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  1. I might be a bit of a Ubiquiti fanboy. Their gear usually #JustWorks, so when they started selling NAS boxes I assumed I needed one in my life. (I mean, I really didn't.  I have gobs of actual servers for file storage.)

    TL;DR: I didn't. And I actively dislike it.  Like a lot.

    The UNAS-2 is extremely limited. I knew that going in. It's a file box and little else: no Docker, no app ecosystem, none of the flexibility you'd get from a Synology. Fine. What I didn't sign up for:

    → The iPhone backup is flaky and just… stopped, throwing "UniFi Endpoint and UNAS Not on the Same Network." They are, provably, on the same network.  Nothing changed.
    → To reach it from my phone I have to use the UniFi Endpoint app. The one that also wants to babysit my door cameras?!
    → Time Machine backups are technically possible, after a fight.  I haven't won that fight.  I gave up.
    → And I swear the thing bumps itself off the network on the regular.

    Sigh. At least it has a cute screen.

    #Ubiquiti #UniFi #UNAS #homelab #selfhosting

  2. I might be a bit of a Ubiquiti fanboy. Their gear usually #JustWorks, so when they started selling NAS boxes I assumed I needed one in my life. (I mean, I really didn't.  I have gobs of actual servers for file storage.)

    TL;DR: I didn't. And I actively dislike it.  Like a lot.

    The UNAS-2 is extremely limited. I knew that going in. It's a file box and little else: no Docker, no app ecosystem, none of the flexibility you'd get from a Synology. Fine. What I didn't sign up for:

    → The iPhone backup is flaky and just… stopped, throwing "UniFi Endpoint and UNAS Not on the Same Network." They are, provably, on the same network.  Nothing changed.
    → To reach it from my phone I have to use the UniFi Endpoint app. The one that also wants to babysit my door cameras?!
    → Time Machine backups are technically possible, after a fight.  I haven't won that fight.  I gave up.
    → And I swear the thing bumps itself off the network on the regular.

    Sigh. At least it has a cute screen.

    #Ubiquiti #UniFi #UNAS #homelab #selfhosting

  3. I might be a bit of a Ubiquiti fanboy. Their gear usually #JustWorks, so when they started selling NAS boxes I assumed I needed one in my life. (I mean, I really didn't.  I have gobs of actual servers for file storage.)

    TL;DR: I didn't. And I actively dislike it.  Like a lot.

    The UNAS-2 is extremely limited. I knew that going in. It's a file box and little else: no Docker, no app ecosystem, none of the flexibility you'd get from a Synology. Fine. What I didn't sign up for:

    → The iPhone backup is flaky and just… stopped, throwing "UniFi Endpoint and UNAS Not on the Same Network." They are, provably, on the same network.  Nothing changed.
    → To reach it from my phone I have to use the UniFi Endpoint app. The one that also wants to babysit my door cameras?!
    → Time Machine backups are technically possible, after a fight.  I haven't won that fight.  I gave up.
    → And I swear the thing bumps itself off the network on the regular.

    Sigh. At least it has a cute screen.

    #Ubiquiti #UniFi #UNAS #homelab #selfhosting

  4. I might be a bit of a Ubiquiti fanboy. Their gear usually #JustWorks, so when they started selling NAS boxes I assumed I needed one in my life. (I mean, I really didn't.  I have gobs of actual servers for file storage.)

    TL;DR: I didn't. And I actively dislike it.  Like a lot.

    The UNAS-2 is extremely limited. I knew that going in. It's a file box and little else: no Docker, no app ecosystem, none of the flexibility you'd get from a Synology. Fine. What I didn't sign up for:

    → The iPhone backup is flaky and just… stopped, throwing "UniFi Endpoint and UNAS Not on the Same Network." They are, provably, on the same network.  Nothing changed.
    → To reach it from my phone I have to use the UniFi Endpoint app. The one that also wants to babysit my door cameras?!
    → Time Machine backups are technically possible, after a fight.  I haven't won that fight.  I gave up.
    → And I swear the thing bumps itself off the network on the regular.

    Sigh. At least it has a cute screen.

    #Ubiquiti #UniFi #UNAS #homelab #selfhosting

  5. I might be a bit of a Ubiquiti fanboy. Their gear usually #JustWorks, so when they started selling NAS boxes I assumed I needed one in my life. (I mean, I really didn't.  I have gobs of actual servers for file storage.)

    TL;DR: I didn't. And I actively dislike it.  Like a lot.

    The UNAS-2 is extremely limited. I knew that going in. It's a file box and little else: no Docker, no app ecosystem, none of the flexibility you'd get from a Synology. Fine. What I didn't sign up for:

    → The iPhone backup is flaky and just… stopped, throwing "UniFi Endpoint and UNAS Not on the Same Network." They are, provably, on the same network.  Nothing changed.
    → To reach it from my phone I have to use the UniFi Endpoint app. The one that also wants to babysit my door cameras?!
    → Time Machine backups are technically possible, after a fight.  I haven't won that fight.  I gave up.
    → And I swear the thing bumps itself off the network on the regular.

    Sigh. At least it has a cute screen.

    #Ubiquiti #UniFi #UNAS #homelab #selfhosting

  6. I'm looking at some #ubiquiti gear and it's so tempting...
    Is it worth it to buy into the UniFi ecosystem?

    Currently a TP-Link customer and it's... Honestly neither impressive nor good. But I suppose it works, sort of?

    I like my Cisco AP way more than these Deco mesh systems though.

    #homenetworking #unifi #cisco #tplink

  7. Neue Episode ist raus!

    150 Nerds und eine Torte (SFW)

    Hier der Link: podcast.smarthuette.de/episode

    #homeassistant #selfhosting #homelab #meetup #community #bufferbloat #unifi #mikrotik #minilab #makerfaire

    Wir berichten vom HA Meetup in Köln und blicken voraus auf die Maker Faire Ruhr. Andrej macht sich sein Leben als Wanderkünstler leichter und Thomas sagt dem Bufferbloat den Kampf an. Dazu werfen wir noch einen Blick auf HA 2026.2 und widmen uns dann, gut geladen, den Rantthemen.

    Viel Spaß!

  8. went slightly overboard and bought the #UNAS Pro 8 🤩 setting it up at home and copying the initial batch of data before it gets moved off-site #unifi #ubiquiti

  9. went slightly overboard and bought the #UNAS Pro 8 🤩 setting it up at home and copying the initial batch of data before it gets moved off-site #unifi #ubiquiti

  10. went slightly overboard and bought the #UNAS Pro 8 🤩 setting it up at home and copying the initial batch of data before it gets moved off-site #unifi #ubiquiti

  11. went slightly overboard and bought the #UNAS Pro 8 🤩 setting it up at home and copying the initial batch of data before it gets moved off-site #unifi #ubiquiti

  12. I opted to test Windows 11 24H2 for my company. Good news, Wi-Fi 7 works great. I’m connected to my U7-Pro at 5.8 Gbps — not that that will get me too far with the AP connected with 2.5GBaseT and 1 Gbps Internet (download, a pathetic 0.035 Gbps upload over DOCSIS). But hey, it looks nice.

    Bad news, @jima and @paulos: the promised “future version of Windows 11” with CLAT support isn’t this one. Windows 11 still insists on using legacy IP despite me shoving DHCPv4 option 108 down its throat.

    #Windows #Win11 #Windows11 #24H2 #IPv6 #LegacyIP #IPv6mostly #IPv6only #464XLAT #CLAT #UniFi #WiFi7 #sysadmin #EarlyAdopter

  13. I have a few 10/100mbit #switches (#unmanaged), and several (20-30 units?) of #Ubiquiti #Unifi #AP (#legacy, End of Life) to #recycle. Is anyone interested? These devices are in #Grimbergen #Belgium

    These devices are not current anymore, but actually work fine. A shame to just throw them away -- but I no longer need them.

    #EOL #Recycle #Upscale

  14. I suspect a secondary problem is that the UniFi in-wall units overheat. The dropout problem has been very bad this summer. It also seems to correspond to some of the warmest days. The UAP-U6IW dropped off for more than 24 hours over the weekend and was crazy hot when I finally got around to pulling it off the wall. I need to find a better way to monitor this, as I don’t see this info in the controller.