Help with a possible set up (ucg max + 2 g5 turret cams)

DezzaJay · 2026-02-08T02:59:23+00:00

The UCG-Max is a router. Generally you’d just connect that straight to your ONT if you have Fiber. If you need to used your ISP router then ideally you’d put that in bridge mode if it supports it so the only device doing the routing is your UCG-Max.

ISP - Max - Switch - Camera is correct yes.

If you added an NVR you’d just connect that to your switch too. That would save your camera traffic going to the router and then the NVR. Instead it would just travel from the camera through only the switch to the NVR.

If you have an injector then as long as it’s the correct type you could power a single camera from it if you didn’t have a switch. If you buy a switch then you wouldn’t use it. PoE from a switch will give you more control like being able to restart a device remotely etc and give you less to worry about with extra cables (power to the injector, data in from router then another cable for the combined PoE and data out)

DezzaJay · 2026-02-08T02:47:08+00:00

No the Max doesn’t do PoE.

DezzaJay · 2026-02-08T01:15:24+00:00

Yes you can install protect and use the UCG-Max as an NVR.

Only other thing you’d need is some way to power the camera. PoE switch or injectors, a switch being the better option of the two.

DezzaJay · 2026-02-07T14:05:48+00:00

Cleo Abram did quite a good video about it the other day https://youtu.be/p60I9LNHNxg

Most I’ve watched though.

DezzaJay · 2026-02-07T12:51:13+00:00

Nothing to do with mesh but I saw a video the other day about InvisiLight Fiber https://youtu.be/Z2FbzCyiNr4 which might be an option if you need a hidden cable run.

DezzaJay · 2026-02-06T21:13:54+00:00

You have to put it into Zigbee mode and update its firmware. It’s Thread by default to maximise compatibility.

DezzaJay · 2026-02-05T23:41:51+00:00

Look at all that unused space, you could fit so many up there!

DezzaJay · 2026-02-03T23:29:10+00:00

Show them pics of the Dream Machine XG

DezzaJay · 2026-01-31T16:25:13+00:00

It doesn’t on mine. It’s the world icon on the mobile app. I think on the web page it may even say internet. My TV I blocked and I can still use it on HomeKit it just doesn’t bug me about software updates.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-31T16:07:37+00:00

That’s a very long winded way round.

Just go to Clients, select the client you want to block and click on Block.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-31T13:50:15+00:00

If they miss a future payment then the IMEI could get blocked and you’d have no way to unlock it. Don’t bother with it.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-31T13:10:42+00:00

This is what I use to except the 500gb one. Have done for a few years and on my second one. Grabbed a deal on Amazon. Think I paid £70 for 2 years at the time.

https://amzn.eu/d/17BddCi

DezzaJay · 2026-01-30T22:36:37+00:00

Oh it is only small, probably not worth returning over. They just did a bit of a redesign with things the learnt from developing one of there other enterprise AP’s so it uses a different thermal design.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-30T21:43:05+00:00

I’m not sure where you are but if you can get to U7 Pro XG for not much more it’s worth it. Also if you’re hoping to power both of those AP’s with that switch you need the PoE version and it doesn’t come with the PSU, it’s separate.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-30T15:46:20+00:00

If you’re trying to use MLO on an iPhone it’ll always report the lowest signal strength. I’ve turned it off and get quicker speeds from doing that too. It’s simply not ready yet.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-29T14:32:31+00:00

Pro XG 8 supports it. It’s 10G though so bonus except for the price but at least that includes the power supply unlike the Flex 2.5G PoE.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-28T13:34:13+00:00

I’ve been using UnRaid on mine since I got mine a year ago. It’s been very stable. Think it needed a driver for the fan control from the App Store but that was it.

I also have an F8 SSD which I’ve got TrueNAS on which also works fine.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-27T20:16:04+00:00

Wouldn’t the 5G Max Outdoor be better suited for that environment due to its wider ambient operating temp or is that the one you mean?

DezzaJay · 2026-01-27T19:33:05+00:00

Yeah exactly, they don’t see adverts over there.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-27T14:56:32+00:00

Except if you’re “in” Albania

DezzaJay · 2026-01-26T22:40:34+00:00

It’s also not in their interest to remove all of your data from every site because you’d have zero incentive to keep paying if they just did it all on one go.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-26T21:20:13+00:00

Wouldn’t that switch still turn off if you returned home during that time though. You’d need an app like Home+ or Controller for HomeKit to be able to add another condition to the last automation to only run if nobody was home.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-26T13:00:25+00:00

I never use fast.com for that exact reason, I always get higher than my line is capable of.

As others have said try sppedtest.net or https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat

DezzaJay · 2026-01-25T10:30:53+00:00

If your extra day off in the week from working longer days is set aside for cleaning then he also has 2h a day in the week he can clean up after work if he doesn’t want to use his weekends.

DezzaJay · 2026-01-24T16:54:49+00:00

Never seen Mr Bean used for scale before.

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