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Anyone know any alternatives in the prosumer space? Mikrotik?

edward28 3y ago
Buy used enterprise aps.
dgroshev 3y ago
Aruba Instant On. It's Aruba's enterprise hardware with all knobs stripped and on a huge discount. I suppose some people might find their use of a cloud based "controller" disagreeable, but I honestly think it's a plus — it's barely ever needed and it's one thing less to maintain.
- ThePowerOfFuet 3y ago
  > I suppose some people might find their use of a cloud based "controller" disagreeable, but I honestly think it's a plus — it's barely ever needed and it's one thing less to maintain. Until your network gets pwned because the cloud controller gets breached.
  - dgroshev 3y ago
    There's nothing to "pwn", you can maybe turn some switch ports off or change your SSID. It doesn't do routing or firewalling, that's on you.
yanellena 3y ago
If you don't want to shell out for the pricey stuff, Aruba InstantOn and Meraki Go APs might be an option.
minimaul 3y ago
TP Link Omada works surprisingly well too.
akyuu 3y ago
https://www.turris.com/en/products/omnia/ https://www.turris.com/en/products/omnia/
theshrike79 3y ago
We are all using Unifi stuff because there are no alternatives. Of course it all depends on which bits of the Unifi ecosystem you are using. If you just want a singular device like a firewall or a WiFi AP, you can find alternatives. But for the full stack from firewall to switches to APs, there just isn't anything that integrates as well as Unifi gear.
anonymousnotme 3y ago
I have have lanner tech router that I installed a as internet gateway. I have been very happy with it. Works well, lower power, small has multiple ports. Can use SSD for storage. https://www.lannerinc.com/products/network-appliances/x86-desktop-network-appliances https://www.lannerinc.com/products/network-appliances/x86-de... One must install the OS; whether that is OpenWRT, OpenBSD or whatever OS. This means that one needs to be quite familiar with the OS install. So, one probably needs to be a technical person. The one I got had x64 intel based CPU, so it should run just about any linux or BSD distribution. The one that I got has a serial port for the console (no VGA, HDMI, display port etc).

Buy used enterprise aps.

Aruba Instant On. It's Aruba's enterprise hardware with all knobs stripped and on a huge discount. I suppose some people might find their use of a cloud based "controller" disagreeable, but I honestly think it's a plus — it's barely ever needed and it's one thing less to maintain.

ThePowerOfFuet 3y ago
> I suppose some people might find their use of a cloud based "controller" disagreeable, but I honestly think it's a plus — it's barely ever needed and it's one thing less to maintain. Until your network gets pwned because the cloud controller gets breached.
- dgroshev 3y ago
  There's nothing to "pwn", you can maybe turn some switch ports off or change your SSID. It doesn't do routing or firewalling, that's on you.

yanellena 3y ago

If you don't want to shell out for the pricey stuff, Aruba InstantOn and Meraki Go APs might be an option.

minimaul 3y ago

TP Link Omada works surprisingly well too.

akyuu 3y ago

https://www.turris.com/en/products/omnia/ https://www.turris.com/en/products/omnia/

theshrike79 3y ago

We are all using Unifi stuff because there are no alternatives. Of course it all depends on which bits of the Unifi ecosystem you are using. If you just want a singular device like a firewall or a WiFi AP, you can find alternatives. But for the full stack from firewall to switches to APs, there just isn't anything that integrates as well as Unifi gear.

anonymousnotme 3y ago

I have have lanner tech router that I installed a as internet gateway. I have been very happy with it. Works well, lower power, small has multiple ports. Can use SSD for storage. https://www.lannerinc.com/products/network-appliances/x86-desktop-network-appliances https://www.lannerinc.com/products/network-appliances/x86-de... One must install the OS; whether that is OpenWRT, OpenBSD or whatever OS. This means that one needs to be quite familiar with the OS install. So, one probably needs to be a technical person. The one I got had x64 intel based CPU, so it should run just about any linux or BSD distribution. The one that I got has a serial port for the console (no VGA, HDMI, display port etc).