UniFi for the Home Lab: Where It Shines and Where It Doesn't

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000

UniFi is the gateway drug of home networking. You buy one access point because your ISP router’s Wi-Fi is a disgrace, you marvel at the clean app and the pretty graphs, and eighteen months later you own a gateway, a couple of switches, a rack-mount UPS you didn’t strictly need, and you refer to your hallway cupboard as “the rack.” Ubiquiti has built something genuinely good here — prosumer gear with an enterprise feel at a price that doesn’t require a purchase order. But it is not the right answer for everyone, and the places it falls down are worth knowing before you spend the money.

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UniFi for the Home Lab: Where It Shines and Where It Doesn't