Routers & Other Networking Stuff

Kais said:

UI just launched a new Dream Router 7. 2.5gb ethernet WAN port and 10gbSFP+ port with 2.5gb switch.

Dream Router 7 - Ubiquiti Store

Desktop 10G Cloud Gateway with integrated WiFi 7, PoE switch, microSD storage, and full UniFi application support.

store.ui.com

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I've never had a consumer-grade router that I like and that lasted. I ponied up and bought a UDM-Pro a couple years ago and love it (also using their mesh network WAPs, which have been flawless). I threw in a spare drive and set up one of UI's doorbells and four exterior PoE cameras and it all works flawlessly through their Protect platform. Bonus points for keeping all my footage off the cloud.

Captain Suave said:

I've never had a consumer-grade router that I like and that lasted. I ponied up and bought a UDM-Pro a couple years ago and love it (also using their mesh network WAPs, which have been flawless). I threw in a spare drive and set up one of UI's doorbells and four exterior PoE cameras and it all works flawlessly through their Protect platform. Bonus points for keeping all my footage off the cloud.

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Oh dang you shouldn't have let me know they have a doorbell solution... oooff my wallet

Palum said:

oooff my wallet

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At this point I'm in the ecosystem for a couple thousand bucks, but everything has worked flawlessly. Router has enough horsepower to serve the full capacity of my gigabit fiber, I get usable wifi on my entire property from two access points, including outdoors and the detached garage, and the five cameras provide 2 weeks of continuous playback and a few months of AI-detected event clips on a 2 TB drive. You can set up an arbitrary number of WLANs including scheduling (I have my kids on a restricted network that disconnects their devices at bedtime, IOT network forbids gadgets from interacting with each other), run a personal VPN, good interface for device filtering and port forwarding, etc, etc. Full admin access from offsite through mobile apps, along with real-time notifications from the doorbells and cameras.

Not cheap, but worth it IMO. 9/10 value at the price point because it "just works". People who dislike the platform tend to be professional IT administrators who recreationally roll their own linux servers for all this, which I don't have time for beyond my NAS, or pony up for enterprise-level hardware that most of us can't/won't afford.

Intrinsic said:

seems like the Dream Machine doesn’t support ONVIF?

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It appears they added support in a relatively recent Protect update.

So got the UDR 7 in and last week setup everything. It's pretty slick. I upgraded to the zone based firewall which is way easier since it's basically cloud networking instead of archaic stuff.

Unfortunately, while it did fix some issues over the basic router, the wifi radios didn't fix everything. My original setup was a 6e mesh with 6ghz dedicated to the backhaul. Ubiquiti doesn't have an equivalent mesh device out yet, and I'm reluctant to create more RF traffic. I have about 60 devices including all my IoT stuff.

So placed an order for a U7 Pro Wall and going to run cat 6 in the basement garage to the other side of the house into our great room which is where 90% of our daily use is anyway. It sucks because the regular U7 has 2 ports but no 6ghz, whereas pro has no ports but the radio. I guess long term if I end up needing to add ports I can put a small switch there.

Also changing 50ish IoT devices to new SSID is a pain in the dick. At least it's done now.