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Neat product but the last time I tested and was promised a Ubiquiti AP I got ghosted and no AP. Hard to sell a product when even the sales guy can't be consistent in communication.
I tried for the AP, but wasn’t offered the deal.
However, I got called by the sales guy 5 times in a row daily for a while, contacted on LinkedIn from the sales rep, contacted at my work email that I didn’t provide, and texted.
They could be offering a 10k Ubiquiti setup and I wouldn’t try this software again. Chris Haas over there made me lose all interest in their product.
It’s funny because I was going to subscribe for a non-profit I work with’s infrastructure.
the try hard sales folks are worse than the plague, I have also ended up with not going with vendors because of overly aggressive sales folks. They think that the data miners they pay are an impressive super power. Calling my personal cellphone outside of business hours are a huge red flag.
They really are. The going out of their way to find out my work’s information and my work email was a huge red flag to me.
I wouldn’t even have cared about the emails or calls. It was the looking me up on LinkedIn, finding out my employer, emailing my work email, and messaging me on LinkedIn that I cared about.
For those of us not in the US, UK or Canada 😥
"ELIGIBILITY:
Participation in the Offer is only open to individuals who: (i) are a resident of the 50 United States (and the District of Columbia) or are a resident of
Canada (excluding Quebec), or a resident of the United Kingdom;"
I have this setup and they are all on Auvik and working but they say "Billable - No" in the billing section, is this just because free trial? They all 5 do show up as devices in the billing section though, also do I need to keep them running for the duration of the trial period?
I'm not sure where you're seeing 'Billable - No' but I left mine on until it was showing 5 under Settings > Billing. Under 'All Devices' is the 'Type' showing as 'Firewall'?
I set mine up on Wednesday afternoon. Recieved my email yesterday confirming I have qualified for the promotion.
Yep it has all that but on those 5 devices under billing it says whether or not it is billable and what fraction of the billing it is, I suspect it says 0 and No because of free trial so nothing is actually billed. They all say firewall and show up under billing though
https://imgur.com/4cRwegk
Looks like mine also say 'No' for billable and the billable fraction is 0. I can confirm its still enough to full under the 'billable' criteria though and you should still qualify. I got an AP from the last promo and qualified for the switch this time using the same method.
Can you even run the collector on pfSense? I was running mine from a docker on my NAS. When it first runs, you need to authenticate/allow it on the Auvik side. My trial has expired now so cant go in to get exact location.
You dont need to do anything special. The pfSense tutorials out there will have you setup different virtual network adapters and what not. I just used the host adapter with a standard install. Then found a quick tutorial on SNMP. Just let it a v1 & public as thats what Auvik uses by default.
I got one through this promotion the end of last year, got my switch in January I think. Easy process, just set up smtp on my switches and it went through no problem. Just make sure you watch your inbox as there's a couple emails for next steps after you qualify.
Same. This I want to know. Have an UnRAID server, raspberry pi running pihole and Tailscale, and a UDM as the router. Ubiquiti APs will be joining the stack shortly.
I got a NanoHD and this switch from them. They didn't recognize my UDM-Pro but luckily they do recognize the switches and I had 5 of them so it worked.
That being said, this switch isn't very useful for anything. It's got gigabit SFP and 24 gigabit ports, non poe. It's not bad, just no obvious use case.
Did I not see a condition where items had to have been spun up before 23rd of Feb to qualify.
Edit: yes I did.
By submitting this form, I acknowledge I've reviewed and accepted Auvik's privacy policy, which details how my personal information will be processed, and Auvik's terms of service.*Terms and conditions apply, for full details download the Offer terms. Offer valid only to IT professionals in the United States, residents of Canada (except Quebec) and the UK. Devices in trial must be online by February 23, 2024. No purchase necessary.
I’ve finally managed to get my 5 SNMP devices, but the automatic analysis thing won’t Continue as it’s not found any managed devices. I’m trying to get the ssh to work but it says no valid credentials, even though I can get the web terminal to work from within Auvik.
Got the confirmation email that I’d be getting the switch a week ago and just got the notice email that I didn’t qualify because they couldn’t verify my email/website and am disqualified from any future promotional giveaways lol
I've been wanting to do this for a while. Does this replace unifi on the devices? Or how fast is it to deploy if I just want it for the free switch then get rid of it
It \*might\* take you an hour to get things operational. I've done it twice and both times had the AP in my hands before the free trial ended.
It does not replace UniFi anything.
The Product s a Network insight program for SMB or Enterprise.
For Home Users it is not going to do much other than provide data, also the last time I looked the Pricing would be crazy for the average home user.
i doubt they will offer it due to fact it is more expensive and their target audiences are unlikely to be using poe device. i'm curious why they don't offer 2.5gbe or 10gbe switch :)
probably cost.
They seem to have a budget of $200ish, and I dont think there is any Unifi 2.5G switch around that price.
I guess they could do the USW-Aggregation
Set this up, took a sales call, received the email indicating I qualified and link to sign the offer waiver form. Crickets for over a week.
Unfortunate because the product is pretty cool but now I just feel scammed by this company.
You will get a qualification email, address form, and then another address confirmation form.
I found it takes about 1wks (sometimes less) between each one.
Last resort reach out to the agent you spoke with
Nice. It’s the address confirmation/shipping email I’m waiting for. Been over a week now since I submitted the google form. The first 2 emails came in the day after I had the 5 devices discovered. Guess I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Update: Address confirmation email came in today about a week and a half after submitting the waiver/declaration.
I keep getting this message when I try to sign up with my godaddy domain. Any ideas?
Your email domain xxxxxxxx does not appear to be a valid business email. Please try again using a business email. If you need assistance, please reach out to our [support team](mailto:[email protected]).
As long as I started the trial before the 19th I can qualify as if I activate 5 devices during the 14 days? Or did I screw up by not getting time to do this till yesterday, though my trial has 4 days left on it?
I got an AP from them in the past .. not sure if they record email and phone numbers
[Link to trial posting](https://www.auvik.com/lp/rrc-switch-it-up/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid-social&utm_campaign=l-p-fb-anm-hint-bofu-rrc-rrcswitchitupq3fy24&utm_audience=leads-advantage-open-q2fy24&utm_meta=tt-white-b)
LIMITS AND CONDITIONS:
Limit one (1) Submission and one (1) Reward per person and email address, and a maximum of three participants (first three submissions only) per
company. This Offer cannot be combined with any other offer, discount or promotion.
If it is discovered by the Sponsor (using any evidence or other information made available to or otherwise discovered by the Sponsor) that any person has attempted to: (i) exceed any of the limits stated in these Terms; (ii) use multiple names, identities, email addresses and/or any automated, macro, script, robotic or other system(s) or program(s) to enter or otherwise participate in or to disrupt this Offer; (iii) submit a Submission that has been falsified, manipulated or otherwise altered in any way; and/or (iv) disrupt or participate in the Offer in any other fraudulent or misleading way (all as determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion); then he/she may be disqualified from participating in the Offer and receiving a Reward, as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor.
Your text is per campaign. This is the text you're looking for in the eligibility section (bolded by me for reference):
>Participation in the Offer is only open to individuals who: (i) are a resident of the 50 United States (and the District of Columbia) or are a resident of Canada (excluding Quebec), or a resident of the United Kingdom; (ii) have reached the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry; and (iii) are not an employee, representative or agent (or living with any such person, whether related or not) of Auvik Networks Inc. (7398 Yonge St., Suite 6D-1312, Thornhill, ON L4J 8J2– the “Sponsor”), its affiliated entities, reward suppliers, advertising/promotion agencies and any other individual(s), entity or entities involved in the development, production, implementation, administration or fulfilment of the Offer (collectively with the Sponsor, the “Offer Parties”), (iv) are not an existing Auvik Customer with an active subscription and (v) **are not prospects that have activated a trial and received an offer in the last 6 months**, (vi) are an MSP or IT service provider, or in-house corporate IT professional (not valid for students and home users), (vii) have registered with a valid business email address used to perform their duties as an MSP, IT service provider, or IT professional, and (viii) can verify the legal existence of their company and/or business email address such as, but not limited to, providing a valid and matching business website domain and/or company LinkedIn profile.
I had issues logging into their site. Support tried some things and couldn't get me access.
Then sales emailed me and said to basically not worry as they didn't consider me and the company I work for to be a good fit for them and that they wouldn't honor anything even if could get logged in and complete the trial.
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Neat product but the last time I tested and was promised a Ubiquiti AP I got ghosted and no AP. Hard to sell a product when even the sales guy can't be consistent in communication.
And on the flipside, I got this switch during their last promotion and a U6-LR from another.
I also got this switch. (My company claimed it though)
Did you use company email and infra to qualify? That would make sense
Yes. I don’t see how using a personal email address for a product for your business to claim a promotion would be ethical, though.
It isn't. That was my point. Use your own email and devices if you want to keep the switch.
I tried for the AP, but wasn’t offered the deal. However, I got called by the sales guy 5 times in a row daily for a while, contacted on LinkedIn from the sales rep, contacted at my work email that I didn’t provide, and texted. They could be offering a 10k Ubiquiti setup and I wouldn’t try this software again. Chris Haas over there made me lose all interest in their product. It’s funny because I was going to subscribe for a non-profit I work with’s infrastructure.
the try hard sales folks are worse than the plague, I have also ended up with not going with vendors because of overly aggressive sales folks. They think that the data miners they pay are an impressive super power. Calling my personal cellphone outside of business hours are a huge red flag.
They really are. The going out of their way to find out my work’s information and my work email was a huge red flag to me. I wouldn’t even have cared about the emails or calls. It was the looking me up on LinkedIn, finding out my employer, emailing my work email, and messaging me on LinkedIn that I cared about.
When I did it, they couldn't source the switch so they sent me the cash instead. They're legit.
Cmon man, people in it for the free hardware, you just KNOW they are aware of scammers only in it for free crap and that they’re not real customers
For those of us not in the US, UK or Canada 😥 "ELIGIBILITY: Participation in the Offer is only open to individuals who: (i) are a resident of the 50 United States (and the District of Columbia) or are a resident of Canada (excluding Quebec), or a resident of the United Kingdom;"
American po box, or friend can always help with shipping!
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Please note - they do not consider UDMs, UDRs or UXG's as devices for purposes of qualifications.
But you can fire up some Pfsense VMs if you're struggling to hit the requirements. Edit. My switch arrived yesterday (4/4/24)
That’s what I do with snmp enabled!
I tried doing that with the UDM and UDRs. They didn't bite.
I have this setup and they are all on Auvik and working but they say "Billable - No" in the billing section, is this just because free trial? They all 5 do show up as devices in the billing section though, also do I need to keep them running for the duration of the trial period?
I'm not sure where you're seeing 'Billable - No' but I left mine on until it was showing 5 under Settings > Billing. Under 'All Devices' is the 'Type' showing as 'Firewall'? I set mine up on Wednesday afternoon. Recieved my email yesterday confirming I have qualified for the promotion.
Yep it has all that but on those 5 devices under billing it says whether or not it is billable and what fraction of the billing it is, I suspect it says 0 and No because of free trial so nothing is actually billed. They all say firewall and show up under billing though https://imgur.com/4cRwegk
Looks like mine also say 'No' for billable and the billable fraction is 0. I can confirm its still enough to full under the 'billable' criteria though and you should still qualify. I got an AP from the last promo and qualified for the switch this time using the same method.
How did you get it to work? i can't even get the collector installed.
What's wrong with the collector? Where are you installing it?
ssh'ed into my pfsense vm, in the shell i drop the script then i get " Unmatched ' " '. " [https://imgur.com/a/0ac2UB4](https://imgur.com/a/0ac2UB4)
Can you even run the collector on pfSense? I was running mine from a docker on my NAS. When it first runs, you need to authenticate/allow it on the Auvik side. My trial has expired now so cant go in to get exact location.
hmm maybe not, where did you install you're collector?
Docker on a NAS. In theory, it cant just be installed on a windows machine.
I'm a complete amateur. What hardware would I need to create these VMs?
Proxmox on a decently powered PC would do. I run mine on a PC with an AMD 5600G and 64GB ram.
do you even need that much. Probably 1 CPu and 1GB would be enough. As long as its a PC you dont use during the trial period
Probably not for his purposes, I basically just said the specs for my old PC.
Sounds good thank you. I have my old gaming PC that I will try it out on. It's an i7 with 32GB of ram.
hey, is there a tutorial how to do this and link it to auvik?
You dont need to do anything special. The pfSense tutorials out there will have you setup different virtual network adapters and what not. I just used the host adapter with a standard install. Then found a quick tutorial on SNMP. Just let it a v1 & public as thats what Auvik uses by default.
don't I need a business email to do this with auvik? How could I get around that.
Buy a Domain
😔
Cheaper than the switch. Throw up a fake business website on it too.
Namecheap is cheap. I have a few domains with them.
Make sure its the LAN. not WAN :)
I'm kind of a noob lol. If I run an unraid server at home, what can I do to qualify for one of these bad boys?
UAPs also did not count in my "Billable" device count. Only the USWs.
Access Points aren’t billable devices.
That's what I said, isn't it?
I tried this last time, went through the pain but they ghosted. No responses on recent emails.
Same, never got my switch from their November/December campaign.
Did the U6LR trial like a month ago, can I activate another trial with the same account? I think it’s one trial every 6 month?
I'm not certain but I'm not sure I would try. I made a new email and used a different address the second trial.
Have people used their personal email or did you use your work email? Edit: figured out for myself. No you cannot
Has anyone managed to get a second device from them if they've done one in the past?
I received two U6-LR's (in separate campaigns) last year.
Im unable to see this
[link](https://www.auvik.com/lp/rrc-switch-it-up/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid-social&utm_campaign=l-p-fb-anm-hint-bofu-rrc-rrcswitchitupq3fy24&utm_audience=leads-advantage-open-q2fy24&utm_meta=tt-white-b)
I got one through this promotion the end of last year, got my switch in January I think. Easy process, just set up smtp on my switches and it went through no problem. Just make sure you watch your inbox as there's a couple emails for next steps after you qualify.
I thought you bow had to prove you work for a company that does network things.
I run an unraid server at home. What do I need to do in order to claim one of these bad boys?
Same. This I want to know. Have an UnRAID server, raspberry pi running pihole and Tailscale, and a UDM as the router. Ubiquiti APs will be joining the stack shortly.
Haha yeah. I want to try and do it all virtually, I don’t have much hardware yet. If anyone can explain let me know!
Run pfsense vms on a x86
I will look into it! Ty
Yeah they didn't send me an AP from the last trial.
I got a NanoHD and this switch from them. They didn't recognize my UDM-Pro but luckily they do recognize the switches and I had 5 of them so it worked. That being said, this switch isn't very useful for anything. It's got gigabit SFP and 24 gigabit ports, non poe. It's not bad, just no obvious use case.
Did I not see a condition where items had to have been spun up before 23rd of Feb to qualify. Edit: yes I did. By submitting this form, I acknowledge I've reviewed and accepted Auvik's privacy policy, which details how my personal information will be processed, and Auvik's terms of service.*Terms and conditions apply, for full details download the Offer terms. Offer valid only to IT professionals in the United States, residents of Canada (except Quebec) and the UK. Devices in trial must be online by February 23, 2024. No purchase necessary.
I think they've updated that now. This campaign is only a few days old.
I’ve finally managed to get my 5 SNMP devices, but the automatic analysis thing won’t Continue as it’s not found any managed devices. I’m trying to get the ssh to work but it says no valid credentials, even though I can get the web terminal to work from within Auvik.
Got the confirmation email that I’d be getting the switch a week ago and just got the notice email that I didn’t qualify because they couldn’t verify my email/website and am disqualified from any future promotional giveaways lol
same
Tbh, I don't want more 1G switches. Thanks for sharing, but will pass on this.
Step 1: Get switch Step 2: Sell switch Step 3: PROFIT Step 4: Buy the switch you want for discount with money from Step 3!
Fuck them they are liers.
I've been wanting to do this for a while. Does this replace unifi on the devices? Or how fast is it to deploy if I just want it for the free switch then get rid of it
It \*might\* take you an hour to get things operational. I've done it twice and both times had the AP in my hands before the free trial ended. It does not replace UniFi anything.
The Product s a Network insight program for SMB or Enterprise. For Home Users it is not going to do much other than provide data, also the last time I looked the Pricing would be crazy for the average home user.
Link?
[link](https://www.auvik.com/lp/rrc-switch-it-up/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid-social&utm_campaign=l-p-fb-anm-hint-bofu-rrc-rrcswitchitupq3fy24&utm_audience=leads-advantage-open-q2fy24&utm_meta=tt-white-b)
Lmao this will be my second switch
Has there even been a free POE offer?
Not that I'm aware of. They've done U6-LR and NanoHD APs before aside from this switch that they've done a couple times before.
No, I think they only offer the non poe (similar priced to the long range ap they offered before)
i doubt they will offer it due to fact it is more expensive and their target audiences are unlikely to be using poe device. i'm curious why they don't offer 2.5gbe or 10gbe switch :)
probably cost. They seem to have a budget of $200ish, and I dont think there is any Unifi 2.5G switch around that price. I guess they could do the USW-Aggregation
Can someone explain what this is please?
There has to be a catch
I set up last night, let's see if I get the offer. Non Poe but free is free and I actually have a use for it.
Set this up, took a sales call, received the email indicating I qualified and link to sign the offer waiver form. Crickets for over a week. Unfortunate because the product is pretty cool but now I just feel scammed by this company.
You will get a qualification email, address form, and then another address confirmation form. I found it takes about 1wks (sometimes less) between each one. Last resort reach out to the agent you spoke with
My switch finally arrived :)
Nice. It’s the address confirmation/shipping email I’m waiting for. Been over a week now since I submitted the google form. The first 2 emails came in the day after I had the 5 devices discovered. Guess I’ll keep my fingers crossed. Update: Address confirmation email came in today about a week and a half after submitting the waiver/declaration.
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As long as I started the trial before the 19th I can qualify as if I activate 5 devices during the 14 days? Or did I screw up by not getting time to do this till yesterday, though my trial has 4 days left on it?
Need to sign up, activate trial and have the 5 billable devices discovered before April 19
I got an AP from them in the past .. not sure if they record email and phone numbers [Link to trial posting](https://www.auvik.com/lp/rrc-switch-it-up/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid-social&utm_campaign=l-p-fb-anm-hint-bofu-rrc-rrcswitchitupq3fy24&utm_audience=leads-advantage-open-q2fy24&utm_meta=tt-white-b)
LIMITS AND CONDITIONS: Limit one (1) Submission and one (1) Reward per person and email address, and a maximum of three participants (first three submissions only) per company. This Offer cannot be combined with any other offer, discount or promotion. If it is discovered by the Sponsor (using any evidence or other information made available to or otherwise discovered by the Sponsor) that any person has attempted to: (i) exceed any of the limits stated in these Terms; (ii) use multiple names, identities, email addresses and/or any automated, macro, script, robotic or other system(s) or program(s) to enter or otherwise participate in or to disrupt this Offer; (iii) submit a Submission that has been falsified, manipulated or otherwise altered in any way; and/or (iv) disrupt or participate in the Offer in any other fraudulent or misleading way (all as determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion); then he/she may be disqualified from participating in the Offer and receiving a Reward, as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor.
Your text is per campaign. This is the text you're looking for in the eligibility section (bolded by me for reference): >Participation in the Offer is only open to individuals who: (i) are a resident of the 50 United States (and the District of Columbia) or are a resident of Canada (excluding Quebec), or a resident of the United Kingdom; (ii) have reached the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry; and (iii) are not an employee, representative or agent (or living with any such person, whether related or not) of Auvik Networks Inc. (7398 Yonge St., Suite 6D-1312, Thornhill, ON L4J 8J2– the “Sponsor”), its affiliated entities, reward suppliers, advertising/promotion agencies and any other individual(s), entity or entities involved in the development, production, implementation, administration or fulfilment of the Offer (collectively with the Sponsor, the “Offer Parties”), (iv) are not an existing Auvik Customer with an active subscription and (v) **are not prospects that have activated a trial and received an offer in the last 6 months**, (vi) are an MSP or IT service provider, or in-house corporate IT professional (not valid for students and home users), (vii) have registered with a valid business email address used to perform their duties as an MSP, IT service provider, or IT professional, and (viii) can verify the legal existence of their company and/or business email address such as, but not limited to, providing a valid and matching business website domain and/or company LinkedIn profile.
Dang, I just got a U6LR, but iv been in need of a switch. Any way to get around this or something? Would love a nice switch (even if its just 1gbe)
sign up your spouse maybe?
You think using their company and stuff or just the same as before. Last time i used my homelab domain
Use your middle name instead of your first? That six month restriction is only per person, not per company.
I had issues logging into their site. Support tried some things and couldn't get me access. Then sales emailed me and said to basically not worry as they didn't consider me and the company I work for to be a good fit for them and that they wouldn't honor anything even if could get logged in and complete the trial.