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So this week, I have gone from having a single little USG and a massive order planned for loads of kit to stopping them automatically updating the firmware and
by vr46 6y ago
So this week, I have gone from having a single little USG and a massive order planned for loads of kit to stopping them automatically updating the firmware and dropping that order. Extremely annoying, but not as annoying as if this had happened in a couple of weeks.
- tifadg1 6y agoSo what are vendor are you changing to now?
- vr46 6y agoNone! Going to keep my jerry-rigged-Heath-Robinson networks with the existing mesh and switches until things resolve to a satisfactory juncture.
- EricE 6y agoWhy anyone has - of all things - automatic firmware updates for networking gear always blows my mind away. Also you can still run all your UBNT kit completely disconnected from the cloud - way better than anyone else. The single management pane is still very useful. Actually I run everything but the USG - their router/firewall is absolutely the weakest link in their product suite. The APs are a good value and solid performers, especially if you stay on earlier, stable firmwares (and DON'T auto update). Their switches are a fair value. Lack of progress with layer 3 routing, especially on their bigger/pro switches is annoying and skews the value prop for those away from UBNT. Cisco's Small Business line is starting to look pretty good and they have a management console that is maturing. And at the rate they are going they should easily be able to catch and blow past UBNT within a year. And so far (despite being from cisco) it's also one of the few product families in this space that does NOT require a subscription.
- vr46 6y agoGood points. I got the auto firmware thing wrong, it was actually the controller update, which I run on a Pi. And fair point on running it disconnect from the cloud, which it is now. Going to check out the Cisco stuff.