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You might be onto something there! But yes, good catch, I'll get that updated.

ubnt has been the ubiquiti default login at least back to 2010 when I started using their products, before UniFi was a brand. I always assumed it was short for Ubiquiti Networks.

Sure, but the parent was saying this part was odd:

> "TNBU" is "UNBT" backwards

TNBU is clearly NOT uNbt backwards.

Using the network byte ordering (big endian) of UBNT as the magic number in the protocol is a nice touch.

I believe they used MIPS processors in their early gear, so that makes sense.

A lot of companies in that space did then. I was at a robotics company at the time and we experimented with mikrotik routerboards + the various long-range Ubiquiti wifi modules, some of which are even still listed on the website: https://techspecs.ui.com/uisp/accessory-tech/xr (though not the 900 MHz XR9, which was arguably one of the most interesting for long range comms)

UBNT stands for UBiquiti NeTworks.