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Ubiquity equipment always looks impressive, except that the heavy push towards cloud-based and/or app-based management is extremely offputting.

I'd much rather have something I can always manage via a local web UI from any web browser, without any cloud subscription.

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Just in case anyone reads the parent and the takeaway is you can’t: you can still operate UniFi that way if you want to. The cloud connection and apps are optional.

Interesting. Did that change at some point in the past? I'd seen reports from folks suggesting that you were stuck either using the cloud management bits or using their app, and that a plain local web connection didn't work. Does Ubiquity equipment work entirely with a local web connection now, with no app or cloud, for all their functionality (except, obviously, cloud management functionality)?

The answer depends on which piece of equipment, usually by product family. More and more is getting the cloud push over time though.

Ah. That kind of variability is the kind of thing that makes me want to avoid the entire brand.

Any recommendations for comparable equipment that doesn't have any kind of push towards cloud or app?

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