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If they add 'Protect' to this, it would make it much easier to start building a unifi network piecemeal. I already have a debian-running storage server, that would be a good fit for running this, and it would enable me to start adding their cameras without going all-in in and grabbing a new router and access points at the same time.
># src: Mirano Verhoef ># Go into root >su - > ># Install all required dependencies apt update ; apt upgrade ; apt install podman -y ; cd ~ ; mkdir 4.2.23 ; cd 4.2.23 ; wget https://fw-download.ubnt.com/data/unifi-os-server/8b93-linux... ; chmod +x 8b93-linux-x64-4.2.23-158fa00b-6b2c-4cd8-94ea-e92bc4a81369.23-x64 ; ./8b93-linux-x64-4.2.23-158fa00b-6b2c-4cd8-94ea-e92bc4a81369.23-x64 install This is some of the jankies…
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You really don't need a Ubiquiti account. They of course make it the default, but you can check a "local user only" box and then just create a local user with a username and password. I really appreciate this about them. You don't need internet to set it up.
Good. Did they fix their APs too or those can't be initialized without an account still?
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Good. Did they fix their APs too or those can't be initialized without an account still?
You can setup and initialize an AP with a controller, and that controller doesn't require a cloud account or internet access.
Because that's how it was years ago, and then they tried to make the cloud account compulsory, and the last time I asked around it was sort of not compulsory but you still needed to create one for the initial setup and only then put your AP somehow in standalone mode.
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I've moved on from Ubiquiti access points as well. Their U6 simply does not handle VLANs properly, they never acknowledged the issue let alone fixed it. See https://community.ui.com/questions/U6-IW-how-to-trunk-all-5-... Their security issues in the past. Their failure to make the EdgeRouter handle DHCP and DNS properly. Etc... I've since moved to cheap switches that support all port vlan trunks and LACP bonding, the…
> TP-Link is less expensive and better performance. WiFi 7 and 10gbit for less money. Thanks, they really seem like good alternative.
But EdgeOS was not the only fork, another one was VyOS (vyos.io). Pretty sure, that EdgeOS has done larger steps forward, especially, since it was bound to the hardware's developer.
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What do you use the for routing? I tried a Mikrotik router recently but conoared to the Ubi devices, configuration feels so clunky and complicated.
RouterOS does feel a little clunky for sure, but you can configure _everything_. And once it's set up, it works beautifully and consistently. Ubiquiti's routers to me just seem to be prosumer routers with an "enterprise" UI on top. Whereas Mikrotik genuinely offer an enterprise experience (also still great for home) with the boring, drab, absurdly functional UI to back it up. Ubiquiti looks beautiful; but you can't d…
I 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 recomm…
># src: Mirano Verhoef ># Go into root >su - > ># Install all required dependencies apt update ; apt upgrade ; apt install podman -y ; cd ~ ; mkdir 4.2.23 ; cd 4.2.23 ; wget https://fw-download.ubnt.com/data/unifi-os-server/8b93-linux... ; chmod +x 8b93-linux-x64-4.2.23-158fa00b-6b2c-4cd8-94ea-e92bc4a81369.23-x64 ; ./8b93-linux-x64-4.2.23-158fa00b-6b2c-4cd8-94ea-e92bc4a81369.23-x64 install This is some of the jankies…
My issue with this comment is my issue with the original article -- what's the actual source for this information? As far as I can tell, this article has no actual link back to any Unifi press release, git repo, or other project page about this, the closest the author does is link the downloads from Ubiquiti's site (as in, literally, links to the files, and nothing else). This is janky, yes, and I'm not gonna shill f…
Also there is the official announcement now: https://blog.ui.com/article/introducing-unifi-os-server
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I still use their access points because it's hard to get anything else as good for the same kind of price, but they burned me killing the development on EdgeRouter. So I've gone elsewhere for cameras, switching and routing. This release is a nice point in their favour though but I can't see myself going back all in on Ubiquiti.
I've moved on from Ubiquiti access points as well. Their U6 simply does not handle VLANs properly, they never acknowledged the issue let alone fixed it. See https://community.ui.com/questions/U6-IW-how-to-trunk-all-5-... Their security issues in the past. Their failure to make the EdgeRouter handle DHCP and DNS properly. Etc... I've since moved to cheap switches that support all port vlan trunks and LACP bonding, the…
A while ago one update automatically enabled PMF (set to required, I believe) on all Wi-Fi networks. That didn't go great for me when half of my IoT devices stopped connecting and I wasn't available to fix.