| ▲ | radicalbyte 2 days ago |
| I've been so impressed with Ubiquiti that I've decided to target FreeBSD for my current side project. Their camera system is wonderful. Their DreamMachine is a massive upgrade for my home network. Their APs are rock solid, no hassle, just work, and it integrates so well. I have my work / home on different subnets. I have the kids on a different subnet and behind a firewall providing some protection against ads. Very happy customer here. |
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| ▲ | giobox 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Their camera system isnt awful, but I would still pick Frigate over it (I have the option for both at home and have ran each). Frigate is nice in that it works with any old RTSP IP camera - many features in Unifi's NVR support only work with their own over-priced cameras. High quality PoE cameras are extremely cheap nowadays. If you connect a non-Ubiquiti branded RTSP cam to their NVR software you lose a ton of features. > https://frigate.video/ |
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| ▲ | ksec 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| >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. |
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| ▲ | pacija a day ago | parent | next [-] | | There's a port of Unifi network controller for both FreeBSD and OpenBSD. https://www.freshports.org/net-mgmt/unifi10/ https://ports.to/path/net/unifi/main.html I guess not officially supported but I use them, they work well. | | |
| ▲ | psd1 a day ago | parent [-] | | Interesting - but I just run it in docker. I also run opnsense, which is a FreeBSD, and I find it very high friction. | | |
| ▲ | pacija a day ago | parent [-] | | Long 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 | | |
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| ▲ | radicalbyte 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | An assumption, I made. Failed, it was. | | |
| ▲ | br0ceph a day ago | parent [-] | | I always advise ppl against ubiquiti devices.
They are not open at all, its yet another proprietary router/switch/wifi/nas/etc | | |
| ▲ | radicalbyte 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Keeping 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. | |
| ▲ | lostapathy a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | So what do you actually recommend? | | |
| ▲ | psd1 a day ago | parent [-] | | I 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. |
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| ▲ | ragall 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > They are not open at all So what ? It's not possible to be reliable, open and have many features. |
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