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Comment by ksec

1 day ago

>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.

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pacija  16 hours ago

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.

  • psd1  13 hours ago

    Interesting - but I just run it in docker. I also run opnsense, which is a FreeBSD, and I find it very high friction.

    • pacija  13 hours ago

      Long time ago I used these BSD-based appliances such as opnsense, beleiving I'll have it easier with their web interfaces than with editing config files in vi.

      In the long run, after investing some time into learning actual BSDs I find editing a few config files much more convenient than clicking around in web interfaces.

      OpenBSD is great for a router.

      https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/example1.html

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radicalbyte  1 day ago

An assumption, I made. Failed, it was.

  • br0ceph  1 day ago

    I always advise ppl against ubiquiti devices. They are not open at all, its yet another proprietary router/switch/wifi/nas/etc

    • radicalbyte  5 hours ago

      Keeping Linux-based devices up and running and somewhat reliable is horrible. I'm 45, I've spent 25 years doing that. Time I'll never get back. Time I'm spending with my kids instead of dicking around with an obscure bug caused by some random dude who is spending his free time doing thankless work maintaining some C code he wrote 40 years ago.

    • ragall  5 hours ago

      > They are not open at all

      So what ? It's not possible to be reliable, open and have many features.