On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Chris Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Brian J. Rogers <[email protected]> > wrote: > > How does everyone that recommend Ubiquity feel about having it connected > to > > a remote system for configuration? Perhaps I misunderstood the website, > but > > it looks like in order to configure anything you must login to their > > website. > > I use the local Unifi software and really only turn it on when I want > to upgrade the firmware. +1 for Ubiquiti. I've been a Netgear fan, and have beta-tested for them for about a decade now. In fact, if you wanted to try before you buy, I have a Nighthawk X6 and a set of Orbis (a router, two nice extensions, and two lower-profile extensions) you're welcome to borrow for a few weeks to see if it would work for you. That being said, back to the Ubiquiti recommendation: I switched to a couple of UniFi AC Pro APs (overkill for my space tbh) a year and a half ago, then half a year later picked-up a USG (UniFi Security Gateway) as a router. Up to that point I was using a Raspberry Pi for the controller, but then I decided just for simplicity to buy one of their controllers and it has been convenient. Like others have said, I don't really spend a lot of time in the configuration page. When I do though, the level of detail is nice, both for control but as well as information (what device is connected to which AP, being able to selectively disconnect a device so it will connect to a better one, though it's pretty good about hand-off). I'm also a fan of the modularity - if I need (want) to upgrade I'm not upgrading a $300 router, instead I'm just replacing the $100 gateway, or one or both of the $100 APs. -Eric F. Olsen /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
