UbiQuiti Cloud Gateway Max - advice pls.

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Hi again everyone,

I have posted a few times on this part of the forum recently as I am about to make the move to City Fibre (IDNet) with a 1200 Mbps connection.

Having considered a few routers from the likes of Asus, Netgear and TP-Link, I am now looking at a Ubiquiti solution.

The Cloud Gateway Max looks good as this has both 2.5G WAN and LAN ports, my PC is in the same room and will be connected to it by Ethernet. Then I would like to hook up a Wi-Fi access point in the same room and I hope this will be strong enough to provide a workable Wi-Fi signal to the rest of the house. It's a four bedroom house and I would like a minimum of 200 Mbps if possible upstairs for web browsing / video streaming etc.

Does this sounds like a better solution than the routers above? Where I would like some advice is in the Wi-Fi arena. Should I go for a mesh capable access point just in case it's needed? I don't really want to wire stuff up around the house. However, I was thinking of getting a wall mounted access point and mounting it up high in the same room as the gateway. I'm guessing a switch with PoE out will also be needed?

Any advice would be appreciated, as I've said in earlier posts, I am not a networking expert (although I do know some stuff) happy to learn more though and I don't mind tweaking etc.

Thanks.
 
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It's a decent router. However to have a single AP in the house, you're better off mounting it on the upstairs ceiling, ideally powered by a switch in the loft. If it's a new build you will have a soil stack somewhere which runs directly from downstairs toilet to the loft you can feed a cable in (not the pipe itself, but the plasterboard box).
 
As above or put a hole in the wall and run the cable up the outside of the house. Mine are all hidden behind gutter down pipes so you can’t see them.

In any case all ubiquity access points mesh, ideally you want a 4x4 access points if you are meshing because meshing halves their throughout.

They are also powered by POE, you’ll need a POE switch or an injector to do the job.
 
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Thank you for the replies all :)

I've given things a little more thought. I have the opportunity to purchase a used Synology RT6600AX for £150. While this is an older model (May 2022), I think it should provide sufficient signal to cover my house. At the moment, the only Wi-Fi 7 (be) device we have is the onboard adapter on my new motherboard and I don't even use it. Granted more devices will be forthcoming, however in reality, it likely won't be missed for the foreseeable as I can't see us needing that kind of throughput via Wi-Fi. Also, this model unfortunately only has one 2.5g Ethernet port, however I have decided to step down to a 900/900 Mbps package for the moment rather than the 1200/1200Mbps that I was originally planning on, as it will still more than adequately meet our household needs. I've been a user of Synology NAS for around 10yrs and I am very familiar with their DSM software and design ethos, so hopefully for £150, this will be a good router to have for the moment. I also hope this router is a good middle ground between the more pro and the consumer routers.
 
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Good luck chap, I’m sure it’ll be sufficient - although dependent on the size of your home and wall structure etc, it’s possible you’ll lose a lot of bandwidth the other corners of the home.
 
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For that sort of price I would honestly look at something like the Flint 2 router. I love Synology Nas devices but their router line seemed like a failed experiment. At least the Flint 2 is a current model and can run the OpenWRT firmware.
 
Armageus said:
For that sort of price I would honestly look at something like the Flint 2 router. I love Synology Nas devices but their router line seemed like a failed experiment. At least the Flint 2 is a current model and can run the OpenWRT firmware.
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I've had a change of mind and decided to stick with the 1200/1200 plan. so will indeed need dual 2.5g ports. The Flint 2 looks very impressive and the price is excellent!
 
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How UCG-Max perform in a PPPoE scenario? Do you think after firmware update 4.1.11 & 4.1.13 it will reach 2.5 Gbps in download in a PPPoE scenario? Does it run hot?
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Just been connected, I'm getting 2200 mbps down but 2450 mbps up so I suspect it can do the whole 2.5 in the right environment. It hasn't got very hot to touch.
 
Type_R said:
Just been connected, I'm getting 2200 mbps down but 2450 mbps up so I suspect it can do the whole 2.5 in the right environment. It hasn't got very hot to touch.
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Trying to decide between the Max or the newly released Fiber. What do you think?
 
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