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Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by nerdjon »

psyclobe wrote: post #131

I have nothing but good things to say about ubiquiti. I run their cameras door bell and network switches at my house and have had nearly 100% uptime for years. Their ui constantly improves and it’s very well integrated into home assistant. Lotta haters out there but this is just advanced as I want to get in my home lab; and the racks are just so cool even with their gimmicky front touch panel, it’s just so sexy when…

Same for me, buying my dream machine pro (and AP's) was one of my few tech purchases that I have zero regrets buying. It is still running strong after a few years and see no reason to change it anytime soon.

Have they been perfect? No, but this has allowed me to control my network how I actually want to control it.

This has lead me to now having multiple Ubiquiti components (with more planned), my most recent was switching away from Synology to the UNAS Pro and it has been great.

Really the only thing I ever bought from them that I really regretted was the tooless mini rack. Was really cool but I have non ubiquiti things that I need to mount and I doubt they are going to actually make a server I can run k8s anytime soon.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by mrweasel »

chrisandchris wrote: post #236
stephen_g wrote: post #200

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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.

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.

I have a bit of a soft spot for Mikrotik, but I can't help feel like their hardware only exists to sell training.

For our house I tried a Mikrotik, a TP Link and a Ubiquiti AP. The only one that really works in our case is the Ubiquiti. Also for a home that's mostly Apple hardware, you kinda need a manage wifi solution, because Apples WIFI stack have issues switching between APs and needs a controller to kick you off (I don't know if that's still the case). Ubiquiti have one of the only routers that will force Apple hardware to switch APs. Mikrotiks CAPsMAN isn't even really a WIFI/AP controller, it's just provisioning.

For all it's flaws, I still really want to just run 100% Mikrotik gear.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by briHass »

chamakits wrote: post #250
stephen_g wrote: post #200

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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.

Any recommendations on cameras that can be fully local?

Personally, I've had good luck with Reolink cameras. I block them from the Internet at the router, just in case, but they do seem to respect your choice if you disable the cloud/mobile app feature.

The cameras will upload jpegs and mpegs to a local FTP server based on configurable triggers, which include 'AI' detection of animal/vehicle/human, all running on-camera.

I wrote a simple script to put all the daily uploaded jpegs on a HTML webpage (each linked to the video) for review. Home Assistant also has an integration that can do streaming and grabs the detection triggers as well.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by chaz6 »

newsclues wrote: post #185
jeremywho wrote: post #76

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What are you using instead?

If I ditched my modest ubiquiti gear I’d probably try out https://www.alta.inc/ Because https://chrisbuechler.com/

I swapped my edgerouter lite (ERLite-3) to an Alta Labs Route10 recently after moving to an ISP that uses PPPoE. Unfortunately the Cavium silicon inside the ERL cannot do hardware offloading for ipv6+vlan+pppoe concurrently, so I had to find a new router. The Route10 is a nice piece of kit, but the software is still very immature, and absolutely requires a controller to manage. I really wish that I could run VyOS on it, but for now it does the job and will probably be absolutely fine for 99% of people.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by alt227 »

conradev wrote: post #180
cowpig wrote: post #95

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Why does strict privacy requirements imply enterprise gear?

Because enterprises pay a lot of money for strict privacy, whereas consumers pay less if anything.

In my experience generally consumers pay zero for privacy but expect it anyway.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by alt227 »

Henchman21 wrote: post #104
cowpig wrote: post #95

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Why does strict privacy requirements imply enterprise gear?

Because the elites have decided that privacy is only applicable to businesses.

This is an absurd comment.

Do you really think there is some magical network gear out there which provides easy full security, but is only available to buy for a specific group of people?

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by orion138 »

MrDarcy wrote: post #217
stephen_g wrote: post #200

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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…

I’m curious to know more about your setup! Which switches do you prefer? What hardware are you using for proxmox? And what does your network look like?

Cheers!

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by [deleted] »

paulryanrogers wrote: post #139
alt227 wrote: post #60

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Still dont understand why this is such a big issue, and I have been reading threads about it for a year now. Just turn on cloud access, accept the t&cs and then turn it off again. If you are really scared then you can isolate that device in a vlan or DMZ temporarily. I run many commercial and residential networks, and this is definitely a non issue for me.

Will it still get automatic updates in case of security issues?

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Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Post by hyperbovine »

kalleboo wrote: post #208
ac29 wrote: post #74

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Yeah I use an OpenWRT router that cost ~$125 and should have just about all of the capability of the $500 Firewalla

Yeah when I got 10 Gbit internet at home, all the options for a router looked really expensive so I bought a Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny for $80 + $20 for the riser+NIC, and installed OpenWRT on it. Runs like a charm, power draw is a the same as the ISP's monthly rental router.

I'm absolutely loving my ThinkCentre M920q, riser + Intel i350 NIC + ProxMox. I had not forayed into the wifi router world for over 10 years, and am amazed how much power, and how little power consumption, you can get for ~$150.
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