EdgeRouter 4 and 6 Unboxing and Setup 

Your videos are so helpful. Your overall presence on cam is efficient and direct. I have learned so much from your RU-vid channel. Thank you so much

I know this is an old video, but thanks for being realistic on how these devices will be used.

I'd love to see a walkthrough on using the ER4 in place or in front of an AT&T fiber gateway

Very good explaining, straight-to-the-point without any mumbo jumbo.

Quick question. If you're not going to use the "Bridge LAN interfaces into a single network" option, then what are the other ports on the device used for? Eth0 is for connecting your ISP so I'm confused what the other ports might be used for if they're not being used as switch ports.

I was so happy to find your channel. When I first started I hoped I would be able to find a channel that covered Ubiquiti products with a little depth and I was able to just stop looking after I found your channel.

Going to be using this video to help me fix an edge router that was installed for us. Wish me luck!

Great video Chris. I like it when you toss those boxes around lol

I just got an EdgeRouter 12! I’m watching this video to see how to set it up. I was originally going to buy the EdgeRouter 6P on Amazon, but when I looked at the price of the 6P and the 12 with POE, the 12 was cheaper than the 6P, so I figure I get the 12. Anyway watching this video for the EdgeRouter setup. As I’m converting my entire home system to Gigabit+ Network.

Based on your videos and my research I upgraded my EdgeRouter Lite to the EdgeRouter 4, I also replaced my Linksys SRW2024P 24 Port PoE Gigabit Ethernet switch with an EdgeSwitch 24 Poe. So far I'm very happy.

Hi Chris, is there a chance you could do a detail video on UBNT VPN setup and experience with the 6P or Pro? I have a 5 location client I'd like to migrate into Ubiquiti products.

QOS is something I’m going to require for gaming and if you could demo please that would be great...

If you have a UNMS setup video could you link to that in the description please? Great video, well paced with clear explanation of all settings. One thing you could add is how to bond more ports together with any settings to make it work properly.

What I like to see: 1. How to configure the SFP port for a fiber connection from AT&T en Verizon for example, 2. Setup VRRP between two Edgerouters for automatic failover, 3. Do load balancing/failover between two Internet connections, 4. Have both connect to two switches with failover for a fully redundant configuration. This type of setup is used in large office environments and data centers.

Very nice demo of the Edgemax router

This video was very helpful with setting up my EdgeRouter 4. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work.

Thank you! Best review! I basically wanted a faster Edge Router X SFP -- I was able to get this by creating a bridge and assigning it to all 5 ports.

Thanks for the demo and info, have a great day

It would be nice to try different types of WAN, including using the USB port. Because the only objective this device has is as a backup of wan or improve the internet load.

Hello, great great content ! I have juste purchase ER-4, Can we do turn one or more port to vlan hard wire guest isolation ? I mean, turne some port to a switch device, enable vlan on one port, DHCP on this port and if we plug one drvice on this port, the user have only accès to the Internet and not the local network ? Thans for your advise !

Oh man what a great video. You are a fantastic teacher!!

Great walkthrough perfect pace!!!!!

Thanks for putting up this video even thought as you said is a basic setup but you really driver deep small using the setup wizard explain what capability the ER-6P have what about ER-8?

Chris, have you ever tested a CISCO router here? I'd like to see a comparison between a 2911 and a ER4 for performance.

Thanks. Learning a lot from you. I’m slowly moving from Netgear Orbi mesh to UniFi. Bought the Edgerouter 4. Any idea if I can use the Edgerouter 4 with the Orbi Mesh as the AP until I can upgrade to a UniFi switch and AP’s?

i wonder if the ER-4 can do 1gbps throughput with security/sQM/packet inspection on?

I'd like to see you set up an ER6P with a couple of vlans being trunked through to a tp-link SG2210MP switch which in turn has one EAP245v3 acces point connected and another 2 EAP245v3 access points in mesh mode, ie no backhaul. All the tp-link devices should be configured using the Omada controller software running off a docker container on a NAS, and not the hardware controller. Do you accept the challenge?

Great setup video! Thank you!! One thing threw me which was that after setting up the router - the eth0 light did "not come one and in the web GUI - the eth0 interface came up as disconnected. Turns out that I needed (for the teh0 interface) to go to Actions -- Configure and there under Speed/Duplex - change it from "Auto negotiate" to 100/Full (which worked for me) and everything came alive!

Any idea what total throughput is with sqm turned on? Thanks for the informative video!

You mentioned turning frying a device if POE was enabled on the port for a non-POE device, but my understanding is this would only have with a passive POE injector, not a 802.3af compliant switch. Is this 802.3af compliant?

I would love to see how to set up an Edgerouter using the 2 lan option. I tried with my Edgerouter x and something didn't work quite right. had to reset it and start from scratch with the single lan configuration.

Nice video.... Would like to see what kind of raw routing performance it delivers....and what kind of hit on it with the diffrent service enabled... dpi and so on :)

We are buying the ER-4. I need to be able to connect two separate buildings. Have you done a video on site to site VPN using the EdgeRouters?

I would like a video on setting up a vlan on edgerouter 4 that is on a different subnet that reaches out to the internet on eth0 and vlan on eth1 with port 22 inbound open and all standard firewall rules. Also setting up NAT for a vlan on edgerouter 4 with same qualifications.

Hey Chris, I just want clarity. Is the ER4 recommended to use with 2 AC Pros, and the remaining ports going into various rooms in the house? Or should we be using a switch for everything but the APs? I have about 50 plus connected devices in the house and I need something robust to manage it all.

I have a question about the switching or layer 2 being handled by the software. Do these other consumer routers found in your local Best Buy (Netgear, TP-Link,so on...) handle the switching the same way, by the software?

Why'd they do 24v poe on this thing? I just got one on ebay for cheap to replace my PFsense box for now. Just thought it was weird I was thinking I could run my Unifi 6 Pro off it but I guess I can't which means it'll still have to be connected to my switch.

am a small business internet supplier using ubiquity devices, I already have two internet subscription but would love to add another subscription. Am using edgerouter lite for my load balancing, what advice can you give for me to buy which type of edgerouter for my connection

Video suggestions: Please show how to transfer a list of Static MAC address reservations from an existing installed router, to a new router that is getting freshly installed.

If your upgrading from an Edge Router Lite, Can you restore from an Edge Router Lite backup file?

What is the USB Port for? Would it be possible to connect a 4G modem and have it as a secondary or backup Internet connection?

Great video. Any chance of going through how to block known problem IP addresses using auto downloaded block lists ?

Have you done any throughput testing or speedtest? The website omits and throughput numbers for this product. Thsnks, SK

Chris, perfect your explanation.

Do you know if the SFP port will support a 2.5 or 10Gbps SFP ethernet card on the edge router 4?

USG or Edgerouter 6? Which is better for home network?

Can the ER-6P run a separate network / subnet on all ports, or can it only support two unique subnets (excluding sub-interfaces).

I was first looking into ER10X but the found ER12 for better performence. Maybe other suggestions?

I would like you to create a video on how to setup a wifi guest network on VLAN2 with a couple of Cisco WAP321 devices connected to an unmanaged switch connected on port 2 of the 6P device. Local network is untagged on port 2. Internet is on port 0. Please help.

Hi chris nice video keep it up! Can ER-6P power 3 lap 120 access point? Planning to start my small wisp, your advice will help us big. Hoping for your response. Thanks.

Hi Chris and thanks for video. Can the UNMS be run together with the UNIFI controller on the same Ubuntu?

@Crosstalk Solutions, I know the er-4 is beefier compared to the er-lite, but I'm curious which would be more cost effective for home use to replace a Google Fiber network box. I'm all for performance, but I'm not for overspending if the er-4 offers only a slight advantage.

I would like to see how to track web-sites vistied and amount of bandwidth used by IP. Also how to block certain websites and do port forwarding. And limit bandwidth for certain domains ie facebook or youtube. Things guys usually do with Mikrotik routers. Great channel!

Hey chris always nice seeing all your content, Keep it up! All the way from philippines here sir and i i just want to ask for your advice bcoz i find it hard for me to decide what to choose between 3 ubiquiti edge routers (ER-4 budget issue / ER-POE-5 & ER-X-SFP most likely affordable for me but really undecided for this 2 bcoz they almost the same) really looking forward for your response chris it will help us for stablishing our starting wisp biz. Thank you and god bless!

He’s got the best unboxing useless junk throw.

Absolutely FANTASTIC video (and full series)!!! Thank you so much for this amazingly helpful information. If you wouldn't mind, I have a question regarding the ETH 5 (SFP) port, and using an ISP's fiber handoff for the WAN connection. Centurylink fiber gigabit ethernet is now available in my area, and their equipment appears to be an ONT (fiber to RJ45) and an all-in one gateway / modem / router / WAP. Would the EdgeRouter 4's "eth5/SFP" (with the proper fiber module) be able to take the fiber from CenturyLink that would otherwise plug into the ONT, thereby eliminating the need for the ONT? My goal is to not use any of CenturyLink's equipment, and to use an EdgeRouter 4, a UniFi POE switch, and two UniFi APs. Thank you tremendously in advance!

Thx for a great video and showing/explaining the interface software. Buying one now :)

Hi Chris, I've just purchased the ER-4 which was an upgrade to the USG. I am into gaming and the issue that i have is in regards to ping spikes or network variations or buffer bloat. I'm told QoS can fix this and i've attempted to set up the smart QoS without success. I also noticed that the "upload" and "Download" seem to be the wrong way around in the GUI which i tested with a speed test and the effect was opposite to what the settings suggested, an easy fix though... I'm wondering if there is something completely esle that im missing as im not an IT professional but pick things up somewhat at my own pace lol. love your videos upto date which got me started down this path!

Hey Chris , I just got an edge Router X and a UAP-AC-LR , i have done a Controller on DigitalOcean working perfectly with LE certificate , and i came across UNMS. Should i create a UNMS and forget the Unifi Controller ? What the diference between both UNMS and UNFI Controller ? Is one come to substituite the other ? Thanks for all your videos.

When comparing the EdgeRouter 4 to the EdgeRouter Lite, is the price difference worth it? Because its newer,...?

Quick ? - when you plugged the blue cable into your switch and into the wan of the router - is that like plugging the router into your "cable modem". I'm thinking about getting an edge4 to replace the shitty consumer grade wireless routers you get at Best Buy. Thank you.

I'm in a dilemma, i really like the Unifi products family but the USG is getting really old and seems to be weaker than the Edge router 4, my questions, how would the Unifi Cloud key, AP's and Switches work with the Edge router ? i won't have the same interface, right ?

I would also enjoy a video on setting up LAG on EdgeSwitch for faster media transfer between a NAS (that also is capable of LAG). I tried but does not produce a faster transfer. Is port to port LAG possible on an ES-24 Lite?

I came here looking for the non bridge set up, he says "Lets go ahead and set up a bridge" haha. How does the WAN get connected to the LAN without bridge mode?

Hi Chris, Can you please do a video on privacy error/security certificates on Ubiquiti devices

As it's still a not fully implemented feature, what non-offloaded IPv6 performance could we expect from these units?

Nice video. Is it possible to reserve ip address with this router?

Whats the difference between the EdgeRouter 4 (ER-4) and the EdgeRouter X Advanced (ER-X-AU)????

Very helpful overview, thank you!

I really would like to see an extensive video on setting up IP reservations though the ER-4/6 DHCP. I have not found one at all on your youtube channel or any other youtube channel. How about also an extensive video course on using the CLI and it commands to get thing done not available in the GUI. Thank You

Hi Hoping you are fine. I need a suggestion regarding one of my setups. I have a 3VLANs configured on a L2 switch. Each VLAN to get internet from a separate modem. I wish to add a router which will do the NATing meaning VLAN1 NATed to modem1, VLAN2 NATed to modem2 and VLAN3 Nated to modem3. Is it possible to configure an edgerouter with 3 WAN interfaces (No load balancing) and one trunk connected to my switch. Kindly advice

Hello, If I buy a edgerouter 4 er4 can I use 2 ports for 2 RJ45 internet connections? Thanks

Great videos Chris. Could you do a video about setting up VPN on the EdgeRouters? Thank you

Like to see the SFP port setup

I know the router is 2 years old but I'm having throughput cpacity issues as we start WFH... 4 laptops running zoom... 2 TVs running netflix. My challenge is that I have two WAN 1G services and my edgerouther X does not work well and the 10x might be better but also not great.

Thanks for the compare, I would like to see the Edge Router 4 compared to the USG or USG Pro. The specs are great, and I don't think the firewall will impact throughput like it does on the USG.

Great video. Do you know if there is any EdgeRouterX replacement short term?

great videos, thanks again, any thoughts on doing a fax server with API function?

can I push a 300 mbps down 30 up internet service through this or even gigabit?

I'm new to Edgerouter, and I'm fully aware of the risk of UPnP. I've enabled UPnP in my Edgerouter 4 and I have several ports opened from my NAS (torrent, SSH etc.), Shield TV, etc., all as UPnP. In my previous router Archer C2, I can see the list of opened ports opened by UPnP. How can I do the same for Edgerouter 4? Is there any menu or even command for me to see the list of opened ports? So far I used webpage like @t but I'm not comfortable using the website or any other websites to check.

Hi Chris. A little help if poss. I have just bought an ER4 and currently have a Draytek Vigor 130 modem in bridge mode on 192.168.1.1 I have configured the ER4 to have an IP of 1.20 and a pool size from 1.38. How do i configure the Ubiquite ER4 to allow me to access the modem to view stats etc? Thanks!

Can anything in the Edge line be used as a full DNS server that's authoritative or is it forward only?

Have you noticed the huge increase in the cost of the AP Pro?

Why would you pick an ER Pro over the ER4/6P? The ER4 and ER6P are actually more powerful than the Pro.

Do a video of a setup of Fiber to the Home Optical Modem

What about USB? Can i use LTE modem?

I wish this has a site to site VPN settings with GUI instead of terminal only.

The Edgerouter 4 pretty good for lan-party's :) I have one. Great Smart Qos

Can we do web filter and application filter on these devices

I would like to see an Edge Router set up using a Xfinity Modem.IE:I have an Xfinity supplied Modem/Router and I would like to purchase an edge router to compliment My Ubiquiti network.

Thx Chris for the videos, real good info. Wondering how to do multiple local vlans, ie office + guest. But have them both share printers, but not have the guest VLAN see anything else in the office network. Can this also be done using the edge router lite?

How is the temperature of 6P comparing to er5 Poe.. Thanks

how many devices 6p can handle? I need something for 70-120

I am having difficulty with this router and my QNAP NAS. I have watched multiple you tubes and still cannot connect from outside my network

I'm surprised you don't understand the CIDR dhcp ranges.

Could you do a tutorial on making site-to-site VPN work with failover WAN on the ER-4?

I was looking at this to replace the poe5 that we generaly go with.. but it only has 24v PoE! why ubnt, why! If it atleast had 48 you could use 48-24 volt adaptors.. now that almost all ubnt ap's are 48 volt af this just makes it bad. Feel more like a edgerouter x sfp replacement then poe5. I saw that the beta device had 24/48 but ubnt removed it in the final product.

Would this be powerful enough for a VPN to pia without bottle necking ?

Ops! Seems you forgot to label the cable on 9:46 Just kidding :p Thank you .. please keep it up

which is better us -8 150 or the edgerouter 6 ? I have ACPRO'S - usg ... but need more plug in ports... to expan d camera surveillance etc... thank you !