Add a Site [Badjr and Unity Documentation]

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====== Add a Site ======

===== Overview =====

The site is where much of the practical functionality of having a Badjr lies.  This is where you configure, manage and monitor your actual onsite infrastructure.  In typical situations, a site is a client office.  The badjr will take the role of the router (when using the Badjr as a Routing Badjr) and what the site looks like in technical terms is full described in Unity before the Badjr is even put into action.

===== Create Site =====

You can create a site by using the Menu to go to Sites and //Add Site//

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where you can add all the administrative details for your site.

==== Site Basename ====

The //Site Basename// is one of the most important basename's in Unity because it will end up being your public address on the internet.
> If this site of your client //Amazon Attorneys// is its main office in New York, you should choose __amazon-main__ or __amazon-nyc__ as the site basename.  Its public internet name will then be amazon-main.acme.blit.biz
This basename is also used for quick searching and other lookups, so it should be short and unique.

==== Allocate to Client ====

The last field is Client and here you need to link this site to its client.  Grouping the sites under a client is important, not only for clean administration, but for site VPNs, client-wide wireless and many other aspects of running your client's infrastructure seamlessly via Unity.

===== Site Settings ======

Adding site settings is where the technical design of your site is initiated.  It is the simplest configuration of your site to end with a workable site as quickly as possible.  Complexity can be added later via the various menus.

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^ Field ^ Description ^
| Badjr Type | Select Routing Badjr to create a site where the Badjr will be the router |
| LAN IP Address | This will be the gateway IP and subnet (internal IP of the Badjr) and typically looks like 192.168.0.1/24 |
| Timezone | The timezone of the site |
| WAN Type | Choose via Gateway if you are routing through another router (e.g. fibre) or PPPoE if you will be dialing the connection |
| WAN IP Address | If you chose 'via Gateway' above, you will need to specify a WAN address and subnet for the Badjr.  If your fibre router is 10.0.0.1, then your WAN address would typically be 10.0.0.2/24 |
| WAN Gateway Address | This will be the WAN address of your upstream gateway.  As in the above setting, an example of this is 10.0.0.1 |
| Domain Controller | Is there a domain controller on this site?  If so, specify its IP address here |
| DNS Servers | What DNS servers would you like the Badjr to resolve against, typically Google's are fine |
| Badjr Wireless Enabled | Do you intend to use the wireless built into some Badjr models to do the wireless? |

After these fields have been entered, your site is ready.  Going into the deeper settings is beyond the scope of this getting started document.

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Now proceed to [[adopt_badjr]]