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Options for a local-only (or mostly) home network (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’m currently using Eero https://eero.com/ for my home network, as it mostly works well and is easy for my partner to enable and disable our kids devices at bedtime etc. The interface is quite slow, and I worry about being so cloud and Amazon dependant.

I’m wondering if there’s a local-only, ideally open, alternative? Most alternatives eg Ubiquiti seem to be becoming cloud based, and the likes of open wrt isn’t very partner-friendly.

Is there a middle ground? My requirements are modest, just a few wireless access points plus a handful of wired devices. Internet is max 1 gigabit.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unifi can run the interface locally, via cloud, out both. I have a UDM and most of the time I access the interfaces locally.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you think the mobile app would be easy for a vaguely technical person to enable and disable groups of devices? Last time I looked at ubiquiti it wasn’t really “consumer” oriented.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It’s more “prosumer”. Definitely not designed for lay-people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It’s more “prosumer”. Definitely not designed for lay-people.