Wireless access points, Ubiquity UniFi?
by petejc from LinuxQuestions.org on (#58CDZ)
It would be rather handy to have my wifi access point in a separate place to my router. At the moment I'm using the wifi on the router. I'm also thinking of whether I should should put smart home stuff on a separate wifi network, so having a vlan capable access point would be useful for that aspect.
Ubiquity seems to be the go to at least on Youtube. However, it seems that they don't use a web interface and need an application, which in linux is java based and there are a few hurdles to jump to get it up and running on slackware. I'd rather not make running the software to configure my access point a mini project in its own right - I want something that just works. I appreciate I might be able to use the android app and ignore slackware for the config? Looking at other access points with a web interface might be an alternative.
Has anyone been down this route? If so, what was your experience?
regards,
Pete
Ubiquity seems to be the go to at least on Youtube. However, it seems that they don't use a web interface and need an application, which in linux is java based and there are a few hurdles to jump to get it up and running on slackware. I'd rather not make running the software to configure my access point a mini project in its own right - I want something that just works. I appreciate I might be able to use the android app and ignore slackware for the config? Looking at other access points with a web interface might be an alternative.
Has anyone been down this route? If so, what was your experience?
regards,
Pete