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My situation is basically the other side of the same coin: I built out my network 7 years ago using Edge gear instead of UniFi.

The hardware is solid and the software isn't flashy but it's reliable. It's exactly what hackers and tinkerers want, so naturally Ubiquiti has all but abandoned the entire product line.

They haven't discontinued it (yet) so I could still replace any piece of it if I needed to but their software version history doesn't exactly paint a picture of a product that's cherished or actively invested in:

2019/03/28: v2.0.1

2019/05/30: v2.0.3

2019/06/25: v2.0.4

2019/07/16: v2.0.6

2019/12/04: v2.0.8

2020/03/09: v2.0.8-hotfix1

2020/11/18: v2.0.9

2021/02/02: v2.0.9-hotfix1

2021/06/13: v2.0.9-hotfix2

2022/07/17: v2.0.9-hotfix4

2022/12/20: v2.0.9-hotfix5

2023/01/22: v2.0.9-hotfix6

2023/07/31: v2.0.9-hotfix7

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My EdgeRouter finally bit the dust after over a decade of service, and I decided to "upgraded" to a Dream Machine. I was hesitant due to the security breaches and now I really regret my decision.

UDMs are discounted right now for the holidays. I'm in the process of migrating my home networking/server stuff into a rack, and I was tempted to pick one up because my current little PFSense box isn't particularly rack-friendly. This thread is cooling my heels a bit.

> My EdgeRouter finally bit the dust

Do you still have it?

You might just have one with an on-board USB stick which is user-replaceable. Literally a USB stick in a USB type A port.

It seems that was the only part they cheaped out on, since it failed for multiple people I know that have models with the USB stick.

Source: erlite-3 wouldn't boot up, changed usb stick (with their downloadable OS image of course), good as new.

Bonus: quadrupled the available storage.

When I bought the UDM-SE, I too was excited thinking it as an "upgrade". Only later realized it couldn't even do BGP like their entry level gateway products.

You can run your Dream Machine without cloud access, though?

You can, yes. The bigger problem is that I also bought into their Protect products at the same time. And you lose a ton of functionality if you turn off cloud access.

I'm going to try to replicate notifications and stuff using Home Assistant and shut off the remote access completely, but I might as well have purchased a cheaper and better NVR + camera setup if I need to set up all of this stuff myself anyway...

What do you lose with protect when clouds disables?

Mostly remote monitoring capabilities. You don't get motion/detection/doorbell notifications, and the Protect app needs to VPN in to view cameras when you're not on the local network.

We were using Nest before and these would be huge UX downgrades for my not-tech-savvy spouse.

Believe it or not, there's a 3.0 beta now

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