Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAnyone ever use Aruba network switches?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareAnyone ever use Aruba network switches?Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
I need to replace a bunch of ancient Cisco stuff. Also looking at other brands like Dell, Juniper and Extreme
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWhat do you mean? I have a Unifi 24 poe switch at home and I feel like Ubiquiti could do whatever they wanted with it. If I had more time I would have chosen some device with OPNSense.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI don’t believe you can use OPNSense on a switch. Switches are in layer 2 typically and have hardware that switches. Technically you can run OpenWRT on some switches but it is still experimental and it is very much not enterprise grade
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoOK, so it’s OPNsense for routers and OpenWRT for switches and APs?
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIf you stop paying for the Meraki cloud, you can’t manage your Meraki hardware. Full stop. Meraki: That’s a nice network you got there; I’d be a shame if something happened to it
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoSeparate thread; how can Ubiquiti “do whatever they want with it”? You control the updates.
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoWell, the OS is their doing. If it has a backdoor, I don’t know. I don’t fully trust it.
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s true of any closed source OS, of which I’m sure you run at least 2.
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI use GrapheneOS, Bazzite & Aurora. I have a Chromecast though, I’m still deciding how to replace it.
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoDo you have a car? Docking station? Printer? Scanner? IoT device? And let’s not talk about what your Intel process has built into it that you don’t know about that leaks data. That’s a closed source OS.
What do you mean? I have a Unifi 24 poe switch at home and I feel like Ubiquiti could do whatever they wanted with it. If I had more time I would have chosen some device with OPNSense.
I don’t believe you can use OPNSense on a switch. Switches are in layer 2 typically and have hardware that switches.
Technically you can run OpenWRT on some switches but it is still experimental and it is very much not enterprise grade
OK, so it’s OPNsense for routers and OpenWRT for switches and APs?
If you stop paying for the Meraki cloud, you can’t manage your Meraki hardware.
Full stop.
Meraki: That’s a nice network you got there; I’d be a shame if something happened to it
Separate thread; how can Ubiquiti “do whatever they want with it”? You control the updates.
Well, the OS is their doing. If it has a backdoor, I don’t know. I don’t fully trust it.
That’s true of any closed source OS, of which I’m sure you run at least 2.
I use GrapheneOS, Bazzite & Aurora. I have a Chromecast though, I’m still deciding how to replace it.
Do you have a car? Docking station? Printer? Scanner? IoT device?
And let’s not talk about what your Intel process has built into it that you don’t know about that leaks data.
That’s a closed source OS.