I feel silly saying it, but they’re not designed to run without a controller. He has been fighting this for two blog posts now.

Was not aware that you can flash unifi ap with open-wrt. This turns it into a POE wireless router/switch with control over the two eth ports? Sounds awesome has anyone tried it?

> they used to be so good and there is no real pro-sumer alternative

This is the problem of it all. Unfortunately there really isn't. Hopefully they can get back on track.

This is a solid reminder to go poke at OpenWRT and see if this random Meraki gear has some reusability now...

I own this access point. The first thing I did was install openWRT. It's fine.

Anyone know any alternatives in the prosumer space? Mikrotik?

This is one of the reasons I flashed OpenWRT to my U6 Lite.

This person clearly did no research into the requirements to run a ubiquity device.

It's meant for enterprise / SME. The design decisions reflect that.

they have a series of other products, such as the dream machine and express that might’ve been better suited for him, but instead he chose the professional equipment.