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What moved you off of Unifi? Did you move off entirely, or just for the gateway?

• c0nsumer 5y ago
  I moved entirely. It was mostly the GW that I didn't like. The primary bug was when they changed the maximum SSID length from 32 (standard) to 31 and I could no longer edit my network. I also had a very frustrating ARP bug where ARP broadcasts wouldn't work across mesh'd APs (https://www.reddit.com/r/UNIFI/comments/ghs4bg/arp_for_client_on_meshed_ap_not_working_help/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UNIFI/comments/ghs4bg/arp_for_clien...). Then there was just some various other quirkyness/weirdness, and I happened to get out just before the big security breach was disclosed. I ended up going to a Ruckus R610 AP that I got via eBay running the Unleashed OS, and it's outstanding. Coverage is so good I no longer need my old AP + extra mesh'd one. For switching I'm just using an old TP-Link that I had laying around. UniFi seemed really neat at first, but then it just felt... overwraught. I don't need single-pane-of-glass monitoring of a ton of stuff for my home network. I don't want to run a management software server just for my home network. I do want something robust, but I don't want to worry about it, and I want to be able to piecemeal upgrade it. A small PC running OPNsense + a solid AP + just whatever for switching does exactly that. (I'm not a homelab-type person... If I want that I use VMs, or my employer's hardware. I want my home network to be a solid, reliable utility that requires little maintenance. I don't want to be tweaking my home network after my day job.)