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Archive for the ‘Ubiquiti’ Category

Reminder to self: mid-term solution for replacing Ubiquiti access points

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/12/11

Last year, after an already long sequence of doing stupid things, Ubiquiti sued Brian Krebs.

For many this was a reason to think about what to replace their Ubiquiti.

My cloud key had already died, I never installed the USG router, so this is the reminder to see if anything has come up to replace the Unifi access points that is easy to manage in a self-hosted way are powered over ethernet, do the same seamless handover and cooperative WiFi antenna management.

Some links from back then:

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Guidelines for WiFi access points at home/office

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/02

The first post (in Dutch) has quite a few good tips on improving WiFi at your home or office: [WayBack] Router D-Link moet snelheid van 2,1Gbit/s op 5GHz halen – Computer – Nieuws – Tweakers.

There is also a nice explanation of beamforce, where the video below gives a good visual indication on how it works.

–jeroen

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Ubiquity UniFi SDN – Server status “UniFi Controller is starting up… Please wait a moment”

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/02/22

When your UniFi Cloud Key web interface shows this [Archive.is] after upgrading:

 

UniFi Controller is starting up…

Please wait a moment

 

Then you just ran into a bug which seems to occur most with 5.9.29 of the UniFi software: [Archive.is] “UniFi Controller is starting up…” “Please wait a moment” “5.9.29” – Google Search

The easiest way is to restore from a backup: this usually works.

For that you need ssh access, which usually is with the ubnt user. But you could have made life more complicated when you followed these:

Steps from [WayBack] UniFi Controller is starting up… Please Wait A Moment – Ubiquiti Networks Community (thanks [Archive.is] About mrfoxdk – Ubiquiti Networks Community!):

  1. SSH to the Unifi CloudKey
  2. dpkg -P unifi
  3. Open a browser and browse the URL of CloudKey
  4. Login
  5. Press “Install” under UniFi
  6. Wait for the process to complete, and then wait a bit for the service to be brought online.
  7. Recover the configuration backup from the latest backup

Removing and reinstalling the UniFi software, then restore from backup

Step 2 above will purge the unifi software of the cloud key as per dpkg --help:

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Linus Torvalds – Google+: Working gadgets: Ubiquiti UniFi collection (and a whole bunch of Unifi/Ubiquiti/Ubtn links).

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/01/21

Seems my interest in Ubiquiti needs more research: [WayBackLinus Torvalds – Google+: Working gadgets: Ubiquiti UniFi collection.

Hopefully by now I’ve time to re-design the WiFi coverage in the house and invest in a few of those access points.

Related:

Splitting 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz SSIDs: two ways (I think the second is cleaner)

  1. Either have one WLAN group with a set of SSIDs, then in each access point disable the 2.4Ghz SSID on the 5GHz radio, and disable the 5Ghz SSID on the 2.4Ghz radio
  2. Have different WLAN groups with an SSID (or set of SSIDs) for each frequency, then in each access point select the appropriate group for each radio

For both the first and second one, you need to configure under “Config” -> “WLANs”.

For the second one, you can clone from the first, then change the SSID names.

–jeroen

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Strange MAC addresses starting FA:8F:CA without OUI in your network? They are Locally Administered Addresses and likely from Google.

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/01/07

A while ago, I write about Locally Administered Addresses: a few series of MAC addresses you can use on your local network: MAC address ranges safe for testing purposes (Locally Administered Address).

A while ago, I found ones in my network and ones in my WiFi SSID survey starting with FA:8F:CA. They did not show up in the Wireshark · OUI Lookup Tool nor their manufacturer database.

But with bit 7 turned off they start with F8:8F:CA which does show up as “F8:8F:CA Google, Inc.”

They appear to be Google devices, in my case Google ChromeCast ones, though they can also be Google Home ones.

Google does “magic” with networks, just look at a few of the links here:

–jeroen

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No more https://www.whatsapp.com/cidr.txt

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/12/11

Not sure when this happened but the CIDR list is no more [WayBackhttps://www.whatsapp.com/cidr.txt:

Dear partners,
Please note that we have migrated the latest IP pools of WhatsApp to Facebook Mobile Partner Portal. Feel free to browse to the Settings page of the portal and download the latest WhatsApp IP pool: https://fb.me/mpp_support 
Further IP pool updates are also done through the portal and are no longer distributed via email or through WhatsApp web site.
If you have not yet registered on the Mobile Partner Portal or have difficulties accessing it - please request access through the following form and we'll be happy to assist: https://fb.me/mpp_access
For any technical requests please contact us through the Support section of the portal: https://fb.me/mpp_support 
WhatsApp team

In the past it was the place to get the CIDR so you could either block or allow WhatsApp traffic: [earlier WayBack]

It is still widely cited as way to regulate WhatsApp traffic, for instance at these places:

Time to find an automated way to get the replacement list. Maybe the below helps (via [WayBackBlock facebook messenger and whatsApp on Dlink router – Super User)

whois -h whois.radb.net '!gAS32934'

–jeroen

Posted in Android Devices, Development, Internet, Network-and-equipment, Power User, routers, SocialMedia, Software Development, Ubiquiti, WhatsApp, WhatsApp for Android, WiFi | Leave a Comment »

Multiple wifi access points / seamless handoff – Spiceworks

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/27

These seem to be the brands to look into:

  • Ubiquiti
  • Meraki
  • Ruckus

Source: Multiple wifi access points / seamless handoff – Spiceworks

–jeroen

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WiFi networks that support seamless handover

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/07

It looks like Ubiquiti UniFi can do this, can others? How good are they? Price points?

If so, please comment.

–jeroen

via: Another update on my Ubiquiti UniFi network, since I today noticed another…

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Too many WLANs…

Posted by jpluimers on 2015/09/21

32 WLANs just on the ground floor…

Name (SSID) Channel MAC Address
ASUS-RT-N66U-PSO-1-2.4 6 10:BF:48:D3:3D:20
ASUS-RT-N66U-PSO-1-5 44 10:BF:48:D3:3D:24
UPC0053284 1 80:C6:AB:08:89:88
Ziggo 1 82:C6:AB:08:89:8A
WLAE-AG300N-PSO-2 11 4C:E6:76:0F:50:42
FRITZ!Box 7490 13 34:31:C4:CE:CE:AE
ASUS-RT-N66U-PSO-2-Tomato24 6 10:BF:48:D2:F5:E8
FRITZ!Box 7490 36 34:31:C4:CE:CE:AF
H368N8D6382 8 34:4D:EA:8D:63:82
Sitecom303E5E 11 64:D1:A3:30:3E:5E
KPN Fon 8 62:4D:EA:8D:63:83
VGV75198FB7F6 11 84:9C:A6:8F:B7:F6
Sitecom2eb939 6 64:D1:A3:2E:B9:3B
Sitecom_ee8c98 11 00:0C:F6:EE:8C:98
UPC515789 1 E8:40:F2:80:68:CF
dLAN Netwerk 11 BC:F2:AF:B5:C9:4A
ASUS-RT-N66U-PSO-2-Tomato50 36 10:BF:48:D2:F5:EC
Sitecom327664 3 64:D1:A3:32:76:64
Prins Maurits Experia 1 4C:09:D4:20:CC:55
VGV7519FC7C1C 3 4C:09:D4:FC:7C:1C
Ziggo 1 EA:40:F2:80:68:C1
UPC245262667 1 DC:71:44:80:6D:48
Sitecom0DDDD0 9 64:D1:A3:0D:DD:D0
VGV7519BD731C 13 88:03:55:BD:73:1C
Ziggo 13 82:C6:AB:2A:5A:A2
UPC0041308 13 80:C6:AB:2A:5A:A0
UPC0053284 1 84:1B:5E:39:B9:68
UPC738371 1 E8:40:F2:94:35:87
Miami Beach 1 9C:C7:A6:AA:CA:59
Ziggo 1 EA:40:F2:94:35:89
UPC2612067 6 88:F7:C7:4F:27:12


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The top floors are even worse. Some of them are mine, so I want to find a seamless handover for that. Which I only can do if I’ve merged my various networks that connect to the WiFi devices into a big one.

That requires a good but competitively priced multi-WAN router which I’m still searching for: any hints for such a device are welcome as well as configuration tips.

Some people seem to love Ubiquity, even for seamless. Are those straightforward to configure?

–jeroen

PS: Converted from my Fritz!Box copied Wireless Radio Networks table

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Source: Markdown Tables generator – TablesGenerator.com

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