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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 c0nsumer »

ThePowerOfFuet wrote: post #130
amluto wrote: post #46

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My general impression is that it “Just Works” if you don’t do anything remotely interesting with it. Want to create a VLAN with no Internet connectivity? Better test that it actually has no Internet connectivity because the setting doesn’t actually work. Want to use the firewall? Better test all the rules — it’s amazingly buggy. Want to change a WiFi setting without WiFi going down for a minute or two? Good luck — Un…

This was absolutely my experience. I ended up tearing it all out and selling it on eBay. I run OPNsense now with a Ruckus standalone AP, and it has been bulletproof.

Funny, I did the same... Never looked back at Unifi. That was a constant fight with problems.

OPNsense, a cheap fanless Brocade switch, and two Ruckus enterprise-grade APs from eBay and boom. Stuff Just Works, and when I want to do anything fancy (I did a /lot/ of weird network setup to troubleshoot users' WFH scenarios during COVID times) I just could.

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Post by kryogen1c »

cowpig wrote: post #95
alt227 wrote: post #90

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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?

In addition to the other comments, enterprise infra (almost) never has internet access.

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Post by ThatPlayer »

a2tech wrote: post #80
NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #66

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There was a guy on dslreports selling certificates for $10 each, and you could just load it up into one of the cheap sfp modules off of aliexpress. Plug it straight into the router of your choice. No reason to use their junk. I've done the same with a different provider.

This is interesting--do you have a link to the sale or instructions as to how that was working?

https://pon.wiki/ has a few bypasses for AT&T and other fiber ISPs. Unfortunately a lot of the info isn't on the website, but in their Discord server instead.

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Post by izacus »

dns_snek wrote: post #97
izacus wrote: post #51

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That would make it impossible to deploy it next to other services on an existing machine... why would you want less flexibility?

When did it become impossible to run a VM next to other services on an existing machine? As they said, Home Assistant OS works great with that setup and it's rock solid in my experience.

Running a full resource hungry VM when a container is enough is downright silly.

And the HassOS you mention had to go through a lot of work from HASS team to allow for full container runtime so it gets the functionality UniFi's approach has out of the box.

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Post by stirbot »

Already__Taken wrote: post #140
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…

I just think £360 for an IP camera is too steep, half would be a no brainier over ring. Their new Lite switches replace stuff that was rack-mountable, not there's no ears are far as I can tell. The gateways are awesome value.

Especially when they die after 2 years. Bought 3 G4 Pros direct from Ubiquiti and two are dead. Apparently it's just the POE daughterboard but my RMA requests were rejected due to being out of warranty. My cheap Lorex cameras have been running for 8 years now.

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Post by sashk »

baby_souffle wrote: post #145
Catbert59 wrote: post #38

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They support ONVIF now in their backend.

> They support ONVIF now in their backend. Got a link? I'm curious about which profile(s) and does this mean that it's still proprietary between the NVR and camera but from the NVR I can get an onvif profile compatible feed?

You can bring ONVIF compatible camera into NVR, but you won't get any detections unless you use AI Key...

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Post by JonChesterfield »

jauntywundrkind wrote: post #106

I really wish PC with some good m.2 wifi cards in it were more of an option for wireless. PC based routers are awesome, there's great software. It's just the wifi situation keeping us tethered to very special boxes. Even openwrt has severe limits. It's up to you to flap on all manners of optimizations and tweaks to what is basically a hostapd.cond file. Hostapd.conf is the gatekeeper of one of the most important conn…

Given the context, Unifi access points work rather well for that. Wired router.

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Post by BLKNSLVR »

Already__Taken wrote: post #140
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…

I just think £360 for an IP camera is too steep, half would be a no brainier over ring. Their new Lite switches replace stuff that was rack-mountable, not there's no ears are far as I can tell. The gateways are awesome value.

I got into Ubiquiti due to their APs being effectively enterprise level features for consumer level prices. Their coverage and quality was a cut above the TP-Link gear I'd used previously (which was, in turn, better than the D-Link and Netgear stuff that I'd tried).

So I am confused by their Camera prices being so high.

I went with Reolink on cameras and NVRs and don't regret that decision. Probably spent a third of what it would have cost for Ubiquiti. There must be some benefit to the extra cost, but I don't think it's one I'll miss.

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