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UniFi Controller User Guide
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
Chapter 6: Devices
• Red Indicates the device is disconnected or not
managed by this site (Pending Approval or Managed by
Other).
Device Name Displays the hostname, alias, or MAC
address of the UniFi device. You can click the name to
get additional details. For more information, see the
appropriate chapter:
• “UniFi Security Gateway Details” on page 85
• “UniFi Switch Details” on page 93
IP Address Displays the IP address used by the UniFi
device.
Status Indicates the device status: Connected,
Disconnected, Pending Approval, Adopting, Upgrading, or
Managed by Other.
Only the super admin – not any site admin – can view
devices that are Pending Approval and then adopt them on
the UniFi Controller.
Note: The super admin account was created during
the initial installation; for more information, see
“Configuring the UniFi Controller Software” on
page 2.
Model Displays the model name of the UniFi device.
Down Displays the total amount of data downloaded by
the UniFi device.
Up Displays the total amount of data uploaded by
theUniFi device.
Actions Click a button to perform the desired action:
• Locate Click to flash the Status LED on the
Gateway/Switch and its 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Config Displays the WLAN and radio settings for the
2.4GHz and 5 GHz radio bands.
On any sub-tab, you can initiate a rolling upgrade of the
firmware for all APs.
Start Rolling Upgrade (Available if any AP has an
upgrade available.) Click
START ROLLING UPGRADE
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 Pro, UniFi AP AC Lite/LR/Pro
UniFi AP AC EDU
UniFi AP In-Wall
UniFi AP/AP LR
UniFi AP AC
UniFi AP AC Outdoor
UniFi AP Outdoor+
UniFi AP Outdoor5
The LED color of the icon indicates the device status.
• Blue/Green Indicates the device is connected.
• Gray Indicates the device is pending approval.
• Red/Orange Indicates the device is disconnected or
not managed by this site (Pending Approval or Managed
by Other).
Device Name 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 103
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 (100 FDX) The AP is physically wired to the
network at 100 Mbps in full-duplex mode.
• Connected (wireless) The AP is wirelessly uplinked to a
physically wired AP.