topic Re: New to Ruckus - using several 7782's with my own router and switch? in Access Points - Indoor and Outdoor

New to Ruckus - using several 7782's with my own router and switch?

joel_laviolette — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 23:59:01 GMT

Hi folks,
I am brand new to Ruckus. We were gifted several of the 7782 APs (we have 6). I am setting up a network with a router and a PoE switch. We will have several vlans, and we want to set up one of the lans as a guest wireless. Am I able to use the 7782 APs on their own on a single vlan without any other Ruckus equipment, or are we required to also have tthe zonedirector controller? Thank you for answering this newbie question!

Re: New to Ruckus - using several 7782's with my own router and switch?

Ankush_Chandan — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:10:49 GMT

Hi Joel,

You can setup Guest WLAN on a standalone AP without having a ZD. Refer to this KBA for details:
https://support.ruckuswireless.com/articles/000001814

Regards,
-Ankush

Re: New to Ruckus - using several 7782's with my own router and switch?

joel_laviolette — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 03:11:15 GMT

Hi-thanks for the quick reply. When I click that link I get an error "sorry, something went wrong".

Re: New to Ruckus - using several 7782's with my own router and switch?

DarrelRhodes — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:16:47 GMT

Hi Joel, I've checked the link provided by Ankush and it works ok. I'd recommend setting up an account on https://support.ruckuswireless.com/ first, then giving it a try.

Also, whilst you don't have to have a ZoneDirector - for a network of 6 APs and more than basic functionality, it will make your life a lot easier!

Personally I'd try to see if I could get my hands on a used ZD1100 or ZD1200, it will make configuration and monitoring of the network much easier. And I always found ZD code provided better performance than stand-alone code.

Cheers,
Darrel.

Re: New to Ruckus - using several 7782's with my own router and switch?

joel_laviolette — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:05:04 GMT

Hi. I am logged in to the support site. When I click the link I get this:

What is the name of the KBA article? Maybe I can just search for it by name in the search there. Thanks.

Re: New to Ruckus - using several 7782's with my own router and switch?

Ankush_Chandan — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:07:47 GMT

Hi Joel,

Just search with the Article # 000001814 or the subject is "Guest Access isolation in Standalone AP"

Cheers,
-Ankush

Re: New to Ruckus - using several 7782's with my own router and switch?

syamantakomer — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:08:53 GMT

Hi Joel,

The article provided by Ankush is premium content. I hope you have premium access to our support site. If not, you cannot view any premium content.

Re: New to Ruckus - using several 7782's with my own router and switch?

joel_laviolette — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:19:43 GMT

If premium means I need to pay then no I don't. I'm just trying to get these old EOL units working. Can I get the information on how to use these units that we already own without having to pay an extra fee?