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Re: UniFi Express

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I love ubiquiti. My entire home network runs on their gear, with self-hosted management. I have infra deployed across the country in a remote office that runs their gear, with a cloud key. It's solid stuff all around. Don’t use any of their unifi routers tho, can’t speak to that. I have an ER-4 at home and the remote office has a pfsense 1U.

It's not a particularly good setup, but it's also not a particularly bad one. Actual prosumer+ products like Sophos XG (free), Untangle Home, *sense blow it out of the water, though, by giving actual offerings for features where Unifi gives a diet version. That all being said, it's definitely a cut above most consumer networking setups, maybe with the exception of Asus -- they do a pretty solid job.

I feel they all but abandoned the EdgeRouter line, which hits the sweet spot of prosumer for me.

Re: UniFi Express

#12
I am lucky enough to have FTTH service where the provider furnishes me with an SFP stick with simple DHCP (no PPPoE). Beyond UniFi, Microtik, and rolling your own, there’s very little option in consumer routers.

Re: UniFi Express

#13

Could anyone help explain what this is. Is it just a fancy WiFi router?

> What is UniFi Express?

> UniFi Express is a complete UniFi Networking stack in an ultra-compact, plug-and-play form factor. It runs UniFi Network and features a powerful gateway engine and built-in WiFi 6 with seamless meshing.

Re: UniFi Express

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Right?! Who's buying? Big businesses or regular retail? Or are they limiting supply to keep prices high?

The second one. Businesses aren't buying this shit.

Wrong.

I watched a video yesterday from a german medical cannabis business where I recognized unifi APs in the building. Their camera system was (as one would imagine) unifi too.

Re: UniFi Express

#15

Another confused product from UniFi. Is it targeting home users or businesses? It looks like businesses from their web page yet feels very much like a better fit for home. It only runs UniFi Network, so you have to buy more things, that also run UniFi Network, to get into any of their other products like Protect. I like their stuff but lately a lot of their stuff feels just confused to me, like they don't know what t…

They want to get income like a hardware store, but sell their product as if their value is software, that they then don't maintain because its not selling their latest hardware.

Re: UniFi Express

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The second one. Businesses aren't buying this shit.

Wrong. I watched a video yesterday from a german medical cannabis business where I recognized unifi APs in the building. Their camera system was (as one would imagine) unifi too.

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Re: UniFi Express

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Another confused product from UniFi. Is it targeting home users or businesses? It looks like businesses from their web page yet feels very much like a better fit for home. It only runs UniFi Network, so you have to buy more things, that also run UniFi Network, to get into any of their other products like Protect. I like their stuff but lately a lot of their stuff feels just confused to me, like they don't know what t…

A business really shouldn't be running this.

Anything that isn't basically your home office is running a solid NGFW with SSL interception.

Re: UniFi Express

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Wrong. I watched a video yesterday from a german medical cannabis business where I recognized unifi APs in the building. Their camera system was (as one would imagine) unifi too.

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As long as you dont provide any reasoning your are just another guy in the internet talking gibberish.

Re: UniFi Express

#20

I love ubiquiti. My entire home network runs on their gear, with self-hosted management. I have infra deployed across the country in a remote office that runs their gear, with a cloud key. It's solid stuff all around. Don’t use any of their unifi routers tho, can’t speak to that. I have an ER-4 at home and the remote office has a pfsense 1U.

Same here, I love the UDM Pro SE. Blocking application layer stuff like QUIC is just a couple clicks away. It has decent intrusion detection and response alongside other easy to configure firewall settings.
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