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Re:Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware by stiray on Sunday November 03, 2019 @04:41AM (#21432982)
I agree. Mikrotik has great devices but they are great if you can cope with them. Imagine as getting Cisco Catalyst and then complaining it is not as good as Ubiquiti due to the sheer number of options. It just doesnt work that way, there is equipment for the masses which is "good enough" and the other side where you can tacle everything in transmission but you need to know what you are doing.

Anyway, I wouldnt recomend ubiquiti as replacement for microtik. It is just too complex for most home users and even technical users (on the other side I wouldnt use ubiquity even if it is a giveaway).

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Re:Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware by yardie on Sunday November 03, 2019 @08:06AM (#21433638)
Honest question. What is the market for Mikrotik? I’ve only seen them in use at home by enthusiasts and a few SMBs trying to maximize bang for buck. There offerings just don’t seem very enterprisy.
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Re:Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware by godzillabrennus on Sunday November 03, 2019 @08:39AM (#21433802)
Having had the displeasure of managing a network for a company that installed about 40 mikrotik switches behind a mikrotik firewall, I can safely say they belong in a small business with max 1 or 2 at a time.

Managing more than that is crazy with the current software. Not to mention these are some of the cheapest and lowest build quality switches you will find with these insanely powerful features.

Unifi switches are a materially better build quality.

If you want great carrier grade look at Arista. You can even score a 10Gbit 48 port Arista switch off eBay used for about $700 last I checked.

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Re:Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware by bluedino on Sunday November 03, 2019 @10:15AM (#21434304)
Quite popular in the WISP market
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Re:Ubiquiti adds phone-home to the access point firmware by dboreham on Sunday November 03, 2019 @11:57AM (#21435009)
Lower tier ISPs.
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