Sometime around 2019 I went all in on the Ubiquiti ecosystem, specifically the UDM-PRO "Dream Machine" and all of the integration with cameras and wifi APs that could be done with that.
I made this decision vs. building out a new gateway/router/switching/monitoring/SSIDRoaming infrastructure from scratch.
This was a bad decision.
Even now, nearly 2023, the UDM-PRO is a beta product and I am a beta tester. Further, we have all learned that Ubiquiti is a dysfunctional organization not focused on anything at all resembling technical/engineering goals.
Ubiquiti wifi APs are still, probably, some of the best available so I will probably keep those ... but everything else - including PoE switches is getting ripped out and replaced.
I'm getting ready to do a build for a client with about 60 people and no expectations of growth. They are technical and want gear that one or two of their folks can be trained to 'power user level admin' vs calling me every time (hourly consultant). I was investigating Ubiquiti gear, but you've given me pause.
What gear did you go with and/or would recommend to check out?
I second this. I went all in on the dream machine and some of its parts and it failed in an unrecoverable way, I sent it in for repairs; and it failed again in a different unrecoverable way. I just use the crappy Comcast router with a ubiquiti AP now.
I made this decision vs. building out a new gateway/router/switching/monitoring/SSIDRoaming infrastructure from scratch.
This was a bad decision.
Even now, nearly 2023, the UDM-PRO is a beta product and I am a beta tester. Further, we have all learned that Ubiquiti is a dysfunctional organization not focused on anything at all resembling technical/engineering goals.
Ubiquiti wifi APs are still, probably, some of the best available so I will probably keep those ... but everything else - including PoE switches is getting ripped out and replaced.