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Not even installed my SE yet pretty nice bit of kit though just stuck the feet on it this morning and a 2TB SSD inside. This time of year everyday I think right time to muck about with it then cant be bothered :p
 
Dream machine SE in still in stock and also G3 Flex are back in as well. Got a few more G3's as had a few lose the mic in the recent storm.
 
Possibly. I'd be cautious though. The UDM Pro was a bit of a basket case when it was released, Ubiquiti seemingly couldn't be bothered to do any quality control so they let the paying customers do it and deal with the pain that comes with it.

If absolutely everything that you need it to do can be configured through the GUI then it might be worth a punt. If you're currently doing config through a config.gateway.json file then you won't be able to replicate that same configuration with a UDM Pro SE.

Personally I'd stick with the USG Pro if you don't absolutely need to upgrade. And even if you do, I don't think I'd be spending my own money on a UDM Pro of any kind.
 
ChrisD. said:
Viable upgrade for a USG Pro?
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If you have a simple setup (no config.gateway.json file), don't forsee using features not already available, need more performance than the USG Pro (but less than the UDM limits) and you're really sold on the UniFi for everything route then perhaps it's worth considering.

However I would really look at other options if wanting to upgrade. I went all in on the UniFi ecosystem almost 5 years ago and the APs and switches have been good, but routing has been an issue and Ubiquiti don't seem to have any clear direction on where they're going and what they may abandon. I had a horribly complex config.gateway.json file, several features not possible and that's before considering performance limitations (VPN/QoS etc).

In the end I decided to look at an appliance/VM and the usual pfSense, Untangle and OPNSense and for now moved to pfSense and its been a dream in comparison. Some people say the loss of a single pane of glass view is an issue, but routing/firewall is fairly separate anyway and for me I really only have to duplicate VLAN settings which hardly change. I'm using a small appliance to run it and have a pfSense VM on my another PC in case of a hardware failure.
 
Next year Im thinking about replacing my Asus ac86u, Im not sure what's best for me, semi detached house but need stronger wifi at rear of property.

I currently have Virgin media with the hub3 which is in modem mode along with the asus router.

Im thinking about perhaps 2 access points maybe, unless 1 is enough? Was going to place 1 at rear in extension and one in the middle of house upstairs in the stairwell somewhere.

I guess Im quite a heavy streamer now, so whatever I get needs to stand the test of time.

Also if 1 access point is wired via ethernet port, if I add any more in future do they also need to be hard wired. I don't have network ports around my house.

Can anyone please advise on what exactly I need, thank you.


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I guess the wifi6 units are the way to go now, If i managed to run network cable to the middle room in the house would the long range version be adequate to cover my house?

I also have a patch cable that runs from front room where virgin router and asus router is situated all the way to extension so my other option could be 2 wifi6 lite APs one in front room and the other in the exstension both connected with network cables.
 
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It’s not really possible to tell without you posting a floor plan of the property but typically one central access point is enough to give most normal sized homes if mounted on the upper floor ceiling.

The disks are designed to be ceiling mounted, they are directional and the signal ‘behind’ them is comparatively poor.

For best results you need to hard wire them. Meshing cuts the speed in half as half the bandwidth is used to communicate back to the main access point.

The key differences between the long range and the lite is not the range. The long range has 4 antennas and the lite has 2, theoretically the long range is twice as fast.

WiFi 6 is the way to go these days.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
The key differences between the long range and the lite is not the range. The long range has 4 antennas and the lite has 2, theoretically the long range is twice as fast.
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The fact that the LR has +4/+5.5dBi antennae vs. -2.8/3dBi on the U6 light gives it an advantage when dealing with lower power mobile devices. A U6-Lite can easily out-transmit a handheld but the U6-LR can still hear it as well and maintain the connection.

WiFi6 is better, no doubt, and in marginal coverage situations if financially constrained I would probably specify two U6-Lites over a single U6-LR because more devices will get a better signal more of the time. You may not get the headline-grabbing transfer rates of the 4x4 U6-LR but in reality you’ll only ever see those speeds with half the WLAN connections switched off because even with OFDMA, slower connections still slow down the overall speed of everything on the network.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
It’s not really possible to tell without you posting a floor plan of the property but typically one central access point is enough to give most normal sized homes if mounted on the upper floor ceiling.

The disks are designed to be ceiling mounted, they are directional and the signal ‘behind’ them is comparatively poor.

For best results you need to hard wire them. Meshing cuts the speed in half as half the bandwidth is used to communicate back to the main access point.

The key differences between the long range and the lite is not the range. The long range has 4 antennas and the lite has 2, theoretically the long range is twice as fast.

WiFi 6 is the way to go these days.
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I see, my issue is I have not got any network outlets installed upstairs, might have to think of some alternatives.
 
I've always had bad/patchy IoT performance (e.g. slow response/errors in HomeKit, Hive) and also lots of problems getting AirPlay and Plex streaming to work smoothly (even on wired devices). I'm using a UAP-AC-LR and UAP-AC-Lite. They are connected as such:

UAP x2 --> Netgear 24-port managed Switch --> ASUS Router (DHCP) --> Huawei VDSL Modem

Above Netgear 24-port managed Switch --> Home Server (DNS via Pi-hole & Unbound, Plex Server, UniFi Controller)

Most of the IoT is connected to WiFi via a single SSID for 2.4GHz/5GHz apart from an old iPad that needed a Legacy SSID that didn't use WPA3.

I think my problem is somewhere in how IGMP and multicast is setup, but I can't find anything that tells me how this should work for a home network such as mine? IGMP Snooping is enabled on the switch and Router. The switch also has an option for IGMP Static Router but I'm not using it. I get performance problems (slow buffering, choppy video and sound) streaming between things like my smart TV with Plex (wired to Netgear switch) connecting to the home server or also AirPlay, if I connect via the UniFi AP and try to stream to an Apple TV (connected via wifi now but going to wire in later).

Can anyone explain simply how IGMP settings should work for a small network? I don't use IPTV, should it even be enabled on my router, as everything else goes through the switch? Should I have a static router port set on the switch? Could it just be something else? Pretty frustrating having wired my whole house for ethernet, invested in the UniFi APs and got a server to run the controller, and my airplay performance is worse than if I just had one wireless router running....

EDIT: Thanks for above - just updated to 6.5.55 on the Controller.
 
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alex24 said:
I've always had bad/patchy IoT performance (e.g. slow response/errors in HomeKit, Hive) and also lots of problems getting AirPlay and Plex streaming to work smoothly (even on wired devices). I'm using a UAP-AC-LR and UAP-AC-Lite. They are connected as such:

UAP x2 --> Netgear 24-port managed Switch --> ASUS Router (DHCP) --> Huawei VDSL Modem

Above Netgear 24-port managed Switch --> Home Server (DNS via Pi-hole & Unbound, Plex Server, UniFi Controller)

Most of the IoT is connected to WiFi via a single SSID for 2.4GHz/5GHz apart from an old iPad that needed a Legacy SSID that didn't use WPA3.

I think my problem is somewhere in how IGMP and multicast is setup, but I can't find anything that tells me how this should work for a home network such as mine? IGMP Snooping is enabled on the switch and Router. The switch also has an option for IGMP Static Router but I'm not using it. I get performance problems (slow buffering, choppy video and sound) streaming between things like my smart TV with Plex (wired to Netgear switch) connecting to the home server or also AirPlay, if I connect via the UniFi AP and try to stream to an Apple TV (connected via wifi now but going to wire in later).

Can anyone explain simply how IGMP settings should work for a small network? I don't use IPTV, should it even be enabled on my router, as everything else goes through the switch? Should I have a static router port set on the switch? Could it just be something else? Pretty frustrating having wired my whole house for ethernet, invested in the UniFi APs and got a server to run the controller, and my airplay performance is worse than if I just had one wireless router running....

EDIT: Thanks for above - just updated to 6.5.55 on the Controller.
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Is Plex using multicast (this would surprise me a bit)? IGMP is only for multicast traffic which isn't widely used.
It sounds like you have a performance issue on the wired portion of your network. Are you able to take the netgear switch out of the picture to test? (eg, if your asus router has a couple of LAN ports, connect the server and the smart tv to those and see if plex is any better?)

Are you seeing any errors on the server's NIC?
 
Having a bit of a weird issue with my U6-Lite

It's running in dual band mode, and all are smart devices are connecting to the 2.4Ghz channel fine.
For the 5ghz channel, the devices capable of using it (Work and personal laptops, phone, chromecast, Quest 2) all connect fine, but my BiL's 1 year old Asus TUF laptop only wants to connect to 2.4Ghz.

It is definitely capable of 5ghz, but none of the network adapter settings let me force 5Ghz.

Anyone had any similar issues where a 5ghz capable device just would not connect to the Unifi 5ghz channel?
 
Sinbad2000 said:
Is Plex using multicast (this would surprise me a bit)? IGMP is only for multicast traffic which isn't widely used.
It sounds like you have a performance issue on the wired portion of your network. Are you able to take the netgear switch out of the picture to test? (eg, if your asus router has a couple of LAN ports, connect the server and the smart tv to those and see if plex is any better?)

Are you seeing any errors on the server's NIC?
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Thank you. I guess you're right about the muticast for Plex, I assume it's not. I don't know enough about how AirPlay works to answer for that.

Maybe I can try moving the devices being tested onto the router's switch ports.

How can I check the NIC errors?

EDIT: Ran ifconfig on the server and not seeing any errors at all.
 
alex24 said:
Thank you. I guess you're right about the muticast for Plex, I assume it's not. I don't know enough about how AirPlay works to answer for that.

Maybe I can try moving the devices being tested onto the router's switch ports.

How can I check the NIC errors?
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Depends on the operating system of the server... there must be a metric somewhere for dropped packets, retransmits, or similar.
Check for duplex mismatches as well - make sure the autonegotiation options on your managed switch's ports match the options/settings on your devices. I've seen some devices switch to really weird defaults when the other side doesn't autoneg.
 
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