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>I've been so impressed with Ubiquiti that I've decided to target FreeBSD for my current side project. As much as I wish Ubnt are using BSD in their product, w
by ksec 4mo ago
>I've been so impressed with Ubiquiti that I've decided to target FreeBSD for my current side project.
As much as I wish Ubnt are using BSD in their product, which they are not. I am understanding how FreeBSD relates here.
- radicalbyte 4mo agoAn assumption, I made. Failed, it was.
- br0ceph 4mo agoI always advise ppl against ubiquiti devices. They are not open at all, its yet another proprietary router/switch/wifi/nas/etc
- lostapathy 4mo agoSo what do you actually recommend?
- psd1 4mo agoI like unifi despite the appliance feel. I recommend using the kit that works fire you, but avoiding the temptation to stick everything in a single pane of glass. Use the wifi, don't also cram your routing and switching and firewalling into the same vendor relationship. It's like being apple-everything. Freedom until you bump into the walls of your cell. Unifi APs are a sweet spot of price/performance, and I have no difficulty recommending them. Ruckus hardware is better at five times the price. UISP gear has worked very very well for me for ptp and ptmp. But that's a completely different line.
- radicalbyte 4mo agoKeeping Linux-based devices up and running and somewhat reliable is horrible. I'm 45, I've spent 25 years doing that. Time I'll never get back. Time I'm spending with my kids instead of dicking around with an obscure bug caused by some random dude who is spending his free time doing thankless work maintaining some C code he wrote 40 years ago.
- ragall 4mo ago> They are not open at all So what ? It's not possible to be reliable, open and have many features.
- pacija 4mo agoThere's a port of Unifi network controller for both FreeBSD and OpenBSD. https://www.freshports.org/net-mgmt/unifi10/ https://www.freshports.org/net-mgmt/unifi10/ https://ports.to/path/net/unifi/main.html https://ports.to/path/net/unifi/main.html I guess not officially supported but I use them, they work well.
- psd1 4mo agoInteresting - but I just run it in docker. I also run opnsense, which is a FreeBSD, and I find it very high friction.
- pacija 4mo agoLong time ago I used these BSD-based appliances such as opnsense, beleiving I'll have it easier with their web interfaces than with editing config files in vi. In the long run, after investing some time into learning actual BSDs I find editing a few config files much more convenient than clicking around in web interfaces. OpenBSD is great for a router. https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/example1.html https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/example1.html
- gottorf 4mo ago[dead]