Now they have way better WiFi access through the house than we do, or anyone else I know of. Of course none of the rest of us are fortunate enough to have those cat5 home runs, either.

The Unifi APs can be configured with the proprietary Ubiquity application on a laptop, and then when you are done configuring them, you can take your laptop with you. But then you have to bring it back if you ever want/need to make any configuration changes. Better would be to find a local device where you can install the Ubiquity app and then you don’t have to worry about bringing the laptop with you, and it’s a lot easier to do remote support.

Been there, done that.

But the Unifi APs are pure access points and have no router functionality, so you have to pair them with something else for that part. And from what I’ve heard, pfSense on suitable hardware really is the best available solution for SOHO use cases.