Ubiquiti Router

welshdragon · 30 Jan 2016 at 15:42

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?

Hyburnate · 30 Jan 2016 at 15:47

The Edge Router-X is pretty good, what are you wanting from a router? I'm a fan of the ERL personally

Caged · 30 Jan 2016 at 15:49

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.

Hyburnate · 30 Jan 2016 at 15:50

Caged said:
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.

That's a good point, would get the dash a little more lively too

Steveocee · 30 Jan 2016 at 16:10

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?

welshdragon · 30 Jan 2016 at 16:19

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

bremen1874 · 30 Jan 2016 at 20:09

No real point in replacing the super hub unless it's actually causing you a problem, or there are features you need that it doesn't offer.

Steveocee · 30 Jan 2016 at 20:25

welshdragon said:
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.

Avalon · 30 Jan 2016 at 21:35

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.

welshdragon · 31 Jan 2016 at 09:00

Avalon said:
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.

I was thinking along these lines. Great stuff cheers everyone, saves me a few quid for another AP.

bledd · 31 Jan 2016 at 15:49

It works with any switch, I use an edgerouter lite at home. Great piece of kit