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    Host OverRide for UnFi APs

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    • johnpozJ Offline
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JKnott
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      @jknott said in Host OverRide for UnFi APs:

      This means the AP must be in the same LAN as the controller.

      Well yes and no.. They do have L3 adoption, and they do have support for tagged vlans now for managment, etc.

      But I sure wouldn't suggest someone new to it all to do any of that. Put your AP on the same network as your controller. Then you can setup your wifi networks to be on different vlans..

      Once your more familiar with the how this all works, then if you wanted sure you could put your controller and the AP on different networks

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        MagikMark @johnpoz
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        @johnpoz

        I'm putting the AP in another interface. I have a 4 port NIC.

        192.168.1.1 - WAN
        10.0.1.1 - LAN (Htpc)
        10.0.2. 1 - AP multi SSID
        192.168.1.2 - Failover WAN

        As much as I would like to put the controller and AP in one network, I don't have available switch at the moment.

        I would appreciate if you have tweaks and tips to share to make pfsense and U6 work seemlessly

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @MagikMark
          last edited by johnpoz

          @magikmark well use the L3 Adoption method that was linked too above.

          Order a switch.. the little 5 port unifi flex mini is $30..

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            MagikMark @johnpoz
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            @johnpoz

            Thanks. May I ask why it's called level 3 adoption?

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              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @MagikMark
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              @magikmark because your adopting the AP that resides on a different L3 than your controller.

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              • NogBadTheBadN Offline
                NogBadTheBad @MagikMark
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                @magikmark Nope as I mentioned I ditched Unifi a while back.

                https://community.ui.com/questions/pfSense-DHCP-provision-option/b42003ce-7560-4680-8731-805e59459bfc

                Andy

                1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @MagikMark
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                  @magikmark said in Host OverRide for UnFi APs:

                  Do you have a step by step guide?

                  The step by step guide is given on the link to the L3 adoption - they even provide a pfsense example for setting the dhcp option 43

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                  • stephenw10S Offline
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Either SSHing into the access point and setting the inform url or setting a host override in pfSense for 'unifi' should work there. I have done both, neither was especially difficult.

                    Steve

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                      MagikMark
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                        MagikMark
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                        Guys,

                        LAN: 10.0.1.1
                        HTPC: 10.0.1.2
                        Asus: 10.0.2.1
                        UniFi: 10.0.3.1

                        SSH

                        1. Can't even ssh to the device. I could see U6 in dhcp leases in has an ip of 10.0.3.5. Turned ssh in pfsense. on I can ssh my pfsense box
                        2. Doesn't respond to ping
                        3. Firewall Rule all ports open, any protocol, any source and any destination

                        DNS

                        1. I have Adguard installed. Is there an effect?

                        DNS Resolver Entry

                        1. Host: unifi
                        2. Domain: HTPC.pfSense.mylocal
                        3. IP add: 127.0.0.1 or 10.0.1.1 or 10.0.1.2

                        DHCP Option 43:

                        1. Set this under Unfi Interface
                          Number: 43
                          DCHP Option: 43
                          Type; String
                          Value: 01:04:0a:00:01:01 (10.0.1.1)
                          01:04:7f:00:00:01 (127.0.0.1)

                        Light still steady white. Can't be discovered by the controller
                        Maybe I missed something? Perhaps rule?

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                        • stephenw10S Offline
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          If you connect anything else to the same subnet does it pull a valid dhcp lease?

                          The AP could be unable to respond for some reason.

                          Steve

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                            MagikMark @stephenw10
                            last edited by MagikMark

                            @stephenw10

                            Yes I used to have Netgear / Asus and working fine. Trying to upgrade to Wif6 enterprise grade. Chose Unfi

                            I thought maybe some configuration since U6 is fairly new

                            I have echo reply blocked in floating rules. Dunno if it has some effect

                            The rest of my Floating rules are:

                            Blocked Ips from Firehol

                            I have QOS / limiter running as well

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                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Can we see screenshots of those rules and firewall logs?

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                                MagikMark @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10

                                Floating Blocked.JPG Floating Allow.JPG

                                For the firewall log:

                                Its kinda long. It only shows blocking ipv6 on my wirelesslan (asus)

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                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @MagikMark
                                  last edited by johnpoz

                                  @magikmark so you run all your rules in floating.. So there is really no way to know even what direction they are in? Other than your description there saying outgoing or incoming

                                  So in what possible scenario would wirelesslan be an outgoing interface towards whatever is in firehol level 1?

                                  First thing I would suggest is get rid of ALL of those... You understand use of "this firewall" is every IP of the firewall right? But in what scenario would these interfaces be used in the out direction htpc and wirelesslan? Or how would these what I assume are external sources in your aliases be inbound into those interfaces?

                                  What are the rules on your actual interfaces.. Please delete all those rules and show us the rules on your actual interfaces.. You can put your whatever those are suppose to be and do back after you actual have stuff working..

                                  Most of those rules don't even have any hits.. they are all 0/0

                                  Value: 01:04:0a:00:01:01 (10.0.1.1)
                                  01:04:7f:00:00:01 (127.0.0.1)

                                  Those are not how you do option 43.. For option 43 you put in the IP of your controller..

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                                    MagikMark
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                                    Ok Will delete those

                                    Wireless Rule.JPG UniFi Rule.JPG HTPC Rule.JPG

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                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @MagikMark
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                                      @magikmark what interfaces are those rules on? I can guess that the antilock out is your lan, but you have it named htpc ?

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                                        MagikMark @johnpoz
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                                        @johnpoz

                                        Ethernet 1 Wan 192.168.1.2 (ISP)
                                        Ethernet 2 Lan (HTPC) 10.0.1.1
                                        Ethernet 3 Asus 10.0.2.1
                                        Ethernet 4 Unfi 10.0.3.1.

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                                          MagikMark
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                                          Floating Rule
                                          New Floating Rule.JPG

                                          Host Override
                                          Host OverRide.JPG

                                          DhcP Option 43 under the Unifi IP 10.0.3.2
                                          DHCP Option.JPG

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                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @MagikMark
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                                            @magikmark where did you come up with that hex? I show that converting to 0.0.0.1

                                            That should be the IP of your controller..

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