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First off, my new position is going really well. I am re-organizing the Auvik KB, helping with creating new videos, creating new KB articles externally, assisting review of internal documentation and helping Tier 1 folk learn more about technical writing.

Needless to say, I am killing the expectations for my position very early on.

Now I am big about learning things – so I am building my own Auvik supported network in my house.

And I thought I would share my journey doing that.

So first thing first is getting Auvik supported network equipment.

What you need to know about that is that it can’t be just consumer level equipment. A bog standard (consumer) Linksys or Netgear router or switch isn’t going to do the trick.

It has to be business or professional level equipment. Now that doesn’t mean expensive.

I have figured out I don’t like TP-Link products (especially the TP-Link Omada line.) Basically the access point I bought that was one of these Omada varients I could not get to link up with my Ubiquiti ER-X router I bought.

The ER-X will definitely work with Auvik but there was no way to get the Omada access point to work with the ER-X.

So setting up my network is delayed until I can pick up a Ubiquiti access point.

As well I have set up a Ubuntu Linux box as a server to be the Auvik collector.

I have long said I am a jack of all trades – so I am by no means a networking expert so I thought it would be cool to show how you don’t need to be an expert to use Auvik (but you could be).

See you in a week or so (when I get my new access point).