Ubiquiti Switches
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Our EdgeSwitch is very new, so we don't have a lot of time on it. Our EdgeRouters we've been on for years and certainly outclass Cisco. I hate Cisco as a comparison because I consider them to be too broad. Cisco ranges from hobby gear to enterprise and everything in between. The Cisco gear normally used by SMBs I classify as hobby or the most entry level SMB (ASAs, for example.) EdgeRouters are not Cisco competitors, Cisco isn't even thinking of getting into that level of game and at this point knows to stay out of it.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
Must be just on this side of the pond. It's used all the time.
must be down south, never heard it in Manchester/Derbyshire...but then we have phrases I say to my southern friends and they're like "What?!"
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@Breffni-Potter said:
One is POE, the other is not.
That's the only difference I see listed.
I see them both as PoE?
Only difference I can see between the Unifi Switch and Edge Switch is one is controller managed. -
@hobbit666 said:
@Breffni-Potter said:
One is POE, the other is not.
That's the only difference I see listed.
I see them both as PoE?
Only difference I can see between the Unifi Switch and Edge Switch is one is controller managed.http://www.4gon.co.uk/ubiquiti-edgeswitch-lite-48-port-p-6583.html isn't PoE as far as I can tell?
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@NattNatt said:
@hobbit666 said:
@Breffni-Potter said:
One is POE, the other is not.
That's the only difference I see listed.
I see them both as PoE?
Only difference I can see between the Unifi Switch and Edge Switch is one is controller managed.http://www.4gon.co.uk/ubiquiti-edgeswitch-lite-48-port-p-6583.html isn't PoE as far as I can tell?
We have it, it is definitely not PoE. The "Lite" means non-PoE.
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Sorry I was comparing the normal ones not the "Lite" Version.
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@scottalanmiller I hate Cisco because they so damn expensive.....
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@scottalanmiller other than price - what makes you dislike their stuff so much?
What equipment specifically is hobby level? I would have said their Linksys, but they sold that to Belkin.
What makes ERL so much better than and ASA (other than the starting ASA is 4-5 times the price)?
I'm guessing the ERL can do more because UNBT doesn't intentionally hamstring many router function forcing you to buy an even more expensive piece of gear to get a real router.Then there's the whole open source vs closed source thing.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller other than price - what makes you dislike their stuff so much?
Price is the key, but it's astronomic. For example, it is more than $3K to compare to a $95 Ubiquiti. So you get into the price range where you are dealing with home gear from Cisco in the price range of Ubiquiti - so price is so big that it starts to become other issues because Cisco sells things that are hobby level and Ubiquiti is enterprise only. So at some point, it's not just that Cisco costs more but that everything remotely in the product range is a toy and should never be considered.
Cisco support and engineering that I've dealt with actually crossed the line into offensive. Straight up lying to try to make sales combined with less than hobbyist networking knowledge from their engineers.
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@Dashrender said:
What equipment specifically is hobby level? I would have said their Linksys, but they sold that to Belkin.
It wasn't Linksys under Cisco, it was Cisco's name. Cisco's reputation and and quality is defined by what they stand behind. That old Linksys and Sipura gear is how Cisco sees their customers, plain and simple.
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@Dashrender said:
What makes ERL so much better than and ASA (other than the starting ASA is 4-5 times the price)?
Performance, features, source, security...
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So other than Linksys - what other gear specifically are you calling hobby gear from Cisco?
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@Dashrender said:
So other than Linksys - what other gear specifically are you calling hobby gear from Cisco?
Anything under $3K pretty much. And why do you require more as if several lines of gear aren't enough?
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And don't forget the Meraki line. It's not hobby, it's solid SMB, but it isn't on par with Ubiquiti which leaves Cisco, again, in the "it's not bad, it just fails to be good enough to ever discuss" category.
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When I was setting up a new building I wanted to purchase new Ubiquiti switches (non-cloud) and we needed POE ports for phones. they ended up purchasing a shitty Cisco switch that was under $500. Of course when they fail I'll be blamed.
Nihilism is the only thing making my job bearable right now
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@scottalanmiller said:
And don't forget the Meraki line. It's not hobby, it's solid SMB, but it isn't on par with Ubiquiti which leaves Cisco, again, in the "it's not bad, it just fails to be good enough to ever discuss" category.
I scoffed a bit at this... Having used Meraki and moved to a Ubiquiti router in the past this is just silly to say they are on par. Ubiquiti blew the Meraki out of the water in performance and usability.
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@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
And don't forget the Meraki line. It's not hobby, it's solid SMB, but it isn't on par with Ubiquiti which leaves Cisco, again, in the "it's not bad, it just fails to be good enough to ever discuss" category.
I scoffed a bit at this... Having used Meraki and moved to a Ubiquiti router in the past this is just silly to say they are on par. Ubiquiti blew the Meraki out of the water in performance and usability.
Thats what SAM said? That it isn't on par..?
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@NattNatt Oh... man I ... a word when I read his remark. Sorry.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
So other than Linksys - what other gear specifically are you calling hobby gear from Cisco?
Anything under $3K pretty much. And why do you require more as if several lines of gear aren't enough?
I guess I missed Sipura - and I've never heard of it. Where was it sold?
As for Linksys, they got rid of it remember, so it no longer counts on this list.
no-ones perfect 
