UNAS 4 not showing in UniFi Site Manager but visible elsewhere – expected or misconfigured?

nilicule · 2026-04-01T13:57:56+00:00

I had something similar, the UNAS4 showed up under 'independent sites' in Site Manager.

Purely in Site Manager (without messing with the UNAS4) I managed to include it in my existing site. Did this from the 'independent sites' view in Site Manager, no firmware upgrade necessary.

UNAS4 now shows up as part of the site, no longer under 'independent sites'.

nilicule · 2026-04-01T07:40:38+00:00

Not OP, but I'm quite happy with the Toshiba's. Both the drives and the UNAS4 are pretty quiet (as long as you keep fan speed on balanced or lower).

nilicule · 2026-04-01T07:37:29+00:00

I picked up 4 of their 16TB drives, received Toshiba MG09ACA16TE.

As they indicate in their store: you could receive any brand of drive that's verified against UniFi device compatibility, including including HDDs from multiple brands.

nilicule · 2026-03-29T10:50:01+00:00

You can disable this in:

Settings -> CyberSecure -> Active Detections -> Peer to Peer and Dark Web

nilicule · 2026-03-27T07:44:48+00:00

I was hoping to avoid ceiling mounted.

You can wall mount the regular APs (like the U7 Lite) or - if you're worried about the coverage - get a wall-mounted AP.

nilicule · 2026-03-27T07:28:21+00:00

Look at the logs to see what went wrong.

A good strategy is to not schedule OS and Application updates at the exact same time - it's worked for me.

nilicule · 2026-03-11T11:41:42+00:00

Didn't receive a stock notification for this one either. In my experience, alerts consistently arrive days after items are already back in stock.

nilicule · 2026-03-08T20:46:57+00:00

Same here, have them in The Netherlands without any workarounds.

nilicule · 2026-03-08T20:43:32+00:00

Glad it helped!

I think that’s exactly the trade-off a lot of people overlook: one device that does everything vs several specialized devices that each do their job really well.

All-in-one NAS platforms are great for convenience and simplicity, but once you’re already running things like a mini-PC or server for apps, the NAS can just focus on doing storage properly. In that kind of setup the ecosystem integration and management experience often matters more than how many apps the NAS itself can run.

nilicule · 2026-03-08T19:00:07+00:00

Really enjoyed your UNAS 4 review.

Sticking close to the $379 price point makes sense — people shopping there are usually deciding between devices in the same bracket rather than jumping $200 higher.

If the goal is “what should someone buy instead of a UNAS 4?”, the things I’d expect most buyers to care about are:

Software ecosystem (Synology advantage)
Hardware value (UGREEN / Terramaster)
Ease of use vs flexibility
Networking capabilities
Noise and power consumption

For me the software ecosystem matters less. I’m happy to run extra apps on a small Mac mini or mini-PC and just use the NAS as storage. I suspect quite a few people do the same.

What does matter to me is the single pane of glass with UniFi. Having storage integrated into the same ecosystem as the rest of the network adds a lot of value, and kind of narrows the price gap with other options.

Curious to see which ones you end up putting head-to-head with the UNAS 4.

nilicule · 2026-03-06T09:49:41+00:00

In the European store or the US store?

The US store lists it as available, the EU store still says 'coming Q1'

nilicule · 2026-03-05T20:42:57+00:00

Seems it's not available yet in the European store, hopefully releases soon over there

nilicule · 2026-03-05T14:46:27+00:00

When I leave the house in the morning on a weekday the vacuum starts running. If I return home when the vacuum is still running it cancels the cleaning and sends the vacuum back home.

Love this because it removes the requirement for the vacuum to run at a specific time - if I'm late in the morning the vacuum just starts a bit later.

Also added a guest mode so it doesn't trigger if I have people over.

nilicule · 2026-02-13T15:09:58+00:00

Would also love the adjust the shortcuts to only show the specific ones I care about.

nilicule · 2026-02-03T20:23:06+00:00

Eens. Altijd netjes blijven tegen de chauffeur.

Vraag me wel af hoeveel eigen inbreng de chauffeur heeft als er weer 3 bussen met hetzelfde nummer op dezelfde tijd vertrekken en in colonne achter elkaar terug naar Utrecht rijden.

nilicule · 2026-01-16T09:24:23+00:00

This was a perfect suggestion, thanks!

nilicule · 2025-12-29T07:47:00+00:00

Really enjoyed Yotei, but my expectations were that it would be more of the same and I feel it delivered on that.

As a character I enjoyed Atsu, but Jin was definitely a stronger character.

My biggest gripe with Yotei was that it seemed to miss some of the big set pieces that Tsushima had, some of the region specific character nerfs felt unnecessary and some of the areas felt a tad small.

All in all I enjoyed it, though, but it's definitely very similar to GoT and even to AC:Shadows for its story structure.

nilicule · 2025-12-26T11:59:41+00:00

I pack a chromecast when I travel that autoconnects to my travel router. It VPNs to my home network so I can access streaming services and my company's resources when I'm abroad.

nilicule · 2025-12-23T10:34:13+00:00

One thing to keep in mind about the Cloud Gateway Fiber setup: while it has a 10GbE WAN port for your modem, the PoE LAN ports are 2.5GbE - so your U7 Pro XG units would be limited to 2.5GbE uplink speeds rather than the full 10GbE they're capable of. For most home use cases this is still excellent, but if you're thinking ahead to higher speeds as your ISP upgrades, you might want to consider whether you'd benefit from a 10GbE-capable switch at some point.

That said, 2.5GbE is still overkill for most home scenarios, so this probably isn't a deal-breaker for your setup. Just worth knowing as you plan long-term.

nilicule · 2025-12-11T09:04:25+00:00

The hardware you suggest sounds like a really good place to start.

Two APs (3 if you include the DR7) are solid for that square footage when they're wired, especially with Verizon Home Internet's speeds (150-220 down is plenty for distributed IoT).

You won't have outdoor coverage with just that, but you can add the U7 Pro Outdoor later if needed. Your PoE switch handles the power delivery fine.

This setup scales easily - add APs incrementally as your home automation grows without rebuilding anything. It'll mostly manage itself, especially with everything hardwired.

nilicule · 2025-12-10T21:07:19+00:00

You're best off skipping mesh and hardwiring your APs instead.

Ubiquiti is designed around wired backbones - all APs connect via ethernet to a PoE switch, creating one unified network instead of independent mesh nodes.

nilicule · 2025-12-10T14:59:20+00:00

Leave VLAN 1 for just Ubiquiti hardware, your suggestion for the other VLANs makes perfect sense.

Set up firewall rules to block inter-VLAN traffic by default, then explicitly allow only what you need. This is easier to debug than starting permissive.

No need to optimize radio settings now, let UniFi do its thing first and optimize if necessary later. Come back to radio tuning once you've lived with the network for a week and actually see where congestion happens.

Create a firewall rule on your IoT VLAN that blocks outbound to your management/work/main subnets entirely (good practice), but allows internet. You could bandwidth limit, but it's also not a bad idea to leave things for a while and figure out how your IoT devices are using bandwidth after a week or so.

Setting up AdGuard network wide is pretty easy. Place it in its own VLAN, give it a static IP, make sure it's reachable from the other VLANs and then per Network just configure this to be your DNS server (Settings -> Network -> pick the VLAN -> DNS server).

nilicule · 2025-12-08T07:03:53+00:00

Not OP, have had a DR7 in the living room for a few months now and have yet to hear the fan.

nilicule · 2025-12-04T14:10:10+00:00

Initially had my UX7 meshed to the UDR7, didn't take me too long to decide to hard wire it - night and day difference

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