Tonight's Project: Ubiquiti Router for Home
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Some technical basics for those interesting...
System runs EdgeOS, a custom build of Brocade Vyatta which is built on Linux. EdgeOS 1.5 is Linux 3.4.27
System is a dual core 64bit MIPS processor with 512MB RAM.
Only some features are available in the web console, but in the newer version (1.5) there are noticeably a lot more than on the older 1.3.1 that it shipped with. In 1.3.1 only PPTP VPN was available but now IPSec is as well. This is just through the web interface, it you drop to the CLI you can see that OpenVPN is there too. You get full power of Vyatta from the CLI when needed but a simple to use, very handy web interface when you don't. The web interface has an excellent built-in terminal window too. Plus you can use SSH or you can connect with a console cable the same as any Cisco, Juniper, etc.
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Nice. Sounds like a really good unit.
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EdgeOS is a fork of Vyatta 6.3 I believe. One of the Ubiquiti devs posted their forums confirming the fork version last week sometime. I have been on vacation for a bit and may have forgot the correct version number but that is what I recall.
Confirmed my memory that is was forked from 6.3.
http://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX/Edgerouter-Firmware-correlation-to-vyatta-version/m-p/901076#M34610 -
@scottalanmiller said:
Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite
Those are super sweet for a home setup, great buy! I've heard you can do marvelous things on the CLI/Console with them.
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Yes. Vyatta is wildly powerful.
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@MattKing said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite
Those are super sweet for a home setup, great buy! I've heard you can do marvelous things on the CLI/Console with them.
They are very good gear for any business. They are not super sweet for a home setup outside of IT @ Home. They are definitely NOT good for general home users because the GUI is not simple enough. That is fine, because it is not the target market anyway.
To replace your $45 Linksys with Ubiquiti gear would cost you $160 for a router (EdgeMax Router LITE) and an access point (UniFi AP).
For IT at home, this is a very cost effective method of getting yourself business grade gear.
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@JaredBusch said:
@MattKing said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite
Those are super sweet for a home setup, great buy! I've heard you can do marvelous things on the CLI/Console with them.
They are very good gear for any business. They are not super sweet for a home setup outside of IT @ Home. They are definitely NOT good for general home users because the GUI is not simple enough. That is fine, because it is not the target market anyway.
To replace your $45 Linksys with Ubiquiti gear would cost you $160 for a router (EdgeMax Router LITE) and an access point (UniFi AP).
For IT at home, this is a very cost effective method of getting yourself business grade gear.
I agree, if I had more running at home i would definitely look into getting a Ubiquiti setup however I only have a few VPS and most of my testing is done in a virtual environment. Realistically I have a 0.5dsl connection so I need pinto-level routing (ATT oversells bandwidth in my area).
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So with my recent debacle with my Sonicwall and Untangle.. I have to ask... Can you lend some guidance on how to configure the unit?
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Easily. Can you schedule a time for a meeting?
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@g.jacobse said:
So with my recent debacle with my Sonicwall and Untangle.. I have to ask... Can you lend some guidance on how to configure the unit?
They are a little trickier than the average router for initial setup. But if you update to the latest firmware, there is a wizard that walks you through everything. I think this is part of their preparation for the new UGS unit that will replace the RouterLite.
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it's pretty cool how powerful this low lvl stuff is getting.
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@JaredBusch said:
Easily. Can you schedule a time for a meeting?
Uhm - Anything is doable - but I can't pay mileage since I'm trying to learn it -
@Reid-Cooper said:
@g.jacobse said:
So with my recent debacle with my Sonicwall and Untangle.. I have to ask... Can you lend some guidance on how to configure the unit?
They are a little trickier than the average router for initial setup. But if you update to the latest firmware, there is a wizard that walks you through everything. I think this is part of their preparation for the new UGS unit that will replace the RouterLite.
UGS - Ubiquity Gigabit switch?
@Hubtech said:
it's pretty cool how powerful this low lvl stuff is getting.
Yes it is,.. Grabbing my walker,.. I can remember the days with 8MHz was smoking,.. especially since we also has a TURBO button for 12MHz...
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With the latest firmware I think that they are fine for home use too. Home users only setup once and never touch again.
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I think that was a typo. I think he means the USG: the Ubiquiti Security Gateway.
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@g.jacobse check your chat (if it chooses to work) you will have my email in there. we'll schedule a time that I can do a remote session to get you started.
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Yes, the USG is what I meant. The new device that isn't out yet but that they are pushing hard.
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With some assistance earlier today ( @JaredBusch ), the EdgeMAX lite is up and running. And for the moment it appears that everything is clipping along. A speed test came back with nearly 9MBs RX and 1.3MB TX.
Of course, there is no one here currently, and next to nothing going on. However during the ccourse of the day, I found that a PC appeared to have had a Rootkit on it. As discucssed with Jared, Log files are extremely helpful in this manner. The Untangle Box gave me those reports - Maybe they are there with the UBNT unit,.. I don't know yet. I have some config to do still so that my drivers can use there tablets tomorrow (port doesn't seem to be open). and a PC to rebuild...
Thus far, I'm impressed with the little spit fire..
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And you are able to post to ML again from a desktop?
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@scottalanmiller said:
And you are able to post to ML again from a desktop?
The previous was from a laptop, this is from my desktop that I am at normally. It would seem so.
I may download a new image of Untangled and see - but that will be a weekend project.
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So looks like SonicWall and Untangle are both definitely on the list of network connection breakers. I know that SonicWall has been flagged previously as a known issue and I think Untangle might have too. The issue is that many legacy network devices aren't prepared for modern "synchronous sockets" over HTTP which is the major new web standard and they break the connection leaving the site half working.
