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  "path": "/t/what-networking-hardware-are-you-using-specifically-your-managed-switch/37775#post_9",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T07:39:28.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Thanks for that explanation @Onscreen5341 , not that well versed with Ubiquiti devices.\n\nOnscreen5341:\n\n> All of them can not be configured standalone. You need a management server called UnifiOS.\n\nI still would have pain in the gut letting a proprietary app manage all my network configuration. The fact, it can be self-hosted does not supersede, that this app is closed-source and not verifiable. Basically a binary blob for network administration.\n\nIt probably comes down to the FOSS vs. proprietary software debate and whether you put enough trust in a California-based technology company not trying to sell your data. Controller software also becomes a single point of failure from security perspective.\n\nOnscreen5341:\n\n> Not really the Unfi devices as well as the UnifiOS are behind my OPNSense\n\nSounds like a good compromise, if you have a more complex network setup, want some management convenience and still have a gatekeeper at the end. For simpler cases I just would just omit Ubquiti stuff and use VLAN switches with a FOSS firewall solution.",
  "title": "What Networking Hardware are you using? Specifically your managed switch"
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