Omada or Unifi

[Yulian]

So I currently have a mostly Omada setup at home. an OC200, a unmanaged 8 port tplink switch, two EAP245v3s, and a Edge Router X. Its been working OK for the most part, but I am tired of dealing with 2 different admin panels, and them not working with each other. So I want to consolidate into 1 platform.

I want some advice on if I should get a ER605 from TPLink and replace the Edge Router X and go full Omada, or should I drop the TPLink stuff, and go full Unifi.

Reason I am considering this, is I also want to go Wifi 6 real soon. I have AX in most of my computers and I do a lot of in-home game streaming and nothing is wired (wife hates wires) except for the AC access point going over Coax using a goCoax. The house is old and not wired well. I plan to get EAP HD 660s when the prices normalize if I stick to Omada. or go with the Unifi U6s if I go with Unifi.

Some of my requirements:

- IPv6
- Good Wifi, everything is on wifi, it needs to work well.
- Can deal with Comcast nonsense. I at least use a self-purchased Arris modem and pay for Gigabit internet.
- Easy to use management portal. I really enjoy the Omada one, but the dashboard on the Edge Router X is awful. I have not tried the Unifi Cloud Controller
- Easy to use monitoring tools, at least to see traffic usage, whats using what traffic. I like the categorization in the ER-X and can see which services my network is using most.

Any advice, or thoughts?

 

[Tech9]

Why don't you get one ER605 (TL-R605) and see what it can do for you? The router is $60 only. The rest of your Omada system is good.

 

[Yulian]

Ok, I can do that. Wanted to try asking first since you guys helped me out the first time with the main setup, so I figured i would sanity check before moving forward. Thanks for the help.

 

[Tech9]

I had one few months after the release, for testing purposes. The firmware was initial version and had still non-working features; the hardware version was V1. Whatever was available there was working, but I had to send it back because hardware version V1.6 become available shortly after. Don't buy V1 router, TP-Link fixed quickly something with V1.6.

 

[Trip]

Yeah, I'd grab a TL-ER605 and try going all Omada. Use the 605's built-in switch as your "core" managed switch; if you need more managed ports, get an SDN-capable model for full single-pane capability.