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 ====== Unifi Controller Setup ====== ====== Unifi Controller Setup ======
  
-A rundown of recommended settings for a new site. Each site is different and will have its unique needs. This rundown is geared towards an office building.+On this page we will be going through all the possible variables in the settings-tab in your Unifi controller. This is a work-in-progress by MPC
  
-====== Notes: ======+====== How to get to your site's settings: ======
  
-====== Settings: ====== +[[products:software:unifi-controller:software_information|Unifi Controller]] settings page, settings here are global across the site. \\ 
- +{{:guides:settings_button.png?30}} \\ 
-[[UniFi:Controller|Unifi controller]] settings. +To access the settings in the controller click the gears icon in the lower right of the controller screen. \\
-To access the settings in the controller click the gears icon in the lower right of the controller screen.\\ +
-{{https://i.imgur.com/PPYf25H.png?30}}+
  
 ===== Site: ===== ===== Site: =====
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 === Site Name: === === Site Name: ===
  
-Friendly name of the site. This will show up as the site name in the controller.+Here you can tell the controller what name your site should be displayed as. Standard it's marked as default, but especially when having multiple physical networks in a single controller, it can be useful to change this.
  
 === Country: === === Country: ===
  
-Location of controller.+The country that the site resides in, defines a few things:\\ 
 +  * Each country has its own regulations regarding maximum output power and available channels. The US for instance, allows a maximum total power output of 36 dbi, while the Netherlands only allows 20 dbi. This is similar as with channels on both the 2.4 and 5 ghz radio's. 
 +  * It also is for assigning the location in your controller, so that you can distinguish between instances. 
 + 
 +//You might be thinking "well, i'll just change my settings to another country, so that I can crank up my power on my access points." But because each country comes with it's own channels, this usually doesn't work. Also keep in mind, when designing a network for use in situations where you might expect frequent visitors from other countries, that their equipment might not support all channels that are common in your country.//
   
 +=== Time Zone ===
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 +Here you can select the time zone your network is in. This impacts the scheduling feature for updating firmware.
  
 ==== Services: ==== ==== Services: ====
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 === Advanced Features: === === Advanced Features: ===
  
-Only turn on if dealing with high density environments or if clients appear to be balancing strangely between 2.4ghz & 5ghz or if you are having trouble with clients not roaming well.+Enabling this feature will unlock the following settings: \\ 
 +  * Airtime fairness 
 +  * Band steering 
 +  * Minimum RSSI 
 +  * Load Balancing
  
  
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 ===== Create New wireless network ===== ===== Create New wireless network =====
  
- +FIXME
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