# TTG 1776 for Saturday 6 March 2021

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**Category:** Ask The Tech Guys\
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**Created:** [March 7, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/ttg-1776-for-saturday-6-march-2021/9525 "2021-03-07T04:16:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/ttg-1776-for-saturday-6-march-2021/9525/1 "2021-03-07T04:16:12Z")

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Beep boop - this is a robot. A new show has been posted to TWiT…

> **[Saturday, March 6, 2021 | TWiT.TV](https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1776)**
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> A Microsoft Exchange server zero-day vulnerability is found, Microsoft issues an emergency patch, what router will work with a Ubiquity access point? Is WPA2 secure? Finding the be…

What are your thoughts about today’s show? We’d love to hear from you!

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**Author:** ![Phydeaux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Phydeaux](https://www.twit.community/u/Phydeaux)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/ttg-1776-for-saturday-6-march-2021/9525/2 "2021-03-07T21:02:01Z")

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In this cast, it was noted that you needed a controller to run a Unifi AP. This is not the case.

Unifi access points do not require the use of the Controller. They certainly are easier, but you can run them in stand alone mode. I recently researched this because I had considered moving to pfSense using Unifi APs. I would also consider recommending WIFI 6 devices (e.g. Eero 6, Unifi 6).

> **[UniFi - Setting up a UniFi Access Point in Standalone Mode](https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047417733-UniFi-Setting-up-a-UniFi-Access-Point-in-Standalone-Mode)**
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> Learn how to set up your UniFi Access Point in Standalone Mode using the UniFi Network app without a UniFi Network Controller. See FAQs below to learn the difference between using Standalone and Co...

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**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://www.twit.community/t/ttg-1776-for-saturday-6-march-2021/9525/3 "2021-03-07T21:08:16Z")

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> [@Phydeaux](#):
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> Controller

Unifi is not a consumer product, despite the fact that consumers want to use it at home, and it is not well designed for your proposed usage. If you don’t cross co-ordinate them then you will have issues with “cross talk.” In essence the control software does a WiFi map, and manages the channels with the base stations so they don’t interfere with each other, and so that hand-off between them works as expected.