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Unifi access point configuring between 2 sites.

Hi experts.  My question is regarding the Ubiquiti Unifi AP-AC-LR.   I have 2 plants.  Plant 1 I have 5 of these devices installed.   Plant 2 I need to install 6 of them.  There is a vpn between the 2 sites.  Plant 1 is on 192.168.1.xxx.  Plant 2 is on 192.168.5.xxx.   Am I ok to install and configure the new AP's for Plant 2 thru my PC that is at Plant 1 that I configured the 5?  Will they cross the IP schema and configure properly or do I need to configure thru a PC at Plant 2?
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I think if you have the POE box in Plant 1 and connect the LAN port to the VPN, it should work.  It will work at the speed of the VPN and the traffic may slow things down somewhat.
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These 2 plants are in a very small town with the ISP just down the road.  and the 2 plants are less than a mile apart.
That helps. Thank you.

The distance is too far for the POE to work that length.  

Plug the Ubiquiti POE box into a port at Plant 2 and then connect the access points to that.
The Ubiquiti AP needs a Wireless point to hook up to. It might work as per above, OR, you might need to put a Wireless Router in Plant 2 hooked up as an extension of your network and hook the Ubiquiti to that.
I don't believe the AP needs a wireless point.  Just needs access to a router.
My Ubiquiti is hooked up to my Wireless so that it has the same SSID as well as on the Network.  If you do not need the same SSID as Plant 1 (and probably not), then you can hook up to a router as you said.

It will generally work the way we have portrayed above.
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