OPNSense is more user-friendly than Mikrotik, IMO. And, under the UI it's regular FreeBSD which you can log into and diagnose with familiar networking tools.
The APs don't need a 24/7 controller - although a VM running the Ubuntu based unifios works just fine. In fact it looks like you might be able to manage/configure them from a smart-phone app (haven't tried this).
The APs can all be placed in a management VLAN with no external access while running different VLANs for their client's wifi traffic.
In theory, the APs could still snoop by masquerading as a client but that has a higher risk of discovery which would certainly annoy the heck out of their entire enterprise market which is their bread and butter.
I don't think you'll find Open Source APs that work as well as the unifi ones (or similar commercial offerings). The product range gives a lot of deployment flexibility and the integrated configuration management is pretty nice - as you know.
@lexinova @buyeuropean@feddit.uk @buyeuropean@mastodon.social @mikrotik Retaining your Unifi APs and running OPNSense on a pick-your-own-x86 router has plenty of appeal.
OPNSense is more user-friendly than Mikrotik, IMO. And, under the UI it's regular FreeBSD which you can log into and diagnose with familiar networking tools.
The APs don't need a 24/7 controller - although a VM running the Ubuntu based unifios works just fine. In fact it looks like you might be able to manage/configure them from a smart-phone app (haven't tried this).
The APs can all be placed in a management VLAN with no external access while running different VLANs for their client's wifi traffic.
In theory, the APs could still snoop by masquerading as a client but that has a higher risk of discovery which would certainly annoy the heck out of their entire enterprise market which is their bread and butter.
I don't think you'll find Open Source APs that work as well as the unifi ones (or similar commercial offerings). The product range gives a lot of deployment flexibility and the integrated configuration management is pretty nice - as you know.