Re:A look at home routers, and a surprising bug in Linux/MIPS
by Fnoord on Sunday December 16, 2018 @03:23AM
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The UniFi Cloud Key is basically a piece of hardware akin to the Raspberry Pi, but only serving that purpose. The UniFi Controller software is written in Java so it will run on any machine which runs Java. You can even run it in Docker. You can also use SSH to connect to the AP.
The UniFi line is rather easy to configure with the UniFi Controller. The EdgeMAX line can utilise UNMS (which can be run in a VM or Docker) for configuration but also HTTP(S). EdgeMAX devices are much more powerful, allowing fine-grained configuration via SSH when HTTP(S)/UNMS doesn't suffice. For UniFi line you should be OK with the UniFi Controller software.
TL;DR: The UniFi line has a lower barrier of entry.
Something else of note: it appears Ubiquity wants users to be able to use UNMS for UniFi products in the future. That's good news because right now you need 2 controller software for 2 product lines from the same company.
The UniFi line is rather easy to configure with the UniFi Controller. The EdgeMAX line can utilise UNMS (which can be run in a VM or Docker) for configuration but also HTTP(S). EdgeMAX devices are much more powerful, allowing fine-grained configuration via SSH when HTTP(S)/UNMS doesn't suffice. For UniFi line you should be OK with the UniFi Controller software.
TL;DR: The UniFi line has a lower barrier of entry.
Something else of note: it appears Ubiquity wants users to be able to use UNMS for UniFi products in the future. That's good news because right now you need 2 controller software for 2 product lines from the same company.