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I met cmb (the lead architect of Ui.com) when he was starting up Pfsense. He’s good people. Don’t be afraid to tweet him your thoughts on this and a link to th

I met cmb (the lead architect of Ui.com) when he was starting up Pfsense. He’s good people. Don’t be afraid to tweet him your thoughts on this and a link to this thread: https://twitter.com/cbuechler https://twitter.com/cbuechler If there is any chance in management making the right decision here then it’ll be because good people at the company have ammo to go back to management with. FYI - I was about to buy Qty 22 unifi access points next week and Qty 44 unifi 48 port switches. Nope on that with this change.

slovette 7y ago
He’s lead on the security team, not blanket UI.com from what I know. Also met him when he was working on the PFSense stuff and spent a few days with him and his team in Austin TX in 2014. I agree, great person and I still have faith in him; but he’s just 1 person on a billion dollar enterprise team. He’s also very silo’d it seems, to what he’s doing on the firewall (and UDM?) side. We’re also heavy deployers of UI stuff (100+ AP’s /month and 1000’s of ports installed). This change concerns me, but doesn’t surprise me. All the new product line is geared for centralized propriety. The company as a whole is turning for the worst I think. The new forums and treatment of their community is indicative enough of this theory....
- gonzo 7y ago
  > Also met him when he was working on the PFSense stuff and spent a few days with him and his team in Austin TX in 2014. Well, now I’m curious who you are. :-)
  - sanguy 7y ago
    We know who you are, and what you did to PFSense....
    - godzillabrennus 7y ago
      https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2017-1828 https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D20...
  - slovette 7y ago
    Haha. Hey Jim. Email me: me@colterlovette.com
- dagelf 7y ago
  I'd love to get a bunch of the UI engineers out into the rural areas where their gear is used, to remote work from there for a while, so they can see how badly it caters to the needs of those who need it most, and that they can go back with some easy to implement and much needed improvements.
carlob 7y ago
> Don’t be afraid to tweet him your thoughts on this and a link to this thread: https://twitter.com/cbuechler https://twitter.com/cbuechler Last tweet (from 2 years ago) is about supporting Tencent Christmas party.
- frereubu 7y ago
  There are much more recent replies (although most recent is from February).
bluedino 7y ago
I would stay way from the Edgeswitch products as well, unless you like switches that randomly reboot and support that is basically useless.
iforgotpassword 7y ago
If I had a twitter account I'd ask him about the GPL violations by using a modified Linux kernel for their gear and not releasing the according source code.
dagelf 7y ago
Don't throw the baby out with he bathwater. Hardware is hardware and their wireless APs are good, their switches suck, 2 minutes of downtime with any settings change?! Their controller software is a marketing gimmick trying to silo you in. Still, its an easier battle if you're armed with the right tools, and their APs are a dream compared to most others.
- sathackr 7y ago
  Not sure which switches you are using. I have hundreds of Unifi switches deployed. There is no downtime with normal setting changes(port/vlan assignment, link speed/duplex changes, etc...)

slovette 7y ago

He’s lead on the security team, not blanket UI.com from what I know. Also met him when he was working on the PFSense stuff and spent a few days with him and his team in Austin TX in 2014. I agree, great person and I still have faith in him; but he’s just 1 person on a billion dollar enterprise team. He’s also very silo’d it seems, to what he’s doing on the firewall (and UDM?) side. We’re also heavy deployers of UI stuff (100+ AP’s /month and 1000’s of ports installed). This change concerns me, but doesn’t surprise me. All the new product line is geared for centralized propriety. The company as a whole is turning for the worst I think. The new forums and treatment of their community is indicative enough of this theory....

gonzo 7y ago
> Also met him when he was working on the PFSense stuff and spent a few days with him and his team in Austin TX in 2014. Well, now I’m curious who you are. :-)
- sanguy 7y ago
  We know who you are, and what you did to PFSense....
  - godzillabrennus 7y ago
    https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2017-1828 https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D20...
- slovette 7y ago
  Haha. Hey Jim. Email me: me@colterlovette.com
dagelf 7y ago
I'd love to get a bunch of the UI engineers out into the rural areas where their gear is used, to remote work from there for a while, so they can see how badly it caters to the needs of those who need it most, and that they can go back with some easy to implement and much needed improvements.

carlob 7y ago

> Don’t be afraid to tweet him your thoughts on this and a link to this thread: https://twitter.com/cbuechler https://twitter.com/cbuechler Last tweet (from 2 years ago) is about supporting Tencent Christmas party.

frereubu 7y ago
There are much more recent replies (although most recent is from February).

bluedino 7y ago

I would stay way from the Edgeswitch products as well, unless you like switches that randomly reboot and support that is basically useless.

iforgotpassword 7y ago

If I had a twitter account I'd ask him about the GPL violations by using a modified Linux kernel for their gear and not releasing the according source code.

dagelf 7y ago

Don't throw the baby out with he bathwater. Hardware is hardware and their wireless APs are good, their switches suck, 2 minutes of downtime with any settings change?! Their controller software is a marketing gimmick trying to silo you in. Still, its an easier battle if you're armed with the right tools, and their APs are a dream compared to most others.

sathackr 7y ago
Not sure which switches you are using. I have hundreds of Unifi switches deployed. There is no downtime with normal setting changes(port/vlan assignment, link speed/duplex changes, etc...)