Devices that connect to the AP therefore also do not need an IP address leased by a DHCP server they can statically assign their own. The access point doesn’t need to be assigned an IP address from a DHCP server on the network, as it is just a network bridge. This is sort of obvious, given that access points belong to Layer 2 of the OSI stack - but I thought it would be good to reiterate it here. In these cases, the AP can function in Standalone Mode - however it has some quirks
Luckily, UniFi APs do not strictly require a controller in order to operate.
Or perhaps you want to use the AP in a network environment where you are unable to use a controller. However sometimes you may only have one AP in your network and you do not need all of the fancy features that the controller provides. This controller is either software based (free), or hardware based (UniFi Cloud Key / UniFi Security Gateway / UniFi Dream Machine). This allows us to perform a single change that will be propagated to all of the APs automatically. Generally, UniFi APs will be installed in a configuration where there is a central server (What we would call a “controller”) that manages all of the UniFi APs on the network. Standalone UniFi Access Points Posted Mar 4, 2021
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