XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 6/13/19 2:05 AM, Johann Beretta wrote:   
   > On 6/11/19 5:39 AM, nospam wrote:   
   >> In article , Johann Beretta   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Blah. Edgerouters suck.. Ubiquiti trying, and failing, to produce   
   >>> something approaching the functionality of Cloud Core Router   
   >>   
   >> nonsense.   
   >>   
   > Hardly. I've been using Ubiquiti gear since Day 1.  I've probably   
   > deployed $100,000 worth of their hardware, but they haven't come up with    
   > a router or switch that's worth a crap.  Not when you compare them to    
   > the competition.  Sure, their stuff is better today than it was 5 years    
   > ago, They're improving, but no.. You take hardware like Netonix's WISP   
   > switch and there is hardly a comparison.  Short of a firmware update,    
   > those boxes will run for years, literally, without human intervention. I    
   > can't remember the last time I saw a piece of Ubiquiti hardware that had    
   > an uptime of greater than 100 days or so. They'll stay up longer if they    
   > serve very light loads, but you start pumping a few TB a day through    
   > them and they go down faster than a broke hooker.   
   >    
   > Ubiquiti has spread itself too thin and lost sight of its core business.    
   > They want to be everything to everybody and are no longer specializing.    
   > They want to supply carrier class gear, they want to supply SOHO gear,   
   > and they want to supply everything in between.  Cisco made that mistake    
   > too.. And they went bankrupt..   
   >    
   > Specialization breeds competence.  There's a reason why Brain Surgeons    
   > are specialists.. There's a reason why a plumber usually doesn't    
   > moonlight as a framer..   
   >    
   > Ubiquiti revolutionized the wireless hardware side of the equation by    
   > making it truly affordable and easy. They need to stick to that and    
   > leave the routing and switching functions to specialists. I bitched the    
   > day they started implementing firewall and routing functions into their    
   > shit.  Their firmware hasn't been equally as stable since.  I remember    
   > when you could get 2 years out of a Powerstation 5D before you had to    
   > reboot it..   
   >    
   > Well, enough ranting I guess  :)   
   >    
      
   That does explain what I see with Ubiquite.  Some excellent   
   stuff and some junk.  And UI's from hell.   
      
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