Me too and my window of returning it is in 2 days. Since I will be getting 3Gbps up and down internet speed by next week, do you think is worth it to upgrade to the UMD Pro Max?
I suppose these are fine if you want to set them up and forget about it, as a professional nerd I'd must rather jank a pfsense box together and get much faster ethernet.
Same here. I am using an older Dell OptiPlex small form factor for pfsense along with used Mellanox 10 gig dual NIC card. Runs like a champ. Also, all of my switches are MikroTik.
Same here. Bought a cheap repurposed 1U server on eBay to run pfsense and has been rock solid. Just want to see if the unifi interface is better than ntopng
The only major changes are the addition of a second hard drive slot and a slightly more powerful SoC. Everything else remains the same as the SE, including the 2.5G for WAN and 2 SFP+ ports. and I know the IPS is now at 5gbs...In my opinion, the upgrade isn't worth it for me. If I prefer redundancy with mirror or RAID 1 for camera data, I'd rather migrate and use my NAS for that purpose.
Thanks a lot for your comment! I have the UDM SE and two days left before the return window is closed. I was thinking of returning it to get the UDM Pro Max, since I don't need the PoE feature of the SE anymore, now a Pro Max PoE switch powering my access points. But I think you make a good point, the CPU is just slightly higher and the memory is doulbe. I will be getting 3Gbps up and down internet speed, but I think the SE should be able to do routing with IDS/IPS at 3Gbps.
@@cotswald03 The UNVR is Only hosting the Protect App, so you would still need a router. But you don‘t need the Dream Machine for the UNVR if you already have a Router and only need the Cameras
@@SeMoDrix ah I see. I haven't purchased any of my equipment yet but will have 4-5 cameras and 4-5 ubiquiti APs. Seems the UDM kills 2 birds with 1 stone and could be both my NVR and router?
@@cotswald03 Yeah UDM Pro and UNVR only supports their own stuff. If you already have a Router and only use the AP‘s get a CloudKey or self-host the Unifi Network Application. If you need a Router get the Unifi Express or Cloud Gateway Ultra
Agreed. I think that the UNVR is a great option especially since you can run UniFi Access on it. And it's purpose built for security cameras.. unlike the UDM Pro Max that's a 3 in 1 device.
Amazing video but as a mikrotik geek I have to say you are not getting what you pay for. Too expensive for a "hybrid" router - all in one - device. Example. I have a mikrotik 4011 in my lab. It is idling around 6-10% with 21 firewall rules, 32 pre-routing and 2 QoS FQ-Codel, zerotier running in the background 10G to the switches, 6 vlans, 2 dhcps for 2 of the vlans and more and it only costs a fraction of the cost for a udm. I am not against ubiquiti for the simplicity of things but sometimes you have to try something else ... and yes the ecosystem etc but still ...
@@ReviewingLife I have an installation of omada and its great but not yet ready to compete the other brands. The switches have the juice but the routers still need work.
All of my switches at home are MikroTik and love them. Also, keep in mind Ubiquiti is really Apple with networking. Pretty GUI and does the job well but you will pay extra for it.
It all comes down the use case. MikroTik takes a lot longer compared to UniFi to configure & deploy. I've only used MikroTik when there was a need to have more than 10GB connections. You mentioned all these rules & routing but it really doesn't matter if you don't have the traffic to hit any of em. Once traffic starts hitting your rules is when the firewall will actually take on a load. My company has deployed a decent amount of UDM-Pro's with 10+ VLAN's no issues & CPU is always around 65%. There are many factors which seperate MikroTik & UniFi its not really a apples to apples situation. At its core vaule yes they are competiting in the same space but not for the same reasons.
I'm looking to for a router that can handle 2GB internet over PPPOE with a fully blown Firewall. it looks pretty difficult. I think i may have to go with OPenWRT on a PC with 2 SFP+ or 10gbe and a 2.5Gb ethernet switch
The Pro Max has 2.5GbE and a 10Gb SFP+ for the WAN interfaces and it has a 10Gb SFP+ port that you would connect to a switch that can handle 10 and 2.5 gig. The bottleneck you may or may not see is that it can only handle 5 Gb with intrusion prevention turned on. But as long as your internet is slower than that then it shouldn't be a problem.
@@ShinyTechThings HikVision, couple of PTZ's, Colorvu cameras and Ai detection. Not a fan of Chinese but can't fault the hardware. Just for security reasons, if I had to do it again I'd be looking for another brand not part of the CCP but its locked in its own VLAN...
Hi Alex do you use UGREEN Gaming Ethernet Cable, CAT 8 High-Speed Special Network Cable for Game, 40Gbps 2000MHz Braided RJ45 LAN Gigabit Cable, SF/FTP POE 26AWG
GUI is pronounced and Gooey...lol. Who says G-U-I in the tech field? I've been in the IT field for 20+ years and have never heard someone say G-U-I. LOL.
I want to love unify firewalls but they just aren't flexible, stable or capable enough. Unify's network cables are a great prices and great quality though :)
@@YTLover69 LOL maybe i got the Chinese ripoff brand on amazon ;) But seriously get netgate hardware you can thank me later. They just chug and chug and dont get unstable.
I'm confused I work in an MSP & we deploy UniFi across the board with exceptions to specific agencies which get Meraki + UniFi switches & AP's. They are reliable devices which hardly every break. The past year alone have been some major improvements to all aspects of their software. I'm not understanding on what you mean by "flexible"
unifi stuff is neat, but i gave up on them when using multiple wan connections on their top of the link kit could only be done with janky hacks through ssh which got wiped up by updates, A £200 draytek could do it but not a £450 unifi could not
Am only here to listen to him call a Router a Rooter. Then I am out. lol 36 seconds in. lol. Btw does he still live with his mum? Or did he ever actually finally move out?
