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Why not just connect directly to the UCK by its IP address?
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As I said, I can access by browser with the IP but not on the app.
Soldato
The app isn’t the full user interface. For quite a lot of things you still need to go to unifi.ui.com or direct local access. There are also differences between the iOS app and the Android app so I wouldn’t get too caught up in why this or that doesn’t work, so long as your overall network does work.
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Network is working fine but I do like using the app to quickly check how things are. I'm the sort of person that when something's not working then I need to find out why and fix it
, especially as it was working before the change. My network is not big or complicated at all and it's only a Gen 1 CK which I know can have problems and is not updated anymore, can't justify buying a UDM though!
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Network is working fine but I do like using the app to quickly check how things are. I'm the sort of person that when something's not working then I need to find out why and fix it
Have you tried deleting the app and all associated files and re-installing it? It feels like an app issue rather than UCK to me.
Soldato
I normally purchase FS network cables, are the UniFi options decent? Now UK store back up and running mulling a 20 x purchase.
Soldato
I did that but was still the same.
However, about 2200 hrs last night I logged onto the app again and it worked, no idea what the problem was but seems to be ok now. Would have posted last night but was a bit drunk!
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Afternoon all; I have Vodafone broadband with their router going into a Cloud Key Gen2 then off to 3 Ubiquiti wireless access points in the house and over in the garage.
I’ll be upgrading to full fibre from Gigaclear early next year and I want to use a Ubiquiti router so that everything is within the same ecosystem.
I don’t really understand network stuff so I get a bit confused about what I would need from their range.
Any advice or suggestions of what from the Ubiquiti range would be suitable to use a full fibre router?
Thanks!
I’ll be upgrading to full fibre from Gigaclear early next year and I want to use a Ubiquiti router so that everything is within the same ecosystem.
I don’t really understand network stuff so I get a bit confused about what I would need from their range.
Any advice or suggestions of what from the Ubiquiti range would be suitable to use a full fibre router?
Thanks!
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For UniFi they only really have three options for a network router, those are:
- Dream Machine (White cylinder)
- Dream Machine Pro (Silver rack mount unit)
- Dream Machine Pro Special Edition (Same as above but with PoE ports and 128GB solid state storage)
A nice benefit if the UDM series is that you will no longer need your Cloud Key since the UDM also acts as a UniFi Controller and (If you have the UniFi Protect series cameras) a NVR as well.
If you do go with a UDM you will want to make sure whatever modem/router combo unit Voda send out can go into "Modem only" mode so it can pass through your public IP to the UDM or you will be stuck with "Double NAT'ing" which causes no end of issues.
Soldato
While I do get the attraction of having everything in the same ecosystem the UniFi router options are very expensive, overburdened with ‘features’ I can pretty much guarantee you don’t want and very, very, average as actual firewall/routers. I would strongly suggest saving your money and just swapping in whatever router Gigaclear supply.
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Thanks for the detailed response; those were the options I came up with too. I was hoping to learn there was an option of a decent modem/router that wasn’t also an access point but also not as expensive / complicated as the Dream Machine Pro.
Would the Dream Machine be OK if I went with the 600mbps fibre, or is that more to do with bandwidth across the network so would still struggle? I don’t really need the access point of the DM either.
I think this may be the option; a Dream Machine Pro feels pretty OTT (not that I don’t like OTT a lot of the time!). It may be something I keep an eye out for on eBay as sometimes can grab a bargain if your patient.
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So, if it were me and I "had" to buy one I would go with the UDM Pro. Purely because if you have 1 Gbit/s available to you now it would be better to spend the £80-100 more to get something that will at least be "futureproof" for the next 5-7 years (I don't see 3.5 Gbit/s internet being available in 10 years let alone 5) rather than spend slightly less on the UDM and end up with something that is already potentially a bottle neck for your network.
However, as @WJA96 put, as much as you would like your network to be under one brand (And with UniFi it does have some logic with the dashboard) your money might be spend better elsewhere in the meantime until you can find a cheap used unit on one of the online market places
If you aren't doing much with VLANs, multiple subnets, publishing internal applications externally etc I would just wait until one comes up cheap, I'm looking at a UDM Pro at the moment to replace my OPNSense VM and I'm struggling to justify the price increase. Maybe it might be worth while if you dive into the UniFi Protect or Identity series of things as at that point I find the Cloud Keys can often get a bit hot and unreliable
I wouldn't trust that 3.5 Gbit/s given how Ubiquiti usually over market their products, add upload to download and exclude features like IPS and QoS in those figures.
The throughput is even more impacted for people on PPPoE due to its extra overhead.
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I'll be honest I haven't used one in person to confirm however 3.5 Gbit/s seems a bit high I would say it would be above a gig since whilst it does have IDS and IPS it's not DPI-SSL (As far as I'm aware) since it doesn't require clients to have a trusted certificate for it.
Most people out there on a gigabit connection seem to be getting about 900 Mbit/s which is about what I'd expect for the unit, the UDM Standard will definitely struggle with IPS and IDS on gigabit though
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I've not ordered from the UK store but a colleague ordered some SM patch cables from the EU store. They were fine, nothing to complain about.
Edit - You mentioned FS so I possibly incorrectly assumed you were talking about fibre patch cables. Other than DAC, I've no idea what the Ubiquiti copper patch cables are like.
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I see a post announced in the RC release of UniFi network software re PPSK coming.
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Will have a look at this today, I don’t currently have a guest network as I didn’t want SSID sprawl. Meant when families kids came over, tough lol
The biggest faff was configuring the many IOT devices to use the new SSID.
You won't be able to use a speed limit on a guest network by the way, it applies to the whole SSID.
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I can imagine, far, wide and awkward places. Along with the ***** UI many of these devices have.