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Anyone here use ubiquiti networks stuff? I have for about 12 years started out with a UAP-AC-LR / UAP-AP-AC-LITE and self hosted the controller on my pc.
Then I got the US-8-60w PoE switch
Then got the Cloud Key gen 1 and ran the controller on it connected to my meraki ms220-8p switch
Now...
look guys I think you are missing my original point.... just because you have a unified interface doesn't mean you are locked into expensive support contracts and them bricking your device if you don't pay an expensive license for. That was my whole point. Yall went off on this comparison...
Well if you have good enough networking skills the only support you really need is someone to RMA a defective or bricked unit.
And that can be easily done w Ubiquiti and you can buy a cold spare and it is still cheaper than cisco/meraki is. Then when the unit you're using kicks a bucket you...
Well Cisco meraki doesn't have a real zone based firewall, which for the price they charge should have had from the get go. My UCG-ULTRA which was 120 bucks has one. The firewall rules are way more granular on the UCG-ULTRA vs the mx64. Juniper is part of HP now and it's gotten more pricey and...
I was addressing a Unified approach is not always locked into the way Cisco does things, not a direct comparison between the two. Since ubiquiti unifi has single pain of glass management across the whole range.
Cisco/Meraki yes
Ubiquiti no
With Ubiquiti is all local control w optional remote management thru Ubiquiti's ui web redirect to your own hosted console. No subscription unless you get the cybersecure additional signatures addon and it's 99/yr vs meraki's 450 a year for the mx64 and ms2208p i...