Ubiquiti UniFi Access Point Setup Guide

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Setup
  • UniFi Controller
• References

Introduction

While most of today’s routers¹ have a wireless access point builtin, Ubiquiti² has taken a more modular³ approach: all the routers are wired and all the access points are separate products. This means when you buy a Ubiquiti router (e.g. the lovely EdgeRouter ER-X⁴), you will need to either connect an existing router (that has an access point) in bridge mode,⁵ or purchase a Ubiquiti UniFi Access Point.⁶ In this guide, the focus will be on using the UniFi AP-AC-LR⁷ to serve as the wireless access to your network.

By the way, have you set up your EdgeRouter yet? If not, go ahead and follow our guide⁸ to setup your router first, then return here to continue.

Setup

NOTE: When first setting up your access point, connect it directly to your EdgeRouter. DO NOT CONNECT TO A SWITCH!!! A switch could interfere with the DHCP for the access point and make the access point unreachable or unresponsive to the UniFi Controller software.⁶

UniFi Controller

References