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    Router showing modem at 100 Mbps suddenly

    UCG-Fiber might be a better bet if you want a UniFi router with 10G RJ45 on the WAN side. I'd stay away from RJ45-SFP adapters if you can; they are temperamental little beasts.
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    New WIFI sytem for 240 m2 house

    UniFi's first-generation U7 APs had some issues, mostly around poor compatibility with cheap IoT devices. I think that's pretty well cleaned up now; I've not seen such complaints recently. UI's community forums are lively and worth consulting, but do keep in mind that you get a biased view of...
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    Asus vs Unifi vs ?

    The UniFi answer to this is "buy more APs, they're cheap". If you want to broadcast the same SSID on two different 5GHz channels, two APs will get the job done, and you can even spread them apart a bit to cover a greater area.
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    Recurrent internet drops at 10:00

    Practically none of the theories suggested in this thread can explain why this happens only at a specific time-of-day. I am finding myself a little bit attracted to the CGNAT-overload theory, because if that's the mechanism then you could posit that some other user sharing the same public IP...
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    Recurrent internet drops at 10:00

    Does the restart-the-router hack still fix the problem when using this replacement router? Also, it's not clear to me whether you are relying on any DNS caching/forwarding mechanism in the router(s), or just letting clients send requests out to the external DNS server. One thing that might...
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    Router showing modem at 100 Mbps suddenly

    Back to the point ... I agree with @Tech9 that either the router's WAN port or the modem's local port is partially fried. Maybe both :(. Your ISP's service person will be able to test the modem, and hopefully will replace it if bad, so just wait for that visit. If your luck is bad you will...
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    Surrounded by everyone. Darn...

    The 2.4GHz band is a lost cause for many of us. In 5GHz, it might be worth your trouble to experiment with using DFS channels, because most of your neighbors won't. They're not a perfect solution by any means -- the extra minute or two added to AP reboots is annoying -- but you can probably...
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    Chromecast on different subnet...

    Why do you think you can't change the chromecast's IP address? A quick google search finds plenty of documentation about how to do that.
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    AdGuard Home on pfSense

    You'd find a substantially more knowledgeable community at Netgate's forums.
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    Asus vs Unifi vs ?

    As for the MIMO question --- very few clients are 4x4 MIMO, it's mostly 2x2. Now in principle a 4x4 AP can talk to two separate 2x2 clients concurrently, but that requires the AP and both clients to support that mode --- and again, very few clients do so. Maybe this will be better in a few...
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    Asus vs Unifi vs ?

    FWIW, my own setup has UniFi APs, pfSense router, mostly-Cisco switches. I too find UniFi's routers/gateways to not be compelling, but they make good APs.
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    900 / 450 Fibre - Only getting 600 across my network.

    If you had a virus constantly eating half your available bandwidth, it would take a quite incompetent ISP not to notice that, especially if you were complaining about speed. So I discount that theory.
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    Need Advice - 140m Ethernet Run Between Buildings

    If you get a point-blank lightning strike on your house, a lot of your electronics will probably be toast just from EMF, never mind whether there's a copper pathway. I think the issue about varying ground potential is the more serious concern here. (Admittedly, nearby lightning can cause what...
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    Need Advice - 140m Ethernet Run Between Buildings

    Yeah, but I'd only recommend the UBB if the user wants to buy into the UniFi ecosystem. Otherwise, the 60GHz "Wave" series from the UISP product line makes more sense, IMO anyway. I've not used those models myself, but if they are like other UISP PtP radios, they don't require any extra...
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    Need Advice - 140m Ethernet Run Between Buildings

    I think you're being way too quick to dismiss the wireless approach. Point-to-point wifi like Ubiquiti's UISP gear can reach gigabit-ish throughput and will probably cost less than trenching a cable. If you do insist on a wired solution, though, I concur with the other responses recommending...
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