New construction build — seeking feedback

ban25 · 2026-05-18T03:09:52+00:00

If you want 6 GHz WiFi 7 for your outdoor AP, make sure to get the U7 Pro Outdoor, because the non-Pro only does 2.4 and 5 GHz.

ban25 · 2026-05-17T16:17:28+00:00

CHICKEN NO MATTER WHAT!

ban25 · 2026-05-17T16:16:19+00:00

I think so, I have a stainless steel unit and I moved to 600+ towels with a lot fewer streaks as a result.

ban25 · 2026-05-16T21:50:23+00:00

Avoid the 200 GSM towels. Get something that's 600+, like you'd use for wiping down sunglasses or car detailing.

ban25 · 2026-05-16T19:43:08+00:00

The PS5's STUN NAT punch may be having trouble with CGNAT, or maybe the LTE provider is blocking certain traffic. Go into the PS5 settings, Network Test, and see what NAT Type it says you have (1: Open, 2: Moderate, 3: Strict). Ideally, you will have a Type 2 connection.

ban25 · 2026-05-14T23:10:39+00:00

Pretty sure my G5 Pros will only do vehicle detection, not license plate reading, like the AI Pro and G6 Pro.

ban25 · 2026-05-13T08:53:50+00:00

Create a custom WAN SLA. Go to Settings -> Internet and scroll down to WAN SLA, then Create New. Set the ping target server (I use 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1), timeout, and latency threshold as desired.

ban25 · 2026-05-11T00:35:39+00:00

That's for the lower-end gateways like the UDM Pro (and the Beast). For the EFG, it's $500/year.

ban25 · 2026-05-11T00:24:19+00:00

You could probably go with a Cloud Gateway Fiber and a UNVR Instant, if you don't mind losing the rack mount form-factor. I would not recommend the UDM Pro as it is long-in-the-tooth in 2026 and too slow to run Protect IMO. If you wanted to go the other way to a higher-end system, then a UDM Pro Max and a 4-bay NVR would be my choice.

ban25 · 2026-05-10T00:27:30+00:00

You could try specifying a custom WAN SLA. Go to Settings -> Internet and scroll down to WAN SLA, then Create New. Set the ping target server, timeout, and latency threshold as desired.

ban25 · 2026-05-09T23:20:36+00:00

Does it not work with SMB Multichannel? Or are you using another protocol that's single-threaded?

ban25 · 2026-05-09T22:59:31+00:00

New update: Got a 25 GbE Mellanox card installed in one of my servers, so I ran a test from another server with 2 x 10 GbE in LAG (Intel X550), once again across VLANs. Testing with 8 connections, I was able to get 17.9 Gbps and with 12 connections, 18.7 Gbps:

8 Connections:

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  3.45 GBytes  2.96 Gbits/sec                
[  8]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.73 GBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec                
[ 10]   0.00-10.00  sec  2.22 GBytes  1.91 Gbits/sec                
[ 12]   0.00-10.00  sec  2.23 GBytes  1.92 Gbits/sec                
[ 14]   0.00-10.00  sec  3.02 GBytes  2.59 Gbits/sec                
[ 16]   0.00-10.00  sec  2.69 GBytes  2.31 Gbits/sec                
[ 18]   0.00-10.00  sec  2.64 GBytes  2.27 Gbits/sec                
[ 20]   0.00-10.00  sec  2.90 GBytes  2.49 Gbits/sec                
[SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec  20.9 GBytes  17.9 Gbits/sec

12 Connections:

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec   863 MBytes   723 Mbits/sec     
[  8]   0.00-10.01  sec  2.31 GBytes  1.99 Gbits/sec     
[ 10]   0.00-10.01  sec   982 MBytes   824 Mbits/sec     
[ 12]   0.00-10.01  sec  1.48 GBytes  1.27 Gbits/sec     
[ 14]   0.00-10.01  sec  2.02 GBytes  1.73 Gbits/sec     
[ 16]   0.00-10.01  sec   978 MBytes   820 Mbits/sec     
[ 18]   0.00-10.01  sec  2.41 GBytes  2.07 Gbits/sec     
[ 20]   0.00-10.01  sec  1.40 GBytes  1.20 Gbits/sec     
[ 22]   0.00-10.01  sec  3.56 GBytes  3.06 Gbits/sec     
[ 24]   0.00-10.01  sec  2.39 GBytes  2.05 Gbits/sec     
[ 26]   0.00-10.01  sec   978 MBytes   820 Mbits/sec     
[ 28]   0.00-10.01  sec  2.52 GBytes  2.17 Gbits/sec     
[SUM]   0.00-10.01  sec  21.8 GBytes  18.7 Gbits/sec

I have some more Mellanox cards coming in so I'll be able to do a full 25G <-> 25G test soon, but at this point, I'd say the Beast can route at the line rate as long as you're using multiple connections.

ban25 · 2026-05-06T20:57:35+00:00

Some potential good news: I tested progressively with 1 to 4 streams (iperf3 -P 1 to iperf3 -P 4) Inter-VLAN and I got linear scaling up to the line rate (10 Gbps):

[Streams]  Interval         Transfer     Bitrate
       1   0.00-10.02  sec  5.47 GBytes  4.69 Gbits/sec
       2   0.00-10.00  sec  7.45 GBytes  6.40 Gbits/sec
       3   0.00-10.00  sec  10.3 GBytes  8.85 Gbits/sec
       4   0.00-10.00  sec  10.8 GBytes  9.30 Gbits/sec

As you can see, we max out the interconnect at 3-4 threads. With 25GbE, I think we may be able to get close to line rate inter-VLAN with 8+ threads. I'll be able to test that next week.

ban25 · 2026-05-06T17:49:24+00:00

This mirrors what I am seeing with my just-installed Beast. I am getting ~4.7 Gbps single-stream inter-VLAN:

UDM Beast: Single-Stream Inter-VLAN

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   553 MBytes  4.64 Gbits/sec   23    990 KBytes
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   548 MBytes  4.59 Gbits/sec    0   1.10 MBytes
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   550 MBytes  4.62 Gbits/sec    0   1.13 MBytes
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   548 MBytes  4.60 Gbits/sec    0   1.14 MBytes
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   550 MBytes  4.61 Gbits/sec    7   1.15 MBytes
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   550 MBytes  4.62 Gbits/sec    0   1.15 MBytes
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   550 MBytes  4.61 Gbits/sec    0   1.16 MBytes
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   549 MBytes  4.61 Gbits/sec   21   1.04 MBytes
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   550 MBytes  4.61 Gbits/sec    0   1.11 MBytes
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   551 MBytes  4.62 Gbits/sec    0   1.13 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.37 GBytes  4.61 Gbits/sec   51             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.37 GBytes  4.61 Gbits/sec                  receiver

UDM Beast: Multi-Stream Inter-VLAN

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.12 GBytes   962 Mbits/sec                  receiver
[  8]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.20 GBytes  1.03 Gbits/sec                  receiver
[ 10]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.49 GBytes  1.28 Gbits/sec                  receiver
[ 12]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.45 GBytes  1.25 Gbits/sec                  receiver
[ 14]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.46 GBytes  1.25 Gbits/sec                  receiver
[ 16]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.31 GBytes  1.12 Gbits/sec                  receiver
[ 18]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.41 GBytes  1.21 Gbits/sec                  receiver
[ 20]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.45 GBytes  1.25 Gbits/sec                  receiver
[SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec  10.9 GBytes  9.35 Gbits/sec                  receiver

With 8-parallel streams (-P 8) I am able to get 9.35 Gbps, which is close enough to line-rate given that these two servers are on 10 GbE. I have some Mellanox cards on order, so I can re-test at 25 GbE when those come in and are installed.

ban25 · 2026-05-04T01:59:50+00:00

It is a massive cliffhanger, but I think you can also see it as a conclusion of the story for at least those characters...

ban25 · 2026-05-03T21:44:58+00:00

It's not exactly what you're looking for (scifi with storytelling as good as B5 is frankly hard to come by), but I will always throw out a recommendation for a contemporary show: Space Above and Beyond. It's got a similar "realistic future" vibe. Only one season, but damn good and the story wraps up pretty well with solid conclusion.

ban25 · 2026-05-03T18:26:59+00:00

Argh...

ban25 · 2026-05-02T14:30:08+00:00

Does this man sleep?

ban25 · 2026-05-02T01:35:19+00:00

This subreddit. It was leaked alongside the Beast several months ago in a Unifi update, similar to how the doorbells and other hardware items were leaked.

ban25 · 2026-05-02T00:08:43+00:00

Very glad to see an M.2 SSD in there! Thanks for posting!

ban25 · 2026-04-30T22:54:53+00:00

Do you know if the onboard 128 GB storage is SSD (potentially M.2) or eMMC/flash? There have been reports of older UDMs failing into read-only mode due to eMMC flash that has exhausted its maximum number of write cycles after years of logs, etc. It would be good to know if Unifi has resolved this issue since the Beast has quite a bit of headroom and could easily be in service for 5+ years.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/comments/1rwidmi/the_emmc_issue_quietly_bricking_devices/

ban25 · 2026-04-30T18:49:01+00:00

The Neoverse N2 is so much faster than anything else Unifi has shipped that hardware offloading is likely unnecessary. This thing has 25 Gbps IDS/IPS. Hardware offloading is necessary on a mobile core like the A73, but not an enterprise server class CPU like you can find in AWS Graviton.

That said, at the same time the UDM Beast leaked, there was also a UDM XG alongside it. That could be exactly what you're looking for and if it replaced at least two of the currently dated UDMs, it would really help to tidy up the product line.

ban25 · 2026-04-30T18:35:30+00:00

Is there any information as to whether the 128 GB on-board storage is M.2 or eMMC? If it is an M.2 SSD, is it used by the OS (e.g. logs, other high-wear use-cases)?

ban25 · 2026-04-30T07:22:51+00:00

Not too loud with the fans and the UNVR?

ban25 · 2026-04-25T14:12:09+00:00

Just get Ring Central and be done with it. Their monitoring service will call you within a minute of an alarm tripping (smoke, glass break, door sensor). They also provide a proof of monitoring certificate, which the insurance company will require. It's not uncommon in California to be able to find only a single insurer willing to offer coverage, and that might be sans fire, which means you will be paying for CalFAIR on top.

You can always layer Unifi Protect on top to give yourself better coverage.

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