I have been in IT for years, I started when the IBM 360 was released. My primary background is programming and telecommunications. In the process I've learned networking basics but my biggest struggle was understanding how to implement VLANS. I watched his video on setting up the Unifi Pro with VLANS and it made everything perfectly clear. He is that one in a million teacher who can make the most complex concept understandable.
I'm a network engineer by trade - that being said, you did an EXCELLENT job breaking everything down in this video. I run Cisco at home, but only because I run surplus stuff from work.
I'm a Cisco Network Professional deploying enterprise-level gear but I still follow your stuff. I just purchased the UDM-Pro to replace my Cisco 2921 router and Meraki AP. You convinced me to switch to Unifi. I got sick of coming back from work to stare at command lines on my own home network again!
I know that you already generated several new-versions of this video, but this series are the best, specially the network segregation for IoT/NoT. Also the soundtrack is very funny!
@@TheHookUp I can't wait! Need part 2. I re-did my entire home network using your series from last year and excited to see the updates you made to the configuration. I have been using the UDM-Pro and got lucky out of the box with zero issues. Added the 48port POE Pro switch from Ubiquity using SFP cables for all the UI to UI connections. Future proof port density and to cover my cameras and other wired devices like TV's and anything else I could home cable run. Going to add a UI 10G switch for my Synology NAS and a home server running VMware ESXi that I have my Blue Iris VM on for cameras. I want to enable a logging instance for the UI stuff as the phone app is weak and I'm not going to live in the UI so exploring some analytics solutions with logs from the UI platform. Love your content, channel, and views on things.
If you don't want to spend $1000 you can build almost the same setup for around $500: - Unifi Dream Machine [UDM non-pro] $300 - 8 port 60W POE Switch [US-8-60W] $110 - 2x Access Point [AP-6-LITE] 2x $100 - TOTAL: $510 Note: The Dream Machine comes with a built in WiFi access point. I have pretty much this setup and it's amazing.
My home is currently being built and I just sent over schematics for all my CAT6 drops. Really appreciate your videos and knowledge. Cant wait to get my home network set up.
Really well put together and explained. My Unifi setup is over a year old, I used your videos for vlan and firewall configuration and the whole setup has been rock solid. I'm looking forward in the new series
I received my new UniFi 6 Long-Range Access Points (2 of them for home) and set them up over the weekend. My WiFi 6-enabled devices saw an immediate boost in wireless networking speed. I have a fiber gigabit connection at home, so this translated to much better internet performance for those devices as well. Really looking forward to part to so I can dig into the fine-tuning I should be doing on these new APs. I already made sure they were not on overlapping channels, and did a few other minor tweaks. Hoping I'll learn more from your next video. Thanks!
I'm running one UniFi Switch and 3 UniFi WAP, with also pfsense gateway that functions as a router too. I think it's the best architecture, at least for my experience.
This was an expensive but well timed video. I've just moved in to a new house and we're currently having the place rewired for electrics and networking. I had ordered an Edgerouter X, LR-AP and Gen2 Cloud Key. I'm now returning the lot in favour of the UDMP and two AP-6-Lites. I already have a 48 port zyxel PoE switch so at least I can save the cost of a ubiquiti switch! Looking forward to the rest of the series!
I'd almost be willing to bet you have a Ubiquiti managed POE switch by the end of the year. Those "managed" features are really useful, even in an advanced home network
@@artiem5262 The zyxel is a L2 managed switch. I like the idea of it all being the same brand and being able to manage everything from one place but I can't justify the cost difference at the moment.
I've been using Unifi for about 4 years at home, not perfect but a big step up from consumer grade equipment which was never all that reliable. Centralized management simplifies things significantly as I have 10 unifi devices (and a pfsense gateway). There are some advanced configurations that can't be done from the GUI, but I can do 99% of what I need to. If starting new, a UDM pro, a few AP lites, and some switches makes a lot of sense.
I like Unifi because of it's scalability. In our house we had issues with the wifi range all over the place (the previous owners build this house like a fort, the interior walls are 15 inches thick concrete). We started with just 2 AP's and a VM as cloudkey. Never had any issue's and even my garden is now covered. Soon followed the USG and a real cloud key.
I appreciate that you mention (albeit very briefly) your negative experiences with Ubiquiti. One thing that I miss in all these videos hyping Ubiquiti is just that: their stuff has bugs all over the place - or is it hardware issues? I still haven't figured out after mailing with their support for six weeks. Their support sucks: long response times, inconsistent communication (probably because it's a different person responding every time, but you don't know because the don't sign with their name), and if you mention more than one issue, they just pick the easiest one and ignore the others. The biggest issue with Ubiquiti/Unifi is, however, that it will not work with third party switches or access points. Not only will clients connected through those devices not show up in the controller, but the whole network will become unreliable. It's worse than the Apple ecosysten, which couldn't care less about compatibility. So if you get into Ubiquiti, beware that you need to go all the way and will basically be locked in. I'm still not sure whether I want to do that. But the UDM looks so nice with its blue LED...
Lol, what more can you ask for, a guy with a degree in teaching putting together legitimate courses on the latest smart home tech. Thank you, I hope you eventually earn enough doing this to retire early.
Full size mirrored closet doors are a problem for WiFi installations -- a big sheet of glass with a metal coating on it! Good presentation, looking forward to the next ones in the series.
Got directed to your channel because I've been looking at a fair number of UniFi videos lately. I'm glad I found you. Excellent overview! I'm looking forward to part 2 and comparing your config recommendations to my own choices. I bet I'll learn something new.
Looking forward to more of these! I have a unifi setup at home and I'm always looking for how to get the most out of it! Requesting a part 3 for how to convince your wife it's worth the change! :D
I swapped out the fans on my switches/gateway. Used a Noctua NF-A4x20 FLX, Premium Quiet Fan, 3-Pin (40x20mm, Brown) instead and there was a noticeable dB difference. Thanks for the content!
So good to know that we can add local accounts and disable cloud access to the UDM controllers. I am about to fix the home network setup here since me and the wife are both working from home and I "almost" gave up on getting the UDM because of the need for a cloud account. I already have an AP-Lite, and will add other pieces later. For now, it'll be an UDM, change my ISP provided "router" to bridge and use my D-Link (DIR-868L with custom firmware) as a "temporary" switch for the living room. Over the weekend I was actually watching you previous video and taking notes to speed up my setup when I get the UDM. If you have any new firewall rules that you didn't mention before but are useful (like for Plex server, Alexa, etc), please add those in your next video or in the blog post, so we can follow. I really like how simple and secure your setup was, with the 4 networks and 3 separate VLANs and I am planning something very similar to that. Now waiting for the next parts in this series. 😁
One thing you did not mention and I hope you do in the upcoming videos is client connectivity to wifi 6 AP's. Please cover how most new laptops and desktops do NOT come with wifi 6 chips, and need to be upgraded. Love the channel!
Excellent video.. as always :) purchased a UDM pro last year and luckily had no issues once I finally got past the painful initial setup. Looking forward to part 2.
I like the honesty about the UDMP initial teething issues. I stayed away from it due to that, but may go ahead and get one now. Great video, keep up the good work!
I bought UDM pro, 24 port POE switch and wifi 6 lite APs. That will do it for me for a couple of years easily. Surveillance and controller is done through Synology.
I really like Unify stuff, but I must say that getting pfsense setup on a spare pc wasn't difficult, and there are a ton of tutorials and support available as well.
I use pfSense in my school lab, and it's really common in cyber security activities and competitions because it's free. I agree that it's a good alternative for people who want to dive in deep, but definitely not as easy to use as UniFi.
It's definitely not for your average person with no interest, but I would say that a mesh system would work best for that type of person (as you mentioned). I suspect though that a person that needs the extra power of a Unify system probably already has the level of competency in computers and networking to setup a basic installation of pfSense. (aka how to follow a guide.) I personally found it easier to get pfSense running than Home Assistant. (aka all of the guides are perpetually outdated.) (Love your videos by the way!)
Great to see this series coming out. I recently upgraded my home equipment to Unify and I got lucky and got in on the first Wifi6 LR batch and got my WAPs installed already. Used your previous tutorial to setup my VLANS and firewall and looking forward to see what tweaks/tuning you suggest. I recently did one round of tuning on my wifi and for the first time ever got my 2017 MBP to have a tx rate of 1300 Mbps and I actually saturated my 1 gig ISP link on an iperf3 test :-) I've never had this level of wifi performance before. I'm loving the upgrade so far. Oh ... and sorry, already placed my pre-order with HolidayCoro for 2021 upgrades to my show.
Thank you!!!!! I recently got a UDM-PRO and have been struggling getting my SONOS system on my IoT VLAN, communicating back to my LAN, and having all of the speakers presented properly in the UniFi Client List. I don't expect you to address SONOS directly, (unless you have added them to your setup), but I may learn something new in the upcoming videos.
Sorry if you’ve already researched this but if you head over to the ubiquiti forums there’s a lot on this issue relating to multicast settings and igmp snooping. At which point I almost decided against the whole thing...
@@dinnyfitzpatrick7056 Thanks! I have researched this a bunch, and have seen many reported issues. I am nearing scrapping the whole idea of putting the SONOS on a different VLAN. One small issue is it will be a domino effect as I then will have to pull my Harmony remote off as well.
Rob, I am in the process of designing the network for my new home and this series has proven to be a great resource, thanks for that! It is however almost a year old now. Are you planning an update, or would you say this is still accurate given the current product range from Ubiquiti?
man, its like you are reading my mind. been contemplating making the jump to this exact setup, i currently have orbi mesh system that is not getting it done for me, and wifi 6 will be a nice upgrade... Thanks for the video!
@@TheHookUp yeah, i probably will. might wait a week or 2 to place the order. gotta check with the wife before spending over 1k, not to mention i still need to run the cat6a cables and relocate the gateway.
Another fantastic video, and good timing for me - moving into new house shortly, already have UDMP and US-24 and was looking into APs. Thanks and looking forward to the next videos!
Thank you for making this series/bringing it back! I was planning on getting the UniFi system in my next apartment and these videos will be very helpful!
I have a Protectli MiniPC running OPNSense as my firewall/router connected to a Ubiquiti switch and two Ubiquiti WAPs - U6 Lite & UAP-AC-LR (upstairs). I swapped over the USG 3P and UAP-AC-PRO.
Awesome! Really like your videos. I recently bought a UDMP to upgrade from my USG and was hoping for some updated guides on setup. Hoping your other videos include similar discussion on VLANs and adding in NAS devices or other devices that need to talk across channels. Thanks for all the great info!
Your videos are awesome. Instrumental in making me invest in Ubiquiti set up. Though I have got Nano HD AP as the 6 were not available for next 2 weeks. Thanks for the video and a nice presentation.
Thanks again - nice to see an update - Good you mention the line "remember WiFi is a two way communication protocol" a lot of people still don't get that and turn the radio power all the way up thinking that will fix their issues, when it just creates more of them in most cases. Exception to this might be if you are doing a wireless backbone but then you are usually using two powerful WiFi devices.
Thanks for doing these videos they are a great help. Have you considered doing a video on the UDM-Pro and how one could configure it to support multiple WAN (ISPs)?
WiFi 6 is actually a huge improvement simply due to OFDMA. Yes, it requires clients also to be speaking the same language ... but it is a very important leap forward for wireless. WiFi6E is great in that we get more spectrum, but OFDMA still allows that spectrum to be used much more efficiently.
5:54 - 802.11n operates in both the 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz range (not all devices support the 5 Ghz though). It's sometimes labeled as 802.11na (5 Ghz) and 802.11ng (2.4 Ghz), although those are not official designations.
Watching this again and I just realised you missed a couple of things describing WiFi standards.. 802.11a was 54mbps in 5GHz and 802.11n also supports 5GHz band and although mostly treated as optional, a lot of AP's did have 802.11n in 5GHz, and as such they also support 802.11a
Great split. I was worried the video was going to be too short. (Short video always have a problem I not having enough context and I can't watch short video when I'm not at home)
you have a gift for explaining this stuff. thanks so much. As I mentioned in another comment, I'm really disappointed to see pfSense moving to closed source. Also, I would be more willing to entertain the idea of a unifi dream machine if it didn't require a cloud account sign-in for initial setup. The fact that it can be disabled later still doesn't erase what it says about the company direction. And trust and support of the company is the most important thing to me when it comes to devices that are in charge of (and can see all of) all of the traffic on my network. Thanks again for a great video.
Food for thought: I think the concept of trusting companies is a bad idea. Companies are like living entities, when times are good they have freedom to grow, make promises and generally make good decisions. However, when times get tough all bets are off and survival becomes the only goal. The best thing to do is look at the "why" behind things. Why would Ubiquiti require cloud login for activation? My guess is to keep track of 2nd hand devices and prevent the second hand market for EoL devices. Ubiquiti needs to keep selling equipment since they don't have subscription or licencing fees, and keeping old but capable devices out of the market is advantageous for them. I don't know for sure if this is their reasoning, and I certainly don't love it as a consumer, but it makes good business sense. Now lets look at their reasoning for possibly spying on your traffic. How much money is to be made from selling data on DNS queries, DPI data, and internal unencrypted traffic? Probably not a ton. How much money would be lost if it came out that Ubiquiti was spying on their security focused user base? All of the money. It is advantageous for Ubiquiti to keep your data safe, so they probably will, not because you can trust them, but because it's good for them.
@@TheHookUp interesting thoughts (and thanks for your thoughtful reply), but i disagree on the why part. I think what is most likely is that the number of logins they have tied to hardware in the field is a metric they are trying to increase... probably for investor reasons. I see lots of companies moving to force existing customers to login, or run a certain way, just to improve a metric. The amount of effort microsoft is putting in to force users to sign into windows using a microsoft is insane! to the point where you need to unplug the network cable before installing windows 10 to even see the option to use a local account. and then, with every update they are putting up windows telling you that you haven't finished setting up your computer yet, and you are missing out on features. It is sickening. The trend is to get people away from local accounts and use cloud accounts. So this step forces you to make an account and sign in, with no other way to use the device at all. The fact that you can log in and turn it off is just something they are hoping most people don't do but it will appease some of the crazy folks like us. I just find the direction wrong and in the company's interest and not the customer's interest. And as you say, this is just one step - the direction of the company almost guarantees there is more to come.
Awesome, definitely looking forward to part 2. I have a UDM (bought before the Pro came out) a few AP Pro's, switches and G3 cameras so I'd really like to see recommendations on setup, IoT settings, vlans, etc.
Great job. Clear clean instructions. I used it on a USG-Pro-4 , cloud key and a UniFi Switch 16 POE-150W. I have successfully blocked all internvlan communication and so on. I don’t have any Ubiquiti access points. I have 2 questions. 1. I wish to block internal communication between devices inside the guest network? 2. Is there a way to limit speeds via mac accress or IP without using a Ubiquiti AP? I know this can be handled on the Ubiquiti APs I am looking or a firewall rule or a setting without using ubiquity APs.
Great stuff. I m buying based on what i learned here. FYI: At time10:47, you may want to double check audio ref of USW-16/ US-16. It confused me a bit with what was shown on video.
For a small hotel 4 floors with 25 rooms is better wap like U6-lite / U6-pro or UAP-IW-HD-US. I think it's good idea to put 1 wap per floor becouse the is lot of brick/concrete wall. Thanks for helping
one thing i would mention, to lower the cost, would be to use an 8 port POE switch instead of 16, depending on size of network. But this way you would have 8 POE ports, and 8 non-poe ports out of the UDM. Most cases sufficient for a home network, or even a small business.
Thanks for all your videos! Would you please do a video explaining your computer hardware & software? I'm wanting to mimic several of your systems/processes, but I'm not sure where to begin with the computer components... Questions like: do you have individual computers running your home assistant, nvr, etc, or are they all running on the same machine; what operating systems, software, etc? Thanks & looking forward to more of your projects!
I had Unifi for a while but had compatibility issues so I changed to Fortigate and had no more problems. So.... I wish you would do some stuff on Fortigate. I have a 60E router with 24 port POE Fortinet switch backed up by a 24 port non powered switch. I have 6 open ports :rollseyes) Thanks for all you precious time
This is still an amazing video to refer to. It's a shame a lot of Unifi products are currently hard to find or out of stock. I am still waiting for a replacement for the Unifi USG. I got myself a second hand USG-Pro to handle the higher speed internet I now have, but I really would like to see Unfi do something in the home user budget range. I can't justify the cost of the UXG Pro for home use
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I have been in IT for years, I started when the IBM 360 was released. My primary background is programming and telecommunications. In the process I've learned networking basics but my biggest struggle was understanding how to implement VLANS. I watched his video on setting up the Unifi Pro with VLANS and it made everything perfectly clear. He is that one in a million teacher who can make the most complex concept understandable.
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Awesome and finally someone actually takes security to be part of these kinds of videos.
I'm a network engineer by trade - that being said, you did an EXCELLENT job breaking everything down in this video. I run Cisco at home, but only because I run surplus stuff from work.
Thanks!
I'm a Cisco Network Professional deploying enterprise-level gear but I still follow your stuff. I just purchased the UDM-Pro to replace my Cisco 2921 router and Meraki AP. You convinced me to switch to Unifi. I got sick of coming back from work to stare at command lines on my own home network again!
Still happy?
I know that you already generated several new-versions of this video, but this series are the best, specially the network segregation for IoT/NoT. Also the soundtrack is very funny!
I can't wait for the rest of the series, thanks Rob!
I'm really going to try to get it out next Wednesday instead of waiting the full 2 weeks. We shall see if life and my main job allow that.
@@TheHookUp please do 😊. Can't wait for the second part!
@@TheHookUp I can't wait! Need part 2. I re-did my entire home network using your series from last year and excited to see the updates you made to the configuration. I have been using the UDM-Pro and got lucky out of the box with zero issues. Added the 48port POE Pro switch from Ubiquity using SFP cables for all the UI to UI connections. Future proof port density and to cover my cameras and other wired devices like TV's and anything else I could home cable run. Going to add a UI 10G switch for my Synology NAS and a home server running VMware ESXi that I have my Blue Iris VM on for cameras. I want to enable a logging instance for the UI stuff as the phone app is weak and I'm not going to live in the UI so exploring some analytics solutions with logs from the UI platform. Love your content, channel, and views on things.
If you don't want to spend $1000 you can build almost the same setup for around $500:
- Unifi Dream Machine [UDM non-pro] $300
- 8 port 60W POE Switch [US-8-60W] $110
- 2x Access Point [AP-6-LITE] 2x $100
- TOTAL: $510
Note: The Dream Machine comes with a built in WiFi access point.
I have pretty much this setup and it's amazing.
My home is currently being built and I just sent over schematics for all my CAT6 drops. Really appreciate your videos and knowledge. Cant wait to get my home network set up.
Really well put together and explained. My Unifi setup is over a year old, I used your videos for vlan and firewall configuration and the whole setup has been rock solid. I'm looking forward in the new series
Solid general purchase / budget advice in the first few minutes. Great information throughout with no time wasted. You are excellent at this!
I'm currently planning a unifi network for our house renovation so this is mighty helpful! Can't wait for part 2!
I received my new UniFi 6 Long-Range Access Points (2 of them for home) and set them up over the weekend. My WiFi 6-enabled devices saw an immediate boost in wireless networking speed. I have a fiber gigabit connection at home, so this translated to much better internet performance for those devices as well. Really looking forward to part to so I can dig into the fine-tuning I should be doing on these new APs. I already made sure they were not on overlapping channels, and did a few other minor tweaks. Hoping I'll learn more from your next video. Thanks!
I'm running one UniFi Switch and 3 UniFi WAP, with also pfsense gateway that functions as a router too. I think it's the best architecture, at least for my experience.
This was an expensive but well timed video. I've just moved in to a new house and we're currently having the place rewired for electrics and networking. I had ordered an Edgerouter X, LR-AP and Gen2 Cloud Key. I'm now returning the lot in favour of the UDMP and two AP-6-Lites. I already have a 48 port zyxel PoE switch so at least I can save the cost of a ubiquiti switch! Looking forward to the rest of the series!
I'd almost be willing to bet you have a Ubiquiti managed POE switch by the end of the year. Those "managed" features are really useful, even in an advanced home network
@@artiem5262 The zyxel is a L2 managed switch. I like the idea of it all being the same brand and being able to manage everything from one place but I can't justify the cost difference at the moment.
I've been using Unifi for about 4 years at home, not perfect but a big step up from consumer grade equipment which was never all that reliable. Centralized management simplifies things significantly as I have 10 unifi devices (and a pfsense gateway). There are some advanced configurations that can't be done from the GUI, but I can do 99% of what I need to. If starting new, a UDM pro, a few AP lites, and some switches makes a lot of sense.
I like Unifi because of it's scalability. In our house we had issues with the wifi range all over the place (the previous owners build this house like a fort, the interior walls are 15 inches thick concrete). We started with just 2 AP's and a VM as cloudkey. Never had any issue's and even my garden is now covered. Soon followed the USG and a real cloud key.
Great followup, Rob, I often refer to your videos about this when I run into questions, and don't want to keep repeating the same answers :-D
I appreciate that you mention (albeit very briefly) your negative experiences with Ubiquiti. One thing that I miss in all these videos hyping Ubiquiti is just that: their stuff has bugs all over the place - or is it hardware issues? I still haven't figured out after mailing with their support for six weeks. Their support sucks: long response times, inconsistent communication (probably because it's a different person responding every time, but you don't know because the don't sign with their name), and if you mention more than one issue, they just pick the easiest one and ignore the others. The biggest issue with Ubiquiti/Unifi is, however, that it will not work with third party switches or access points. Not only will clients connected through those devices not show up in the controller, but the whole network will become unreliable. It's worse than the Apple ecosysten, which couldn't care less about compatibility. So if you get into Ubiquiti, beware that you need to go all the way and will basically be locked in. I'm still not sure whether I want to do that. But the UDM looks so nice with its blue LED...
This is the best Unifi RUclips Guide on the internets. Thanks for putting the time and effort in doing this :)
Great topic. Was just discussing this with a friend. Looking forward to watching the whole thing when I get home tonight.
Lol, what more can you ask for, a guy with a degree in teaching putting together legitimate courses on the latest smart home tech. Thank you, I hope you eventually earn enough doing this to retire early.
Full size mirrored closet doors are a problem for WiFi installations -- a big sheet of glass with a metal coating on it! Good presentation, looking forward to the next ones in the series.
Yes!!! I’m literally setting up the exact same equipment you are talking about in my house (getting delivered today). Bring on part 2!
Awesome man. Can't wait for next episode. Have an amazing week, Andreas 🇸🇪
kind of ironic that you have a website named "offgrid" on thee grid x'D, also Andreas.
Got directed to your channel because I've been looking at a fair number of UniFi videos lately. I'm glad I found you.
Excellent overview! I'm looking forward to part 2 and comparing your config recommendations to my own choices. I bet I'll learn something new.
Thanks for a great overview of Unifi infrastructure configuration. I'm in IT network. This is my first installing a Unifi network for my new house.
Looking forward to more of these! I have a unifi setup at home and I'm always looking for how to get the most out of it! Requesting a part 3 for how to convince your wife it's worth the change! :D
I swapped out the fans on my switches/gateway. Used a Noctua NF-A4x20 FLX, Premium Quiet Fan, 3-Pin (40x20mm, Brown) instead and there was a noticeable dB difference. Thanks for the content!
Nice, I’ve heard of other people have good success with that too.
Awesome video! I hope your channel gets the followers and support it deserves.
Thanks Daniel!
So good to know that we can add local accounts and disable cloud access to the UDM controllers. I am about to fix the home network setup here since me and the wife are both working from home and I "almost" gave up on getting the UDM because of the need for a cloud account. I already have an AP-Lite, and will add other pieces later. For now, it'll be an UDM, change my ISP provided "router" to bridge and use my D-Link (DIR-868L with custom firmware) as a "temporary" switch for the living room.
Over the weekend I was actually watching you previous video and taking notes to speed up my setup when I get the UDM.
If you have any new firewall rules that you didn't mention before but are useful (like for Plex server, Alexa, etc), please add those in your next video or in the blog post, so we can follow. I really like how simple and secure your setup was, with the 4 networks and 3 separate VLANs and I am planning something very similar to that.
Now waiting for the next parts in this series. 😁
Great video, My son-in-law and I are going to be setting up a home network system similar to yours. I can't wait for part 2.
One thing you did not mention and I hope you do in the upcoming videos is client connectivity to wifi 6 AP's. Please cover how most new laptops and desktops do NOT come with wifi 6 chips, and need to be upgraded. Love the channel!
Excellent video.. as always :) purchased a UDM pro last year and luckily had no issues once I finally got past the painful initial setup. Looking forward to part 2.
I like the honesty about the UDMP initial teething issues. I stayed away from it due to that, but may go ahead and get one now. Great video, keep up the good work!
I bought UDM pro, 24 port POE switch and wifi 6 lite APs. That will do it for me for a couple of years easily. Surveillance and controller is done through Synology.
I can manage whole house wifi internet with just one LR AP from ubiquiti ;-)
Great video Rob! My Tp-Link mesh network is doing the job for now, but you've planted the seed for my next upgrade.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
I really like Unify stuff, but I must say that getting pfsense setup on a spare pc wasn't difficult, and there are a ton of tutorials and support available as well.
I use pfSense in my school lab, and it's really common in cyber security activities and competitions because it's free. I agree that it's a good alternative for people who want to dive in deep, but definitely not as easy to use as UniFi.
It's definitely not for your average person with no interest, but I would say that a mesh system would work best for that type of person (as you mentioned).
I suspect though that a person that needs the extra power of a Unify system probably already has the level of competency in computers and networking to setup a basic installation of pfSense. (aka how to follow a guide.)
I personally found it easier to get pfSense running than Home Assistant. (aka all of the guides are perpetually outdated.)
(Love your videos by the way!)
Great to see this series coming out. I recently upgraded my home equipment to Unify and I got lucky and got in on the first Wifi6 LR batch and got my WAPs installed already. Used your previous tutorial to setup my VLANS and firewall and looking forward to see what tweaks/tuning you suggest. I recently did one round of tuning on my wifi and for the first time ever got my 2017 MBP to have a tx rate of 1300 Mbps and I actually saturated my 1 gig ISP link on an iperf3 test :-) I've never had this level of wifi performance before. I'm loving the upgrade so far. Oh ... and sorry, already placed my pre-order with HolidayCoro for 2021 upgrades to my show.
Just swapped out all my Ubiquiti w/ Ruckus for indoor and outdoor. Amazing improvement and 6G ready.
What was the cost difference and what specific issues did it fix?
What was the cost difference and what specific issues did it fix?
Thank you!!!!! I recently got a UDM-PRO and have been struggling getting my SONOS system on my IoT VLAN, communicating back to my LAN, and having all of the speakers presented properly in the UniFi Client List. I don't expect you to address SONOS directly, (unless you have added them to your setup), but I may learn something new in the upcoming videos.
Sorry if you’ve already researched this but if you head over to the ubiquiti forums there’s a lot on this issue relating to multicast settings and igmp snooping. At which point I almost decided against the whole thing...
@@dinnyfitzpatrick7056 Thanks! I have researched this a bunch, and have seen many reported issues. I am nearing scrapping the whole idea of putting the SONOS on a different VLAN. One small issue is it will be a domino effect as I then will have to pull my Harmony remote off as well.
Perfect timing, I've been looking into the Unifi system to update the network in my home once we start doing some reno.
Love how this guy explains everything. He makes it so easy to understand and follow. Brilliant and well put together video!!! Belizeandan
Rob, I am in the process of designing the network for my new home and this series has proven to be a great resource, thanks for that! It is however almost a year old now. Are you planning an update, or would you say this is still accurate given the current product range from Ubiquiti?
Dude you're amazing this is exactly what I was looking for.
man, its like you are reading my mind. been contemplating making the jump to this exact setup, i currently have orbi mesh system that is not getting it done for me, and wifi 6 will be a nice upgrade... Thanks for the video!
looks like they will only let me add 2 of the AP-6 lites on their site... ill likely need 4
Possible to make 2 orders? Maybe they are just trying to stop scalpers.
@@TheHookUp yeah, i probably will. might wait a week or 2 to place the order. gotta check with the wife before spending over 1k, not to mention i still need to run the cat6a cables and relocate the gateway.
Better explained than their website!
Really terrific video. Well done!!
Nice vid, would love to see a segment that does a deep dive on the unify settings for an optimal networking experience
That will be slightly different for every use case, but part 2 of this series aims to do exactly that.
@@TheHookUp Sweet Rob. Even if it just explains what those settings do would be of great help.
I’m talkin’ WAP WAP WAP that’s some wireless access point
Another fantastic video, and good timing for me - moving into new house shortly, already have UDMP and US-24 and was looking into APs. Thanks and looking forward to the next videos!
This a brilliant video, thank you for the great advice. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series!
Well I guess all my pressuring made this happen ...so great! Thanks Rob!
Really appreciate the help! Your videos are fantastic :-)
Can't wait for the next episodes! Thanks a lot for explaining everything so clearly!
Your videos have been very helpful. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series and others.
Absolutely love my Ubiquity network!
I wish I had the Ubiquity 6U tool-less rack and some matching patch panels
Thank you for making this series/bringing it back! I was planning on getting the UniFi system in my next apartment and these videos will be very helpful!
Just in time. Ordered a new home setup for my friend and it wasn't shipped yet, so I managed to contact UI and swap AP's :-) Thanks, Rob!
I have a Protectli MiniPC running OPNSense as my firewall/router connected to a Ubiquiti switch and two Ubiquiti WAPs - U6 Lite & UAP-AC-LR (upstairs). I swapped over the USG 3P and UAP-AC-PRO.
Awesome! Really like your videos. I recently bought a UDMP to upgrade from my USG and was hoping for some updated guides on setup. Hoping your other videos include similar discussion on VLANs and adding in NAS devices or other devices that need to talk across channels. Thanks for all the great info!
Your videos are awesome. Instrumental in making me invest in Ubiquiti set up. Though I have got Nano HD AP as the 6 were not available for next 2 weeks. Thanks for the video and a nice presentation.
Low K glass is one surprising factor which can also greatly attenuate WiFi signal
Good timing. I have outgrown my unmanaged switches and am looking at upgrading.
Thanks again - nice to see an update - Good you mention the line "remember WiFi is a two way communication protocol" a lot of people still don't get that and turn the radio power all the way up thinking that will fix their issues, when it just creates more of them in most cases. Exception to this might be if you are doing a wireless backbone but then you are usually using two powerful WiFi devices.
Very good and clear explanation - Great content
Really good video! Looking forward to the configuration portion of this video, specifically with VLANs and IoT devices.
Thanks for doing these videos they are a great help. Have you considered doing a video on the UDM-Pro and how one could configure it to support multiple WAN (ISPs)?
WiFi 6 is actually a huge improvement simply due to OFDMA. Yes, it requires clients also to be speaking the same language ... but it is a very important leap forward for wireless. WiFi6E is great in that we get more spectrum, but OFDMA still allows that spectrum to be used much more efficiently.
Amazing video can’t wait for the next one
Glad to see more videos, sure it doesn't save me money or time but it's OK to dream. Wish you had time to publish more videos
Was waiting for it to do my network thanks Rob. Fan from EGYPT
5:54 - 802.11n operates in both the 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz range (not all devices support the 5 Ghz though). It's sometimes labeled as 802.11na (5 Ghz) and 802.11ng (2.4 Ghz), although those are not official designations.
Watching this again and I just realised you missed a couple of things describing WiFi standards.. 802.11a was 54mbps in 5GHz and 802.11n also supports 5GHz band and although mostly treated as optional, a lot of AP's did have 802.11n in 5GHz, and as such they also support 802.11a
This is WONDERFUL! Thanks for the video!
This was really good - thumbs up
Great split. I was worried the video was going to be too short. (Short video always have a problem I not having enough context and I can't watch short video when I'm not at home)
you have a gift for explaining this stuff. thanks so much. As I mentioned in another comment, I'm really disappointed to see pfSense moving to closed source. Also, I would be more willing to entertain the idea of a unifi dream machine if it didn't require a cloud account sign-in for initial setup. The fact that it can be disabled later still doesn't erase what it says about the company direction. And trust and support of the company is the most important thing to me when it comes to devices that are in charge of (and can see all of) all of the traffic on my network. Thanks again for a great video.
Food for thought: I think the concept of trusting companies is a bad idea. Companies are like living entities, when times are good they have freedom to grow, make promises and generally make good decisions. However, when times get tough all bets are off and survival becomes the only goal.
The best thing to do is look at the "why" behind things. Why would Ubiquiti require cloud login for activation? My guess is to keep track of 2nd hand devices and prevent the second hand market for EoL devices. Ubiquiti needs to keep selling equipment since they don't have subscription or licencing fees, and keeping old but capable devices out of the market is advantageous for them. I don't know for sure if this is their reasoning, and I certainly don't love it as a consumer, but it makes good business sense.
Now lets look at their reasoning for possibly spying on your traffic. How much money is to be made from selling data on DNS queries, DPI data, and internal unencrypted traffic? Probably not a ton. How much money would be lost if it came out that Ubiquiti was spying on their security focused user base? All of the money.
It is advantageous for Ubiquiti to keep your data safe, so they probably will, not because you can trust them, but because it's good for them.
@@TheHookUp interesting thoughts (and thanks for your thoughtful reply), but i disagree on the why part. I think what is most likely is that the number of logins they have tied to hardware in the field is a metric they are trying to increase... probably for investor reasons. I see lots of companies moving to force existing customers to login, or run a certain way, just to improve a metric. The amount of effort microsoft is putting in to force users to sign into windows using a microsoft is insane! to the point where you need to unplug the network cable before installing windows 10 to even see the option to use a local account. and then, with every update they are putting up windows telling you that you haven't finished setting up your computer yet, and you are missing out on features. It is sickening. The trend is to get people away from local accounts and use cloud accounts. So this step forces you to make an account and sign in, with no other way to use the device at all. The fact that you can log in and turn it off is just something they are hoping most people don't do but it will appease some of the crazy folks like us. I just find the direction wrong and in the company's interest and not the customer's interest. And as you say, this is just one step - the direction of the company almost guarantees there is more to come.
Awesome, definitely looking forward to part 2. I have a UDM (bought before the Pro came out) a few AP Pro's, switches and G3 cameras so I'd really like to see recommendations on setup, IoT settings, vlans, etc.
Great job. Clear clean instructions.
I used it on a USG-Pro-4 , cloud key and a UniFi Switch 16 POE-150W.
I have successfully blocked all internvlan communication and so on.
I don’t have any Ubiquiti access points.
I have 2 questions.
1. I wish to block internal communication between devices inside the guest network?
2. Is there a way to limit speeds via mac accress or IP without using a Ubiquiti AP?
I know this can be handled on the Ubiquiti APs
I am looking or a firewall rule or a setting without using ubiquity APs.
Great stuff. I m buying based on what i learned here. FYI: At time10:47, you may want to double check audio ref of USW-16/ US-16. It confused me a bit with what was shown on video.
Talk about timing, just got my UDMP in that I ordered cuz of you and Doc and have some Wifi 6 LR's on order ha.
3:10 they really trying to make routers look like space ships lol
Thank you sir, subscribed and liked.
For a small hotel 4 floors with 25 rooms is better wap like U6-lite / U6-pro or UAP-IW-HD-US. I think it's good idea to put 1 wap per floor becouse the is lot of brick/concrete wall. Thanks for helping
Best into video ever
one thing i would mention, to lower the cost, would be to use an 8 port POE switch instead of 16, depending on size of network. But this way you would have 8 POE ports, and 8 non-poe ports out of the UDM. Most cases sufficient for a home network, or even a small business.
Especially since you don't have the cloud key burning up a PoE port anymore.
Thanks for all your videos! Would you please do a video explaining your computer hardware & software? I'm wanting to mimic several of your systems/processes, but I'm not sure where to begin with the computer components... Questions like: do you have individual computers running your home assistant, nvr, etc, or are they all running on the same machine; what operating systems, software, etc? Thanks & looking forward to more of your projects!
Finally for 2021
Good to hear they let you switch back to local logins now at least.
You might want to recheck that advice on mounting the AP vertically on the wall.
Has ubiquiti changed their official stance?
I had Unifi for a while but had compatibility issues so I changed to Fortigate and had no more problems. So.... I wish you would do some stuff on Fortigate. I have a 60E router with 24 port POE Fortinet switch backed up by a 24 port non powered switch. I have 6 open ports :rollseyes)
Thanks for all you precious time
This is still an amazing video to refer to.
It's a shame a lot of Unifi products are currently hard to find or out of stock.
I am still waiting for a replacement for the Unifi USG. I got myself a second hand USG-Pro to handle the higher speed internet I now have, but I really would like to see Unfi do something in the home user budget range. I can't justify the cost of the UXG Pro for home use
Awesome explaination
Great series Bravo 👏
Thank you for your Hard work.
Waiting for Part 2!
Well said, I’m sharing this with friends so I don’t have to make the complete pitch.
Outstanding and well researched video! Thank you!
nice series! just in case someone is getting started, easy intro is just buying an AP and creating your own "mesh" network with your current router.
This helped me a ton. Thanks for the vid.