Ubiquiti Router

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Bit of a Ubiquiti/home network question.

My house is wired for cat 6 in every room. It terminates to a 24 port unmanaged witch that my virgin sh ac connects to.

I recently installed a Ubiquiti AC Lite access point which is superb.

I was wondering if it's worth putting the sh in modem mode and getting a ubiquiti router to handle things and later on an additional ubiquiti ap.

If so would something like the Ubiquiti Networks ER-X Ethernet LAN Black router be the thing?
 
Maybe. If you aren't in a rush then I'd wait and see what the UniFi Security Gateway product turns into now that they've given up on the VoIP element of it.
 
There would be no real gain in running for a Ubiquiti router at this point, the ER's are brilliant pieces of kit which you can't take away from them. It depends what you want your router to do for you?
 
Well, I game a lot and we have multiple devices etc and to be honest I'm not confident in my sh. It may also mean that I could have better control over the network. Would it work ok with unmanaged switches or would I need ubiquiti switches? Just want to get the best out of the cat 6 I have everywhere
 
Well, I game a lot and we have multiple devices etc and to be honest I'm not confident in my sh. It may also mean that I could have better control over the network. Would it work ok with unmanaged switches or would I need ubiquiti switches? Just want to get the best out of the cat 6 I have everywhere

A Ubiquiti switch won't work better with a ubiquiti router.

If you have Virgin of at least 100Mb you probably don't even need QOS. An ER will work fine with a gigabit switch, your cat6 will do gigabit. There isn't a setting in either a router or a switch to make the cables work faster.

If you want to make the best out of your cabling, cable as much stuff in as you can.
 
I don't see anything you've posted that suggests a need or an issue other than trust. The SH2's main failings are wifi and you've sorted that.
 
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