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More like the Sonos of networking gear, in that they were once kinda cool but squandered it with questionable product decisions.

>>inopin+(OP)
Hear hear!

>>inopin+(OP)
On the Sonos tangent: the hardware is really good! But the software is just staggeringly, aggressively, and proactively terrible. :(

>>inopin+(OP)
They made some good decisions aswell in the recent past, looking at their firewall configuration features (made it zone based).. All in all their eco system is worth it imo and the hardware is actually affordable. On the other hand I had some mikrotik gear in the past which was also really good, the user interface is just not as shiny ;-)

>>inopin+(OP)
Ah, so what you're saying is that they're the Apple of networking gear.

>>inopin+(OP)
They have always been stuck between prosumer, pro business, and enterprise.

They have tried to go subscription based licensing but that can be conflicting for companies who just want decent reliable network gear in all the above market segments.

I fit in the prosumer category and have about $10,000 in gear and while it's great for my needs I don't see myself ever spending money for network gear subscriptions.

>>brande+ag
It is nice stuff. I have several UniFi devices in a 2200 sq foot old house that are wired on Ethernet and the WiFi is great everywhere. They also have a line of point-to-point modified WiFi radios for long range links and it took about 30 minutes to set up a link between my house and another house on the property.

>>kibwen+4d
Good one.

>>chrisw+Vb
Can it be reflashed

>>inopin+(OP)
That is fair, though they at least walked back some of those, and self-hosting is still very much a thing if you prefer not to deal with configuring your system through Someone Else's Computer.

>>greena+kx
there's sadly no community solution AFAICT

>>chrisw+MQ
Why cant an android phone with ethernet tethering to a router suffice?

I've done this using an android phone, usb-c hub w/ethernet nic, and and edgerouter lite before.

The biggest missing piece i see is the option for an external antenna.

>>seltze+r21
The antenna is often more important than the receiver

>>seltze+r21
I don't understand how that fixes the awful Sonos software.

>>chrisw+u42
Whoops, I replied to the wrong subcomment.