[jcollins]

I bet he’s referring to having a controller but I think you can run it on your laptop, configure everything and then turn off the controller. I don’t think the controller is needed after initial configuration unless you want the stats collection.

I have the cloud key (the dongle) so I could be wrong.

It is easy but it’s still slightly harder than the average consumer would want.

[IgorPartola]

You just have to make sure you turn off the feature in the APs that keeps checking if the controller is there, otherwise they stop working. Or at least that was the case when I got mine.

[mdnormy]

By default its off. I have 3 AP with ~40 device connected and my controller is in my laptop which usually not even on. Works fine.

[dawnerd]

You can even set them up with your phones now days, but I think it only works with just one AP.