On: Wi-Fi startup Eero lays off 30 employees

[bhauer]

While I figure most of us using Ubiquiti Networks gear in our home have local VM servers that can host the controller, there are some houses where this is not the case. But in those cases, you can still run the controller in a VM on your main workstation, configure the gear, and then shut down the VM. I don't think it needs to keep running to operate the gear once it's booted. I think if you power-cycle the gear, you'd need the VM up.

I really appreciate Ubiquiti going to such lengths to allow one to install the controller locally, which in turn means you can configure and manage your gear without any cloud meddling.

[matwood → bhauer]

The gear can be power cycled without requiring a controller. The only reason to need the controller running constantly is if you want stat collection.

[msumpter → matwood]

I think the wifi captive portal feature requires a constantly running controller, other than that I only start a local controller for changes.