# Ubiquiti UniFi 100 Hacker News commenters recommended Ubiquiti UniFi and 50 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 12 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 10 years (13 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Prosumer Wi-Fi access points and switches with central management, remote administration and optional self-hosting; critics cite buggy routing, IPv6 gaps, poor support and pain beyond standard setups. ## Why people recommend it - Central management and remote administration (5 comments): "Yes, a home product with a dedicated controller unit, Fx networking support, cloud based management with ability to self-host, traffic shaping and SDN capabilities." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45873842)) "I've also been able to deploy UniFi for my parents and my wife's parents, and easily manage their setups remotely." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322307)) "The APs are fine. Decent power and the central administration with the switch is actually quite nice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48586662)) - Reliable access points and radios (6 comments): "Ubiquiti has gone downhill on a lot of things the last 5 years or so, but their radio firmware has always been a step up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158800)) "I've deployed 40+ unifi APs at some locations with 800+ devices over multiple ssids with no issues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45874580)) "Unifi APs are a sweet spot of price/performance, and I have no difficulty recommending them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48596872)) - Self-hosted, cloud optional (3 comments): "The Unifi range is quite definitely optional cloud. Don't turn it on (and don't use a cloud-based controller!), and it won't have any mechanism for control." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48316649)) "I've been a fan of Ubiquiti APs managed by a self-installed UniFi instance without cloud features" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46342680)) "you can use a company that is self hosted like Unifi and have complete control over your data" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46997457)) - Affordable prosumer price/performance (4 comments): "Unifi APs are a sweet spot of price/performance, and I have no difficulty recommending them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48596872)) "All in all their eco system is worth it imo and the hardware is actually affordable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160828)) "Ubiquiti did a good job of advertising these features and making them available to the “prosumer” segment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111933)) ## What people warn about - Routing weaker than wireless and switching (2 comments): "Ubiquiti unifi has struggled to integrate routing as reliably and as well as the wireless and switching piece." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48971534)) "Obviously the gateway or router missing proper v6 support is an issue and a bit surprising ubt hasn't done a good job." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46488916)) - Bugs and stability issues (3 comments): "it is pretty damn good but there are bugs, and unfortunately their support sucks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48315085)) "after 2 different more advanced configs I had caused wild stability issues - affecting APs, a USG and the controller itself" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46165053)) "their faulty dual UI POE switches (Make a change in the old UI? Welp thats going to wipe your comments from the new one!)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48972390)) - Painful outside standard setups (4 comments): "I generally have moved towards other Wifi solutions as I've grown weary of tweaking Ubiquiti all of the time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46164292)) "I'm much more pleased with it than the Ubiquity gear that I am presently taking a break from fighting with." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46168726)) "if you are doing anything that is not a defined happy path for Unifi, it is a freaking nightmare" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48230589)) - Spotty IPv6 support (3 comments): "Unifi has had some regressions in IPv6 support over the years, but that's fixed these days" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46704468)) "Obviously the gateway or router missing proper v6 support is an issue and a bit surprising ubt hasn't done a good job." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46488916)) "The only downside is this doesn't work if you have IPv6 enabled as UniFi Network still allows those to bypass the VPN." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46083475)) ## Where to get it - [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ubiquiti+UniFi+access+point&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link) - [Official site](https://www.ui.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Ubiquiti UniFi", https://hackerapproved.com/p/unifi/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).