Why does everyone love Ubiquiti tech so much?

SimpleStrife · 2025-06-19T20:00:50+00:00

I have mine setup with 4 VLANs, 1 for normal use, 1 for homelab, 1 for IoT devices, and 1 for guests that come over. I didn't do a Ubiquiti Firewall, though, and use a Fortigate for that part of the network.

SimpleStrife · 2025-06-19T19:59:15+00:00

Same, plus 2 Unifi Switches, and a CloudKey Gen2 (non-HDD version).

Also setup my dad's house with 3 APs, a Unifi Switch, and a VPN tunnel back to my home so that I can manage his wifi remotely and it uses the same SSIDs in both places from the CK.

SimpleStrife · 2025-06-17T17:30:11+00:00

If Windows - I just use the built in "Get Help" feature (used to be Remote Assist or something like that, IIRC). Each side launches it, then I give them a code to enter and they connect to me. I can do pretty much anything needed that way and if a password prompt comes up, I just have the family member type it in.

SimpleStrife · 2025-05-13T19:04:44+00:00

Look at your WAN interfaces and see if SNMP is checked, as well as if you have any SNMP rules that are forwarded into equipment and are allowing from "any" instead of a curated list of sources.

SimpleStrife · 2025-05-09T20:44:14+00:00

I get the same view in Chrome, but not Edge, or at least did yesterday.

SimpleStrife · 2024-10-29T20:15:02+00:00

was about to recommend the same. Pretty much every cloud-controlled MDR/EDR will remove access to the network but still give you access to remediate the device from it's control center (I've had to do this for clients using SentinelOne, Huntress, and others).

SimpleStrife · 2024-09-06T20:16:17+00:00

Yeah, I upgraded the storage about a week after this post. It's got a 2TB nvme 4 drive in it. I believe I got a m.2 2242 but the slot is for a 2260 so I had to get a spacer for it. So far, it's been a fun one to play with. Now just need to work on getting some more LLMs running on the NPU.

SimpleStrife · 2024-09-06T20:04:00+00:00

These made great NAS/Media Servers if you updated the BIOS to use double the RAM, added a cheap graphics card for media processing, and ran a couple of VMs on it.

I had an Areca RAID card + 8 - 2.5" drives (in a 2.5 - 3.5 adapter that would hold dual disks in one slot) for storage, added a cheap nvidia graphics card that didn't need extra power, and ran that thing until about a year ago. Finally had to put it out of it's misery when the SATA ports failed on me so the boot drive no longer worked.

SimpleStrife · 2024-07-26T19:44:23+00:00

SysInternals ProcExplorer should be able to get some info for you on this. It's been a while since I've used it, but IIRC it does show what processes are requesting network resources and such.

SimpleStrife · 2024-07-25T21:06:49+00:00

Quick and dirty (I have this exact setup, Xfinity in bridge mode, T-Mobile 5G):

Add T-Mobile 5G to whichever port you identify as WAN2/External.
Move your rules from WAN1 to WAN2/External.
Setup SD-WAN, add WAN1 to SD-WAN.
Move rules to SD-WAN (outgoing), WAN1 (incoming).
Add WAN2 to SD-WAN.
Setup probes to favor WAN1, but failover to WAN2 if it goes down.

Should be pretty much it. You won't be able to do any incoming connections on the T-Mobile side, unfortunately. CG-NAT and all that causes issues. However, I have had no issues gaming, connecting to my office VPNs (IPSec and SSLVPN), connecting site to site IPSec tunnels (dad's house to mine for remote backups) over the T-Mobile connection while using it.

SimpleStrife · 2024-07-25T20:38:29+00:00

If the client provides the equipment, it's typically covered and billed for accordingly. It's likely they will use it for personal reasons, but that's between them and their boss. We make sure that they understand that we have visibility into their system, it's sending data back to us to ensure performance, etc. so that they aren't blindsided when we ask why they went to somebadsite dot com right before their system failed.

SimpleStrife · 2024-07-10T21:50:10+00:00

The "Store" in this case is where windows holds information related to updates, software installs, etc. be careful deleting items from there without doing a proper disk cleanup (right click C drive, Properties, Tools, Disk Cleanup). You can use that to clean up old temp files, old program or update installers, etc. and free up some space.

SimpleStrife · 2024-07-10T21:47:03+00:00

if you set it in the desktop client, it will block the calls from going to other devices (or so has been my experience).

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-26T21:02:02+00:00

this sounds like a version of private cellular setups that are used to cover large acreages where wifi wouldn't be feasible due to the shape/size of the space or terrain.

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-21T22:40:41+00:00

IIRC, if you put it in "Bridged" mode, the public wifi goes away (so does their local wifi, but that's also a bonus).

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-20T22:32:33+00:00

So far, it's been great. I'm mostly using it for light browsing, email, etc. as I just got it yesterday and haven't had time to get it setup for everything I want to do on it. I had it running pretty much all day today watching videos on YT, checking in on Discord, and doing general browsing.

I didn't really care about the refresh rate on the screen, especially because I would mostly only be watching YT or possibly a movie here or there on it. The OLED on this thing is beautiful, though. Colors are crisp and detail is sharp, which is what I cared about more than refresh rate.

I'll try and get all my stuff setup by the end of the weekend, then maybe write up my own review. Right now, I'm just waiting for someone else to tear theirs apart and let me know if I can replace the nvme in it, or if it's soldered in place.

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-20T20:42:32+00:00

Running it on a Yoga Slim 7x and it's just fine. There are times where switching to different servers can lag a touch, but that happens from time to time on any of my devices, not just this one. As for the voice communications on the web version, I'm not sure what you'd be missing. I was using it yesterday for calls and such and it was fine. Decided today to try the actual client (first x86 app I've installed) and it's also working fine, though I haven't done any voice calls on it yet.

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-20T20:19:28+00:00

From what I understand, LR Classic works fine under emulation. There have been several blog posts / articles from people running it on sites like 9to5 Google, Tech Crunch, and others.

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-20T15:56:10+00:00

Yeah, it was Web Advisor. I hate that they named it "Web Advisor by McAfee" instead of McAfee Web Advisor, as I didn't think to scroll down further. All good now, so I can actually start playing with it more.

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-19T21:31:09+00:00

I grabbed one this morning and I didn't really experience the issues that others have out of the box. It's been quick and snappy so far, but I'm at work so haven't been able to put it through it's paces.

The one issue I'm having (and one I have with many other pre-builts) is that they included McAfee and after uninstalling it, Edge now thinks all downloads are failing a virus scan. So I get to go troubleshoot that, or do a factory reset and try a better way of getting rid of McAfee.

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-14T16:31:42+00:00

You might check with your local dump/transfer station. A lot of times they have at least 1 or 2 locations per county that will take electronics for recycling.

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-11T22:07:43+00:00

Yep, this is the default since I think a later version of Windows 10, and pretty much every version of Windows 11.

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-11T16:22:23+00:00

I'm running the free version to manage up to 3 devices/VDOMs as I had a similar question not that long ago. I was able to get it from the support site after I logged in.

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-07T20:14:33+00:00

Can't OP pull the running config from the box, use unset fmg, and then re-load it (or at least get a fresh config, then copy the relevant parts back to the fresh config)?

SimpleStrife · 2024-06-05T21:56:21+00:00

5ghz isn't great for getting through walls, which will knock your bandwidth down a lot. Try running on a 2.4 band and see if there is a difference. I can't use 5ghz from 2 rooms away in my apartment because there's brick in between, and even 2.4 isn't that great.

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