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    • jmooreJ
      jmoore
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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!

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      • jmooreJ
        jmoore
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        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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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @jmoore
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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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          • jmooreJ
            jmoore @scottalanmiller
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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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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender
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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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              • brandon220B
                brandon220
                last edited by brandon220

                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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                • jmooreJ
                  jmoore @Dashrender
                  last edited by

                  @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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                  • jmooreJ
                    jmoore @brandon220
                    last edited by

                    @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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                    • brandon220B
                      brandon220 @jmoore
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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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                      • jmooreJ
                        jmoore @brandon220
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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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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @jmoore
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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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                          • jmooreJ
                            jmoore @Dashrender
                            last edited by

                            @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 Pro

                            Does that seem like a solid combo? any reason I shouldn't?

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @jmoore
                              last edited by

                              @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 Pro

                              Does 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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                              • jmooreJ
                                jmoore @Dashrender
                                last edited by

                                @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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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender
                                  last edited by

                                  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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                                  • jmooreJ
                                    jmoore @Dashrender
                                    last edited by

                                    @Dashrender Ooh taking a look at that. I dont need it but its interesting!

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                                    • DashrenderD
                                      Dashrender @jmoore
                                      last edited by

                                      @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?

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                                      • jmooreJ
                                        jmoore @Dashrender
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                                        @Dashrender I'm sure it works just fine. Sometimes you don't know its subtleties until you try it too.

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                                        • jmooreJ
                                          jmoore
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                                          lovely, looks like PCM lost my account info

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender @jmoore
                                            last edited by

                                            @jmoore said in Redoing Home Network:

                                            lovely, looks like PCM lost my account info

                                            they were bought by insight

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