Using Ubiquiti Gateway witH Gigaclear router

ellchester

I've just had 300mb broadband installed by Gigaclear.   Everyone seems to acknowledge the router they provide isn't very good for wifi and I wanted to attached a Ubiquiti Gateway to the Gigaclear router and then use the Ubiquiti APs I have around the house for wifi. I'm not an expert by any means - learning as I go along. Gigaclear suggested if I wanted to use another router I  to take care of wi-fi, 'you will need to configure it by disabling DHCP and NAT'.  At the time I was asking about using my nighthawk netgear router but would the same apply if I used the Ubiquiti Secuirty Gateway?  Any help appreciated.

mickevh

Wi-Fi is availed by "Access Points" (AP's.) A "router" is a different kind of "thing." The get-you-on-the-Internet omni-box we have at home that most people call a "router" contains both (and a whole lot more besides.)

Unless there's a compelling reason to use your Ubiquiti "gateway" as well as your Gigaclear one, then there's no reason to do so. Just cable the rest of your AP's to your new "router," set up their IP addresses, radio settings and so forth and it should be fine.

However, if (for example) the Ubiquiti gateway functions as some kind of "master controller" of the fleet of Ubiquiti AP's or you need it to achieve the required coverage, then if it's a typical SOHO "router" then you should be able connect that to your network behing the Gigaclear one. However there's a few hoops to jump through to get it working without partitioning your network into two. How to achieve this is described (in general terms for any typical SOHO router) in the "Using Two Routers Together" FAQ pinned in this forum - have a read of that.

There are other regular contributors here that know the Ubuquiti range who may be ale to tell you exactly which buttons to push.

chrisgeary

Ubiquiti APs can operate without the USG. I didn't find the USG brought anything earth shattering to the party so sold it on. The UI looks fancy, but if you actually need to track down 'who is hogging all the bandwidth', the USG doesn't do a great job there.

The APs are excellent, though. Either way, you need the Unifi Controller on a server somewhere to configure the APs, I assume you have that taken care of.