Re:How we solved our office Wi-Fi problems
by gruez on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @11:17PM
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Asus-Merlin firmware is regularly patched and is available on many models
Re:How we solved our office Wi-Fi problems
by Johnny555 on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @11:45PM
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But can you easily roll out that new firmware to 20 Wifi nodes spread over 3 offices in 3 different cities?
Just because patches are available, doesn't mean that someone's going to take the time to apply them. Having a central management console makes this much easier. Upgrade one node, make sure it works, then roll out to the rest of the nodes one by one with one click.
I'd say that Ubiquiti is perfectly suited for a small business environment -- definitely a big step up from discrete consumer Asus routers throughout the office with no central management (and probably haven't been patched since the day they were installed).
Ubiquiti may not be suitable for a mid to large sized business, but for up to a ~100 person office or so, they come in at a great price point and have decent performance and manageability.