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Ubiquiti does not lock their bootloaders like phone manufacturers do. It is very, very easy to run vanilla Linux (or even OpenBSD) on their hardware. I do exa
by KirillPanov 6y ago
Ubiquiti does not lock their bootloaders like phone manufacturers do.
It is very, very easy to run vanilla Linux (or even OpenBSD) on their hardware. I do exactly this:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26645062 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26645062
Octeons (not Octeon-TX) are amazing processors. Ubiquiti makes killer hardware. I hear their software is junk but wouldn't really know since I always erase it immediately after unboxing.
- catblast01 6y ago> An intel goldmont won’t use much more power and can easily do gigabit sqm and wireguard/IPSec without breaking a sweat. Can any of these nearly 2 decade old MIPS/ARM designs come close? I don’t understand the hype for the hardware either.
- jjeaff 6y agoCan you still take advantage of the hardware accelerated features? Because I use a little er-x and if you turn on qos, that disables the hardware acceleration and top speeds are cut considerably.
- rexfuzzle 6y agoAFAIK they've started locking them now, since about v5 if memory serves. Got a couple gathering dust now because of this.
- simple_phrases 6y agoNew equipment checks firmware signatures.
- bscphil 6y agoDo you run Debian on Ubiquiti's access points too?
- cure 6y agoNot with Debian, but I do this routinely with OpenWRT.