Anyone have any experience with these? I'm looking to migrate from OPNSense to one. Thanks
I have. They suck.
Great switches an APs though
Quote from: t84a on April 15, 2026, 04:24:06 PMAnyone have any experience with these? I'm looking to migrate from OPNSense to one. Thanks
Maybe the UI community forum, https://community.ui.com/ ?
Having said that, I do use a not-cloud Fiber Gateway (UXG-Fiber). Price/performance is great but of course not as many features as OPNsense. I use Technitium for DNS and don't use IDS at all + some region blocking (but not really necessary since I don't have any web services accessible from the internet). IPv6 is missing features but generally works.
What features are using on your OPNsense?
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 15, 2026, 06:37:04 PMI have. They suck.
Great switches an APs though
The more I think about it, the more I would only keep their In Wall Accesspoints and replace everything else with a different brand :)
Now if I could only somehow ditch the UniFi Controller too and have a webGUI on each In Wall itself...
Some new hack to flash EdgeSwitch Firmware on UniFi Switches would be fine too by the way!
Quote from: patient0 on April 15, 2026, 08:02:35 PMQuote from: t84a on April 15, 2026, 04:24:06 PMAnyone have any experience with these? I'm looking to migrate from OPNSense to one. Thanks
Maybe the UI community forum, https://community.ui.com/ ?
Having said that, I do use a not-cloud Fiber Gateway (UXG-Fiber). Price/performance is great but of course not as many features as OPNsense. I use Technitium for DNS and don't use IDS at all + some region blocking (but not really necessary since I don't have any web services accessible from the internet). IPv6 is missing features but generally works.
What features are using on your OPNsense?
Not many. I'm not having the success with OPNSense as others and haven't had luck getting help. Thanks
Quote from: t84a on April 15, 2026, 09:58:48 PMand haven't had luck getting help.
said the person who asked about switching fro OPNsense to Cloud Gateway, in the OPNsense forum and not the Unifi forum ;)
But hey, I get you. The Unifi community forum is a pita to even get to it.
And they make the same mistake as this forum by not using Discourse as forum software.
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 16, 2026, 07:17:22 AMAnd they make the same mistake as this forum by not using Discourse as forum software.
I am VERY HAPPY with that decision !!! :)
Discourse is pure crap!Everytime I visit one i think to myself : Is this the future ?! I sure hope not! :(
But yeah...
The Ubiquiti Forum isn't exactly great either so it can be done even worse than Discourse :P
Quote from: nero355 on April 16, 2026, 02:18:46 PMI am VERY HAPPY with that decision !!! :)
Discourse is pure crap!
+1 :-)
Don't know what you are talking about. Maybe bad setup selfhosted discourse?
Anyway, forums like TrueNAS or level1tech are IMHO far, far superior to this forum here.
Like it is not even a competition. Discourse is in a league of its own compared to this.
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 16, 2026, 03:56:06 PMDon't know what you are talking about.
You don't know either apparently : Discourse for example blocks certain browsers because they think they are "Outdated" while they are absolutely NOT !!!
QuoteMaybe bad setup selfhosted discourse?
https://discourse.pi-hole.net/ is hosted on the Discourse CDN and something I visit very often, but would rather see Discourse NOT being used if I am completely honest!
QuoteAnyway, forums like TrueNAS or level1tech are IMHO far, far superior to this forum here.
Like it is not even a competition. Discourse is in a league of its own compared to this.
After about 30 years of "Forum Experience" I can tell you that there are plenty of alternatives that are A LOT better !! ;)
Not sure if we are talking about some problem back in 2025 or now. Discourse works fine on Safari, Brave, Chrome, Edge, Firefox.
So 95% of browser share.
But either way, that is missing my main point.
For an active and healthy community, you need a good forum software.
And good forum software does not mean that @nero355 can visit the site from Opera Mobile ;) , but that the average user likes to use the software. And this without a doubt boiled down to two plattforms; Discourse and reddit.
OPNsense might get away with a clunky forum software and still have a healty community because it is niche. But it could be a barrier to entry for newcomers. Or it could end up in disussion always only involving the same five oldtimers from the forum. Which is totally fine if you consider yourself a "people come in, drop a question, get it answered by regulars, and drop out again" support forum. But this is not really a healthy community IMHO. That is just a support forum.
The single page endless scrolling interface of Discourse sucks. Plus there are not even buttons to jump to the first or last post.
QuoteThe single page endless scrolling interface of Discourse sucks.
Why?
Also that is probably not how you would use it. Normal use case is,
-you go to forum X
- see that there are "New (4)" four new threads since your last visit
- open all the new threads that interest you
- click on "dismiss New" to mark all as read.
You know what sucks here?
No live preview sucks.
The quoting sucks, you can't do normal multi quotes.
No code insert like
```bash
code
```
sucks.
QuotePlus there are not even buttons to jump to the first or last post.
It does. You can click on the top or bottom of the bar on the right.
Unlike here, there is always a header. So that "jump to bottom or top" is less really needed to begin with. Because the navigation does not suck and is not stuck in the nineties ;) which is not always a good thing and not always a bad thing. For people under 30y though...
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 17, 2026, 07:55:33 AMDiscourse works fine on Safari, Brave, Chrome, Edge, Firefox.
So 95% of browser share.
And if you use anything else you get some crappy Basic HTML version where you can only read the forum partially... W-T-F ?!?!
QuoteBut either way, that is missing my main point.
You are missing the point too :
You are promoting an unhealthy Internet where only certain software/companies/brands have a
monopoly and that's simply a horrible future that I do not wish to be part of !!!
QuoteFor an active and healthy community, you need a good forum software.
We already have one here!
QuoteAnd good forum software does not mean that @nero355 can visit the site from Opera Mobile ;)
Pale Moon actually which is probably the best browser out there if the standards on the internet did not got corrupted by a certain search and advertising company amongst others...
Quotebut that the average user likes to use the software.
The average user does not know what he/she wants and uses whatever you stuff under his/her nose !!!
This goes pretty much for everything : From Cars to Computers...
QuoteAnd this without a doubt boiled down to two plattforms; Discourse and Reddit.
Congrats : You just named the two most horrible platforms in the world as your favorite! LOL!
Reddit is barely readable without https://old.reddit.com/ replaced in the URL when you want to read a topic without all of their nonsense !!!
QuoteOPNsense might get away with a clunky forum software and still have a healty community because it is niche.
But it could be a barrier to entry for newcomers.
The forum software is based on UBB standards which are perfectly useable and a lot more logical than all the ``` and *** or whatever Discourse does for their markup crap...
You can't even simply use Enter for new lines : They are always spaced apart and only SHIFT+ENTER gets you a normal new line!
Another annoying thing is typing ":" as ": " each time because of the smilies integration : WHY ?!?!
GitHUB has the same nonsense by the way!
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on April 17, 2026, 08:34:35 AMThe single page endless scrolling interface of Discourse sucks.
There... I fixed it! ;)
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 17, 2026, 02:05:12 PMAlso that is probably not how you would use it. Normal use case is,
-you go to forum X
- see that there are "New (4)" four new threads since your last visit
- open all the new threads that interest you
- click on "dismiss New" to mark all as read.
They are marked READ after opening them so your last step is unnecessary : Not so userfriendly after all, huh ?!
QuoteYou know what sucks here?
Nothing :)
QuoteNo live preview sucks.
There is a PREVIEW button : Use it.
QuoteThe quoting sucks, you can't do normal multi quotes.
You can easily click on the QUOTE button of each post and open them in a New Tab and combine them all together again later.
Super EASY and straightforward :)
In case you did not knew : CTRL+Click or Middle Mouse Button = Open link in New Tab
QuoteNo code insert like
```bash
code
```
sucks.
Which is just plan HORRIBLE in Discourse...
FYI : This is a CODE and /CODE block![quote] & [/quote]
[b] & [/b]
[i] & [/i]
[u] & [/u]
[img] & [/img]
[sub] & [/sub]
To name a few are soo much EASIER !!! :)
QuoteQuotePlus there are not even buttons to jump to the first or last post.
It does. You can click on the top or bottom of the bar on the right.
The way this forum does it is soo much simpler and user friendlier that there is no need to re-invent the wheel or warm water...
QuoteBecause the navigation does not suck and is not stuck in the nineties ;) which is not always a good thing and not always a bad thing.
For people under 30y though...
If I am honest : I wish many times we all got stuck in the '90's and did not have this messed up world we live in these days!
/me pushes PREVIEW button to check this huge post :P
(If you know you know!)
@nero355 Approved! 🤌
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on April 17, 2026, 09:14:15 PM@nero355 Approved! 🤌
Hehehe! Thnx! ^_^
I gave it all I had... LOL!
QuoteAnd if you use anything else you get some crappy Basic HTML version where you can only read the forum partially... W-T-F ?!?!
Is that the case?
QuoteYou are promoting an unhealthy Internet where only certain software/companies/brands have a monopoly and that's simply a horrible future that I do not wish to be part of !!!
Discourse is open source, a fork always possible. So I don't really see this point.
QuoteWe already have one here!
It is decent and works. But it isn't as fun an engaging
QuoteThe average user does not know what he/she wants and uses whatever you stuff under his/her nose !!!
This goes pretty much for everything : From Cars to Computers...
Sure, but again, that is missing my point. Don't think about you and me, think about the 16y old teenager that gets newly drawn into a topic. Forums itself are a dying breed. And I am not advocating for TikTok. But early 2000 style forum is another fritction point.
QuoteCongrats : You just named the two most horrible platforms in the world as your favorite! LOL!
I never said they are my favorite. If you would stop twist my words and listen and don't fill in the blanks with what your presumptions are, you would have known that. I personally can't stand new reddit. I said these two are
the worlds favorite forum software.
Which again, think less about you and me, think about the rest of the world.
QuoteThey are marked READ after opening them so your last step is unnecessary : Not so userfriendly after all, huh ?!
No. Because you don't read every topic. This is to mark the topics as read you have not read.
QuoteThere is a PREVIEW button : Use it.
I wrote live preview.
QuoteYou can easily click on the QUOTE button of each post and open them in a New Tab and combine them all together again later.
Super EASY and straightforward :)
Can you also only select certain lines and only quote that? And do that multiplte times=
QuoteThe way this forum does it is soo much simpler and user friendlier that there is no need to re-invent the wheel or warm water...
To copy your style of arguing: Don't you have a pageup key? This is so much easier than to use the mouse (urgghhh mouse, I use my ThinkPad trackpoint) where you have to point to the bottom right just and click, just to jump back to the topic. You do know there is a button for that on the keyboard, right?
QuoteIf I am honest : I wish many times we all got stuck in the '90's and did not have this messed up world we live in these days!
Me too. And that is totally fine. But again, think a little bit less about you, and more about the community. But I see, this topic is way to emotional for you.
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 18, 2026, 07:46:08 AMCan you also only select certain lines and only quote that? And do that multiplte times=
Yes
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 18, 2026, 07:46:08 AMCan you also only select certain lines and only quote that? And do that multiplte times=
As I am proving right here ...
Selected your line, clicked on "Quote selected text", wrote "yes", did the same again. Could have picked up any other line from any other post on the current page of course to quote and answer multiple posters in one go.
I'm currently setting up a forum for a new open source project and I will "of course" use SMF.
Kind regards,
Patrick
cheers, you are right.
But it makes an ugly jump to the bottom and I have to scroll up again to select the second quote (Firefox).
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 18, 2026, 12:04:35 PMBut it makes an ugly jump to the bottom and I have to scroll up again to select the second quote (Firefox).
Tabs bro... Tabs... Tabs FTW!!! :)
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 18, 2026, 07:46:08 AMDon't you have a pageup key? This is so much easier than to use the mouse (urgghhh mouse, I use my ThinkPad trackpoint)
Hey! Look! Something we have in common! :o
/me 's good old T520 says "Hi!" <3
I'm not sure if this debate is going about the UX on the platform or more deriving towards the capability of getting the right information. With the overloaded interfaces that (per mention) Reddit, Discourse, etc. have implemented, attentions goes easily where the owners want (ads, etc.) while the information passes to a second focus. There are so many distractions that keeping the attention is simply much harder.
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 18, 2026, 07:46:08 AMthink about the 16y old teenager that gets newly drawn into a topic.
Teenagers have to learn to
think. Those mentioned platforms make it just more difficult, starting from the distractions and sometimes confusing interfaces.
Teenagers have to learn to
ask the right question. Not only that, but also in the right place an in the right way.
Teenagers have to learn to
find information. Overwhelming sites, with useless links, ads, too many (almost always unrelated) images...
Teenagers have to learn to
filter information. What is true, useful, and applicable to my current search?
Teenagers have to learn to
sort information. Disperse contents are one of the worst realities on those kind of sites. Other are "content creators" publishing everywhere, pontificating their truth without the proper knowledge, incomplete, unverified, or just wrong.
There are so many things that teenagers have to learn, and so many wrong ways to go for... Nowadays, only a few get to the level of thinking that any old-school graduate had at the end of the studies. And the way information is displayed on the web has something to do with this.
Please, let's try to minimize that narrow-minding process.
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 18, 2026, 07:46:08 AMForums itself are a dying breed.
Maybe or maybe not. While the Big Players are trying to keep their (very profitable) model, what I see is the more people trying to get rid of those distractions, filtering ads and trackers, getting tired of sites that offer less-information/more-profitable-content pages, etc. How would the Reddit website if you remove all the useless content from every single page?
Quote from: JamesFrisch on April 18, 2026, 07:46:08 AMearly 2000 style forum is another fritction point.
Absolutely not for me. There is no friction at all about having a clean interface without any non-related content to my reading or search.
Try making a simple search at https://www.scopus.com (https://www.scopus.com) and see how tons of information can be displayed in a clean and orderly manner. It's just an example.
In my experience, most of the times, the more cluttered is a site, the lower quantity and quality information it has. That must be for a reason. And consequently, is always harder to find.
Going back to the OP original question: you better ask in Ubiquity sites and read Ubiquity docs. Keep in mind that the approach and features of OPNsense and Ubiquity are very different.
Quote from: Netlearn on April 19, 2026, 05:28:54 AMGoing back to the OP original question: you better ask in Ubiquity sites and read Ubiquity docs. Keep in mind that the approach and features of OPNsense and Ubiquity are very different.
Ohh... yeah... that's what this topic was about! LOL! ^_^
P.S. : It's simply Ubiquit
i and not Ubiquit
y like a lot of people spell it for whatever reason...