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Can you weigh in on the decision to require UniFi controller instead of providing on device configuration interface as well?

• AlexandrB 3y ago
  That was part of the UniFi product since day 1, no?
  • fest 3y ago
    Yes, but I always found it strange (though I lack any exposure to "enterprise" networking equipment).
    • baby_souffle 3y ago
      It makes good sense for large distributed deployments. One page to update everything rather than have to connect to each device and push a config. The controller also "back-ports" the configuration as appropriate for a given device. Declare a vLan once, don't have to worry about which cli version is running on a given switch and adjust your command accordingly. These things don't matter much when you only have one physical location / few devices but if you're an IT guy that manages networking across every physical building in a school district... Since the device tries to phone home, it's also a NAT buster which is invaluable when you're drop-shipping equipment to customers and have little control over your environment but need to be able to promise some level of functionality.