Hi Brian The Ubiquiti Access Points work with Window-Eyes. A couple of things to note is that you will need to check for a firmware update. For some reason it may not broadcast the SSID until it is happy that you have all available updates. If you have any wireless devices on your network, you will have a couple of options. You can reconfigure them to use the AP, or if you are connecting your AP to a wireless router you can let them stay on the wireless router's LAN segment and not worry about your access point. You'll figure it out I'm sure. The Uibiquiti works very well in open spaces. Indoors they do extend your range quite a bit, however remember that walls, elevator shafts etc. will have an impact on the range. Because the AP transceiver has a little more juice than your typical wireless router it might overwhelm any other wireless networks you have in the same area, but as they say might is right. But if those systems are within range, but further away you will be OK. There was some talk about POE having issues on CAT-6, but I have not encountered any problems. Individually the cost of the long range AP is around $150 to $170 from Amazon. A three pack should be less than $500.00; I haven't checked lately. If you are setting up three of them with the same SSID and channel you will find that they hand off the connections very nicely. I found they do that much better than when setting up multiple wireless home routers with the same SSID and channel. For the price of the Ubiquiti AP I am very impressed. Vic Pereira Project Manager, Networks and End-Users Branch Shared Services Canada / Government of Canada vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca / Tel: 204-781-5046 Gestionnaire de projet, Direction des réseaux et des utilisateurs finaux Services partagés Canada / Gouvernement du Canada vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca / Tél: 204-781-5046 -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Brian Moore Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 12:35 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] ubiquiti controler software Hi all. so I have been asked to help with a wifi installation in a fairly big space. I am tempted to go with the unify ap stuff from Ubiquiti networks. This stuff gets rave reviews and looks quite good. However, their things seem to require using a java based controler software for configuration. I am concerned about how accessible this might or might not be. From reading some of their support stuff, even to enable ssh on an ap to allow configuration requires use of this controler software. It might be usable and not a problem but I don't want to spend like a thousand bucks on stuff I can't configure. Since this will be mostly set it and forget it, I guess I could borrow a pair of eyes to follow my instructions and configure the access points for the first time. Anyone got experience with any of this gear? How did you get access points up and running for the first time? thanks. Brian. -- Contact me on skype: brian.moore follow me on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bmoore123 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins