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Hi all, in the past I had the USG with cloudKey Gen1 V2 and I had some trouble to get an IP assigned to my Denon AVR X1300W. I was always able to access the device without problems, although it never showed up as a client in the client list. Now a couple of weeks ago I transferred my setup onto the Gateway Ultra, Really happy with the whole setup but now again I cannot get my AVR onto the network, I keep getting an IP 169.254.112.202 what I understand is that this means the DHCP server is not able to assign a correct IP address. I have a default setup with 192.168.86.0/24 I tried setting UPnP and also port forwarding several Ports listed on the Denon website, but without results. Can anybody point me in the right direction. I find it strange that when I reconnect to my USG or I connect my AVR to My ISP Router, I get an IP directly. So It has to be some setting inside the Gateway Ultra I.M.O. please let me know what I need to provide to get the correct help

I will be adding networking to my garage that is like 30-50ft away. I've heard direct burial rj45 is not advised as lightning/etc can damage all the equipment, so i have two options i could do [and am willing to do, to stay within unifi, which i'm comfortable with], and I'm curious which you all would choose OF these two. (also a question or two in red.) Option 1: Main house router (already have in house basement) - UDM PRO (Q1) Fiber, Direct attach cable (30m, to connect UDM PRO to Switch in garage) - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/accessory-tech-cabling/collections/accessories-pro-direct-attach-cables/products/10-gbps-active-optical-cable?variant=uacc-aoc-sfp10-30m (Q2) Housing/protection for the buried fiber - ??? (I hear people use "smooth wall", but i don't know if a individual consumer can buy that without paying extraordinaire amounts; is there anything yall would recommend? i hear flexible pvc (schedule 40) won't stop water from going through, so i assume that's not good for fiber. Switch for in garage (where majority of devices will be connected) - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-switching/products/usw-pro-24-poe (Q3) I assume not, but do i need one of these Optical Module's, for the UDM pro and Switch's SFP ports? (Or no, since the cable above says "SFP+ to SFP+ connector") - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/switching-addons/collections/accessories-pro-long-distance-modules/products/1-gbps-bidirectional-single-mode-optical-module or https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/switching-addons/collections/accessories-pro-long-distance-modules/products/1-gbps-multi-mode-optical-module ? Option 2: Main house router (already have in house basement) - UDM PRO Building bridge - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-wifi/products/ubb ethernet surge protector - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/wifi-building-bridge/products/ethernet-surge-protector Switch for in garage (where majority of devices will be connected) - https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-switching/products/usw-pro-24-poe I assume option 1 will be cheaper, the fiber cable isn't that expensive, and unless the shielding/protection it needs in the ground is crazy expensive, i assume it would be cheaper but more manual labor intensive than option 2. I was worried about latency with the building bridge, but on videos i saw they were only getting like 5ms which mine is about the same. Please, Help me with Q1/Q2/Q3 please, and which option would be recommended between the two options, i would greatly appreciate it. Please understand, I am only slightly network literate, and that i would like to stay inside the unifi ecosystem, even if i'm paying more.

Hello, I have advertised 8500/1000 speeds with fiber coming to my Nokia 10G Ont+ box, after that it's plugged to sfp 10G udm pro se, after that from 2.5gbe port to trendnet 2.5gbe poe+ injector to my u7 pro. With galaxy s24 iam getting max 2002Mbps download 1586Mbps upload, on my pc I can get 7000Mbps 7200Mbps range download, my s24 ultra running on 320mhz wifi 7 6ghz, what can cause it not getting 2500Mbps speeds? Maybe client devices? There's is 2 15 pro max also in house. THANK YOU

Hi smart people! I've recently started upgrading my home setup to the Ubiquiti unifi ecosystem, with that I now am the proud owner of a UDM-PRO. Unfortunately living in Australia my area is currently limited to FTTN through Aussie Broadband. I have a NetComm modem that I have in the recent past setup in bridge mode to an EdgeRouter, this took hours to get working originally and I still don't know what magic finally did the trick. Unfortunately now I'm having trouble setting it up with my UDM. From what I've found this seems to be a common problem with VDSL but none of the steps I have tried so far have worked. Any suggestions?

Hi everyone, first time poster, long time reader. Thanks for all the various knowledge bits I've gathered pre-creating an account. The scenarios/problems by priority that lead me to believe we need a VPN We have Starlink in Sierrea Leone, connected to a UDM-Pro, because of how Starlink works in that area it appears as if and thinks it's in Nigeria. Hence the UDM-Pro and subsequently all the devices connected to it appear the same. Our accounting software does not work connected to this network and they do not allow whitelisting IPs for more than 30 days. Some countries during school exam times and sometimes as their government sees fit will block messaging and other services such as Whatsapp, Slack, etc. Users have been finding success using trail periods with the popular VPN services. Proton, Nord, Express, etc. User Device Security - this has not been a focus but is becoming one as our user base grows and best practices become less common knowledge. Details: User base - individuals from first time laptop holders, yes holders, to myself with a framework running Fedora. Most folks are in the middle PC Hardware - 0-4 year old Lenovo laptops, minimum 16gb ram, all ssds Phone Hardware - Organization issued - Pixels and Samsung A51, for dual sim purposes No personal PCs will get access Personal Phones - usual mix of Apple and Android most likely all 0-5 years old. Networking Hardware - 90% of our job sites have a UDM-Pro on them powered by Starlink including our headquarters which has a fiber connection to the local ISP Number of active VPN users - assuming we tackle problems 1 and 2 the number would be low maximum 10 simultaneous users Money - We could of course just get a subscription for everyone to one of the popular VPN services but is that the best use of our money? We have quite a bit of networking equipment deployed already and we'd prefer to pay to get that working on our own than pay a subscription service forever, especially since usage will fluctuate. A user may travel for 7 days out of a year, assigning them a subscription seems wasteful and shifting accounts around isn't something we are staffed to manage. Ideally we can invest in ourselves. Thanks so much in advance for anyone's thoughts and recommendations.

Hello , For blocking my isp seeing what i do in home which device is best, dream machine pro, se, or do i need uxg-pro to be completely unvisible to isp with staying higher speed internet still?(also what gives ck-enterprise extra for security and other?) Thank you

Hi all-- I have a Unifi Switch Aggregation (a layer 2 switch) and am trying to disable RSTP on specific ports on the switch. These devices are being significantly delayed while connecting to the network because of the RSTP "config time" which happens every time the devices (Windows 11 clients) wake from sleep or turn back on after being shut down. In my internetworking class that I am taking in college, my professor suggested that I enable spanning-tree port fast which is meant for the Cisco devices we use in class. Is it possible and how I could do this on my Ubiquiti switch?

Hi all- I recently got a Ubiquiti Switch Aggregation (the switch with 8x 10G SFP+ ports on it). I am having a problem where Windows clients that are connected to the switch with SFP+ to RJ45 adapters are taking upwards of 1-2 minutes to start receiving any traffic. I am not sure what is causing this. I currently have all 8 ports of the switch in use. I am using 2x aggregated together for a 20G connection to another switch (no connection delay), 1x for our main router (no connection delay), 1x for a PoE switch (no connection delay), 1x for a NAS (no connection delay), and then then the 3 remaining ports are connected to 10GbE equipped windows machines. The SFP+ to RJ45 adapters are from fs.com and the NICs in the Windows machines are from ASUS and TP-Link, all using the same chip from Aquantia I believe. I am using CAT6A ethernet cables between the switch and the machines. Once each machine connects (which usually like I said takes between 1 - 2 minutes) they are able to obtain the full 10/10 G speed. Does anyone have any ideas of what settings I can tweak? Should I try setting static IPs for those devices?

Hi Everyone! So I have an Unifi UDR with 2x U6 LR APs and 2x HP Gig switches. I've got the 2.5Gig port from the UDR running to one of the HP switches (CAT6) which also has a (CAT6) cable running to another HP gig switch upstairs. None of the cables are longer than 30Mtr. Speedtest from the UDR shows around 700Mbps (it's Virgin so it can be anywhere between 650 and 1000). However, the speed test on my phone for the APs or from my desktop (CAT6) only shows ~100mbps. I've reset both switches just in case there was a setting on there that was causing the issue. The only thing I can think of is the cables are relatively old and used so maybe there is some damage on them?

Hi all, I need help planning an outdoor run for a UniFi Access point. It is going to be on the side of my deck in the backyard. I am planning on running a direct burial ethernet cable 18" below grade parallel to the 240V power for the hot tub (which will be run inside a PVC conduit) On the side of the house there is a PoE switch which powers PoE cameras that I am planning to pull from. What I am worried about is the possibility of a lightning strike hitting the ethernet cable in the ground. There are not many trees around, but with a hot tub full of water near the access point I figured it could be a possibility. I would run fiber to the access point, but that would mean I would need to put an additional power outlet on the deck to power the converter which would not make much sense since the outlets near the house are only about 30 feet away and because of how expensive wire currently is. The way around this that I thought of is to put an ethernet to fiber converter behind the PoE switch. In essence this is how it would go: Main Switch in Rack ---> Ethernet to Fiber Converter ---> Fiber to Ethernet Converter ---> PoE Switch ---> Direct Burial Ethernet Cable ---> WiFi Access point The Fiber would isolate the outdoor devices from the indoor which would limit the chances of anything in the rack or connected to ethernet from being damaged during a lightning strike. The only problem I see is the Fiber converters would be plugged into the same UPS as the outdoor PoE switch. I am not sure if that defeats the whole point or if that does not matter? Total run is about 125ft long from the orange to the purple in the map. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi, I created new sub-net for just phones, then created separate wifi, but I don't have internet. Not very good at networking but here is what I have: I already have DHCP server that is running on 192.168.1.0/254, when I created new network I created with different range 192.168.2.0/254 and selected DHCP Mode = DHCP Server. My gateway is on 192.168.1.253, from what I understand I need to somehow to connect the new network with the old gateway, not sure how to do it, please help Thanks Roly

Hi, I’m a little new to all this... So, I want to upgrade my entire network setup at home and I planned to use Ubiquity’s UniFi access points, POE switch and security gateway. I’ll run the UniFi cloud key as a plug-in on my TrueNas. I thought keeping everything to one brand will make a pretty pleasant experience setting up and great for compatibility. However, I’ve come across a good deal on a few of Cisco’s Aironet access points. A few questions came to mind like; Should I consider using the Cisco access points with the Unify switch and gateway? Are they even compatible with each other? Will I need a cloud key for both Cisco and UniFi? Or should I just miss out on a great deal and just stick to a full UniFi setup? Any advice appreciated. Here’s more information about my hardware list: 1x UniFi Security Gateway - USG-EU 1x UniFi POE Switch - USW-LITE8P AND 4x UniFi Access Point - UAP-AC-LR OR 4x Cisco Access Point - AP2802I

i need to run the UniFi Network Application to manage my UniFi gear ,switchs an APs but all my pc gear in linux os (pop os) an after a lot of trial n error the unifi software just wont work right on my linux so im searching around for some cheap but ok mini pc with either windows or a barebone to load mac os iv got a spare 4 an 8gb ram stick an a 128gb nvme drive , an 18in lcd display the reason i need to pursue this is beside the UniFi Network Application , iv got some other gear the needs an has management that either doesnt work right on linux or only is available on win an mac os , so im looking for ok sub 250$ mini pc to use specifically utility an management softwares that i wont need to use that often but when i do at least works. id once read that thers som beta MAC OS's that are free to use on barebone gear , so what i want to know an advice on is which of these mini pc would be best suited for these purposes an if anyone can confirm that the UniFi Network Application does work on either win or mac os on one or any of these mini's an would control my Switch Flex Mini an other unifi gear that would be very helpful pick 1 . Mini PC, Desktop Computer, HTPC, AMD A6 Micro 6500T, BH11 / loaded with https://www.amazon.com/Desktop-Computer-Digital-Supported-Barebone/dp/B09NBKV9PS/ref=sr_1_4?_encoding=UTF8&keywords=Mini%2BComputers&refinements=p_n_operating_system_browse-bin%3A17702486011%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A2224371011%2Cp_n_feature_twenty-two_browse-bin%3A23447267011%2Cp_36%3A-30000&rnid=2421879011&s=pc&sr=1-4&th=1 pick 2 . Beelink Mini PC GK35 Windows 10 Pro Quad Core with Intel J3455, 8GB RAM 128G SSD https://www.amazon.com/Beelink-T34-Windows-Computer-Ethernet/dp/B09DPR1TMR/ref=sr_1_4?crid=19WJ8VDNUAAI8&keywords=Mini%2BPC&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011%2Cp_72%3A1248879011%2Cp_36%3A1253506011&rnid=386442011&rps=1&s=electronics&sprefix=mini%2Bpc%2B%2Celectronics%2C86&sr=1-4&th=1#customerReviews pick 3 . Mini PC,6GB DDR4/ 64GB eMMC Windows 10 Mini Desktop https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DXZ9H5H/ref=emc_b_5_t?th=1 pick 4. Mini PC Windows 10 Pro AWOW Mini Desktop Computer Intel Celeron J4125 8GB DDR4, NVMe M.2 128GB SSD https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087MB58VR/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&aaxitk=f907fc8106ac6d338b22e14385fa2abe&hsa_cr_id=7528587020201&pd_rd_plhdr=t&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_mcd_asin_0_img&th=1#customerReviews pick 5. Apple Mac mini, 2.6GHz Intel Core i5 Dual Core, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD https://www.amazon.com/Apple-2-6GHz-MGEN2LL-Version-Refurbished/dp/B0797YSGLW/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=mac+mini&sr=8-4 pick 6. Apple Mac Mini Desktop Intel Core i5 2.6GHz (MGEN2LL/A https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Mini-MGEN2LL-Desktop-Refurbished/dp/B017A74RW2/ref=psdc_565098_t1_B018FD0LO8?th=1 of any of these would work for my needs an would any of them also work with mac os version

Hello all, I've been running a small IT shop for about a year and a half now. I got started installing UniFI dream machine pro's and the more I use them the more I seem to have issues with them not giving me accurate information in the uniFi console. I was also drawn to them for the "all in one" solution and now that I'm getting better at my networking skills, I'm noticing and being annoyed more and more with the software bugs, lack of strong community support, and more prosumer attitude towards product rollout. I'm thinking of jumping ship now before I get into bed further with them (i.e. buying and installing more products.). I'm not okay with the idea of paying the ridiculous licensing fees of Meraki and the like. I remember watching Linus's video on the MikroTik 10g switch and have started doing preliminary research into them. I need someone with more experience to tell me I am or am not headed in the right direction. is UniFI a necessary evil? I'm due for a network upgrade at my office/home so I'm thinking of installing the first new brand installation at my house so I can learn/teach myself/etc... Thoughts? -Morgan

So i'm working on getting a pretty comprehensive smart home setup, however i'm semi-worried about security; I've watched a good number of video's on securing smart home devices and making sure the network is secure, but i'm gonna ask in here and see how secure people think "this setup" would be, and i have a few questions at the end, if you all wouldn't mind helping me? My actual home network would have a "Dream machine pro", with a "Access Point HD" for wifi. The Dream machine would have: - It's IPS turned on. - The threat management turned on level 5 - a VLAN for "Main" which would be my phone and computer, a VLAN for "IoT" for all the smart devices, and a normal "Guest" network. [However i'm unsure if i should include alexa devices with the "IoT" vlan or if maybe i should have two IoT vlan's, one for what i would assume are pretty secure devices, like "echo shows" and other actual amazon/alexa devices and ring security devices, then maybe a "IoT 2" for the more insecure (i would assume) devices. - UpnP would be turned off. - Remote access/management would be turned off. - Port forwarding would be turned off. - WPS would be turned off. - "respond to pings from lan" and "respond to pings from wan" would be turned off. [I've heard this is good to turn off for increased security] My questions are: 1 - With the network set up like this, would some smart devices lose functionality or not work properly? 2 - is this fairly secure? any settings i could change to make it more secure? 3 - Any settings that i have up their "turned off" that don't need to be? 4 - what would you rate this for smart home networking security? is it decent? good enough? pretty good? etc

My family is having a new home built and I am wondering on the amount of WiFi access points I would need to purchase in order to get ample coverage. I already ordered 2 UniFi 6 Lite Access Points. I think I need 5 (according to the UniFi design center) but I am not entirely sure. Some information about the house: 3 Stories ~ Basement, First Floor and Second Floor About 3300 SF but if you include the basement which will also be living space its about 4700 SF I am using the Ubiquiti UniFi design center so I can share those sketches to share where I plan to place them.

On the Ubiquiti page for the "UniFi 6 Long-Range Access Point", it says "It delivers an aggregate radio rate of up to 3.0 Gbps with 5 GHz". Then if you go into the description of the access point, it says the PoE port is "1 Gbps Ethernet RJ45". How can a 1GbE port support 3 Gig? That makes no sense. If you look at the new Access points from Netgear, you'll see that the PoE port is now 2.5 GbE. That is what I was expecting the Ubiquiti AP's to have too.

Hey everyone, I'm looking for assistance in figuring out what setting in my router is blocking my home assistant virtual machine from working. I keep getting TX hang errors which is causing my PC to become non responsive when trying to run home assistant via virtualbox. Through a process of elimination I've managed to narrow it down to something in my Unifi setup. I know it's something in there as I plugged in my ISP's router and home assistant launches fine so something in Unifi is blocking this from working. Here's the log I get when it becomes non responsive: Here

I am trying to upgrade my network to enable more ports for configuring a network / cluster. When I tried to use more than 6 ports, the devices are not getting the internet. Is there a way I can configure and enable all the ports on the switch to be able to access internet on all of them and also ssh between the devices ?

Hello everyone, So for context I have three Unifi Access Points, I have a Main network, a restricted network, an IOT network, and a guest network. My main router at the moment is an Edge Router 4 and I just got a Unifi USW-16-POE that I am trying to setup VLANs per WiFi network. I was trying to setup for the restricted network because its for the children in the house so that they can't be on bad sites (using openDNS family shield as a DNS level firewall) and so far its not working I have the network profile, Switch, and router profile setup with a DHCP server but so far it is not working maybe someone can guide me through this. Also I am hoping to have the Restricted, IOT and Main network still be able to communicate with things like printers so maybe someone could also help guide me through firewall rules for that if everyone of the Vlans are on their own DHCP server ranging from 10.0.0.x - 10.0.50.x

Hello everybody in the LTT forum, I am counting on the swarm intelligence of y'all because I am totally lost rn. A relative of mine bequeathed his beloved networking hardware to me. He told me it would be a hardware firewall but I have no idea how to set it up or how to access the configuration of this device. Unfortunately there is no chance of asking him for help. So: how to I use this thing? I also received a small odroid xu4s with it but it didn't come with the micro SD card. Any ideas? On the top panel of the rack device it says varia controller unifi. I am thankful for help! Please don't laugh at the lack of my networking/Linux knowledge...

I am attempting to add a Unifi AP to my network and through it set up multiple VLANS. I understand how to create the wireless network and add the VLAN tag. I (think) know how to set up Pfsense to handle the VLAN traffic but I am unable to get the traffic from the AP through my Netgear GS724T Switch. I am not sure of I should be tagging or untagging the incoming traffic and where I should one sending that traffic. One thing to note is that port 1-4 are one LAG. Any help would be great. I am stuck.

Hi all, I need to be able to run a switch outside because I have a couple of ethernet devices that will plug into it. I have a switch flex mini laying around so I would like to be able to use that if possible. My idea was to place the switch in a weatherproof enclosure since its not weatherproof. My only concern is it states the operating temperature can only be -5 to 45° C (23 to 113° F). In my area the temperature can get to 0° F and sometimes a bit below. Would it be possible to still use this switch? Any ideas would be great!

Hi All This isn't my priority right now (waiting to move into the house first and get other things set up) but I'm wanting to sort out a home server with quite a lot of storage, likely over 100TB, that will get to this level in the next year and increase over time. The main uses for this will be the below. I don't think we're ever going to be hitting it incredibly hard. Mass storage for family's work and leisure files, try to keep local files to just programs for the most part. Plex, we live in China and due to censorship, almost everything we watch is via VPN or downloaded. VPNs really aren't always stable here so typically just used as a backup. 4 people intermittently accessing files, but 4x4k playback may be likely in a few years, 2x4k more likely for now. My main requirements are: Can be audible but needs to be a low hum during typical usage. My existing router and switch measure ~50db, I'd like the servers to be the same or lower. Part of buying a larger rack was to be able to cool components without needing server fans to blast air in a tight space. It can be a few Us tall, no need to purposely make it compact. Energy efficient, would rather invest in something efficient and recoup costs over time. Redundant PSUs, would be nice, at least for whatever system has the storage. When moving in I'll have the below, listing main things so you can see what's available in case it influences the decision: 42U rack (thank god my wife also appreciates tech), mostly bought for expandability moving forwards. I haven't decided on a specific one yet, the one I'm looking at has a mesh door. I'm not sure if this is something I should go for considering the noise factor, instead of glass, but overall it seems like a very reasonable price from a reputable brand here. Router: UDM-Pro Switch: USW-Pro-48-PoE HASS Server: NUC Not sure if this can/should be used to also run the Plex server as I think it can be installed? Kind of wanting to just keep this dedicated to smarthome stuff for now. Raspberry PIs: These may not be there at the start, probably 3-4 total and looking to 3D print a 1 or 2U housing for them. Again, I could look at getting one for use as the Plex server if it can handle the streams. 1 UPS to start, a 2nd after a while and seeing how long things last on 1. Will need to configure the UPS to turn off everything in the rack apart from HASS, router and switch. Considering the above, what do you think would be the best solution? If I go for a dedicated server, I'm thinking I'll have far too much headroom that I'll never use and waste money on it, as well as incur higher energy usage costs. Though I still am a bit lost regarding Plex usage as people report so many different things regarding concurrent streams and how intense it is, especially with high bitrate. If I go for a JBOD with a PI, NUC or SFF as the server, I may give up certain functionality such as ECC and redundant PSUs which would be nice. Let me know your thoughts and if you need more info to make a better assessment! Many thanks for any help!

Hello, Due to recent events, I have decided it's time to upgrade my home security, and I've been looking at POE cameras from Ubiquiti and Lorex. The problem is that both of these systems, the majority of the cost is for a Network Video Recorder (NVR), and I already have a TrueNAS server, that seems like it should be capable of doing exactly the same thing the proprietary NVRs are. Does anyone know if there is a way to just use a POE switch and TrueNAS to replace the NVR?