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UDM Pro or PFsense and why? (self.homelab)

submitted 2 months ago by root to c/[email protected]

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I've been using PFSense for years, and it's been pretty great, but I also have some friends who are homelabbers that like their Unifi setups.

What do you guys prefer, and why?

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[–] root 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ah got it. I was looking at the UDM Pro. Is that a router and a controller? If so, I should be able to access locally I'd hope

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I got a UDM SE. The controller runs on the device itself and can be used locally, without a Internet connection or Ubiquity account (i've only ever set up a local admin account on the controller).

It works great for me. UDM + 4 switches and 2 AP. All unify, I like the interface. But I'm also only doing basic stuff.

I've had a pfsense based setup in the past and liked it. Now that I got 10gb ftth, the UDM SE ticked all the boxes and I went with a full unify setup with the switch to 10gbit. Happy with it so far.

[–] keyez 1 points 2 months ago

That is the case yes