Redoing Home Network
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Hi everyone,
Looking for suggestions whether you would use Unifi or Edge series equipment? This is for my home. Just want opinion for which is better or pros/cons to each. Thanks in advance! -
After doing my own research the Edgerouter 6p and the Edgeswitch 8 are what I want i do believe. Looking for the correct access point currently.
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@jmoore said in Redoing Home Network:
After doing my own research the Edgerouter 6p and the Edgeswitch 8 are what I want i do believe. Looking for the correct access point currently.
How fast is your home? Typically for home you want USG for Unifi, or the ERL / ERL4 for EdgeOS.
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@scottalanmiller said in Redoing Home Network:
@jmoore said in Redoing Home Network:
After doing my own research the Edgerouter 6p and the Edgeswitch 8 are what I want i do believe. Looking for the correct access point currently.
How fast is your home? Typically for home you want USG for Unifi, or the ERL / ERL4 for EdgeOS.
I am 1g down and 100 up
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Unifi APs are the only Ubiquiti option, so not any choices to really make there.
Unifi has newer firewalls in that line that have a new OS, haven't seen it yet to know if it's better than what's on the USG (which mostly just sucks).
The USG should be able to handle 1 Gb as long as you aren't doing any filtering/QOSing, if yes, then you'll need more processing power.
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I run an edgerouter lite and Unifi APs. Been that way for a long time with zero issues. I plan on upgrading to the ER4 one of these days.
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@Dashrender said in Redoing Home Network:
Unifi APs are the only Ubiquiti option, so not any choices to really make there.
Unifi has newer firewalls in that line that have a new OS, haven't seen it yet to know if it's better than what's on the USG (which mostly just sucks).
The USG should be able to handle 1 Gb as long as you aren't doing any filtering/QOSing, if yes, then you'll need more processing power.
Part of the issue is that I cant tell whats newer or older on their product page. I looked at specs and picked best cpu/memory option that has poe and thats what looks like the best. I could be way off. Never ordered from them before.
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@brandon220 said in Redoing Home Network:
I run an edgerouter lite and Unifi APs. Been that way for a long time with zero issues. I plan on upgrading to the ER4 one of these days.
Thanks. Ive been wanting to try them at home.
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@jmoore I have 1 AC-Lite in the house and 1 AC-Lite in my shop. Works great. I also segregated my SSIDs for the normal network and for ioT stuff. It is fairly easy to create VLANs on the edgerouter and firewall rules.
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@brandon220 said in Redoing Home Network:
@jmoore I have 1 AC-Lite in the house and 1 AC-Lite in my shop. Works great. I also segregated my SSIDs for the normal network and for ioT stuff. It is fairly easy to create VLANs on the edgerouter and firewall rules.
Ok cool. I look forward to trying them out. Will be fun. I'll see if I can find those ap's or something close. I have a small house so probably just need 1 currently. I hope to convert garage into a shop myself at some point though.
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@jmoore said in Redoing Home Network:
@Dashrender said in Redoing Home Network:
Unifi APs are the only Ubiquiti option, so not any choices to really make there.
Unifi has newer firewalls in that line that have a new OS, haven't seen it yet to know if it's better than what's on the USG (which mostly just sucks).
The USG should be able to handle 1 Gb as long as you aren't doing any filtering/QOSing, if yes, then you'll need more processing power.
Part of the issue is that I cant tell whats newer or older on their product page. I looked at specs and picked best cpu/memory option that has poe and thats what looks like the best. I could be way off. Never ordered from them before.
yeah, I heard ya, but in general that part doesn't really matter, as you've already done, it's more about getting the cpu needed for your end goal.
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@Dashrender said in Redoing Home Network:
@jmoore said in Redoing Home Network:
@Dashrender said in Redoing Home Network:
Unifi APs are the only Ubiquiti option, so not any choices to really make there.
Unifi has newer firewalls in that line that have a new OS, haven't seen it yet to know if it's better than what's on the USG (which mostly just sucks).
The USG should be able to handle 1 Gb as long as you aren't doing any filtering/QOSing, if yes, then you'll need more processing power.
Part of the issue is that I cant tell whats newer or older on their product page. I looked at specs and picked best cpu/memory option that has poe and thats what looks like the best. I could be way off. Never ordered from them before.
yeah, I heard ya, but in general that part doesn't really matter, as you've already done, it's more about getting the cpu needed for your end goal.
Well Im sure i dont need all that but I like toys to play with and I look at it as future proofing lol.
Planning on:
Edgerouter 6p
Edgeswitch 8
Unifi Ap ProDoes that seem like a solid combo? any reason I shouldn't?
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@jmoore said in Redoing Home Network:
@Dashrender said in Redoing Home Network:
@jmoore said in Redoing Home Network:
@Dashrender said in Redoing Home Network:
Unifi APs are the only Ubiquiti option, so not any choices to really make there.
Unifi has newer firewalls in that line that have a new OS, haven't seen it yet to know if it's better than what's on the USG (which mostly just sucks).
The USG should be able to handle 1 Gb as long as you aren't doing any filtering/QOSing, if yes, then you'll need more processing power.
Part of the issue is that I cant tell whats newer or older on their product page. I looked at specs and picked best cpu/memory option that has poe and thats what looks like the best. I could be way off. Never ordered from them before.
yeah, I heard ya, but in general that part doesn't really matter, as you've already done, it's more about getting the cpu needed for your end goal.
Well Im sure i dont need all that but I like toys to play with and I look at it as future proofing lol.
Planning on:
Edgerouter 6p
Edgeswitch 8
Unifi Ap ProDoes that seem like a solid combo? any reason I shouldn't?
ER-6 and AP Pro could be over kill, future proofing isn't worth the dollars, unless you know you're upgrading to something higher than you have now for sure in like 6 months, chances are much more likely you'll use this for several years and new equipment will be out that you'd likely rather go to.... that said, it's good stuff.
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@Dashrender Ok thanks for the advice. Im looking for just a bit of overkill. I would like to upgrade more equipment in future so want this to be my backbone.
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I want to play with the UDM, it has the new Unifi firewall interface... very curious how it's different from USG.
https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-routing-switching/products/udm-pro
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@Dashrender Ooh taking a look at that. I dont need it but its interesting!
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@jmoore said in Redoing Home Network:
@Dashrender Ooh taking a look at that. I dont need it but its interesting!
Agreed - we talked about here a few weeks ago... the new interface is the big thing I'm interested in.. but I"m also running a USG at home and considering moving to 1 Gb service at home and will need to upgrade my router...
but discussion back then Scott was like - who would want that? -
@Dashrender I'm sure it works just fine. Sometimes you don't know its subtleties until you try it too.
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lovely, looks like PCM lost my account info
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@jmoore said in Redoing Home Network:
lovely, looks like PCM lost my account info
they were bought by insight
