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Isn't this exactly the same as flexoptix and FS have been doing for years?
by cillian64 11mo ago
Isn't this exactly the same as flexoptix and FS have been doing for years?
- wmf 11mo agoUbiquiti doesn't invent anything; they make it cheap with a better UI.
- phoronixrly 11mo agoBetter UI is stretching it a bit... Maybe for the amateur/enthusiast (homelab) market... I certainly don't need or want their rack augmented reality... 'feature'? fad? And their clunky web UI is both limiting and slowing me down. Thanks, I'm perfectly fine with a console and simple LEDs.
- theshrike79 11mo agoThat’s their exact niche.
- einsteinx2 11mo agoThat and SMB’s. I’ve seen a lot of Ubiquity gear in small hotels, random small businesses, etc. Especially hotels, they seem to be super common (not big chains like Hilton or whatever but smaller boutique hotels).
- aaronax 11mo agoThe UI for the fs.com programmer is merely "not bad". This could easily be great in comparison.
- Sesse__ 11mo ago> I certainly don't need or want their rack augmented reality... 'feature'? fad? I find it mind-boggling that you can hardly buy _RAM_ anymore without programmable RGB LEDs, but that managed switches do not come with a per-port RGB LED to let me mark VLANs or cables that need replacements or whatever. Come on! A nice little square all around the port, please. Instead, we get the QR code plus an app that needs to talk with the cloud.
- wmf 11mo agoSome of their switches have Etherlighting™.
- Sesse__ 11mo agoYes, if you have special Ubnt-brand cables. And still, I want this to be standard everywhere, not a niche thing from one manufacturer :-) (I know Facebook has some on their 100G switches, too.)
- simoncion 11mo agoI'm pretty sure that the only thing special about the cables is the boot that transmits the light from the port's LED array fairly well.