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UBNT EdgeMax

I think that maybe at first they won't be, but eventually, its a possibility.

reply to jcremin
Bleeding edge gear = bleeding cut fingers.

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replacement for MT uum yes possible at some point after they added some features over the time.

replacement for Cisco well depends on what we talk about ? a 2821 sure thats not hard to kik if you only compare pps..the bigger irons nope never.

replacement for juniper like the J Series ore the E Series simply forget it no way

Ubnt has published a report from tolly look here »www.ubnt.com/downloads/Tolly2121···ance.pdf

thats simply a joke everybode who ever used a C3925 ore a J6350 knows what i'm talking about and starts LHAO as soon as he look on this paper.

so again yep may a good alternative at some point but not as adverticed.

reply to jcremin
not a replacement for anything until other products become available and are bug free:

gps....titanium models.....ac2....mfi....

reply to jcremin
Yea if anyone cares I couldn't put such a new product at my core/edge. Mikrotik is pretty powerful stuff for the price. It would need a lot of proving itself.
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reply to jcremin
Say what you will about functionality or performance. They have an epic product spiff video.

In all seriousness though, I may do the scary stupid thing of attempting to build an all-Ubnt network (ToughSwitches, Titanium Rockets, EdgeMax routers, NanoBridge CPEs, ToughCable...and non-Ubnt home routers) relatively soon. Kind of like what Sirhc wants to do eventually, but with a lot less at stake. I have to continue poking at my potential bandwidth provider before this happens, though.

reply to jcremin
Well I am going all out Ubnt network anyways but for now until these routers get into place I am going with mikrotik and pfsense.

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With its track record, just imagine you taking a hit to the network's core and looking for UBNT gear when you are in a crunch--yes you should have a spare of everything, but with UBNT you need to have three spares of everything because it might take you a while to get what you need. Our core router is a 1u x86 server with an identical twin ready to go. I know I can get a MTK overnighted if I had the need for it, UBNT=maybe! The problem with UBNT is its reputation, not the gear.

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The issue with ubnt is the supply and from what I was told by Justin and some other good ppl its been like this for years. I wish they can get it fix but "They aka Ubnt" said they have it fix for now but wait until these routers get out then everybody will be sold out then it will be long time before anybody gets back in stock.

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no MPLS? Cant buy it.

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I don't think this will ever replace Cisco in my core network prehaps at the tower's a pppoe relay since it is running Debian this would be effortless to setup and configure.

That said if it has this has a marvel or broadcom SOC and the network interfaces are not realtek or atheros (And not an just integrated switch like consumer routers use) I may consider this product for deployment at towers within the next year or so.

That said I just fear this is another low super quality low budget product like the the routerstation and routerstation pro that completely fail to deliver on promises and expectations for performance due to the budget constraints ubiquiti imposes only on themselves to try to make sure they have the lowest cost solution because they would rather make something cheep then revolutionary.

For example I had a 266mhz gateworks xscale board with 50 client's and 2 XR2's in it at the previous wisp I worked at. (Gateworks boards are the best designed platforms I have ever worked with).

The CPU hardly ever budged above 3-5% as the integrated intel network card had hardware support for ack's as well as checksums. in XR mode with short preamble and WMM disabled I could push 28megabit's with a 54 megabit rate.

Now when I went to upgrade this to a routerstation pro, I ran into issues.
The RS pro somehow to do the exact same thing needed least 50%+ of its cpu when underload and I was seeing less throughput to the AP in 20mhz G mode only approximately 20 megabit's with the same rates and noise.

I also do not really trust ubiquiti to engineer the cooling properly either anymore, For example the second generation rocket M radio's without the heatsinks for me have had a VERY high failure rate (1 out of every 8 I deploy fails within 1.5 years to the point where uboot won't even load anymore 100% bricked and just out of warranty everytime).

But the old ones with the USB port's and heatsinks have had zero issues ever and ive had some still in service since 2010.

Ubiquiti has to work really hard and prove this is not just a waste of my money, They can prove to me by showing me the hardware and letting me decide. I do not care about packets per second numbers.

That said I really do like how it is Debian based.

reply to jcremin
LMAO!!!! Replacement for what exactly???

MT? Yeah right.

Ubnt can't even get their existing hardware to run properly, half of their "projects" have never been completed, or get EOLed before they become stable/useful.

Just another one of their mFads that will fade away.

LOL Ubnt, build us something we NEED. Not something we're quite happy with other vendors that offer it at a price you can't hope to touch.

reply to jcremin
After talking to Matt Hardy more via email he was able help me more about how this router is going to work about routing and natting and I got screenshots of it.

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I cant wait to play with some of these.

Assume the firmware will have many possibilities.

Lets Rock N Roll - Ubiquiti

reply to jcremin
What are you really supposed to do with a 3 port router?
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