- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Simple home networking for beginner
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:44 am to turkish
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:44 am to turkish
The "controller" is just the software that configures and manages the network. For a basic home router, you don't really need a controller... you can set up and manage the network completely via its web UI. When you get into multiple devices, it becomes very handy to manage everything via one cohesive UI rather than configuring each device individually.
As mentioned above, you can manage TP-Link devices without a controller, but you can do the same with Ubiquiti. It's just a pain, and it's better to have a controller.
Ubiquiti has always offered standalone controller software which you can install on any machine (TP-Link offers the same), but more recently Ubiquiti has gone to more of a plug-and-play setup where the router/gateway runs the controller software. They call it UniFi Network, so any gateway that says it runs Network will serve as your controller. The Dream Machines, the Dream Router, UniFi Express, and Cloud Gateway Ultra all run Network.
As mentioned above, you can manage TP-Link devices without a controller, but you can do the same with Ubiquiti. It's just a pain, and it's better to have a controller.
Ubiquiti has always offered standalone controller software which you can install on any machine (TP-Link offers the same), but more recently Ubiquiti has gone to more of a plug-and-play setup where the router/gateway runs the controller software. They call it UniFi Network, so any gateway that says it runs Network will serve as your controller. The Dream Machines, the Dream Router, UniFi Express, and Cloud Gateway Ultra all run Network.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 1:58 pm to Korkstand
Didn't know about that but it makes sense for it to at least be an optional feature
Posted on 5/7/24 at 8:44 pm to Korkstand
I have ubiquiti in my house. UI runs on laptop and I can see all UBI devices and manage. Once I have a higher end UBI router in place like the Dream machine, it can be ran from internet/anywhere. Access points are plug and play mesh and firmware updates are easy to manage.
This post was edited on 5/8/24 at 8:20 am
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News