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HPE seems to be aiming squarely at Ubiquiti with their Aruba Instant On line (which is distinct from the Aruba Instant line because what's life without some con

HPE seems to be aiming squarely at Ubiquiti with their Aruba Instant On line (which is distinct from the Aruba Instant line because what's life without some confusing branding?). I installed some of their APs and switches in my home a few weeks ago and it's working well. It ended up a little less expensive than comparable UBNT gear would have been and there's actual availability on their Wifi6 APs. The APs are cloud managed only, but, personally, I trust HPE not to make a complete clown show of things the way UBNT has. But that's absolutely going to be a deal-breaker for a lot of people (especially with the way UBNT's now poisoned the well to a degree). The big hole in that lineup is a gateway device. They just don't have anything comparable to the UDM (Pro). I'd be surprised if they don't eventually introduce something, though, given how the rest of the lineup seems pointed directly at the niche Ubiquiti is currently occupying.

sigg3 6y ago
> The APs are cloud managed only, but, personally, I trust HPE not to make a complete clown show That is unwise on the long-term, though. The technology is there so you don't have to trust anyone, so why do you choose to trust them when they're not offering cloudfree solutions?
- commandar 6y ago
  Because it was the best available option in my price range in all other aspects and I honestly don't care all that much where the AP controller for my home network is located. The APs will continue to work while offline and I'm unlikely to even look at the controller interface more than a handful of times a year provided the vendor doesn't do anything that will outright break things. I honestly don't care if it's hosted inside my network or not. Ubiquiti has a history of poor software releases that break things and now of trying to gloss over a serious security breach. I'm less worried about HPE in that regard.

sigg3 6y ago

> The APs are cloud managed only, but, personally, I trust HPE not to make a complete clown show That is unwise on the long-term, though. The technology is there so you don't have to trust anyone, so why do you choose to trust them when they're not offering cloudfree solutions?

commandar 6y ago
Because it was the best available option in my price range in all other aspects and I honestly don't care all that much where the AP controller for my home network is located. The APs will continue to work while offline and I'm unlikely to even look at the controller interface more than a handful of times a year provided the vendor doesn't do anything that will outright break things. I honestly don't care if it's hosted inside my network or not. Ubiquiti has a history of poor software releases that break things and now of trying to gloss over a serious security breach. I'm less worried about HPE in that regard.