Is Unifi actually any good???

Is Unifi actually any good??? - UDM Pro Upgrade

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I may have different thoughts in 6 months...we'll see.
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0:00 Intro
1:18 Upgrading to Unifi from pfSense
3:52 Things I liked about Unifi
7:58 Things I do not like about Unifi
13:53 Some neutral thoughts on Unifi
16:17 Overall thoughts

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@parl-88 9 ай бұрын

Hey Unifi, LISTEN TO THIS MAN, he is actually making sense and taking the time to help you IMPROVE your product! Raid Owl, thanks for your effort. Cheers!

@kristopherleslie8343 8 ай бұрын

It’s plenty of folks doing that. Remember ubnt is Apple 🍎 like

@NatesRandomVideo 4 ай бұрын

They don’t care.

@LAWRENCESYSTEMS 9 ай бұрын

UNIFI PLZ! They are finally getting the VPN features more like other firewall but how they did those firewall rules is just a mess!

@RaidOwl 9 ай бұрын

You hear that Unifi? THE Tom Lawrence agrees with me...so fix it!

@mr_______x 9 ай бұрын

Also, please add multiple PPPoE as you have on EdgeRouter.

@steelfalconx2000 8 ай бұрын

I just want to be in this conversation. So yeah UNIFI FIX IT!!

@kristopherleslie8343 8 ай бұрын

I’d like to add to the tally 😅

@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios 5 ай бұрын

I'm a nobody who is way late to this conversation... BUT I AM circling back to considering your products after getting TOTALLY HOSED after buying your initial black tough router, camera, and WAP.... (of which, ONLY the WAP was worthwhile.... for a while). Soooooo, if Tom's saying fix it.... "FIX IT!!!" ...That stated, Raid Owl made AWESOME points, so they need to be resolved as well.

@kc9nyy 9 ай бұрын

Glad to see someone finally call out the dhcp & dns limitations.

@MactelecomNetworks 9 ай бұрын

Great overview. The port thing is a little annoying in the firewall rule. I always just add it to the description

@RaidOwl 9 ай бұрын

There he is, our Unifi Jesus ❤️

@MactelecomNetworks 9 ай бұрын

@@RaidOwl 😂

@JimtheITguy 9 ай бұрын

He is the Messiah@@RaidOwl

@JMTosses 9 ай бұрын

Yup - put it into the name or description. Ain't pretty but at least it's readable. Takes some discipline to change the description whenever a port is added or removed. Also doesn't work when following the paradigm to have important settings only changed in one place. But until UniFi fixes the interface ... it's probably the best workaround.

@bentownsend1872 9 ай бұрын

2:00 Instead of moving the devices one by one, there is an option to do a site migration to move them all over at once seamlessly.

@Kiwi0Six 9 ай бұрын

UniFi PLEASE Thanks for the review. I’ve been on UDM for a almost 2 years now. Love the ecosystem! I have been slowly migrating to Protect from a hodgepodge of cameras and love being able to see everything in one place. I have been frustrated by some of the things you mentioned but my network is not yet as complex as yours - so I have a heads up on things to come. There have been massive improvements during my time on the system so I have hope that many of the gripes will be addressed. On Protect, it is nice but pricey and is missing some features of my previous setup. Keep on milking the vids for us 😂

@unpass 9 ай бұрын

100% agree with the awful firewalling UX. I had to make a DMZ with a UDM Pro and absolutely struggled.

@jonathan.sullivan 9 ай бұрын

"Holy Shit the Firewall Rules..." Had me 😂💀😂💀

@krzychaczu 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience with it! 👍

@itsmrpaddy 9 ай бұрын

Installed a UDM-SE last year, and I agree with you on the firewall rules part (I forgot what I did with DNS). I managed a lot of different brands of firewalls in my job, so I'm used to configuring firewall rules ... But seeing this GUI, confused me. They should up their game in certain aspects, and it'd be even nicer to use.

@Mikeee503 9 ай бұрын

I was running a full TP-Link Omada setup, which is basically a Unifi clone at half the price and in some cases I found more stable. The firewall was great to have in a single interface VS using OPNsense and then everything else controlled in Omada. But, they have the same weird static IP, DNS, firewall rules, and VPN issues. Used it for 4 months and then I donated the firewall to local small business and went back to OPNsense. Only thing I changed this time around was to virtualize OPNsense VS bare metal like my original setup since part of the reason I tried to switch was also saving electricity by eliminating a few hundred watt space heater in my collection.

@MrJmannik 9 ай бұрын

I love this video because you didn't love or hate Unifi. For me I love my UDM Pro because it does what I need, how I would like for it to be done. I don't have a lot of firewall rules, vlans etc. I have a few vlans, I have multiple external IP addresses (which weren't supported when I first got my UDM Pro), and have a few basic port forwarding rules. I moved from a PFSense box to the UDM Pro because I didn't want to work on firewalls after spending all day working on firewalls. I wanted something that was nice and easy to manage that did what I needed it to do, the UDM Pro ticked those boxes for me. Having said the above, I don't recommend the UDM Pro/SE to everyone, its about the needs/wants vs the capabilities of each router option.

@jejsun 9 ай бұрын

Interesting topic, you did exactly the thing I´m thinking about, thank you for the opinions and information!

@TulioCamargo179 9 ай бұрын

Essential video. Thank you

@npoitevin 9 ай бұрын

Good content as usual, keep up the efforts

@ZRubidium 9 ай бұрын

I do agree that it's definitely a great product for those that do want the simple solution. I use it for my family and my networks while I'm moving around a lot (in the Navy) so it's easy to use. When I eventually retire and have a more permanent home I might buy something more "technical"' ; but for now it's very user friendly when at the end of the day I want it to just work.

@PowerUsr1 9 ай бұрын

You did a really good job breaking down the pros and cons. Outside my job as a network engineer I like to keep my home simple-ish. I run pfsense with UniFi APs and switching. I did consider a USG recently but holy shit you broke it down as to why I don’t want to do it. I got firewall rules, 6 vlans, IPsec to my OCI instances all running bgp. Did I say simple? Moving to a USG would eliminate my routing, my VPN option. Too much work making that transition. Juice not worth the squeeze. Great video. But cmon…you could’ve self hosted that controller without a cloud key 😂

@RaidOwl 9 ай бұрын

Haha yeah def but I’m a sucker for dedicated controller hardware 🙃

@stultuses 9 ай бұрын

@@RaidOwl Absolutely, being in total control of your own hardware is important Too many examples out there of companies doing rug-pulls on it's users, either through product retirement or government pressure (yes, tin-hat conspiracy material)

@captainhitz 9 ай бұрын

100 percent. I work for a very large tech company that may have wanted to do a hardware partnership perhaps but dang the firewall section coupled with the QoS settings and how there devices do NOT allow you to properly configure Dante/NDI traffic.... Unifi has sooooo much potential and could literally softball so easy wins into there platform but who knows. Anyway great video sir. You gained a new follower.

@robc0704 8 ай бұрын

Good synopsis. 2 years ago I would have said no to their Gateway products. Now though after having using many firewalls (PFSense and OPNSense included) I would say they can finally compete at that level. Though yes more interface work is needed. I also like the way they have separated out OPENVPN and Wireguard VPN's. Traditional Site to Site is a totally separate animal for creating links to traditional firewalls. The DNS request would be a nice feature add.

@JackSprattt 9 ай бұрын

You can move them from the cloud key gen 2 pro to the udm pro, I had to do this at work from a cloud hosted unifi appliance to a cloud key gen 2 pro, the option is kinda hidden, but it's there and it works as long as both unifi network appliances are online and on the same unifi account. Took about 5 minutes to transfer everything then reboot and adopt the devices.

@TheZonga 8 ай бұрын

OMG I THOUGHT I WAS GOING INSANE thank you for making this video

@chrismallia29 9 ай бұрын

Agree with you on the DNS really need it.

@ValexNihilist 3 ай бұрын

I just got a UDM SE and I absolutely LOVE it. But yea the UX for setting up the few basic firewall rules I wanted for house was a nightmare. Thank god once it's set up you don't really have to mess with it again.

@this_is_tn 9 ай бұрын

Great video!

@The113End 8 ай бұрын

I've been searching everywhere and youve finally answered the port forwarding and reverse proxy questions I've had. Its preventing me from switching over. I have the UDM just sitting there. Unifi plz

@rickorwig986 5 ай бұрын

Interesting video. I’m a retired IT guy and I’ve been expanding my home network equipment to include Pfsense, Unifi access points and recently moved to using their 2nd generation cloud key where I was using a raspberry pi with unifi’s management software installed. I also have several vlans configured to separate my IOT devices, guest devices, etc. When my Pfsense device dies or needs upgrading I’ll be deciding on whether it makes sense to move to a UDM Pro instead or not. I’m enough of a geek to not mind tinkering in Pfsense but it would be nice to live in just one ecosystem. Ah, decisions. 😂 Thanks for the video and giving me food for thought.

@FTLN 9 ай бұрын

UNIFI does not support IPv6 through its eco system, for example a UDM PRO and down stream we have UNIFI L3 switch, you can only do Layer 3 routing between the UDM PRO and UNIFI switch using IPv4. We are in 2023 and any product family which cannot route IPv6 is a big NO NO NO. When Unifi arrives in the 21st century, maybe I will give their products a try.

@mattsaxey529 9 ай бұрын

Objectivity!!! Very helpful, thank you!!

@Mokaphyyr 9 ай бұрын

Find this fun to watch as the TP-Link videos are why I switched my goals to go the TP-Link route. I have one Unifi NanoHD AP, but when I get enough money, I want to swap it out. TP-Link appears to me to be better budget-friendly for my family.

@Jamesmtz0920 9 ай бұрын

I had the same WAN setup, ATT fiber as primary and Xfinity as my backup. Fiber is more reliable than cable so I ditched Xfinity and went with T-Mobile Home internet. I figured a 5G backup made more sense, since cable would be more likely to go out than fiber. Just my thinking. My TMHI isn't bad. I get roughly 180 down 20 up. Enough for a backup internet plan and it's $30/month.

@ASM1981 9 ай бұрын

Great job on pointing out the pros and cons of using Unifi vs pfSense but I have to add some more to the list, first, I used both systems, but ended up going to pfSense every time although I still have the UDM SE and I love it but, first thing to add to what Unifi lacks is the ability to add a FQDN as FW alias making it very hard to keep track of a website address if the IP addresses will change such as a notification service for a surveillance camera system whereas in pfSense, it is as simple as just adding the FQDN of the notification server and never worry about it again. The other thing is the ability to work on FW rules as a bulk copying multiple ones especially from interface to another just like on pfSense for instance, unable to set a DNS server for an individual client different from other clients on the network, bandwidth proper and detailed QoS as in pfSense, but I still like Unifi even with all those cons and thanks again for the video!

@Samwarren1982 5 ай бұрын

agree. I’ve deployed 6 different Unifi systems and supported 2 large scale systems. While neither admittedly had any firewall rules, the only thing I really love about unifi vs. other systems is the price and availability. The other pieces you listed as positives I agree with completely. My biggest issue lately is the software updates that break the communication between ubiquiti devices that have been steady for months and months.

@LuisAndySerrano 9 ай бұрын

Please Unifi listen. The firewall is the exact reason why I didn't pull the trigger when I put it in my shopping cart. I ended up only getting AP's. Don't have a large network but I do have a home lab.

@driver288 9 ай бұрын

We actually deploy UniFi gateways for customers that predominantly use cloud services and infrastructure and as such don’t publish internal resources or only a few of them since they are so set and forget. And should you change or update something we can manage them remotely. It’s also convenient to manage everything in one place including security cameras. When customers need more complex setups in their gateways we use other more granular products.

@hendogg02 5 ай бұрын

Completely agree about the firewall. I too fun pfSense at home and Unifi for my church. Yes, Unifi please make it better.

@jonathanmayor3942 9 ай бұрын

YOU FUCKING NAILED IT ! Unifi is good for the ecosystem, wifi protect, access, etc but thoses firewall rule + VPN stuff is BAD, so now I'll maybe switch the dream machine for dual PFsense firewall with 10g and beefy CPU that could handle the 10G protection as I'm getting 10g at home

@dubas1974 9 ай бұрын

lol. I just did the exact opposite. I've been on UDM pro and Unify ecosystem for years and just switched to Pfsense for my firewall. I still use unifi switches, access points and for cameras but no longer use the UDM Pro for firewall and so glad I switched.

@guy_autordie 9 ай бұрын

Before 2:30, the migration: The newer controler should have an option to "auto" (with or without authentification) transfert the network configuration and control of the infrastructure. (Home use, without; business, with). The user should have to go to any of the infrastructure devices. Maybe we should get some "Bonjour" protocol, the one apple use (used?) to connect and control the network devices. As Todd howard said "it just works", and yes it just works.

@NightHawkATL 9 ай бұрын

Welcome to the world of SDN! The hardware is fully capable of doing all you want but the software is limiting it. I just shut down the last of my SDN (Meraki) even though I still had 2 years licensing left. SDN is great for those that want something easy and don't want pfSense or OPNSense. I don't mind the quirks of pfSense and a managed non-cloud switch. It lets me know i own my data and traffic info and don't have to do stupid stuff to block prying eyes. Doing the setup for firewalls and port forwarding and DHCP reservations is just part for the course because they 2ant you to use the easy way of just not doing it.

@IJayJayI 8 ай бұрын

@unifi definitely needs a lot of work but they have also come a long way over this past year. Lots of amazing upgrades that you don't have to worry about SSHing in to modify.

@HardcoreNacho 3 ай бұрын

I agree it could be easier. I was asked to help my church with their network which has Unifi. I figured out everything from the app or web gui myself just by clicking on the options. Very easy to use. I’ll be moving to Unifi for the ids/idp as nothing else out there has such easy implementation of the feature. Just wish this had the ability to run adguard on it.

@TheDmankl 4 ай бұрын

I completely agree with the points you make here and would love them to completely redesign their DHCP/DNS and firewall/traffic sections. It would also be nice for consistency across the board.... Its like if apple and microsoft designed something .. looks great but you have to have several different implementations to get what others have out of the box ... But I do love unifi ... just would like for them to figure themselves out.

@evelbsstudio 9 ай бұрын

I like the port grouping, I have alot of servers and labelled all the ports that reference a server is easy. I like that.

@Drkayb 9 ай бұрын

Good video, mate. If "forgetting" devices isn't enough, you could SSH into them and run "set-default Factory Reset". Should pop up for adoption after a while.

@Crobisaur 9 ай бұрын

This is exactly why I didn't go with the UDM, not only that the port forwarding is trash, but you can't even set up an external firewall with the UDM, you either use the UDM and all its goodies or you don't. I ended up going with an edgerouter 4 as my router/firewall and it's worked pretty well but that was only because my pfsense box was a dell optiplex from 2008 and consumed too much power for my liking.

@driver288 5 ай бұрын

Hi! I’m in the Pro UniFi camp for the most part. I do get that some implementations in UniFi are a bit backwards. I love the ecosystem. UniFi is like the Apple of networking now when Apple isn’t making that kind of stuff anymore. Also traffic management is pretty straight forward to use if you use the apps feature. You don’t even need to know a thing of ports of tcp/duo to block since that’s all taken care of for a pretty decent selection of apps and services. Also built in network protections like dark net protection and honey pots paired with deep active packet inspection with great throughput is really good. We deploy UniFi to customers of different sizes but mostly small to medium sized with just a few of no public services hosted on the inside. Most of our customers leverage the cloud and have fewer and fewer reasons for using VPNs now, or hosting services on-prem. Protect is great and also hosting multiple network customers in one controller.

@Der089User 8 ай бұрын

Same experiences here: I'd like to have everything in one UI, but actually special, granular settings are hard to implement in Unifi. In the end for professional use cases the Unifi firewall is not recommendable. And having a good amount of practice with pfSense is always a good deal. That's why I switched from pfSense to Unifi - and back again. 😎

@valin0r 7 ай бұрын

For the portforwarding part (and that you have to open it to the world). It's possible to secure it. Place an internet allow rule (for the IP-addresses you want to allow) and place internet in drop rule after it. I know, it's not great but it works if you place the allow and the drop above the grey out port forwarding rule. For the most part, I gree, the UI from the firewall rules sux pretty bad.

@krisclem8290 9 ай бұрын

The firewall system would bother me too. I might just say screw it and put the UDM behind a dedicated appliance if it was supported.

@scoty_does Ай бұрын

Lapsed unifi user here thinking about coming back for VLAN deployment. Watching your video's reminded me of why i left. Thanks for saving me some money!

@michaelrichardson8467 9 ай бұрын

You could've done a backup of the "site" from the cloud key and restored it during the setup of the UDM PRO

@J0ermungand 9 ай бұрын

Upvoting this video, because unifying Unifi haters and fans alike should award you with the nobel peace price.

@wilsmith7173 9 ай бұрын

finally you have come on over to the dark side. but seriously I love my Unifi setup, it just keeps growing and I have no complaints. started with basic networking and then added a access point and later a nano. just grew from that.

@RaidOwl 9 ай бұрын

Yeah I like mine too, but nothing is safe from criticism ;)

@idscomm 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, very informative. I am a Network Admin and I am still running pfsense at home in a Unifi environment (switches, cameras, access points)... I am still debating buying the UDM SE as the Firewall part scares me. I wish they would re-design the entire firewall module. Any update since you made that video? Are you still using the UDM SE?

@MillionMileDrive 9 ай бұрын

I run a UDM Pro behind my pfSense because my switches and AP's are Unifi. I originally intended to replace my pfsense with the UDM Pro but at the time, DNS was an issue. Now the UDM Pro is basically an expensive cloudkey... still looking to eventually migrate to the UDM Pro. I've been testing out a Windows domain with DNS and DHCP for a few weeks. If I like it then I see no reason to stick with pfsense.

@driver288 9 ай бұрын

You should have been able to migranter the Network config via backup and restore from the cloud even. Or from a dowloaded config backup file. But you would have to change VLANs in your firewall replacement step since VLANs are handled differently in UniFi and you probably had them set up as VLANs only VLANs on the cloud key.

@pauljohnfox 4 ай бұрын

I LOVE your analogies and my displeasure and dissatisfaction with this company at this point, and their ridiculous prices (they used to be cheap - really) has definitely compelled me to subscribe and like. Thank you for being comprehensive.

@daan6106 9 ай бұрын

@Raid Owl pls do a long term review of this and see if they fix those firewall rules

@RoFBOPE 7 ай бұрын

@Raid Owl Which one is you favorite, Unifi or Omada? Keep up your great work.

@manslayerdbzgt 9 ай бұрын

You can also get the big cloud version of unified that can manage thousands of unified devices in the lands and all that stuff but you got to pay monthly in the cloud is machine itself to run at your business is pretty freaking expensive but not that expensive if you're a business but for a home user hell yeah

@philsowers 9 ай бұрын

Unifi just released v.3.1.16 this week which improves port forwarding! To get it change UniFi OS "Release Channel" from Official to Release Candidate. You might find other improvements for your case as well. At the very least you could get some more content about it for the channel. ;)

@JMTosses 9 ай бұрын

Eagerly waiting for that to be released proper. Watched a few reviews and it appears to fix quite a few pain points. Cheers! JM

@hemajith223 9 ай бұрын

I have a UCK G2+, Unifi 24 port POE switch and an Edgerouter X in my home setup. Debating what what router to replace the ERX with at the moment. Since I have a Cloud Key G2+, it makes sense to buy a UXG-Pro but haven't seen a lot of newer reviews about it. Any thoughts?

@wodn184fn8 9 ай бұрын

im planning to buy a udm for my home lab and i really dont play a lot with firewall rules, only blocking some vlans from not accessing my main network so ideally i think udm is a good choice for me. also the 7.5 update i think it changes a lot in firewall rules but i dont have a udm yet so i cant say more.

@RaidOwl 9 ай бұрын

Yeah my final thoughts were just that, if you’re not running a huge network or need the firewall rules at all…it’s awesome.

@mikescott4008 9 ай бұрын

I think you'll be back with pfsense over Unifi. I flip between pfsense and Sophos XG Home. I remember utterly hating the UDM-Pro I ordered in spring 2020, I sold it within a month and fortunately for more than I paid.

@toolate6971 5 ай бұрын

Lets hope they can deal with these issues in coming releases or I will stay with my Meraki FW.

@RockTheCage55 4 ай бұрын

I'm looking on getting off untangle/arista & this was enough that i won't be going with unifi.WIll be looking into either sophos or opensense/zenarmor

@kevinwhiten2804 9 ай бұрын

I would love to see a comparison between Unifi and Omada

@maxd7228 12 күн бұрын

On a serious note, I'd be happy to take that pfsense 4100 appliance of your hands if you're looking to part with it.

@AM-nm1oe 5 ай бұрын

you can plugin a unifi poe adapter directly to an AP then hit the reset button on the poe adapter

@drkavnger99 9 ай бұрын

I just migrated cloud key to udm pro se last week. It's possible and easy once you find where to upload the backup.

@RaidOwl 9 ай бұрын

Glad that’s actually an option!

@drkavnger99 9 ай бұрын

@RaidOwl issue is it's a convoluted mess to figure out for the non-initiated. I also had the benefit of upgrading from a usg so I moved firewall rules as well. Overall good video and a good presentation on the good bad and ugly.

@snaplove7931 3 ай бұрын

best thing I ever did!!I need a new switch, which do you recommend, I have the UDMSe and need POE perhaps the 24 Pro would do

@RaidOwl 3 ай бұрын

Lol man I’m literally editing a “Which Unifi switch should you buy?” video right now. I really like the Pro Max 24.

@gedavids84 9 ай бұрын

I have a similar opinion of Unifi, their switches and APs are good, but their firewall offering is mediocre at best. I'm going to keep rocking my Unifi networking equipment + pfSense firewall setup. Thanks for taking the bullet and try the Unifi firewall.

@mistakek 9 ай бұрын

UNIFI PLEASE! Every now and then I think about moving to a UDM-SE/Pro and then I watch something that says, No. Thanks for confirming I should stay on pfsense 😂

@caseypries7559 4 ай бұрын

I agree about the firewall. I've been using unifi for a while and the firewall is just a pain in the ass. Why it's not more like the windows firewall, which to me is intuitive, is beyond me.

@olekristianbendiksen1246 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. I have a unify access point. I am not going any further. I got a headache just listening to you

@FilAmGabe 9 ай бұрын

Unifi plz! BTW, great 45Drives summit

@RaidOwl 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! It’s probably cuz I wasn’t there haha

@byehl 5 ай бұрын

On the Port Forward + Firewall Rule thing, UniFi does what most users expected: When creating a port forward, traffic to that port is automatically allowed (by one of those grayed-out "Predefined" rules that can't be modified). To restrict it, create your own Accept / Drop rule(s) "Before Predefined." Before CloudFlare Tunnels came along, I ran for years only allowing http(s) traffic from CloudFlare's origin IPs (plus CloudFlare's Authenticated Origin Pulls feature). I don't think it was always the case that UniFi automatically created the Allow rule. When they added the feature to the EdgeRouter is was _optional_ and it's a bit silly that they didn't do the same on UniFi but c'est la vie.

@PabloTBrave 3 ай бұрын

It now shows you what's in the port group by hovering over the fw rule... So slowly improving

@josehernandez-ql2lr 9 ай бұрын

You could have gone into your cloud key and selected each device and pressed forgot and they would factor reset for you

@venopsis 7 ай бұрын

Unifi is great for access point and switch. Didn't tested the access and camera thing. But for firewalling, I'm glad this guy has the same feedback than myself. I found it terribly bad. Some features are good but most of them are badly designed or inconsistent. Migrated to fiber connection for my ISP (1 Gbps download and 500 Mbps upload). Noticed that after installing the Unifi Security Gateway, even with latest update available on the market, the hardware capped the bandwidth to 500 Mbps! Was immediately put to sleep and replaced with OPNsense custom made firewall.

@Bixmy 7 ай бұрын

2:00 There's a site migration you can do just move the whole site from key to udm pro.

@awdtw 7 ай бұрын

The Unifi upgrade drama's were big enough for our business to stop deploying the brands products to any of our clients and we just completed the last switchout to cisco again. Stuff costs us a fortune for original outlay but it just works, and works and work...

@evelbsstudio 9 ай бұрын

Security insights- i would love a way to export the logs to send to people that own the IP addresses to report abuse to. Or a button to send them automatically

@AceBoy2099 9 ай бұрын

If you could could you do a video focused on setting up a vpn on unifi, pfsense, and if possible opnsense along with to work with each other? In my case I'm thinking of setting up opnsense (vm) and my new unifi equipment so I can plug the second nic from my pc into a pure vpn port on the switch so I don't have to install the nord software on my pc to mess up stuff like it's done before.

@informationtechnologysymph461 9 ай бұрын

This is what really stops me from replacing PFsense with Unifi, I think I'm gonna stick with the PFsense for what matters, and Unifi for switching and wireless stuff.

@scottjarriel6761 9 ай бұрын

I would love to see a way to direct a specific VLAN out through a specific WAN port. Haven't seen a way to do that yet.

@kht-admin 6 ай бұрын

Under the Network config. Internet Source IP lets select the WAN interface and IP the VLAN uses.

@Scraws 9 ай бұрын

The security gateway stuff is garbage. I prefer everything Ubiquiti using cloud key 2 plus, then using either pfsense or an edgerouter as the router/firewall.

@norbertskalski62 8 ай бұрын

I'm going the opposite route. Moving from a udm pro to virtualized opnsense. Got a brocade switch. Going with ruckus ap's. Tired of the unifi bs. Going to be selling that udm pro soon.

@fordsrmaster 3 ай бұрын

I noted that you said that you had to have physical access to the devices to un-adopt them. My question is, why wouldn't the "Remove" button at the bottom of the settings page for each device do the same thing?

@rolf2943 2 ай бұрын

@Raid Owl why not adopt your unifi devices to the new controller over ssh? Goes superfast and you don't need to reset your AP's and switches. When i moved to a new Unifi network instance, it took me 5 minutes of work like that.

@Oxx76 2 ай бұрын

I giggled in less than 60s. Have the UV :)

@ImARichard 6 ай бұрын

I really should have played with traffic routes before I made port/ip groups work with firewall rules to handle inter-vlan communication controls. That look so much easier.

@kristopherleslie8343 8 ай бұрын

Good job bro

@gmenelau 9 ай бұрын

it will be great Unifi to create a app for windows like teleport to access the network.

@m4nc1n1 9 ай бұрын

It really shines for what you all get for free. They could have you buy a key for every application and they do not. Networking, security, phone, entry, NVR, etc. is built in. It is solid and the best deal out there. That said, I would not use them for business. Their biggest downfall is support. When you are down and losing business forums and chat just don't cut it. But for home? Absolutely! I went from UDM to UDM Pro to UDM Pro SE. LOVE the GUI and hanving dual WAN AND a 10G LAN port to tie in my 10G switches is awesome.

@itwithmike 9 ай бұрын

You’re probably going back to PFsense eventually.. Nothing beats the PFsense.. unify looks very slick.. and it’s easy to configure.. that’s one of my reasons I am not moving because PFsense is a different world together

@bentheguru4986 9 ай бұрын

Take backup on of UniFi network only and suck that in. UCK2 to UDM is a headache. Stop using the front 8 ports for LAN uplink/downlink. Use port 8 for secondary WAN2 if copper needed (as you have done). Use the SFP+ ports for LAN's. You can create PF rules for each IP to same ports. Go to settings, Advanced and select legacy interface. Now you can rename the "Default" LAN name to what does make sense.

@LeeX1257 9 ай бұрын

UNIFI PLEASE! Pretty please! I have a few switches and APs. I love the eco system but the firewall points raised here just mean i can't make the jump even though I would love to.

@MalachiMarvin 3 ай бұрын

10:52 isn't 'Limited' what you want there? (regarding limiting port-forwarding to specific source IP-addresses)

@rickendude 4 ай бұрын

I migrated to UDMP from a regular controller by backing up and restoring during the wizard phase. But even starting fresh doesn't mean you have to physically reset all units... When you "forget" a unit from the old controller you reset it and it's waiting to be adopted. Looking at the rest of the video now but this was a very weird thing to do tbh...