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UDM Pro or PFsense and why? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by root@lemmy.world to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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I've been using PFSense for years, and it's been pretty great, but I also have some friends who are homelabbers that like their Unifi setups.

What do you guys prefer, and why?

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[–] root@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Oh interesting. So you can't manage Ubiquiti devices without an Internet connection? TIL

[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can manage them as long as you have access to your controller. If you’re using the controller hosted in their cloud, then you’re beholden to their outages. Some gateways cannot use your own controller, so be mindful when selecting your gears.

[–] root@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ah got it. I was looking at the UDM Pro. Is that a router and a controller? If so, I should be able to access locally I'd hope

[–] psykon@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I got a UDM SE. The controller runs on the device itself and can be used locally, without a Internet connection or Ubiquity account (i've only ever set up a local admin account on the controller).

It works great for me. UDM + 4 switches and 2 AP. All unify, I like the interface. But I'm also only doing basic stuff.

I've had a pfsense based setup in the past and liked it. Now that I got 10gb ftth, the UDM SE ticked all the boxes and I went with a full unify setup with the switch to 10gbit. Happy with it so far.

[–] keyez@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

That is the case yes

[–] bluetardis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

If you are concerned it’s pretty easy to setup your own controller.

Only needs to be running for management. Make a local vm

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Unifi outages are only an issue if you're paying for their cloud based controller instead of running it locally.