[PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matter?

[Tomas Kuchta]

Do you have recommendation for active SDN controller able to manage
multiple openWRT APs with channel control and client traffic hand off
between the APs?

The rest of simple network can be managed statically with Ansibe/Puppet.

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 15:47 Tom <tgrom.automail at nuegia.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 15:37:32 -0500
> Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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> Yes, there are also multiple central management and orchestration
> systems available for OpenWRT and friends too that aren't proprietary
> technologies.
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