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UniFi® Controller User Guide

Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.

Chapter 5: Devices

• Upgrade If a software upgrade is available for the

device, click

to install the latest UniFi firmware

on the device. The Status will appear as Upgrading until

the process is complete and the device reconnects to

the UniFi Controller software.

• Adopt Click

to adopt a device that appears as

Pending Approval for its status. The Status will appear as

Adopting until the device is connected.

APs

You can apply one of the following filters to display

different status information:

• Overview Displays the number of clients, amount

of data downloaded, amount of data uploaded, and

channel setting.

• Config Displays the WLAN and radio settings for the

2.4GHz and 5 GHz radio bands.

• Performance Displays the number of 2.4 and 5GHz

clients, overall transmit rate, overall receive rate, 2.4 and

5 GHz transmit rates, and channel setting.

On any sub-tab, you can initiate a rolling upgrade of the

firmware for all APs.

Start Rolling Upgrade Click

to begin

automatically upgrading APs, one by one, except for

wirelessly uplinked APs, which are intentionally excluded

from upgrading.

Overview

(icon) Displays the icon corresponding to the AP model

(not all icons are shown below):

UniFi AP AC

UniFi AP PRO

UniFi AP/AP LR

UniFi AP AC Outdoor

UniFi AP Outdoor+

UniFi AP Outdoor5

The LED color of the device icon indicates the device

status.

• Blue/Green Indicates the device is connected.

• Red/Orange Indicates the device is disconnected.

Name/MAC Address Displays the hostname, alias, or

MAC address of the AP. You can click the name to get

additional details; see “UniFi Access Point Details” on

page 67 for more information.

IP Address Displays the IP address of the AP.

Status Displays the connection status.

• Connected The AP is physically wired to thenetwork.

• Connected (wireless) The AP is wirelessly uplinked to a

physically wired AP.

• Disconnected The AP is unreachable by the UniFi

Controller software.

• Isolated A managed AP is unable to locate itsuplink.

• Managed by Other The AP is not in the default state

but it is not controlled by the UniFi Controller.

• Pending Approval The AP is in the default state and is

available for adoption.

Clients Displays the number of clients connected to

theAP.

Down Displays the total amount of data downloaded by

the AP.

Up Displays the total amount of data uploaded by the AP.

Channel Displays the transmit/receive channel being

used by the AP. The radio band is represented as (ng) for

2.4 GHz and (na)/(ac) for 5 GHz.

Actions Click a button to perform the desired action:

• Locate Click

to flash the LED on the AP and the

AP’s icon on the Map tab so you can locate it. The LED

will flash until the Locate button is clicked again. (The

icon on the Map tab will flash three times and stop.)

• Restart Click

to restart the selected device.