Ubiquiti Networking Gear

Users share positive experiences and recommendations for Ubiquiti products like Unifi APs, EdgeRouters, and Dream Machines for home and small networks, praising reliability, performance, and management while comparing to alternatives like Mikrotik, OpenWRT, and Asus.

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adamst85 Jul 12, 2017 View on HN

+1 for Ubiquiti Unifi. Got 2 AP's and a Router and it has been great with no issues so far (3 months). Upgraded as my previous combo router (with OpenWRT Gargoyle) would silently stop allowing wireless devices from connecting to the 2.4ghz at seemingly random intervals.

pkd May 1, 2018 View on HN

I would wholeheartedly recommend Ubiquiti products. I use an EdgeRouter X and Unifi AP Lite and get almost no loss of speeds over WiFi compared to connecting directly to the modem. Also no packet loss or poor reception.Their devices run Linux so you can ssh directly into them if you want to change something. All config options are also available via the command line interface.If you want a consistent UI experience, choose one of their several "lines" and stick with it for all you

letsgetphysITal Apr 27, 2018 View on HN

Go pro-sumer. Ubiquiti stuff won't break the bank; Unifi for ease of management, Edge for fine control.

lifeisstillgood Aug 20, 2016 View on HN

you have your own ubiquiti routers? how is that working out?

L_Rahman Dec 21, 2016 View on HN

It's shocking just how good the Ubiquiti gear is.My setup at home is:Motorola Surfboard SB6183Ubiquiti EdgeRouter XUniquiti Unifi API set it up once and the only outages I've had were when my provider (Time Warner in NYC) had issues that made the Surfboard loose connectivity. Despite the fact that I'm in an incredibly noisy RF environment, I've never had trouble connecting to my AP.If had spare time and money, this is a business I'd try:- partner wit

Thlom Dec 13, 2017 View on HN

The Ubiquity Unifi stuff looks good and not very expensive.

murrayhenson Nov 8, 2021 View on HN

Seconded for Ubiquiti. I've had a Dream Machine Pro (firewall/router), a couple of their USW-Pro-24/48-PoE switches, and some of their AP's (U6-LR mostly) for a few months now and everything seems to work well.I went for the Ubiquiti stuff because it seemed like it would be fairly easy to configure and it was... and I don't have a lot of experience with configuring routers/firewalls. Ubiquiti's stuff was also less expensive than some Cisco gear I was looki

badinsie Mar 29, 2022 View on HN

i'll second ubiquiti. great bang for your buck. i use an edgerouter pro

ryao Nov 21, 2016 View on HN

Ubiquiti equipment works better in my experience.

lsllc Jul 6, 2018 View on HN

I'm a big fan of Ubiquiti gear, I have set up a number of sites with Unifi, very easy to set up & manage and performance is excellent.Also impressed with airMAX, have used nanostation/nanobeam to build a number of short-haul point-to-point links where trenching fiber was too expensive.In general, I use EdgeMax for routing/switching rather than the Unifi branded switches/routers, although the hardware is identical, EdgeMax is infinitely more configurable. Although t