I think its getting near time to rebuild my network here... I have a variety of "units" mostly switches/routers that would suit rack mount but they don't have anywhere near the width for a regular rack nor do I have one.
Not sure you can still get standalone Access Points, at least I haven't seen one in a long time, and as usual won't want to be forking a lot of
money out for it... Or perhaps just a better router full stop. Shrug...
Thinking about putting together a timber frame to mount this stuff in,
Not sure you can still get standalone Access Points, at least I haven'tUbiquiti. You will have to install the Unifi Controller on a Windows machine, but you only require it for configuration of the APs, or if you're going to do stuff like RADIUS authentication. Once they are configured, you can shut down the UniFi controller software and only use it when you need to upgrade firmware or change settings.
So I'm a bit of a Mikcrotik fan - having switched out from running opnsense/pfsense, etc... They are not that user friendly, but once you
get your head around the UI (web or cli if you want), it's a set once
and forget.
I tried for a month to figure out RouterOS. Failed. Another tech who is wa more experienced in Cisco, etc tried and failed.
I tried for a month to figure out RouterOS. Failed. Another tech who is way more experienced in Cisco, etc tried and failed.
I WISH I could understand RouterOS, since MikroTik has some very interesting alternatives to conventional enterprise gear at a WAY WAY lower cost.I have an RB4011 that hooks up to my NTD, and provides wifi at one end of my house, as well as the ethernet to my equipment.
What were you trying to do with those RouterOSes?
- Tablo OTA PVR, various external USB drives for movies/tv/music
storage.
So I'm a bit of a Mikcrotik fan - having switched out from running opnsense/pfsense, etc... They are not that user friendly
I tried for a month to figure out RouterOS. Failed. Another tech
who is way more experienced in Cisco, etc tried and failed.
In short, we found RouterOS to be TOO complicated and SwitchOS to be
UNDER complicated. Because of this, the company eventually gave up
and replaced them withHP switches that people could more easily
configure.
This is probably the direction we'll go as well. We're getting quotes from various vendors, but it seems nobody has anything in stock at the
moment, so we'll probably be stuck with these for the next little while. Thankfully it appears firmware updates for these seem to be pretty
easy (all of these are still on old versions of v6).
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