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Just use the BT Openreach ones, either Huawei or ECI. Huawei are easier to unlock but if you are on an ECI cab apparently matching modems gives slightly better sync speeds. If you are desperate to spend more money then look at the Vigor 130 however I would say the cost isn't worth it.
 
Yeah that would be my preference to use an openreach modem but apparently you have to jump through a few hoops to get the USG working on Sky's network, I don't really fancy having to mess with json files etc as per some forum posts over on ubnt.
 
How recent are those posts?

Each month there are updates to the USG.

Also for anyone using the beta versions, controller 5.6.10 came out today.
 
nightmare99 said:
Yeah that would be my preference to use an openreach modem but apparently you have to jump through a few hoops to get the USG working on Sky's network, I don't really fancy having to mess with json files etc as per some forum posts over on ubnt.
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Can't comment on that but I found the ER-L very beta like hence I switched to pfsense.

Modem choice doesn't make any difference on router choice.
 
Does anyone here use an Edgerouter with a VPN like PIA, etc? Thinking of setting mine up to route all external traffic via a VPN :)
 
anyone used the Unifi G3 Cameras?

looking at replacing my ancient 8 camera setup at home which goes into a dvr with bnc cable.

how do they compare with the Hikvision 4MP PoE cameras with similar spec but a little cheaper?

from reading up, you can build a DIY Unifi NVR using their software vs buying an NVR for Hikvision or buying software like Blue Iris on Windows

Quality on the G3 do look good though: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/c...attempted_thievery/?ref=share&ref_source=link
 
I looked at various options recently and ended up going with Dahua cameras and a Synology NAS with 8 licences.

Dahua, Hikvision etc. all work with any DVR/NVR solution whereas with Ubiquiti you are locked to their software. Almost no other NVR or DVR supports their chosen I/O modes and I felt that was a compromise too far.

I'm rapidly running out of patience with UBNT - the latest nonsense with Cloud Key users not being able to do automatic updates is the latest in a string of very amateur moves from what is supposedly a professional company. I suppose I should have been alerted by the fact that all Cloud Key firmware has not yet reached version 1 and is currently at 0.69 but it seemed the easy option at the time.....

And now it appears that the much-vaunted 5.5.19 has been pulled in favour of 5.4.19 because 5.5.19 was breaking the USG Pro WAN2 port. So maybe being unable to upgrade to it was a blessing after all!
 
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And now it appears that the much-vaunted 5.5.19 has been pulled in favour of 5.4.19 because 5.5.19 was breaking the USG Pro WAN2 port. So maybe being unable to upgrade to it was a blessing after all!
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The UniFi controller software 5.5.19 is still downloadable, I think you are referring to the firmware update (4.3.48) which has caused the problems on the WAN2 port. If you have having the problems you can downgrade it back to 4.3.41.

I'm running 5.5.19 on the UniFi Cloud Key without any problems at the moment and my USG is on 4.3.48.
 
RSR said:
The UniFi controller software 5.5.19 is still downloadable, I think you are referring to the firmware update (4.3.48) which has caused the problems on the WAN2 port. If you have having the problems you can downgrade it back to 4.3.41.

I'm running 5.5.19 on the UniFi Cloud Key without any problems at the moment and my USG is on 4.3.48.
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UBNT's upgrade model is to announce the new stable firmware on a Tuesday and the following Monday they put it in the public repository which triggers the "Upgrade" option to appear in the controller. From the announcement to the placing of the upgrade in Repo you can manually upgrade.

When 5.5.19 was placed in the public repository on Monday 10th July it was not visible to users running the controller on a Cloud Key. The current position from UBNT is that the issue with the Cloud Key will only be resolved with version 0.70 of the Cloud Key firmware. When you manually download 5.5.19 (which is possible on a Cloud Key if you do a bit of messing about) it downloads USG Pro 4 firmware 4.3.48 which breaks the WAN2 port.

So if you have a controller running on a cloud key you can't use the automatic upgrade path. And if you use the manual upgrade path it breaks WAN2 so you need to manually downgrade the USG Pro 4 to the old firmware, at which point all the new DHCP and VPN features disappear.

I've not had this issue previously and my concern is that they may be putting valuable testing resource into development so that anything new is Alpha (US-16-XG is a perfect example) and existing products aren't tested properly when. Upgrades are released either. They're trying really hard. They're doing most of the right things. Ultimately though, it's not working smoothly and when you want/need a promised feature and it's not there or it's partly broken, that's frustrating. This isn't cheap kit. It's very expensive kit in comparison to Netgear, TP-Link or D-Link. They want to be seen as a cheap alternative to Cisco, HP and Juniper which is fine if the kit is robust and stable. When it isn't robust or stable or even particularly feature-rich then there is a certain "Emperor's New Clothes" aspect to the whole brand.
 
Been using ER-8 for a while and happy so far - no issues and running smoothly, although I'm trying to set some firewall rules up and I don't seem to be having much luck so far (using the web interface, not CLI)

Current setup is as below, firewall rules are all default as created by wizard (WAN_LOCAL, WAN_IN) apart from 1 forwarded port which works as intended.

eth1 = Internet
eth4 = 192.168.100.0/24
eth5.20 = 192.168.200.0/24
eth5.30 = 192.168.20.0/24
eth6 = 192.168.40.1/24
vtun0 = 10.99.99.0/32
eth2/3/7 aren't in use currently

I want all networks to be able to access the internet which works fine, however it's routing between all the different networks at present which I want to stop, there doesn't need to be any routing between any of them.

I've tried following some guides online but can't seem to get it working, have deleted those rules and starting from scratch again! Would anyone be able to give an example just for a single rule, including interface/direction applied to? I'm sure if I have one I should be able to figure out the rest pretty easily!
 
Has anyone had any issues with clients dropping connections/signal strength going massively up and down?

I've got a couple of UAP-Pro's and recently they've started dropping clients and packets (When clients actually manage to connect, which is very rarely, their connection is incredibly slow), and signal strength varies even when stood directly underneath the AP.

Have upgraded the controller to the latest and the APs are all on the latest firmware. Any ideas? Going to try and reset then re-adopt later but thats not ideal!
 
hellarda said:
Has anyone had any issues with clients dropping connections/signal strength going massively up and down?

I've got a couple of UAP-Pro's and recently they've started dropping clients and packets (When clients actually manage to connect, which is very rarely, their connection is incredibly slow), and signal strength varies even when stood directly underneath the AP.

Have upgraded the controller to the latest and the APs are all on the latest firmware. Any ideas? Going to try and reset then re-adopt later but thats not ideal!
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I had a huge problem when I ran just 1 SSID, UAPs were disconnecting as well. I fixed it by running a second hidden SSID (documented fix on ubnt forum).

Have you rocked wireless uplink? Turn off if you're cabled in to each AP.
 
I know it's super not ideal, but my only option is to ghetto drop this on a table if i do bother with one of these, how viable is this (still sorta center of a flat)?... or would it be better to just get a standard silly priced router?
 
hellarda said:
Has anyone had any issues with clients dropping connections/signal strength going massively up and down?

I've got a couple of UAP-Pro's and recently they've started dropping clients and packets (When clients actually manage to connect, which is very rarely, their connection is incredibly slow), and signal strength varies even when stood directly underneath the AP.

Have upgraded the controller to the latest and the APs are all on the latest firmware. Any ideas? Going to try and reset then re-adopt later but thats not ideal!
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I would start by looking at the basic network setup. I got myself in a right old state of annoyance about my Unifi switch until someone pointed out that I was creating my own broadcast storm by looping back into the network. Likewise, my AP-AC-HD was shocking until I reset EVERYTHING to vanilla and then it worked fine. The Pro is pretty much stable now and it's a highly rated AP so you're either injecting a problem somewhere in the site setup (definitely turn off all the Beta features) or all the units have simultaneously gone defective. Which is possible, but unlikely.
 
Steveocee said:
I had a huge problem when I ran just 1 SSID, UAPs were disconnecting as well. I fixed it by running a second hidden SSID (documented fix on ubnt forum).

Have you rocked wireless uplink? Turn off if you're cabled in to each AP.
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Nah I have multiple SSIDs on each, so don't think that's the issue. Wireless uplink is also off.

WJA96 said:
I would start by looking at the basic network setup. I got myself in a right old state of annoyance about my Unifi switch until someone pointed out that I was creating my own broadcast storm by looping back into the network. Likewise, my AP-AC-HD was shocking until I reset EVERYTHING to vanilla and then it worked fine. The Pro is pretty much stable now and it's a highly rated AP so you're either injecting a problem somewhere in the site setup (definitely turn off all the Beta features) or all the units have simultaneously gone defective. Which is possible, but unlikely.
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Nothing has changed in this setup for ~2 years now, it has been working perfectly fine up and until now, and just seems to have bombed out. Having investigated further I think it may only be one AP, but not sure yet
 
Guys so its been a while since i posted in here so my current Asus AC66U is dying, and im looking to replace it, im currently on VM the modem runs in modem mode and my router does everything else, i currently have 3 wired devices and the better part of 10 wireless devices, they are not all using it at the same time but worst case.

What would be the best approach, id really like to place an AP in the middle of the house upstairs so something with a decent range would be great, as my Asus is poor at the best of times.
 
StriderX said:
I know it's super not ideal, but my only option is to ghetto drop this on a table if i do bother with one of these, how viable is this (still sorta center of a flat)?... or would it be better to just get a standard silly priced router?
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You'd better off just getting the Ubiquiti AmpliFi HD router. It looks good sitting on a table too.
 
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