They are shit because they take 3 things, put them into 1 box, and then sell at the lowest possible price because no-one wants to pay.
The three things smashed into 1 box:
A router (literally routes between different networks - being internet and the one in your home)
A switch (connects multiple cabled things to 1 network)
A wifi access point (it's wifi)
The Ubiquiti solution is to recognise that all of the above is shit when combined and sold for the cheapest price, and instead to purchase each bit separately.
If you already ran Apple access points, you were already doing this for #3.
All I'm saying is that you can go the whole hog, and get professional equipment everywhere, and it will be very fast, rock solid, never need rebooting, offer software interfaces that let you see everything... and if you're tempted, you can configure the hell out of it (because there's a very powerful terminal available).
Hence... think of those 3 things, and build the network you need.
I personally have purchased all Ubiquiti as I really like the software (I can see how much traffic went to my NAS!), but Soul's suggestion of throwing a different PoE switch in there is also good and works fine.
If you've split your network like this, to have dedicated hardware for each function, then you are good to mix and match. The only thing really essential is a great single-purpose router, and the 3-port EdgeMax is that.
The way to think of all of this:
ISP Modems and consumer modems/routers are shit.
They are shit because they take 3 things, put them into 1 box, and then sell at the lowest possible price because no-one wants to pay.
The three things smashed into 1 box:
The Ubiquiti solution is to recognise that all of the above is shit when combined and sold for the cheapest price, and instead to purchase each bit separately.
If you already ran Apple access points, you were already doing this for #3.
All I'm saying is that you can go the whole hog, and get professional equipment everywhere, and it will be very fast, rock solid, never need rebooting, offer software interfaces that let you see everything... and if you're tempted, you can configure the hell out of it (because there's a very powerful terminal available).
Hence... think of those 3 things, and build the network you need.
I personally have purchased all Ubiquiti as I really like the software (I can see how much traffic went to my NAS!), but Soul's suggestion of throwing a different PoE switch in there is also good and works fine.
If you've split your network like this, to have dedicated hardware for each function, then you are good to mix and match. The only thing really essential is a great single-purpose router, and the 3-port EdgeMax is that.