{"id":126,"date":"2018-12-11T12:45:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T20:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emeralddesign.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2022-01-30T20:36:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T04:36:16","slug":"manually-clearing-config-and-adding-unifi-ap-to-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emeralddesign.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/11\/manually-clearing-config-and-adding-unifi-ap-to-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Manually Clearing Config and Adding Unifi AP To Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is the process to add a new Unifi AP to the Unifi controller when discovery doesn\u2019t work. \u00a0In our case, we have a central Unifi controller managing APs on multiple networks. \u00a0But, the routers don\u2019t allow the discovery tool to see new APs on other networks, so this is how we add one. \u00a0In this example, we\u2019ll say the Unifi controller is at\u00a0192.168.1.55<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

1) Write down (or take a picture on your phone) the MAC address for the new AP.<\/p>\n

2) Connect the new Unifi AP.<\/p>\n

3) Check DHCP to see what IP address was given to the Unifi AP by searching for the MAC address in the DHCP clients table.<\/p>\n

Once you have the IP, we\u2019ll use putty to ssh into the device. \u00a0In this example, we\u2019ll use\u00a0192.168.1.185<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"putty01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

NOTE:\u00a0If the AP has been provisioned before, you\u2019ll have to use the password for the Unifi controller it was provisioned by.<\/p>\n

login as: ubnt<\/p>\n

password: ubnt<\/p>\n

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NOTE:\u00a0If the AP has been provisioned before, you\u2019ll have to reset it to factory defaults. \u00a0to do that, use the following command, and then SSH back into the device when it comes back up.<\/p>\n

> syswrapper.sh restore-default<\/p>\n

Since this is a brand new AP for us, we just need to do this:<\/p>\n

> set-inform http:\/\/192.168.1.55:8080\/inform<\/p>\n

Next, we go connect to the Unifi command center. \u00a0In a few minutes, we should see an alert stating a new device has checked in. \u00a0If you don\u2019t see the alert, check the device list, it should show up there as \u201cUnknown\u201d. \u00a0From either location (alerts or ap device list), you should have a button that says \u201cAdopt\u201d. \u00a0Adopt the new AP and go back to the SSH shell.<\/p>\n

Send the command again, this should allow the AP to see that it has been adopted.<\/p>\n

> set-inform http:\/\/192.168.1.55:8080\/inform<\/p>\n

Now you should see the new AP provisioned in the Unifi controller and you can edit the name and update the AP firmware.<\/p>\n

Same steps as above with initial Unifi Controller settings:<\/p>\n

Here are the instructions for setting up the UAPs on the new Unifi Controller software. Make sure you configure the following sections on the server:<\/p>\n

Under settings (lower left cog)<\/p>\n