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I just bought a Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE along with a U6 Enterprise a few weeks ago and so far it’s my favorite tech purchase ever. The management interface is years if not decades ahead of everything else I’ve used before.

My only complaint is that there’s no public API and thus no official Terraform providers.

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I would take Ruckus Unleashed over unifi all day long. Ubiquiti, unfortunately, feels like everything is constantly in beta, both hardware and software. Wait until they release a UDM SE v2 and abandon firmware on the UDM SE.

The UDM in particular is a masterclass in how to upset all your customers. (coming from a previous all-in UBNT customer that had a first gen UDM Pro).

Ebay Ruckus + OPNsense and my network has never been more stable and performant.

How does Aruba InstantOn compare to Ruckus Unleashed?

Yeah I've heard a lot of mixed things about their software support but I did a lot of research and people seem to say it's gotten a lot better over the past couple years. I certainly wouldn't say any of it feels like a beta, it's currently been up since I bought it two weeks ago with no issues.

I actually moved away from ubiquiti stuff to OPNsense + TP link AP. The firewalls rules on OPNsense makes a ton more sense and the plugins are pretty awesome.

You can have both, as I do. I use UniFi switches and APs controlled by a Cloud Key, but my router runs OPNsense because UniFi routers are pretty bad.

You can run a UniFi hardware controller through a plugin on OPNsense. Worked pretty well minus mongoDB conflicts with zenarmor. But I switched to omada APs because they had better range and speed.

I love my Dream Machine too. I bought it about six months ago and it's been solid and was really easy for me, a novice with advanced networking, to get going with vlans and firewall rules.

I don't need this setup at all, like I don't need cat6 ports in every room, there's definitely an element of it being a hobby. Maybe I just like flashing LEDs.

Sonos gear still using STP was an unwanted pain, all part of the fun I guess.

I wanted to replace my EdgeRouter Lite with one of these but sadly Unifi hasn’t reached feature parity with their Edge line. The Dream Machines for example do not support multiple VLANs on the WAN port, when many ISPs use that configuration to deliver internet, VoIP and TV.

I also read some bad stories of the Dream Machines unable to restart after a power loss.

The Unifi software is pretty incredible. I am not using their router though (well... an ER-4 but it does not share the same management mechanism) so I am missing out on a lot of the goodies.

ERX here. The EdgeMax line is still rock solid and have incredible value for the price.

I see absolutely no reason to jump ship, it's one of the most solid pieces of infrastructure in my network.

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