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Re: UniFi Express

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Post by walterbell »

stephen_g wrote: post #103
whalesalad wrote: post #2

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.

I’ve definitely gone off their routers since they basically abandoned the EdgeRouter line. I still use their APs for now, sometimes the switches, they’re all pretty solid, but I’ve been gradually getting more and more negative about Ubiquiti in general…

ER3-Lite can run OpenBSD.

Re: UniFi Express

#142

Post by ksec »

smcleod wrote: post #47
I_Am_Nous wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are still far more people below gigabit speeds than there are people hitting their gig. As more fiber is deployed that may change, but it's still a very functional device regardless.

The cost of 2.5G chipsets is so low it really shouldn't matter especially for a 'premium' product like this.

I dont think a $149 Mesh router is exactly in the premium segment.

I guess they could always do a Tri-Band, WiFI 6E with 2 2.5xGbps Ethernet for $199. ( That would be awesome )

Re: UniFi Express

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Post by gigatexal »

For a home setup like mine this thing is awesome. I’m happy with my UniFi AP which costs about as much as this thing does but doesn’t run the service nor does it mesh. Cool little unit. I think it’ll sell rather well.

Re: UniFi Express

#145

Post by jnsaff2 »

After some FW update made 2.4Ghz wifi unusable on the UDM I will never again buy anything from them. Tons of bug reports from users that never got answered.

The hardware is mediocre anyway.

Either buy Mikrotik as cheap and cheerful or go for broke with Ruckus/Meraki/etc.

With Ruckus the 2x2 stuff has turned out not too impressive so would need to shell out even more with 4x4. Meraki is incredible but the subscription model is hard to swallow.

Re: UniFi Express

#146

Post by cloudking »

This is the Unifi device hackers can recommend to their friends and family, but not actually use themselves because they already have the more sophisticated set ups.

Re: UniFi Express

#147

Post by beagle3 »

ToucanLoucan wrote: post #80
chunkyks wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bought into their unifi ecosystem years ago. Separate devices, prosumer pricing, features and quality, single pane of glass. ... And I haven't upgraded anything since. Their new products are totally undirected, they aren't making items that are obvious and needed. Their software is falling behind and they just don't care. Case in point: the usg pro 4 is years old but they havent released an updated affordable just-…

Not to detract from an otherwise excellent comment but... product astronauts? Never heard that term before.

Likely a reference to Spolsky’s Architecture Astronauts.

Re: UniFi Express

#148

Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

SignalM wrote: post #140
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #106

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Firewalla looks like ~$500 for a $50 device, closed source, includes free VPN, and ad blocking DNS… Seems like all you can do I hope they do not spy on your traffic and sell data. I run a reputable VPN for that very reason I don’t trust even my publically traded ISP. IDK, seems suspect. Or at least requires more trust than I am willing to hand out.

I had hesitation paying so much for a gateway but I gave it a shot and it’s amazing. It does what a gateway should do - notify you when things join your network, let you know if something is using “abnormal” amounts of data.. playing games (kids)… the device is worth $50.. but the software is worth the other $450 easily. If you have any care what goes on on your home network, buy a Firewalla. I’m honestly shocked the…

> I’m honestly shocked they haven’t got bought and forced to some monthly subscription BS.

Give it time. Nothing has made me believe in community-driven FOSS like watching the alternatives over a long enough time span. And to be fair, sometimes it really is a long time span, but the outcome is nearly always the same in the end.

Re: UniFi Express

#149

Post by matwood »

entropie wrote: post #14
boringuser2 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> recognized unifi APs

Anecdote of course, but I see these everywhere.

Re: UniFi Express

#150

Post by matwood »

chunkyks wrote: post #44
stbenjam wrote: post #10

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…

I bought into their unifi ecosystem years ago. Separate devices, prosumer pricing, features and quality, single pane of glass. ... And I haven't upgraded anything since. Their new products are totally undirected, they aren't making items that are obvious and needed. Their software is falling behind and they just don't care. Case in point: the usg pro 4 is years old but they havent released an updated affordable just-…

I wouldn't say they went to shit, but their products moved away from what I wanted. I had an ER-X and APs and they worked well. I'd like an upgraded ER-X, but don't need a UDM. I ended up continuing to use my ER-X and use Eeros for the APs - got them super cheap on some Amazon deal.
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