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    Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Or.....

      Edge = Managed (SNMP)
      Unifi = Smart

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender
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        I have a fully Unifi setup at home - it's pretty nice seeing all the reports in a single pane of glass.

        The GUI doesn't offer all of the features of the software yet, but you can often get them directly by updating the JSON files on the Unifi Controller until they become available.

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        • thwrT
          thwr
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          I don't need a fancy GUI, but a central management interface for all my switches would be nice. At least all access switches. Would be about 6-7x 48 ports at the new robo

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          • hobbit666H
            hobbit666 @Deleted74295
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            @Breffni-Potter said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

            EdgeSwitch = More specs, more features, individual boxes, no single pane of glass management.

            At the moment 🙂 there is a thing "UNMS" in development 🙂

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @thwr
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              @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

              I don't need a fancy GUI, but a central management interface for all my switches would be nice. At least all access switches. Would be about 6-7x 48 ports at the new robo

              SaltStack or Ansible 😉

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

                @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                I don't need a fancy GUI, but a central management interface for all my switches would be nice. At least all access switches. Would be about 6-7x 48 ports at the new robo

                SaltStack or Ansible 😉

                I was more thinking about a non-IT colleague compliant interface 🙂

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @thwr
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                  @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                  @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                  I don't need a fancy GUI, but a central management interface for all my switches would be nice. At least all access switches. Would be about 6-7x 48 ports at the new robo

                  SaltStack or Ansible 😉

                  I was more thinking about a non-IT colleague compliant interface 🙂

                  That's scary. You want to keep those people as far from the switches as possible to keep the system up!

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

                    @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                    @thwr said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                    I don't need a fancy GUI, but a central management interface for all my switches would be nice. At least all access switches. Would be about 6-7x 48 ports at the new robo

                    SaltStack or Ansible 😉

                    I was more thinking about a non-IT colleague compliant interface 🙂

                    That's scary. You want to keep those people as far from the switches as possible to keep the system up!

                    true, but I'm always planning for the day when I (literally) catch the train...

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      That's actually a reason that I dislike GUIs on all kinds of things from switches and routers to servers or whatever - GUIs encourage people to "mess around" with things that they don't know enough about.

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                      • Deleted74295D
                        Deleted74295 Banned @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                        That's actually a reason that I dislike GUIs on all kinds of things from switches and routers to servers or whatever - GUIs encourage people to "mess around" with things that they don't know enough about.

                        Like re-naming a production server in the middle of the day because they decided it would be fun to use a lord of the rings naming scheme.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Deleted74295
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                          @Breffni-Potter said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                          That's actually a reason that I dislike GUIs on all kinds of things from switches and routers to servers or whatever - GUIs encourage people to "mess around" with things that they don't know enough about.

                          Like re-naming a production server in the middle of the day because they decided it would be fun to use a lord of the rings naming scheme.

                          That's either a very good but random example or someone has a great story to tell.

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                          • thwrT
                            thwr @Deleted74295
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                            @Breffni-Potter said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                            That's actually a reason that I dislike GUIs on all kinds of things from switches and routers to servers or whatever - GUIs encourage people to "mess around" with things that they don't know enough about.

                            Like re-naming a production server in the middle of the day because they decided it would be fun to use a lord of the rings naming scheme.

                            Seen that... A colleague many years ago googling "How to rename a DC +force"

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                            • Deleted74295D
                              Deleted74295 Banned @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                              @Breffni-Potter said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Ubiquiti switches: UniFi vs EdgeMax:

                              That's actually a reason that I dislike GUIs on all kinds of things from switches and routers to servers or whatever - GUIs encourage people to "mess around" with things that they don't know enough about.

                              Like re-naming a production server in the middle of the day because they decided it would be fun to use a lord of the rings naming scheme.

                              That's either a very good but random example or someone has a great story to tell.

                              Yes. The leadership of the company thought it would be a good idea.

                              So one of them logged in and did exactly that.

                              BOOM. Helpdesk got flooded with calls.

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                              • thwrT
                                thwr
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                                OK, back to topic. @hobbit666: What's UMMS? Because google leads exactly to our thread here 😛

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                                • thwrT
                                  thwr
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                                  He's probably talking about UNMS, Ubiquiti Network Management Solution, https://www.ubnt.com/software/

                                  Manage all of your EdgeMAX® and U Fiber devices.

                                  • Centralized devices configuration, backups and mass FW upgrade
                                  • Performance charts with real-time graphs
                                  • Outage notifications and custom alerts
                                  • Map of your network sites and endpoints
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                                  • hobbit666H
                                    hobbit666 @thwr
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                                    @thwr What he said 🙂

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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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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          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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