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The problem is that they set a bar there. There is a gulf between consumer and enterprise APs that is full of only Unifi-esque gear. “Cloud management” is an O
by salmo 5y ago
The problem is that they set a bar there. There is a gulf between consumer and enterprise APs that is full of only Unifi-esque gear. “Cloud management” is an OOB requirement and primary use case for SOHO gear these days. It’s a fleet management issue, just wish it could be done with proper config management and not phoning home. But they’re selling to small shops doing IT for 10s of law firms or doctor’s offices.
I’d never use Ubiquiti’s switches, routers, etc. There are great alternatives there. But when I went to replace my APs earlier this year I still could not find anything less shady that still did what I needed.
Is there an alternative that does PoE w/ multiple APs that hand-off well? And decent hardware…
TP-Link has a similar offering but with similar problems.
OpenWRT on [consumer gear] is not an answer here. More effort goes into the plastic than the hardware. Never dealing with cheap NICs, bad SoCs, inadequate memory, garbage drivers, etc. again.