The intent is that you'll host their software somewhere on your network as a service, rather than running it from your laptop. They have cloud-based offerings o

The intent is that you'll host their software somewhere on your network as a service, rather than running it from your laptop. They have cloud-based offerings or dedicated management hardware you can also use if you don't have a system to run UniFi on. These are managed devices and you can't really approach them as you'd approach a traditional standalone AP or router.