{"id":4053,"date":"2019-04-23T23:03:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T23:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2019-04-23T23:03:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T23:03:24","slug":"how-to-manage-a-ubiquiti-access-point-from-a-different-subnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/research\/how-to-manage-a-ubiquiti-access-point-from-a-different-subnet","title":{"rendered":"How to manage a ubiquiti access point from a different Subnet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ubiquiti controller software listens to the Unifi broadcast traffic , however if this is on a different subnet you won’t get this!<\/p>

To get around this , you need to create some records for the Access point to manually point to the controller<\/p>

DNS<\/strong><\/p>

Create a DNS pointer of UniFi.domain.local on your DNS to point to the CNAME of your Ubiquiti Controller<\/p>

DHCP<\/strong><\/p>

You can also use DHCP Option 43<\/p>

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        option ubnt.unifi-address 201.10.7.31;  ### UniFi Controller IP ###<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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