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Anyone has ever worked with Ubiquiti networks products? I'm wondering how well would it behave for Datacenter Switching.

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OMG. I wouldn't put that anywhere near a datacenter network.

It's cheap hardware for small business. It isn't anywhere close to the level of quality required for a datacenter and it lacks basic features/protocol.

War story: If we change the wifi password, all our ubiquiti access point will reboot and the wifi will be unavailable for the next 10-30 minutes :D

What basic features and protocols are the Edge stuff missing (certainly BGP)?

"War story: If we change the wifi password, all our ubiquiti access point will reboot and the wifi will be unavailable for the next 10-30 minutes :D"

This is how it used to be. When I update firmware, all our Apps don't go down at once, they go down sequentially, one at a time.

I've never seen a reboot to change an SSID password.

Well, I only have Wifi access points, I don't know what will be missing from switches/routers.

I'd have a doubt about these features for instances: 802.1x, some VLAN stuff, rate limiting/traffic shaping, ACL, OSPF, BGP, LCAP.

And even if they're adversited as "present" in the datasheet, that doesn't necessarily mean that they are fully functional. Plus there is no CLI for the configuration.

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"I've never seen a reboot to change an SSID password."

I've never seen that except with ubiquiti. And I guarantee you that ALL access points do reboot at the same time. To add to the pain, they take > 10 minutes to come back online so it's really painful.

Perhaps look at your controller software, enable some of the Update settings. Because I guarantee you that the three APs I have here will reboot, one at a time, in sequence. And when they do, it's <2 minutes (with AP AC Pro v2s).

There's no CLI for configuration? You really haven't done much research - there absolutely is, based off Vyatta/VyOS/JunOS.

In fact, most of the "advanced" functionality is CLI-only.

I use: VLANs, traffic shaping, ACLs, LACP. RIP and OSPF is supported but I don't use. 802.1x and BGP are not.

I've used their VoIP cameras, their EdgeRouter line, their Unifi switches and USG (Unifi Security Gateway).

They're good solid devices, and excellent value.

The EdgeRouter line is probably more powerful - it's a full VyattaOS underneath.

The Unifi line is meant to be cloud-managed from a central web dashboard - it's...getting there. Still missing functionality - you can always drop to a shell and do things manually as it's also based on VyattaOS, but if you want full GUI control, you may want to stick to EdgeRouter for now (unless you don't mind tinkering with JSON files). However, it does give you a single pane view across all your APs, switches, routers etc.

I've used their wireless, VOIP and IP camera products. They have a rather awful UX software wise with unifi. The hardware is usually ok. It does die more often than say Cisco equipment. It just has a generally lower build quality.

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