Internet router or access point for shop?

[dwasifar]

If anyone reading this thread wants a free Ubiquiti Unifi UAP with POE injector, PM me and it's yours for the actual cost of shipping.

This is now spoken for; "Dissident" has claimed it.

 

[HenryAZ]

Finally got the AP installed and functional. Took me a few hours to figure it out though. Through a lot of reading, I found that I had to connect the AP directly to the computer to access the menu. Apparently it cannot be accessed otherwise.

Connecting to the computer is for first time setup only. Once you assign it a fixed IP address and it is live on your network, you can access its web interface in your browser. Just use the IP address for the browser's location field. All configuration options are available in the web interface.

 

[rockcrawler]

Connecting to the computer is for first time setup only. Once you assign it a fixed IP address and it is live on your network, you can access its web interface in your browser. Just use the IP address for the browser's location field. All configuration options are available in the web interface.

Oh, ok. I must have done something wrong then. I’ll have to go back and try again because I can’t access it unless it is connected to the computer. Thank you.

 

[rockcrawler]

Here is where I’m at now. I drove the 8’ x 5/8” copper ground rod as far as I could get it to go. I’ll have to cut it off at ground level. Then, I’ve got my 6 gauge ground wire attached to it and run to the grounding block in the garage. I’m going to get a recessed wall box so I can hide all the connections and make it look nice. Obviously, I’ve got quite a bit more work to go.

 

[infinkc]

Here is where I’m at now. I drove the 8’ x 5/8” copper ground rod as far as I could get it to go. I’ll have to cut it off at ground level. Then, I’ve got my 6 gauge ground wire attached to it and run to the grounding block in the garage. I’m going to get a recessed wall box so I can hide all the connections and make it look nice. Obviously, I’ve got quite a bit more work to go.

Ah you should be fine, worst is you loose a router or access point if hit by lightning direct

 

[HenryAZ]

Oh, ok. I must have done something wrong then. I’ll have to go back and try again because I can’t access it unless it is connected to the computer. Thank you.

The only thing you need to do while it is connected to your computer is go into network settings, and assign it a fixed IP address that is on your LAN. When it reboots, you will lose your connection to the computer likely. Then plug the AP into a switch/port on your LAN and you should be able to ping that IP address from your computer. Then open your browser and go to that IP address. You can do all the rest of the configurations there. First thing, change the default password.

 

[rockcrawler]

The only thing you need to do while it is connected to your computer is go into network settings, and assign it a fixed IP address that is on your LAN. When it reboots, you will lose your connection to the computer likely. Then plug the AP into a switch/port on your LAN and you should be able to ping that IP address from your computer. Then open your browser and go to that IP address. You can do all the rest of the configurations there. First thing, change the default password.

Ok, thanks. I’ll give it a shot. I did already change the password though.

 

[niget2002]

I may be wrong, but I'm thinking you'll have to be on the hardwired part of your network to access it too. It may not let you connect to it over the WiFi.

I had an AP that was that way too. You had to jack in to the network switch that the AP was plugged in to in order to administer it. If you were only connected to the network via WiFi, it wouldn't let you login.

 

[rande]

There is probably a setting the config for allowing console access via wireless. In mine there is.

 

[rockcrawler]

I may be wrong, but I'm thinking you'll have to be on the hardwired part of your network to access it too. It may not let you connect to it over the WiFi.

I had an AP that was that way too. You had to jack in to the network switch that the AP was plugged in to in order to administer it. If you were only connected to the network via WiFi, it wouldn't let you login.

The AP is hardwired and I’ll be accessing it from my computer, not wirelessly. The wire runs from the router in my A/V cabinet to the patch panel, then to the suppressor in garage, then underground to the switch in the shop, then to the AP.

 

[HenryAZ]

I can connect to the web interface on my EnGenius access points just fine over wi-fi (the OP is using an EnGenius AP). After all, the AP is on the LAN with a fixed IP address, so it is available to any device on the LAN, whether the client device is wired or wireless. The key is the EnGenius APs use a web interface for configuration and monitoring, so any browser on the LAN can connect to it. I'm sitting in my garage with a laptop that is using wi-fi only to connect to the LAN, and I just brought up both EnGenius APs in my browser.