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Re: [LUG] unifi and soho wifi controllers

 

On 28/10/2018 18:33, stinga wrote:
> On 28/10/2018 16:56, mr meowski wrote:
>> Anyone got any recent experience, particularly Ubiqiti?
>>
>> By contrast the Ubiqiti Unifi ecosystem looks amazing - slick management
>> interfaces with monitoring and configurations options that actually
>> work!
> Use Ubiquiti at home and at the local radio station I help with.
> I really like it, no cloud, at home I have the manage SW installed on a 
> Debian server.
> The 5g hops are self contained that are controlled via a web-browser, 
> fit and forget,
> 
> At the radio station we use several hops to get our audio to the FM 
> transmitters, one hop is about a 2 miles I think.
>> The potential deal breaker for me I guess is that
>> Ubiqiti seem a bit like the Apple of wifi and seem a bit like they
>> really, really want you to whole-heartedly buy into the whole
>> stack/ecosystem: I don't _need_ any of their vertical integration or
>> cloudy crap but I do _want_ their slick looking wifi management.
> Don't use the cloud bit, at home the AP are behind an aged IPCop 
> firewall (must replace that!)

Wow I remember IPCop (and IPFire) from the ye olde days, I ran one in my 
home lab - aka bedroom - for a bit many years ago in London. Definitely 
due for replacement though, it's classed as officially abandoned now and 
has been for years. Probably not what you want on your gateway...

I don't know if you have any means of comparison but have you tried the 
cloud management at all? I'm mostly interested in how fully featured the 
entirely self-hosted unifi appliance will be as opposed to the full 
singing and dancing subscription model version (which I'm sadly going to 
be allergic to).

Cheers
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