Comment on What's your opinion on Ubiquiti/Unifi gear?
zo0@programming.dev 4 days ago
For large networks with over 20 devices, I find them acceptable not because they are good but because other options are more expensive.
For small networks? I despise them
- The UI keeps changing and moving around settings for no good reason after each update
- You can’t setup devices directly if you have a device or two, you are required to setup a control center
- The control center is already slow and sluggish, but the real nightmare starts when you start having 100 or more devices
- Last couple of years they have been releasing batches with serious issues, software and hardware. The way they accepted recall for unfixable devices was so limited that many people are left with broken APs that will kill their network occasionally and the poor consumer has no idea why.
- Honestly fuck 'em. there’s more but I don’t wanna give them any more rent space in my head on a Sunday lol
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
What annoys me most is people mindlessly promoting Unifi. Sure it has its advantages but no one wants to talk about disadvantages
lka1988@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Anecdotal: I like like my OG UDM. Bought it the year it came out. No issues in almost 7 years.
Unifi is one of those companies where this phrase applies: “when it works, it works really good.”
People will see those comments, buy the hardware, and some of them will have bad experiences. You will hear about those bad experiences way more often than someone who hasn’t had any issues with the same hardware in the same timeframe.
That’s how it is with pretty much every company who sells networking gear to consumers.