I have a full Ubiquiti stack at home (router, switches, cameras and APs) and they are great products. The UI keeps getting better and that’s a plus!
Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting
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I stopped buying Ubiquiti when I reset my UDM Pro and took it to another house without internet access, and it refused to "activate" without an Internet Connection or a phone app connection. Seems they are more interested in selling a lifestyle rather than actual production network equipment.
What are you using instead?
I’m also curious what other prosumer network hardware companies have good products?
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#173After many (many!) years I finally got around to my childhood dreams of building a home network rack, centered around the Unifi stack. I've got the new 10 gig switch, the dream machine SE, a bunch of cameras, and I've been very impressed with their stuff. The experience "just works" and feels like they take inspiration from Apple. The whole camera setup can be "closed" by shutting off outside access, this self-hostin…
That's because Robert Pera, CEO/founder used to work for Apple for a few years when he was very young.
Has he said that?
I did a lot of jobs when I was very young. I wouldn't want someone to draw conclusions about me today based on my failed stint at Burger King, for example.
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#174I have always viewed Ubiquiti and UniFi as serving only the business and enterprise market, not consumer grade individuals like me. I have gotten frustrated with the Netgear and TP-Link grade of WiFi equipment available to the consumer customer and have now ventured into UniFi. My main challenge was just getting a single SSID to work around a large home. Mesh WiFi held a promise until I found out that they really aren’t that good unless you are using backhaul wiring. Companies have been using single SSIDs for decades and that’s where the solution was.
Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting
#175I have always viewed Ubiquiti and UniFi as serving only the business and enterprise market, not consumer grade individuals like me. I have gotten frustrated with the Netgear and TP-Link grade of WiFi equipment available to the consumer customer and have now ventured into UniFi. My main challenge was just getting a single SSID to work around a large home. Mesh WiFi held a promise until I found out that they really are…
> I have always viewed Ubiquiti and UniFi as serving only the business and enterprise market...
I've gotten a lot of mileage out of Ubiquiti gear in SMB space, but enterprise it is not. Ruckus, Aruba, and to a lesser extent Cisco (Meraki) own that space. I wouldn't trust Ubiquiti gear to handle the densities that Ruckus gear can, for example.
For your home frustrations some cheap Ubiquiti gear and spending the money to cable all your APs will do what you need.
Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting
#176I have always viewed Ubiquiti and UniFi as serving only the business and enterprise market, not consumer grade individuals like me. I have gotten frustrated with the Netgear and TP-Link grade of WiFi equipment available to the consumer customer and have now ventured into UniFi. My main challenge was just getting a single SSID to work around a large home. Mesh WiFi held a promise until I found out that they really are…
I used to do a wireless mesh with U6 (wifi 6) and I 100% agree with you. But with WiFi 7, everything changes. WiFi 7 wireless mesh is actually faster than hardwiring (mainly because my second AP is connected to a 1G flex mini). A WiFi 7 mesh can actually exceed 1G (using Wifiman, I get about 1.5G). Meshing with a WiFi 7 AP works great for me too since all my devices are only WiFi 6 compatible (for now). Highly recommend replacing your APs with a U7-
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#177Whoa this is pretty cool. I’m pretty into homelab stuff but self hosting your own gateway/firewall/router can get pretty tiring. I tried OPNSense and it worked great for a while. I tried self hosting unifiOS (I actually don’t get what’s different from the docker one from back then compared to this one) but it gets annoying. Was easier just to buy a cloud ultra for $130.
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1. This is an official Docker image/container from Ubiquiti themselves - no more relying on LinuxServer.io/jacobalberty, etc... 2. With the "UniFI OS" branding, the door is open to the possibility of being able to run Talk, Protect, Access, etc... on your own hardware in the future.
I'm not seeing an official docker image...
It’s there - just built into the binary. ;)
but yeah that was upsetting - I was hoping they’d push them to a registry and make them… more available.
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What are you using instead?
I’m also curious what other prosumer network hardware companies have good products?
I like Mikrotik routers, and their other products look good too. They are often discussed on HN if you want to search for a range of opinions. I do find that their software can be confusing, but that may also be to do with the number of options.
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Fair enough, the Unifi brand is a consumer/prosumer brand after all. I guess if you have strict privacy requirements then you would be looking more at enterprise gear anyway.
Why does strict privacy requirements imply enterprise gear?
Because enterprises pay a lot of money for strict privacy, whereas consumers pay less if anything.