Part 2 | Ultimate Home Network 2021 | VLANs, Firewall Rules, and WiFi Networks for IoT UniFi 6.0 

This is the new standard video for Unifi setup in 2021. Very comprehensive and easy to understand. I thank you for the effort of putting it together. You have a killer setup!

Just like my granddaughter - talking faster than I can think. Even so, yet another video for the reference library. Thank you for creating and sharing your knowledge.

I started this video thinking "Oh, Ive done a lot of this myself" and ended with "Hmm, I've learnt so much and done a lot wrong" :).

As a Network Security Engineer by trade for over 10 years, Kudos on the well done video and making it so accessible to the masses. Great job.

Your videos are seriously an unbelievably valuable resource. You understand the IT space completely, and you offer a level-headed approach to teaching the theories that are most important. I learned a ton and I can easily trust that you're breaking it down the right way. Thanks!

Thank you for taking the time to make your video series. As you mentioned, it is difficult to find information on many of the functions within the Unifi system, so your videos are somewhat like a video manual that I can go by to set up my own network. I hope Ubiquiti shows you some love and sends you a pile of money for taking care of one of their biggest oversights when it comes to their products!

By far the best walk through and explanation of the unifi system I’ve seen to date, and I’ve seen the vast majority.

The quality of this tutorial is outstanding! So many useful tips and explanations. It should be pinned on any Unifi / networking / homelab subreddits and forums.

I am so glad I found your channel like a month ago. And as I said in the first part. It is good that someone finally addresses secure home network, especially with smarthome tech in the network. Keep it up!!

Finally someone explains all the Unifi settings! =) thank you Rob!

thanks for doing all the hard work for the rest of us! These videos are extremely helpful to me, cant wait for the next one.

I've literally just upgraded my home network to the UDM Pro, US-24-PoE, US-8-POE, 3x G3 Camera, 2x NANO HD .... I am so glad I found this video series, going to be spending a few weekends tinkering, thats for sure! Awesome video, very helpful!

As always Thank you. The hard part is knowing that I should do this but also knowing how hard some of my devices were to connect to WiFi originally. I have a lot of devices that I would have to change around.

I bought a dream machine pro a week ago. I love it! This video has been AMAZING in helping learn what the features of my dream machine pro actually can do and best practices in setting it up! Thank you so much for this content!

First and foremost, you are a great teacher. The balance between concepts and details that are packed into this video shows that teaching is an art and that you are a very talented artist. Thank you for your work.

Perfect timing! I just installed my UDM-Pro yesterday and it didn’t take my old config file as the old controller was a newer version. Used your tutorial in the past and was happy with the setup. Can’t wait to dive in today. Thanks for your efforts!

Oh perfect, I was waiting for this video! Just ordered my Unifi gear and was hoping you'd release this before it all got here!

Just ordered the new Dream Router and was looking on how to move to the next level with all my IoT devices. With your video, If found all I wanted to know, VLAN, Unifi, Firewalls, Home Assistant, Chromecast, ... . Thank you very much!

From someone not using Ubiquity hardware, and so far behind in time, your videos are still a great source of knowledge. Thanks a lot and keep up the great work.

Seriously, this is one of many of your videos that should be part of the official unifi documentation. I always learn a lot from your videos. Thanks for sharing ✌️

Well, Rob, you saved me again!! I got my 2 U-6-Lite APs installed yesterday, and things went basically pretty well. I defined my wireless network with pretty much default settings (using the classic UI), however I had 4 devices that would not connect. I'd watched this video before, and actually commented, but I'd really forgotten the details. So, my first source for help with the issue was Unifi, and frankly, these days, that's just a waste of time. They finally sent me an email today asking for screen shots of stuff they couldn't explain to me yesterday. They're a mess, and they can't even decide on which UI their going to support. The last encounter I had with them a few weeks ago, the tech had me switch to the classic UI, so that's what I've been using. So, after getting some help from the Unifi community forum yesterday, and some ideas from the problem device vendors' forums (it was a Wyze Cam, a Logitech Harmony Hub, and a couple of old TrendNet cameras that wouldn't connect), I thought I'd take a look at your video again, and BAM!!! It was only a matter of setting the security level to WPA-2 (I had it WPA-2/WPA-3) and disabling PMF (default was optional). Now, it's working like a beast!! So, I'll enjoy my new network for the weekend, maybe give some friendly names to devices, and then Monday tackle the granular definition of IoT/NoT, and VLANS. As I mentioned in my earlier comment, I've mimicked your network infrastructure very closely and I have a lot of the same smart home gadgets as well as Home Assistant. I guess you can call me one of your biggest fans!! Thanks again for the help!! ~Frank

I was eagerly waiting for this video! Going to move to a new house in a few months and I will be using this series and the 2019 tutorial to setup my network.

Just got my delivery after watching your 2021 video last week and looking forward to setup my unifi network. Keep up the great work :)

The timing for this video could not better! Next week I’m moving and have to setup my DMP. Great walkthrough as always. Thanks!

omg I cannot tell you how useful this video was, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!! I was having problems with my harmony hub on my IoT network but I was able to figure out the firewall rule I needed from this video. seriously man I cannot thank you enough

Thanks! This video has been so helpful in helping me to clarify how to batten down the hatches on my smart home security. Much appreash, man - keep up the great work! I dabbled a bit with Unifi but have switched to TP-Link Omada, applying the principles you explained super clearly. Take care and stay safe!

Thank you for taking the time to create this video series! Its a must for those just setting up the dream machine!

I absolutely HATE that echo/show devices will join networks that they have been told to forget. But, I love your solution! I set up my Unifi rig and firewall rules based on your first series, and I'm still learning from your new series. Thank you so much for making these videos.

Thanks a lot Rob! I was waiting for this new 2021 series. I’m looking forward for part three. I learned a lot, thanks so much for explaining all that acronyms used in the Advanced settings.

Great content! Thanks for taking the time to explain all the options thoroughly, and not rushing to try and keep the video short.

Thanks, Rob, as always brilliant. A little stuck on IPv6 set up for firewall rules and IoT access etc. but a huge thank you. Can't wait for more. Also to remind everyone of the security issues for the Ubiquiti breach and remind everyone to change passwords, set local access only and force 2fa (if already having 2fa to reinstigate it afresh). Thanks.

Man.... wow. As someone that just joined the unifi ecosystem, this is amazing.

Although I have my UniFi gear now for two years, I still learned some new things here, so thanks for that Rob. Looking forward to check out the next part.

Rob, as always you are my go to channel if i want a detailed yet easy to follow video on a topic.. although i do have to press pause why i go look at my version to compare.. Keep up the good work. found the "new clients" view annoying too as i like to also see which ap's have which devices attached. thanks

Excellent source of information. Well written and presented, with great information for intermediate users (which I assume is the target, considering it's for Unify fans). I went with a pfSense build in my house with Unify gear (2 AP6 LR and 4 USW-flex switches), with the controller hosted on the now retired HA Raspberry Pi. The firewall rules are excellent to have as the starting reference and can't wait to see the next one for port management and VPN. Thank you!

Installing my UDM pro today and walking through these videos. Thanks for putting them together.

Finally a video that explains every setting in the controller. Thnx 👍👍

I can’t say that I understand everything you’re talking about but this is a great video for learning and exposure to please security related topics. Thanks for doing this I will have to watch it a few times but this is awesome.

yessss! Absolutely loving my udm pro and and unifi system as a whole, your video 2 years ago convinced me to dive into the unifi ecosystem and I am so happy I did! Thank you for doing an update!!

Thanks for this awesome video. Knew some of the content already but it definitely cleared things up that I wasn’t 100% on. Already have a UDM Pro setup based on your last video, but will double check and probably change some things. Thanks again!

Implemented the Plex and chromecast rule sets you mentioned in here then blocked vlan coms completely. Currently watching robocop via Plex on my smart tv which is isolated on a guest network. The firewall rules actually work. Thank you. What an excellent guide. I'll go watch vid 3 now :)

What a great video ! Thank you for explaining everything so understandable for a lot of people.

Awesome video! Have just setup a Dream Machine and this is very helpful in understanding what devices belong in my various VLAN's

Really great job. I really appreciate the quality of your work! Thanks a lot!

Finally a video on setup of UDM Pro that is very well explained, including not just they how but also the why. I'd love to see additional video from you on setup for the Apple eco system as mentioned by someone else below. I have Apple TV and want to limit who can access but not cripple its capabilities. Also have Ring devices and would love to know how to setup for them without crippling their feature set.

Wow! THANK YOU. these three videos should come with the UniFi device from the factory!!!!!!!

Thanks for the informative videos. Small tip for users of BLUESOUND audio. I use Bluesound speakers with multiroom capabilities and it took some time to build in the right port access in the firewall rules. I gave them a static IP adress in my IoT VLAN. They need TCP communication on port 443 and 5353 to become visible as a streaming speaker for your laptop/phone in your MAIN VLAN. So i created a LAN IN rule for the group of static IP adresses of the speakers and a source group port 443/5353. They work fine now.

the IGMP explanation was very nice, and specially useful because you broke down the possible scenarios. thanks a IoT!

Thank you for for this detailed, yet easy to understand explanation. Definitely eager to see more Unifi tips and tricks..

Thank you so much for this! PLEASE consider doing a SONOS specific video. :-)

Great video. I learned a lot and you explained it great. Can't wait for part 3.

Congrats... Best video I´ve watched so far related to this subject !

I am excited on building my network and this is video is perfect because I the UniFi Dream Machine Pro is what I’m getting! Thank you!!!

OUTSTANDING video, Rob!! My UDP came yesterday, so I have a lot to unpack and configure!! My infrastructure is very similar to yours, except that I currently have some Sonos devices. I'll probably be getting rid of them, but I'll need to support them for a while longer. Again, you've really done a nice job. ~Frank

Another awesome video! Jam packed with information I have been looking for but not found until I found your channel!

This is the exact video we need!!!!

Brilliant! I am looking forward to part 3.

Great video as always. Learned a lot. Thanks! Greets from Germany!

Great information and really a tutorial as well. Got to watch this multiple times using the time marks.

Great Video Thanks! Hope that one of the viewers has an recommendation for SONOS.

Thanks for the video Rob. This was really useful. I'm learning Networking as a hobby so love that you've made this easy for us noobs. Just wish you had a discord where I could ask questions in real time!

Awesome detail and explanations! Another super helpful video!

Very good job, amazing video. Can't wait for the next part! :)

Yet another Awesome video Rob - thx

Hey, great channel and great vid. I'm finaly gonna start on improving my network security. I was just wondering, what do you do with device updates for your NoT devices...

If I would have watched this video first, I would have saved myself half a head of a hair. THANK YOU SO MUCH! IGMP was messing up my ESPhome configuration.

Great explanation for the Unifi setup

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

Your IGMP explanation was very nice, my Sonos is finally working in years across vlans!

Again, great video!!!

Thank you so much! This is exactly the information I was looking for your the best! Subscribed!

Thank you for this very usefull video! You helped me setup my DreamMachine Pro firewall ! 👍👌

Awesome tutorial - exactly what I needed.

Rob, Thanks for the video. These have been great and very helpful. The one thing I am struggling with is finding a step by step setup for accessing Sonos across VLANs once the firewall is setup. Can you help with understanding a step by Step review of firewall rules? There are multiple posts via a search but have not been successful in making them work. Is this something even possible or should I just give up and access Sonos on the same VLAN?

I was rewatching this now as I was redoing my network, and now I have Unifi equipment thought I'd give it a try. Some settings have moved, but most of this is still relevant. Just as a note to anyone watching this. Each AP or AP Group can only have 4 SSID's per radio, so if you have IoT, NoT, Main and Guest setup, that is your limit of 4 SSID's on a particular AP. I know Rob mentioned that quickly, but it is an easy one to miss

Great vid look forward to part 3 thanks

Great video series Rob!

Rob....this is bar none....one of the best networking setup video series that is understandable by humans....regardless of Unifi or not. Excellent work friend!

Thanks for the video, this will be very helpful.

Can this guide still be followed with the release of Unifi Network 7.0, or can you make an updated video showing the core changes between the two Unifi Controller versions?

Very Nice Explained!

Rob, you are the best! thank you so much for these. can we get an updated version of this video

Thanks for sharing, great info. I’m still having trouble with my private and somos vlan so I’ll keep looking.

This really is the best info for users trying to hop into this. I ended up with a fairly similar setup my coincidence. But from a security perspective, while I get the single pane of glass centralized UI allure, I don't like the idea of blending Layer 2 and 3 the way they do with a USG or UDM Pro. If your unifi controller is compromised, the attacker now has Layer 3 access as well. For that reason I went with an Edgerouter4 instead and it's rock solid. The learning curve is a bit steep but worth it

Thanks for the demo and info

It's crazy how much of this interface has changed in 4 months.. Creating a new network has so many more options now.

Thanks for the video, hugely helpful as I just got a unifi setup to use in our new home! I’ve struggled a bit in my setup of the Unifi integration with HomeAssistant, any help in how you’ve set that up especially regarding presence detection would be very interesting.

That's exactly the tutorial I needed! There's however one thing that wasn't mentioned here - the printers setup - is it better to put them in the same main VLAN, and maybe block it's outbound traffic, or to place it in the NoT VLAN, separating it completely from the internet? Thanks!

Your videos are refreshing. Thank you for being thorough.

thank´s for this realy good informations!!! I started yesterday with the Setup my Dreammachine .... i came form DDWRT router so i had a litte expierence but i learned so much from YOU. Best greatings from Austria (PS: pleas speak a little bit slowlier ;-) , so can better follow you)

very intresting video, thanks!

amazing video. Thank you!

Thanks for the update, I'm still wondering what rule to add to my wireless printer, it's a strange thing as print to its via phone and computer. Also can't wait for VPN, I installed wiregaurd and duck dns but think it gets blocked somehow even though I port forwarded. Can't wait!

Thanks for doing this walkthrough! What do you think of using 192.168.0.0/16 when creating the "All Local Networks" group instead of specifying each individual /24 subnet?

Excellent content

This is so good, that I feel guilty for not paying for the info! Thank you!

Great followup to the old videos, it's nice to be able to refer people to good explanations, and that the videos are not too old :-) I've moved my plex server to the iot network, as it will not detect chromecast devices as local if they are not on the same network.

So good…. I love you dude… keep it up!

Very good video and explanation.

LOVE your videos! Any chance you would describe how to set up AirPrint (when printer is on the IoT network or LoT network)?