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No, the ISP box if it's a ONT is NOT a router and the first thing plugged into the switch will get a public IP address and everything else will have no connectivity. You need to go ONT > Router > Switch.

Without knowing what your ISP box is, we cannot tell you for sure if you can do ISP box > Switch or not. Who is your ISP?

Oh 1000% agree, it's a horrible option to have present to the user like this, plus you can still get remote access via unifi.ui.com after enrolling the console there without ticking the box too making it even less needed to have it there.

The issue is partly on both end user and shit Unifi settings in this case, in Unifi settings under Console there is this option: You would THINK this should at least throw a warning when you check the box that doing so will automatically expose port 443 to the WAN, which it does, but to the unsuspecting user this might not be what they expect to happen. Now you can pretty easily put 2 and to 2 together but again if a user isn't paying attention, reading, etc. then they expose their console directly to the internet without port forwarding since this will do that automatically, or they check it without thinking and no warning after you click the box comes up either that I could see.

Secure does not mean immune from exploitation and vulnerabilities. Harvest now, decrypt later for example. Just because something is secure and encrypted today doesn't mean it can't be hoovered up and decrypted by better technology later on and still be useful.

Another day not to use the internet or connect anything to it then

Sales and discounts basically never happen, the price is the price. you might find a couple bucks off here or there on used gear or something but otherwise new is fixed basically unless it's going end of life or something. Give us a range/dollar amount in AUD that is your upper bounds for spend. You need to define a list of what you need - Switches, how many ports, single switch or multiple smaller ones? - What kind if WAN<>LAN throughput do you need, what's your ISP speeds and what does the future look like? - Do you want to segment with VLANs or just a single flat network? - How many cameras? Indoor/outdoor? - How many square feet are you covering with WiFi? Is this a single story or multi-story home? I'm assuming plaster/drywall and wood but if not let us know. - Where will this gear live? Is noise a concern? How about sufficient airflow if it's living in a closet or elsewhere? - Have you factored in storage for the Unifi NVR if you go that route? How many days/weeks do you want footage to be available? I don't think Unifi makes much that would fit in a 10" rack (I think that's the width of the deskpi rack) but honestly you're not going all out with tons of gear either that would need a rack or to be mounted honestly. Unless you go VoIP for the phone, you're not removing the landline unfortunately and likely need to keep the NBN box and TP-Link archer hanging off of it.

Correct, if it's within the MaxAllowedPhaseOffset window then it won't is my understanding and observations.

Windows doesn't bother to correct time if it's within a specific range of offset (I believe up to 5 seconds/minutes or so but I can't remember off hand). Additionally Windows by default only polls every 7 days, this is by design and not a bug. If you want to remove the offset allowed range completely you can do this: Go to Regedit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config Set MaxAllowedPhaseOffset to 0 then in command prompt as admin: w32tm /config /update More info here: https://serverfault.com/questions/899400/why-is-my-internal-clock-always-1-3-seconds-off

You cannot run your own storage for Unifi gear directly, you need something on Unifi's side that can run Unifi Protect. There is NOT a standalone VM or anything for this. You can export from a Unifi NVR to external storage afterwards but you cannot just pipe it directly to third party storage. Some of the routers that have storage options can be NVRs as well but not all network appliances (routers) will do that. Edit: I posted too soon but the Dream Machine Pro does have support for Protect since it's got a HDD bay so you're good there and then you can have it save events to the NAS afterwards, I would go with that over the Cloud Gateway MAX because then you're stuck with only M.2 storage and that's $$$ compared to a HDD these days.

NVR cannot run the network application, only protect side of things.

Most monitor makers actually will cover burn in for a period of time or at least any reputable manufacturer will. 3 years is typically what I see, Dell offers 3 year and then you can buy additional coverage afterwards for burn in but again it's definitely not a set standard warranty so OP will need to compare brands if they want a longer warranty to see who offers the best.

That is the complete opposite of true. Manufacturers even pay Microsoft for bulk keys, unless you have actual evidence to support your claim there is nothing out there that supports your claim.

Are you on a VPN or anything? Because I don't get this on a private browser window in firefox, however I am on Windows as well and can't spin up my Fedora machine until later to test Linux.

What about FrAImework Laptop /s