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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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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 work for a small ISP servicing both fiber customers and a diminishing (Thanks, starlink) number of fixed wireless customers.

We use all Mikrotik hardware for routing. RouterOS is so flexible and capable. But it is absolutely not user friendly.

For large scale commercial deployments we use Ubiquiti equipment. There is always a Mikrotik router but the APs are all Ubiquiti. It’s just easier and cleaner for us to manage deployments that way.

I see no reason why someone just casually playing with their home network would use Mikrotik though.

We use Cambium for Point-to-Multipoint mostly because the price and selection is better than Ubiquiti but we use the wireless backhaul gear from Ubiquiti in a few spots.

To be perfectly honest if Ubiquiti had the right kind of hardware and management capabilities for us to serve as the root of any deployment I would probably use it everywhere.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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Constantly tweaking settings is not a use-case they have optimized for. Most of their customers are small IT shops that support small/medium sized businesses. They set up a network for a few doctors offices, law firms, etc. by clicking a few buttons in the controller's GUI once, and then remotely keep an eye on the networks with the controller software's remote management features.

If you set the thing to automatically optimize WiFi (the default!) it goes completely down for several minutes every day. I would not want to have to carefully optimize settings to get that third nine of uptime for a small business.

And yet you can still end up with APs on the exactly same channels!

I use auto settings and I was stunned to see it recently. APs see each other so it's not like it's completely meaningless.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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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…

>Lotta haters out there but this is just advanced as I want to get in my home lab

The problem with UBNT isnt that they aren't great for your homelab. They are.

The problem with UBNT is people think "Great for my homelab" is the same as "I can run important infrastructure on this"

The problem with UBNT/Mikrotik is that people bring homelab level skills to complex infrastructure projects and then make a shocked face when they get hacked.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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is there a writeup on the openwrt/proxmox vm for routing you talk about? Examples of the cheap switches?

Not that I know of but I may publish something if it’s of interest.

I am very interested.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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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…

>Lotta haters out there but this is just advanced as I want to get in my home lab The problem with UBNT isnt that they aren't great for your homelab. They are. The problem with UBNT is people think "Great for my homelab" is the same as "I can run important infrastructure on this" The problem with UBNT/Mikrotik is that people bring homelab level skills to complex infrastructure projects and then make a shocked face wh…

They position themselves as enterprise-ready. See: Unifi Leaf, Spine. They are anything but.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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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…

How's the "management" software? I'm planning on replacing my aging home router (which now seems to randomly drop signal) with something like a Ubiquti Dream Router, but I've no experience with the brand. As of now, I run PfSense at home (just as a hobbyist and for personal desires), and I'm curious how their offering compares, especially wrt to firewall rules, VPN support, etc.

From what I've seen it looks far more modern.

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Are you a ubiquiti employee who can see internal posts perhaps? There’s no such post on the public discussion. The only two instances of “fixed” on the page are people expressing hope it will someday be fixed.

As the other poster said, you actually need to read the thread and then a Ubiquiti employee links to a post where it says it was fixed. Considering you were so affected and frustrated by this issue, Im surprised you didnt actually read the thread you posted to realise this issue was fixed 2 years ago.

Oh I read it multiple times. The link to the other page is so obscure even the LLMs miss it.

> Tell me about the Trunk VLAN issue with the UW6-IW

The built-in 4-port switch in the U6-IW has significant limitations when it comes to VLAN trunking. etc...

> Did Ubiquiti fix the VLAN TRUNK issue?

Based on my research, No, Ubiquiti has not fixed the fundamental trunk VLAN issue with the U6-IW's switch ports as of early 2025. etc...

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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For cameras, everyone should be looking into https://openipc.org/

This looks cool but it's not on any camera brand I have ever heard of before. I have a bunch of hikvision stuff that is on its own vlan with no internet access because it's concerningly chatty with Chinese IPs. I would love to put openipc on them.

The cameras in question are potato quality that nobody trying to do any serious surveillance would use.

It’s great for pointing a livestream at a fish tank. It’s useless if you’re trying to record the outside of your house at night.

Re: Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting

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I was just about to shell out $2k on unifi equipment for my home but after reading this discussion it's sounding like a much worse proposition. Sadly, it doesn't seem like there's a solid competitor either. Mikrotik seems like more complication than I want or need. I'm now looking into TP-Link Omada, but the entire point was to move away from consumer gear. Sigh. I guess I'll just keep making do with my old Orbi Netgear setup for now.

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I was just about to shell out $2k on unifi equipment for my home but after reading this discussion it's sounding like a much worse proposition. Sadly, it doesn't seem like there's a solid competitor either. Mikrotik seems like more complication than I want or need. I'm now looking into TP-Link Omada, but the entire point was to move away from consumer gear. Sigh. I guess I'll just keep making do with my old Orbi Netg…

Same here. Unify at least is a US based company, less spying than Chinese TP-link. Would prefer the solid quality, absolute privacy and long term support of AVM Fritzboxes but they don’t have the form factors nor ease of management that Unify (or TP-Link?) offers.
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