking control of it. What the... i haven't started the old management app in years. Looks like besides threatening their customers they have gone enterprise.
- strbean 4y ago
  > it wanted me to create a "local administrator account" after i opted out of an online account What alternative would you prefer? Anyone on the network can configure it? Just a password with no username? > I still have an old version of their admin app on an old computer and that one just finds the AP and lets me configure it. So if they could do it 10 years ago they could do it now too, should they wish to. The answer to security issues is... worse security? > and then it didn't find my old unifi ap that is working just fine thank you. You need to release the device from your old Unifi deployment, or factory reset the device. You don't want anyone on your network to be able to adopt your devices and seize control of your network.
  - nottorp 4y ago
    > What alternative would you prefer? Anyone on the network can configure it? Just a password with no username? How about having access control tied to the actual AP instead of a particular installation of the controller app, so I can admin it remotely from any machine that is available instead of just one? Also, you conveniently ignored the spurious threats telling me i'm incompetent and i will get hacked without a unifi cloud account. I had to check 4 checkboxes agreeing to 4 different predictions of doom if i admin locally. Pray tell, how do you configure a cloud linked device if there is no internet?