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    • thwrT
      thwr
      last edited by thwr

      Just played around with https://demo.ubnt.com

      It feels a bit... odd. There's too much "magic" going on behind the scenes and I don't like the way they manage VLANs in the UniFi series - just compare this to this. Overall, it feels like someone is holding your hand and doesn't allow you to cross the street at all. Probably OK in most cases, but that's not what I want.

      So I'll take a closer look into the Edge line.

      BTW: Does anyone know a rough price for an SFP+ transceiver?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @thwr
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        @thwr that is definitely the purpose of the Unifi.

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          Dashrender @thwr
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          @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

          BTW: Does anyone know a rough price for an SFP+ transceiver?

          at https://store.ubnt.com

          uxw7gMh.png

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          • thwrT
            thwr @Dashrender
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            @Dashrender said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

            @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

            BTW: Does anyone know a rough price for an SFP+ transceiver?

            at https://store.ubnt.com

            uxw7gMh.png

            Now that's a good price. Never liked the Cisco "fees".

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch @thwr
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              @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

              Just played around with https://demo.ubnt.com

              It feels a bit... odd. There's too much "magic" going on behind the scenes and I don't like the way they manage VLANs in the UniFi series - just compare this to this. Overall, it feels like someone is holding your hand and doesn't allow you to cross the street at all. Probably OK in most cases, but that's not what I want.

              So I'll take a closer look into the Edge line.

              BTW: Does anyone know a rough price for an SFP+ transceiver?

              Here is the UNMS https://unms-demo.ubnt.com/devices

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              • thwrT
                thwr @JaredBusch
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                @JaredBusch said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                Just played around with https://demo.ubnt.com

                It feels a bit... odd. There's too much "magic" going on behind the scenes and I don't like the way they manage VLANs in the UniFi series - just compare this to this. Overall, it feels like someone is holding your hand and doesn't allow you to cross the street at all. Probably OK in most cases, but that's not what I want.

                So I'll take a closer look into the Edge line.

                BTW: Does anyone know a rough price for an SFP+ transceiver?

                Here is the UNMS https://unms-demo.ubnt.com/devices

                Now that's a whole different story. Thanks for the link.

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                • JaredBuschJ
                  JaredBusch @thwr
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                  @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                  @JaredBusch said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                  @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                  Just played around with https://demo.ubnt.com

                  It feels a bit... odd. There's too much "magic" going on behind the scenes and I don't like the way they manage VLANs in the UniFi series - just compare this to this. Overall, it feels like someone is holding your hand and doesn't allow you to cross the street at all. Probably OK in most cases, but that's not what I want.

                  So I'll take a closer look into the Edge line.

                  BTW: Does anyone know a rough price for an SFP+ transceiver?

                  Here is the UNMS https://unms-demo.ubnt.com/devices

                  Now that's a whole different story. Thanks for the link.

                  Just don't tell @Breffni-Potter because it is all private.

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                  • thwrT
                    thwr @JaredBusch
                    last edited by thwr

                    @JaredBusch said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                    @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                    @JaredBusch said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                    @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                    Just played around with https://demo.ubnt.com

                    It feels a bit... odd. There's too much "magic" going on behind the scenes and I don't like the way they manage VLANs in the UniFi series - just compare this to this. Overall, it feels like someone is holding your hand and doesn't allow you to cross the street at all. Probably OK in most cases, but that's not what I want.

                    So I'll take a closer look into the Edge line.

                    BTW: Does anyone know a rough price for an SFP+ transceiver?

                    Here is the UNMS https://unms-demo.ubnt.com/devices

                    Now that's a whole different story. Thanks for the link.

                    Just don't tell @Breffni-Potter because it is all private.

                    So we should better not tag @Breffni-Potter ? 😉

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                    • coliverC
                      coliver @JaredBusch
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                      @JaredBusch said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                      @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                      Just played around with https://demo.ubnt.com

                      It feels a bit... odd. There's too much "magic" going on behind the scenes and I don't like the way they manage VLANs in the UniFi series - just compare this to this. Overall, it feels like someone is holding your hand and doesn't allow you to cross the street at all. Probably OK in most cases, but that's not what I want.

                      So I'll take a closer look into the Edge line.

                      BTW: Does anyone know a rough price for an SFP+ transceiver?

                      Here is the UNMS https://unms-demo.ubnt.com/devices

                      Man that's really cool.

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                      • thwrT
                        thwr
                        last edited by thwr

                        Mh, is the EdgeSwitch able to run a VPN tunnel on its own? I need to connect a "remote" office to my server room. The office is in the 3rd floor, my server room in the basement and I need to run through a "public" patch room (primary cabling junction for the building).

                        Like:
                        3rd floor "remote" office -> fiber -> public patch room -> fiber -> my Serverroom (basement) -> Office

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                        • coliverC
                          coliver @thwr
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                          @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                          Mh, is the EdgeSwitch able to run a VPN tunnel on its own? I need to connect a "remote" office to my server room. The office is in the 3rd floor, my server room in the basement and I need to run through a "public" patch room (primary cabling junction for the building).

                          Like:
                          3rd floor "remote" office -> fiber -> public patch room -> fiber -> my Serverroom (basement) -> Office

                          I doubt it has the ability to configure a VPN that seems like an edge device is needed for that.

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                            JaredBusch @coliver
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                            @coliver said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                            @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                            Mh, is the EdgeSwitch able to run a VPN tunnel on its own? I need to connect a "remote" office to my server room. The office is in the 3rd floor, my server room in the basement and I need to run through a "public" patch room (primary cabling junction for the building).

                            Like:
                            3rd floor "remote" office -> fiber -> public patch room -> fiber -> my Serverroom (basement) -> Office

                            I doubt it has the ability to configure a VPN that seems like an edge device is needed for that.

                            It does not. That would be the router's job.

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                            • thwrT
                              thwr @coliver
                              last edited by thwr

                              @coliver said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                              @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                              Mh, is the EdgeSwitch able to run a VPN tunnel on its own? I need to connect a "remote" office to my server room. The office is in the 3rd floor, my server room in the basement and I need to run through a "public" patch room (primary cabling junction for the building).

                              Like:
                              3rd floor "remote" office -> fiber -> public patch room -> fiber -> my Serverroom (basement) -> Office

                              I doubt it has the ability to configure a VPN that seems like an edge device is needed for that.

                              And we're back at the point where I could need an edge router with a 10G port 😛 But the remote office could just get a 1G link, they don't need 10G up there

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                              • thwrT
                                thwr
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                                @JaredBusch said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                                @coliver said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                                @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                                Mh, is the EdgeSwitch able to run a VPN tunnel on its own? I need to connect a "remote" office to my server room. The office is in the 3rd floor, my server room in the basement and I need to run through a "public" patch room (primary cabling junction for the building).

                                Like:
                                3rd floor "remote" office -> fiber -> public patch room -> fiber -> my Serverroom (basement) -> Office

                                I doubt it has the ability to configure a VPN that seems like an edge device is needed for that.

                                It does not. That would be the router's job.

                                Yeah, could have been. Probably the same software behind the scenes etc.

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