How to configure ubiquiti network equipment¶

General steps¶

• Reset the device
• ssh into it (username: ubnt, password: ubnt)
• Setup a password

Upgrading most ubiquiti access points¶

• Dowload the latest firmware from https://www.ui.com/download
• scp it to the device as /tmp/fwupdate.bin
• ssh into the device, run syswrapper.sh upgrade2 & (seems to need to be backgrounded)

Enabling ssh access without a password¶

• Add your public RSA (ed25519 don't work) to /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys

Configuring Wifi¶

• Download the "unifi network" app
• Go to account->standalone devices : wait for the aps to show up

Installing OpenWRT¶

Stock ubiquiti does not work in IPv6 only environments. So replacing the stock firmware with OpenWRT makes them usable.