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Old Oct 13, 2017 | 11:20 am
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Originally Posted by kb9522
. I don't think you want unpatched exploits that allow unauthorized users to annex themselves to your LAN. Then machines on your network become much easier to break into.
This is more what I was getting at.

Originally Posted by PTravel
As a home user, I'm comfortable with the level of security provided at the LAN-connected machine level. I've had an internet-connected LAN since I can remember and have never had any security issues at the router level. I suppose, if I get paranoid, I can put a hardware firewall in front of the router.

The prices were far lower than I first anticipated. I have to say, though, that from a home user perspective I absolutely despise Cisco (I have no experience with Juniper). I'm sure Cisco products make IT departments who must maintain mission-critical operations reasonably happy. However, I don't like, at all, the user-level comprises that Cisco forces. I can't tell from my quick scan of the Unifi whether these products are similarly over-bearing. They don't appear to be, but I'll look further.
You can demo the Unifi controller at demo.ubnt.com.
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