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Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:20 am
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rhanson
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I know you've gone with the USG, but I figured I would share some experience here for others...
There's now an EdgeRouter 4, which is a highly souped-up ER but WITHOUT the fan. I upgraded from an ER-PoE when one died.
EdgeRouters have oodles of power, both in processing and in the underlying OS. There are user-created add-ons to simplify automated backups (including even committing each change to github if that's your thing). You really need to be comfortable with the Linux command line, though.
Most things that work on EdgeRouters also work on UniFi routers. UniFi is designed primarily with the GUI and centralized administration first, and power second. EdgeRouter is the opposite, kinda. But some stuff isn't made available on the UniFi line, to keep them simpler to administer. And while you have the full command-line stuff under the hood, there are some significant configuration differences.
Ubnt also has a graphical manager for the EdgeMax and AirMax stuff, too. But it requires that you run yet another virtual machine, probably not worth it unless you have a ton of gear.
Also, these things die, a lot. But they are so cheap (compared to the enterprise gear they compete with), it doesn't matter. Have one ready to go on the shelf as a spare. With recent backups, you'll be back up and running on new hardware within an hour.