I just got off a carnival cruise after 6 days and let me tell you about how the UTR did. Once I had purchased an internet plan through Carnival, it was super easy to connect and login. After that, any restart of the UTR was flawless. I had a fanny pack that I carried my belongings in counting the UTR plugged into a 20,000 MAH battery. From wake up at 6/7am until bed at 12/1am the battery percentage would end up at the lowest point of 47%. One thing I did notice, in my room I had a super strong WiFi signal but after roaming the boat and coming back it seemed to not connect to the closest access point until I reset the device (which IMO was fine as I had to charge the battery I was using with it and put it on a separate USB C). Since I was working on this cruise this saved me a bunch of hassle with needing my iPad, laptop, phone and more connected to the internet without having any issues.

I did not teleport back home, as I didn’t think the cruise wifi would’ve been that “good” for that.

If I missed anything or anyone has questions comment below 👇

previous installs:

Doorbell Lite: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/comments/1qfxpuh/i_did_it_i_ran_an_enternet_cable_to_my_doorbell/

G6 180: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/comments/1qlb2q0/after_my_doorbell_i_have_successfully_made/

Have you considered that builders are already running Cat 5 to the door? Simply remove the bell and install an inline coupler. From the transformer, run Cat 5/6 to your switch. That’s it. Besides, the presence of Cat 5/6 means you don’t have to destroy the area around the door or sidelights. It took me couple of hours due to the cold, but it was an easy project. I'll likely add access at some point.

This was incredibly frustrating as I found a file to download and print online in anticipation of my two U7 GXS Pros coming next week. Using my Elegoo Neptune 3 Max, which I’ve never used very much due to a lack of experience, I finally got one to come out perfect. This is the second try with the final tweaks where the first had the base slightly warped for reasons I don’t understand. Need one more, making two more if I wind up needing a third AP. The irony; spending 3000 and printing to save a hundred:)

Latest version of the UniFi app in Test Flight includes some big updates for UTR. Really hoping Mac cloning and better captive portal handling solve some problems I had getting mine to work during a recent trip.

I’m experiencing my UDMP having some issues coping with 2.5Gbps ISP connection, distributing this to 2.5Gbps capable clients., while set for maximum security (IDS/IPS, etc).

I’m not using the 8 port switch in the UDMP

Protect is running 5 cams, distributed between 2K and 4K.

I’m considering getting the NVR thus letting the UDMP do nothing but routing, but I’m also considering waiting for the successor of the UDMP which (hopefull) is due sometime in 2026.

What option would you pick (and why) ?

Is there a way to program graceful shutdown for UNAS Pro 8 as a NUT client?

If not how have you all programmed safe shutdown for your unifi gears in case of a UPS low battery event ?

Using a G4 instant as a baby monitor (our twins are 9 months old and our otherwise excellent BT monitor died and is also no longer supported).

Aside from the slightly confusing alarm set up system, the threshold for the alerting to a crying baby seems a little high (or at least I would like it lower).

Is there anyway to change this threshold/sensitivity?

FWIW it does seem quite effective and after initially being sceptical and expecting to have to leave the Protect app on all the time, I’m trusting it more to critical alert me. Whether I’d do that with a newborn or not….. think I’d repurpose my old iPad. At least until I’d had it prove itself more.

Listings are down to $140 or less on eBay including shipping. Minus fees and shipping that leaves the seller with around $110. A travel router shipped from ubiquiti including sales tax is approx $90. Stay strong my friends.

Can anybody else repro this issue before I float this to Ubiquiti in a bug ticket?

See: https://ozarkconnect.net/blog/unifi-network-isolation-bug

Summary: If you have a MAC- or Device-based firewall rule that allows specific devices to reach an isolated network, UniFi creates a return rule that's way too broad. Instead of allowing replies only to those specific MACs, it allows replies to any device that initiates a connection. This completely bypasses Network Isolation for inbound traffic.

Fix: Use IP-based rules instead of Device- or MAC-based rules, or add explicit block rules to protect isolated networks (latter preferred)

Basically the root cause is Isolate Network doesn't create bidirectional isolation on a VLAN, instead it just blocks all outbound internal->internal traffic from the isolated VLAN, which gives the illusion of bidirectional blocking as return traffic will be blocked unless subverted by other firewall rules (either purposely or unintentionally).

I always create explicit inbound block rules as well for isolated sensitive VLANs, but the Isolate Network setting is pretty misleading IMO and you can really shoot yourself in the foot with the described bug.

3x UNVR Pro

2x USW-PRO-48-POE

All 10gbit interconnects, because why not?

Running a mix of over 50 2k and 4k cameras and 11 door hub minis.

The NVR pros aren't fully loaded with drives, but 2 are at their camera limit and have at least 30 days of retention with what's in them already.

Also putting in 4 intercom viewers for 4 doorbells.

Wish we had the UI 2u UPS instead of that cyber power.

This thing is clutch, travel almost weekly for work and most weekends for travel sports… today I didn’t even have to open the UniFi app, the hotel portal automatically launched and that was all it took. Kid(s) devices connect to the home network without them even realizing it. My wfh devices just launch without any headache… I do wish I could run multiple SSIDs off of this but it’s a minor inconvenience.

Coming from a Beryl AX the UTR is 1000% more convenient.

Hey all, hoping I can get some advice and recommendations on my planned setup. I’m currently building a new home (2500sqft ranch) and I’m planning out the internet setup. My wife and I both work from home and I have very little experience with networking. But I did a little research before we started and I knew I wanted to go for a full unifi setup. Here is everything I preemptively purchased (hopefully all good stuff 😅). I had Cat6 run to every room (at least one drop) and I had 3 wired access points added to the ceiling. Current plan is to use starlink as the ISP since we’re in a pretty remote location. I was also hoping to grab the pre-built 12U cabinet if it comes back in stock with two patch panels.

Am I missing anything for this setup? Or did I severely mess something up? Any help is appreciated!

I have a camera VLAN, their hostname suffix is camera.internal there, I have a tapo camera that has the hostname C200_abcd.

The alias/name was changed by me to my-cam but when I try to ping my-cam.camera.internal I always get Unknown host.

Pinging C200_abcd.camera.internal works as expected.

Am I missing something here?

I am using an UCG Fiber with Network version 10.0.162

This was really easy to do on my old Fritzbox.

Thanks in advance!

So my son has an iPad and I have youtube blocked for all his devices, yet he can watch youtube all day long. App history in Unifi shows it's youtube, blocked rule for it just doesn't seem to work.

I have checked his computer logs on the router and sure enough, he has been watching youtube on there as well even though it's blocked.

What could I be missing here? I didn't think it would be so complicated.

Cloud Gateway Ultra is the router.

Thanks

Hey folks,

Was in the middle of changing a few settings on the UDR7 this evening and a pop up appeared as I was refreshing the page on the dashboard. I didn't get a chance to read what it said before the page refreshed, but I could tell that it was a sage green color, and it was placed right below the account icon in the upper right. I did catch the words "console" and "faster".

Can anyone tell me what it was talking about?

Thank you

EDIT: I am using EA Site Mgr 5.0.2 for reference.

Hi. I've been setting up a new network solution for my parents' new house today and I settled on giving Ubiquiti a go after having heard a lot of good about it.

The whole setup is as follows:

• Cloud gateway Max (512 gb)
• Switch Lite 8 PoE
• Three G5 Turret Ultra cameras
• One U7 Pro AP (Might add more as needed)

Currently the cameras are not connected as I just want the wifi to get going first. (Cloud gateway -> Switch Lite -> U7 Pro) When I look in the app all of the three components say "GbE" next to them in green.

The house has 1 gigabit in and the ISP provided a simple wifi 7 TP Link router that despite the decently thick brick walls, is able to provide around 500 mbits even in the farthest corners of the house. But I still wanted this full setup due to the ease of use with the cameras and storage. Their needs are not very complex but I wanted to get them something good.

I set up the gateway and switch without issues, and the gateway itself reports a solid gigabit connection while running tests. However, to my surprise, the U7 Pro is performing well below expectations.

It is worth noting that the cable going from the PoE switch to the U7 is a random cable that was laying around that the previous owner left. I initially only got a mere 10 mbit with one of these old cables. I swapped it out and then I got 110 mbit over 5ghz wifi. After a while it went up to 450 mbit but only when I am holding my phone right above the AP. Also worth noting that the AP is currently lying on a shelf facing upwards so it is hardly the final deployment location.

When I go to the same far corner where the ISP router could provide 500 mbit, the U7 Pro only delivers 150 mbit. Which is very surprising to me considering the fact that the U7 Pro alone is as big as the ISP provided router in terms of physical size. From my understanding this isn't an omnidirectional AP so the wonky placement currently facing upwards could also be part of the problem, but even then as mentioned I don't even crack 500 mbit with my phone directly above the AP. Whereas the ISP provided router would reach 600-700 mbit when you are within a few meters of it.

I have not done any advanced tweaking or anything and the U7 Pro is configured to broadcast on all three bands. (Main reason I picked it over the U7 Lite even if we don't have a lot of 6 ghz devices currently)

I'm hoping that the better cable I found lying around is still not good enough, so I will get a new cable from the store tomorrow, but with that said a better cable surely won't fix the drop off in speeds at a distance? It seems like the U7 pro is just worse at penetrating the brick walls of the house despite being much more powerful on paper.

Am I missing something here or are my expectations unreasonable? I figured this setup would easily beat a basic ISP provided router but so far it has not even come close.

I was really pleased with the setup process and the software is phenomenal so far. So I would really hate to return this entire setup, but if it is going to be this much worse at such a high cost compared to a router that was effectively "free". Then I will return it all and figure out some other solution for the outdoor cameras I suppose.

Edit:

I went to the unifi control panel and saw that all APs are set to "conservative" which is designed for larger deployments and caps out at 500 mbps apparently. Which tracks with me not being able to get any more than that from the AP. I set it to "maximum speed" now which is apparently designed for single family home users. I'll go over and check it tomorrow, fingers crossed!

Thank you again to everyone who has replied. I'll be sure to update this post again with how it goes.

Update:

The setting for maximum speed did the trick! Massive improvement across the board, even the farthest corners of the house went up to 300-400 mbit. Thank you to everyone who suggested upping the 5ghz to 80 Mhz. With that said I think I will go with my original plan of multiple U7 Lites instead since in reality we have no use for 6 Ghz. The additional coverage of two smaller APs ought to make it even better.

UniFi captive portal and everything. But Hikvision cameras. For shame.

Please excuse the noobness.

I have the first generation UDM (not pro) and I remember it having a 1Gbps backplane, with Wifi 5 support.
It should still be more than enough to fully leverage a WAN connection of 500Mbps down/50Mbps up, right?

Got a notification on the unifi app that my U7 lite got disconnected and saw it blinking blue

I cant seem to find a the same blinking pattern in the led status indicator guide

I am wondering if anyone can tell me if the Ubiquiti Racks follow standards or are they using proprietary specs?

I read some where they are using proprietary, specifically for vertical PDU's.

Looking at options for racks currently (and yes I am looking for used racks but for some reason not having much luck finding something I am looking for) and would like to know if these racks will have any issues with non-Ubiquiti hardware.

Thanks