On Sun 04 Nov 2018 at 16:42:41 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: > On 11/4/18 7:25 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 02 Nov 2018 at 23:09:02 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > > > ... I researched commercial products, asked around on Linux and > > > BSD lists, and bought Ubiquiti Networks UniFi stuff: ... > > > > Most of the eye-watering prices have 3 or 4 figures. > > Checking prices on amazon.com and ubnt.com: > […] > Total: $196.90 > […] > Total: $279.95 + Access Point > […] > Total: $149.00 + Access Point
… and my router cost $38.10 at Walmart (May 2018 prices). > > Wouldn't it be "strange" to be running this enterprise-grade kit on a > > home LAN? > > As I understand it, UniFi's value proposition is that their "Software > Defined Network" is better/ faster/ cheaper to configure, operate, and > maintain for large, multi-site, wired, and wireless network > installations. Perhaps I'll be able to call my house multi-site if/when I run a router in each half. :) > If you have ever tried to configure multiple routers and AP's in > multiple LAN's connected by VPN's over the Internet, each via it's own > web interface, UniFi's proposition becomes very appealing. Yes, that sounds like enterprise-scale. > Right now, I only have one router and one AP on my LAN. Even for my > tiny installation, UniFi is better than my previous high-end consumer/ > low-end professional Netgear products. If and when I need to support > remote LAN's over VPN's, UniFi should only get better. I think I'll rest assured that there's nothing "strange" about the setup that I described apart, perhaps, from the amount of money I'm prepared to spend on it, which is the minimum to provide the functionality I need, listed earlier. Cheers, David.
