Re: OT: Looking for Some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-15 Thread Ed via PLUG-discuss
Ted's article remains the gold standard even as it is now a couple years old. https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/OpenBSD-on-ERL On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 10:59 AM Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > I am now very curious as to the benefits of running OpenBSD vs the Customer > Linux that

Re: OT: Looking for Some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-15 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
I am now very curious as to the benefits of running OpenBSD vs the Customer Linux that ERLite uses. (goes to do internet reading) On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 10:36 AM Ed via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > The Edgerouter Lite will also run OpenBSD, even has encryption >

Re: OT: Looking for Some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-15 Thread Ed via PLUG-discuss
The Edgerouter Lite will also run OpenBSD, even has encryption hardware boost available for VPN(but no WiFi). Ubiquiti just (~20200705) EOLd the UniFi-Video product to move folks into a newer product(done badly, hardware drop etc*), but if you don't use UbiFi-Video then no problem... *signs of

Re: OT: Looking for Some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-15 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
I have yet to run them in a proper mesh, but the 2.4 to 5 handover is really smooth. On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 9:58 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > How well does Ubiquiti handle things like dynamic channel balancing > (figuring out what ap should run

Re: OT: Looking for Some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-15 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
How well does Ubiquiti handle things like dynamic channel balancing (figuring out what ap should run on non-overlapping channels), band steering (moving 2.4ghz clients to 5ghz), and roaming features? Having deployed Cisco/Aruba/Arista/Mist/Aerohive/Meraki they tend to do this, but need some

Re: OT: Looking for Some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-15 Thread Shaun Anderson via PLUG-discuss
I'll pile on here. I have been extremely happy with my Unifi gear. Other mesh products I've used weren't nearly as solid. On Thu, Oct 15, 2020, 7:56 AM Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I second the use of Ubiquiti devices, specifically UniFi. While the >

Re: OT: Looking for Some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-15 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
I recently discovered the backend of the Edgerouter Lite was built from Debian. On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 7:55 AM Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I second the use of Ubiquiti devices, specifically UniFi. While the > management interface is proprietary, you

Re: OT: Looking for Some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-15 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
I second the use of Ubiquiti devices, specifically UniFi. While the management interface is proprietary, you can run it in Docker or as I do on Debian in a virtual machine. It will automatically discover all Ubiquiti UniFi devices on the network and allow you to configure them all through the