Re:Fixing Weak Wi-Fi Router Security
by IOT_Apprentice on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @08:41PM
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I'm looking for something to update to. If not Unifi, then what brand would you recommend that would be suitable for home use by a professional, that can be updated and has good support?
- Ubiquiti has a track record of GPL violations (e.g. u-boot which dovetails nicely with a security vuln)
- The Unifi AP is tolerable for a simple home env but not much else.
- Ubiquiti support is non-existent. They basically slapped a slick GUI on Vyatta and resold it. It's nice, but they don't have much in the way of developers. So, for instance, they still haven't fixed the hardware acceleration bugs in the ER-X or the WPA2 enterprise issues in the Unifi AP.
- Ubiquiti hardware itself is hit and miss. The ER-L, for instance, is known to overheat and cook itself to death. There was a mixup with some of the PoE stuff (UBNT historically used non-standard PoE) meaning you're not entirely sure what's in the box.
UBNT hardware cheap and you can hack on it, so that's nice. But, being aimed at professionals and actually suitable for professionals are two separate issues.