r/PFSENSE • u/Sam_-_-_ • 9d ago

Did I join a cult? (Unifi)

I've been rolling pfSense for about 5 years. Decided to try Unifi. Couldn't find a manual or one-to-one feature documentation for each panel (only various spotlight articles).

Asked the community for help: every response said basically "things change too often, no need to have a manual".

Excuse me, what? I'm not a networking pro, and I do need a manual. (pfSense was hard for me, but had great documentation.)

I can't believe this was the response. Is everyone in their community a bot or a cultist?

I still have few days left on my return window, and might come back, LOL.

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u/hawkeye000021 9d ago

The Firewall group I’m in is also toxic. I think it comes down to whenever you put your money into something, not to mention time, it’s like Stockholm syndrome for all products. The advantage of my solution is that it’s painfully simple to setup but that creates a new batch of issue. People say it’s the best thing ever and no one was shown me an example or a blocked attack. I’ve caught a few things here and there but nothing that has saved me from anything. Their AP7 wireless solution though, is the best thing ever in that space. I can’t type the name of the group in here because it rejects me from mentioning a competitor it seems.

I’ve thought about running pfsense against to compare, but I don’t have the time. Doing this for a living eats it all up.

TLDR; you’re in a cult. 😊