Has anyone got the UDM? I am considering getting one to compliment my network around the house...currently running the controller on a RPi and I have 1xACL and 1xNanoHD. I want to take the routing off the VM3 hub, not sure if a UDM is right to go for or a Edgerouter or a non-unifi router.
Any help appreciated.
I had the UDM from the second release of EA units and it’s a perfectly good device if you want a combo unit. The access point is not as good as a ceiling mounted UAP-HD-Nano.
The No. 1 thing to be aware of is that from a routing point of view, a UDM does absolutely nothing that a USG or USG Pro cannot do. The controller is exactly the same and exposes the same functionality to the user, even though the underlying hardware and software is completely different.
What a UDM can do, is run IPS/IDS (Suricata) at up to 900Mbps line speeds. A USG can only handle IPS/IDS up to about 150Mbps and the USG Pro can run IPS/IDS at about 350-450Mbps.
You say you’re using a VM3 so you’re with Virgin. If you want to run IPS/IDS (and I don’t necessarily recommend it) then you need to match your USG or UDM to your line speed. 100Mbps and you can use a USG. 350Mbps and you need the USG Pro and for 500Mbps you need the UDM.
If you don’t want IPS/IDS then a standard USG will handle any Virgin line speed all the way up to Gigabit.
if you can find a cheap USG then that would probably be my suggestion. The UDM is great as a starting point, or if you need an access point where your router lives currently. For anything else, It’s a very expensive all-in-one home router/switch/access point.