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Re: Ubiquiti starts serving ads in their management interface

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Post by thiagocsf »

gorgoiler wrote: post #184

The three stages of an engineer’s relationship with Ubiquiti: 1/ Their APs are so cool! Check out this web interface! I can manage an entire fleet of both of these, all from my home office! 2/ Aha, the APs run Linux and I can ssh to them and upload settings — even cooler! 3/ Er, you know what else runs Linux, has a pair of wired and wireless NICs, and can be managed remotely with plain text files and ssh — literally…

I've been considering my options to replace the Unifi controller if things get much worse and OPNsense + some terraform magic sounds like a great option.

What do you use to synchronise the APs and switch configuration? I'm talking things like SSIDs, VLANs, DHCP options etc.

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Post by thiagocsf »

bozzcl wrote: post #10

Bummer, I was considering switching to a full Ubiquiti setup in the future. Are there any other worthwhile competitors?

Run a dockerized or VM controller (so you don't need CloudKey or Dream Machine) and pin the version; I'm running 6.0.43 and don't see any ads. Also make sure you find the option to install using a local account (not available on UDM).

The rest of the gear is working tiptop for me.

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Post by warmwaffles »

technothrasher wrote: post #19
warmwaffles wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was also looking into this pretty recently. Good info here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G2g7Txgzgw

I tried EnGenius a few years ago and had no end of problems with them. Switched to Ubiquiti and they've been rock solid ever since. I really, really hope Ubiquiti isn't going down hill.

I hope so as well.

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Post by vermilingua »

alkonaut wrote: post #230
vermilingua wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the UniFi Controller appliance, software that lets you deploy and configure the WAPs from a webapp.

If it’s an appliance why would I access it through a cloud service rather than directly accessing its network interface?

You can access it directly, yes.

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Post by gorgoiler »

ucosty wrote: post #289
gorgoiler wrote: post #184

The three stages of an engineer’s relationship with Ubiquiti: 1/ Their APs are so cool! Check out this web interface! I can manage an entire fleet of both of these, all from my home office! 2/ Aha, the APs run Linux and I can ssh to them and upload settings — even cooler! 3/ Er, you know what else runs Linux, has a pair of wired and wireless NICs, and can be managed remotely with plain text files and ssh — literally…

What $20 SBCs on the market have multiple real network interfaces? I'd love to pick up a few.

Ironically, a second hand Ubiquiti EdgeRouterX is a great platform from which to start building something. Ignore the UI and configure everything from the command line.

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Post by gorgoiler »

thiagocsf wrote: post #311
gorgoiler wrote: post #184

The three stages of an engineer’s relationship with Ubiquiti: 1/ Their APs are so cool! Check out this web interface! I can manage an entire fleet of both of these, all from my home office! 2/ Aha, the APs run Linux and I can ssh to them and upload settings — even cooler! 3/ Er, you know what else runs Linux, has a pair of wired and wireless NICs, and can be managed remotely with plain text files and ssh — literally…

I've been considering my options to replace the Unifi controller if things get much worse and OPNsense + some terraform magic sounds like a great option. What do you use to synchronise the APs and switch configuration? I'm talking things like SSIDs, VLANs, DHCP options etc.

Two SSIDs with RADIUS on one (which assigns VLANs) and guest access on the other.

VLANs at the switch level are handled by consumer NetGear switches. They have an HTTP interface around which one can build a simple API.

Configuration is driven by pushing from a single script. Push is not nearly as malleable as pull but it’s a very stable system. The script handles IPAM and DHCP allocations but almost everything that needs a static address is accessed via the DNS entry for its IPv6 EUI64 address.

Firewall rules between devices and other networks happen at the VLAN / subnet level — the actual IPv4 addresses aren’t needed for the rules themselves.

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Post by diftraku »

And now the hardware controller we have (Dream Machine Pro) plasters "How likely are you to recommend" polls and usability surveys after being forced to use the new settings and dashboard following an automatic update.

While not outright ads, the usability survey keeps pestering for feedback, I do not have much faith in Ubiquiti having any tact left to not pester for the recommendation feedback as well.

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Post by alimbada »

croutonwagon wrote: post #290
alimbada wrote: post #281

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> They can be had as cheap as ubiquiti I'm assuming you're talking of used hardware as this isn't the case, at least in the UK.

No it is still new. Just not the latest line of production gear (Which would be the R750). Im not going to post direct links because i assume that's a no-no. Ruckus refreshes their gear fairly frequently and the overstock can be had at a steep discount. Those not needing to do huge, high density deployments in things like auditoriums, stadiums, classrooms and the like but are just looking for something for their home…

Thanks for the detailed information. Unfortunately, the UK prices don't reflect the US prices, both on Amazon UK and other retailers here. The only way to get Ruckus gear that cheap (or cheaper) is to get them used on eBay. I think I'll probably go down the TP-Link Omada route as someone suggested elsewhere in the comments here. The feature set and prices look to be about right for me.

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Post by kmlx »

stragies wrote: post #272
kmlx wrote: post #236

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WRT1200AC. the worst experience i have ever had with a router. the moment i plugged in my NAS the whole thing froze and had to be force rebooted. every 3-6 hours the wifi just died and had to be again force rebooted. will not touch linksys again. they're a consumer brand, and my requirements are clearly SMB. imo their best product was the WRT54GL.

Was that running the original Firmware, or OpenWRT? In my experience, all vendor firmwares are to be regarded just as "proof-of-electrical-functioning", to be replaced with a OpenWRT running a recent kernel. Similar to how to you reinstall/upgrade a new laptop on the second boot fresh out the box.

openwrt was extremely slow.

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Post by kmlx »

rubatuga wrote: post #305
stragies wrote: post #272

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was that running the original Firmware, or OpenWRT? In my experience, all vendor firmwares are to be regarded just as "proof-of-electrical-functioning", to be replaced with a OpenWRT running a recent kernel. Similar to how to you reinstall/upgrade a new laptop on the second boot fresh out the box.

Probably stock, probably on a DFS channel.

tried openwrt, tried stock, and always non-dfs. what i do know is that after i plugged in my NAS using RJ465 the whole router collapsed and had to be force rebooted. every single time.

fast forward, and my UDM Pro handles everything, including ax.

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