Comment by radicalbyte
1 day ago
I've been so impressed with Ubiquiti that I've decided to target FreeBSD for my current side project. Their camera system is wonderful. Their DreamMachine is a massive upgrade for my home network. Their APs are rock solid, no hassle, just work, and it integrates so well. I have my work / home on different subnets. I have the kids on a different subnet and behind a firewall providing some protection against ads.
Very happy customer here.
Their camera system isnt awful, but I would still pick Frigate over it (I have the option for both at home and have ran each). Frigate is nice in that it works with any old RTSP IP camera - many features in Unifi's NVR support only work with their own over-priced cameras. High quality PoE cameras are extremely cheap nowadays. If you connect a non-Ubiquiti branded RTSP cam to their NVR software you lose a ton of features.
> https://frigate.video/
>I've been so impressed with Ubiquiti that I've decided to target FreeBSD for my current side project.
As much as I wish Ubnt are using BSD in their product, which they are not. I am understanding how FreeBSD relates here.
There's a port of Unifi network controller for both FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
https://www.freshports.org/net-mgmt/unifi10/
https://ports.to/path/net/unifi/main.html
I guess not officially supported but I use them, they work well.
Interesting - but I just run it in docker. I also run opnsense, which is a FreeBSD, and I find it very high friction.
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An assumption, I made. Failed, it was.
I always advise ppl against ubiquiti devices. They are not open at all, its yet another proprietary router/switch/wifi/nas/etc
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