Recent content by bigfatron

If you want extra ethernet ports then some of the better APs support passthrough and I think the wall mount APs do also.

Agreed. I'm covering a 3 bed 2 storey house with 1 UDM on its own (that isn't even in an optimum location) and I can still get a stable and workable signal at the bottom of the garden as well. I had intended to get an AP but discovered I didn't particularly need it.

As far as I know you can mesh with it, yes.

Bear in mind the UDM is WiFi 5 There's the more cylindrical FlexHD AP out now if you want something that doesn't look like a smoke detector.

I don't think the RADIUS stuff works right this minute. Its marked as 'coming soon' on the menu.

As someone else said, seperate SSIDs with individual VLANs sounds like the best fit. Don't think you can cap on absolute data usage though (would have to check) but, as they said, you can throttle the amount of bandwidth available if they're hogging throughput. You'll be able to see per device...

Looks like that's had some fun too with a recent firmware upgrade https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Dream-Machine-Firmware-1-6-4/71e1191b-36b7-4ac4-81a4-f4e859e4e0f3?page=7

A bit of a cautionary tale now i've had a bit of time with this device, specifically regarding the firmware and automatic updating. Mine shipped with something like 1.5.3 on it. After a few days i'd enabled the automatic updates schedule and then discovered I couldn't remote into the device...

Cheers Trip. I think I was that buried in the UniFi portal that I forgot there was a separate UDM web UI too!

Now i'm in possession of one I thought i'd give a bit of feedback and initial impressions... Initial setup was fairly straightforward (elected to set up via Chrome from a wired desktop, but you can use an app over bluetooth or via default wireless). Seemed to take a few retries to pick up my...

I would've thought if you're paying out for 4 nodes and (the OP) claim to have some technical knowhow and also have backbone wiring available then other solutions are possibly more attractive and of comparable cost? If he really needs all that it must be one big house or have very thick walls.

Prices are variable (I've seen some quote £350+) but ubiquiti's own EU store is putting it out for about £275. Doesn't seem unreasonable considering a good consumer router can command that.

Must admit i'm quite tempted by the Dream Machine. Two questions you may be able to help on.. 1. Is the WiFi coverage good compared to decent home routers? I'd be moving from an Asus AC68 2. Is the power cable connection at the UDM end a standard 2 pin 'figure of 8' connector? The reason I ask...

Yeah, that's certainly one of the possible plans I have.

Cheers. I've already tried some fairly short term tests on different positions that've yielded better results. Aesthetics means the AC68 isn't going to stay in any of them permanently though. I did manage to run some Cat6 between Xmas and new year to the "problem" room. This ended up as...