[PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matter?

[Tomas Kuchta]

I am not using Edge OS on Ubiquity gear directly - orchestrating SDN
through Unifi services.

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 15:04 Tom <tgrom.automail at nuegia.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 14:06:09 -0500
> Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 13:37 tom <tgrom.automail at nuegia.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 12:18:49 -0500
> > > Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Now, Ubiquity has decided that their products will call home with
> > > > data from the internal networks, of course without opt in/out.
> > > > And of course they think that it is great and they have absolute
> > > > right to use someone else's network for theirs desires. So, I
> > > > will be dumping their gear in a hurry as soon as I have the time
> > > > to do it.
> > >
> > > You can replace the spyware containing firmware with OpenWRT.
> > >
> >
> > Not really, there is good reason for enterprise class solutions.
> >
> > OpenWRT is great, but not real option for anything but the simplest
> > single router/AP setups.
> >
> > It becames a lot of work - once you have router, switches and
> > multiple APs with need to manage channel assignment, client hand off,
> > Radius, vlans, etc.
> >
> > Thankfully, the backlash to not respecting network boundaries made
> > Ubiquti change their course and release update with disable analytics
> > option. This time, mind you, no doubt, they will try it again at some
> > point.
> >
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> Yes really. OpenWRT is miles ahead of EdgeOS and always will be. Just
> because people install Linux distros on consumer laptops doesn't make
> Linux any less suited for big iron.
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