Ubiquiti - Dream Machine (UDM)
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"I can basically always trust my X40 to finish a midnight cleaning session in the dark and wake up to find it sitting in its dock and have clean floors in the morning."
"I think its hands down the best all around option right now, especially once you hook it up to the water line and drain, i run it daily in our house and we got rid of our cleaning help because of it."
"significantly worse object avoidance than than the Dreame x40 and L40 ... The best feature of the L40/X40/p10 pro ultra is that they have class leading object avoidance so you don't have to pick up your cat's toys or prep your house every time you want to run the robot meaning you can run it on a daily schedule which will keep your house cleaner. ... I run my X40s daily and they never get stuck on cables, cat toys and other random junk that ends up on the floor."
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"Unifi provide the most stable wifi network for IoT of all the AP on the market, even with one VLAN, even in mesh configuration. ... I have +200 IoT devices in my home from Apple, Switchbot, Aqara, Logitech, Eufy, Hue, Govee, and numerous exotic brands. I have been through hell with solutions from Apple, Orbi, Peplink, Meraki, Eero, Huawei and many many more. And only since I am rocking on Unifi I can open my Apple Home app with not a single device error !"
"I have over 60 devices connected to it, and have ZERO issues."
"Finally, nothing drops, everything is fast and solid, the devices themselves are now the bottleneck."
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"In a 6000 sq ft house I’ve just helped with it has 6 access points and has a perfect full signal everywhere you go."
"I set up 6 of them and covered a 2 acre area including a 4 story house, a 4 car garage, another 2 story house, a 2800 sq foot barn and a tiny house."
"mesh, no cables and it works great on a pretty big house with another router 100m away. ... I have the main router, one repeater on flat 1, another on flat 2, one in the garage, and another in the shed"
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"The Ubiquity has awesome traffic stats right in the app. ... Most people have zero idea about their utilization….but the Ubiquity gives you all that in amazing detail and history….that even rivals commercial gear without all kinds of expensive management software."
"I love that I can access home assistant (and anything inside my LAN) through a wireguard tunnel direcly on the router from my phone or laptop."
"The most advanced Cloud Gateways, like the UCG-Max and the UCG-Fiber, and the Dream Machines can also do what the Cloud Key does plus acting as a router."
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"it's now 5 years in and I still don't really have any reason to upgrade to newer hardware yet. ... the only time they get restarted is when they update, when I unplug them to move them or we lose power for an extended period overnight."
"My favorite feature is reliability. ... It's been rock solid for me through 6 years (I've moved through three upgrades and it's just stable. I love it."
"It took me 20 hours or so to learn how to set it up correctly and now it has been running for 7 years or so. ... Other than keeping them up to date with the latest firmware and software I don't really think about my network at all anymore."
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"Best speeds I can get from it are 850/800. ... Eero maxes out my gigabit connection. ... The dream machine itself barely gives me 300."
"I sold my OG Dream Router because it couldn't hit 1gb for my fiber."
"HOWEVER, the RJ45 ports of both devices are Gigabit only, cutting down the 10gbps speed of your fiber line to 1gbps."
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"And the range comparatively is also bad. ... Upstairs on my eero with my laptop on wifi 700 I can still damn near max out my gigabit. The dream machine itself barely gives me 300."
"Best speeds I can get from it are 850/800. ... Eero maxes out my gigabit connection. ... The dream machine itself barely gives me 300."
"So I thought: ok, 4x4 on 6ghz isn't fair vs 2x2. So I direct wired an Wall AP7 upstairs in the same room I test from... and at best I can get 650/600 on 6ghx/Wifi 7. Agree. I just through adding another AP directly in the room would have have compensated for that. And it still couldn't get the same speeds."
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"Highly disappointed its only got 1 POE port ... It's predecessor has 2, so all the installs that have got 2 cams running off them now have to buy switches or get injectors, it's been downgraded sadly"
"HOWEVER, the RJ45 ports of both devices are Gigabit only, cutting down the 10gbps speed of your fiber line to 1gbps."
"And trust me, you will soon run out of the 8 ports both devices can provide."
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"I have the old UDM-Base and when i'm maxing out just a 220Mbps internet connection for any period of time then the fan noise is noticeable."
00100100 1.0I am in the minority here: but I'm super disappointed in mine. Coming from Eero Max 7. Best speeds I can get from it are 850/800. Eero maxes out my gigabit connection. And the range comparatively is also bad. Upstairs on my eero with my laptop on wifi 700 I can still damn near max out my gigabit. The dream machine itself barely gives me 300. So I thought: ok, 4x4 on 6ghz isn't fair vs 2x2. So I direct wired an Wall AP7 upstairs in the same room I test from... and at best I can get 650/600 on 6ghx/Wifi 7. I think I'm giving up and returning the Unifi equipment. I ABSOLUTELY HATE the eero and that I'm limited to an app for it and no real control. But I can't give up 30% performance even with dedicated AP's upstairs and downstairs. :(
baldelectrician 1.0Buy a decent router and get the pppoe settings from Sky. Connect that router directly to the Openreach modem. I use a Unifi Dream Machine as I have IP cameras.
c4ndyman31 1.0I’d just get a dream machine for the base station. E7 is pretty overkill it’s for enterprise. Also you probably don’t have any devices that support Wifi7 but I understand if you want to future proof.
Caos1980 1.0You can use UniFi either with their router (Cloud Gateways or Dream Machines) or with their controller (Cloud Key) and let your ISP Router manage the routing part. The Cloud Key can manage the network (switches, APs), the surveillance (acts as a camera recorder) and the door access control (can open doors remotely, through rfid tags, cell phone, QR code, local face recognition, license plate, etc. ). All the Cloud Gateways give you full control of the network and can take over your ISP routing functions by putting the ISP router in bridge mode. The most advanced Cloud Gateways, like the UCG-Max and the UCG-Fiber, and the Dream Machines can also do what the Cloud Key does plus acting as a router. Once you try an wireless distribution system like UniFi’s, you’ll never want to revert to single center point systems.
dema12co 1.0I had the UniFi Amplify Alien mesh system and it was ok, but like the other posters said, it’s 1000x better to go wired even if just to one other spot. I upgraded to a dream machine and a few APs and it’s night and day now, especially if you have friends or kids who do a lot of WiFi gaming.
FilterUrCoffee 1.0In apartment living you'll run into the same issue I have which is an oversaturated wifi network. You could consider supplementing your wifi network with these coax Ethernet adapters so you don't lag while gaming. But IMO the Asus Zenwifi AX XT8 mesh wifi is probably one of the better options out there if you're looking for straight wifi. For me personally I have the Unifi Dream Machine which I crank up my wifi power to max and drown out my neighbor's but that's overkill for most people.
FuRyZee 1.0I have the regular UDM for my home setup. They can be found relatively cheaply second hand on FB marketplace and give you most of the features of the Pro at a more palatable cost.
gahd95 1.0I like my Fortigate 40F that i went to from Cisco Meraki MX68, when i moved to a place with a faster connection. But i would also recommend a dream machine from unifi.
Lgndryhr 1.0Seriously considering replacing my dream machine with this device. Had it since 2020. Just always made it a habit to replace routers every 5 years or so. Not sure I need to though.
mjordan73 1.0I'm curious about this too. I have the old UDM-Base and when i'm maxing out just a 220Mbps internet connection for any period of time then the fan noise is noticeable. I'm considering replacing it soon (should hopefully be getting gigabit internet in the next few months and I also want to move to 2.5Gbps for my LAN) and the UX7 is catching my eye over the UDR7 with it being passively cooled (and what little i've seen so far suggests it doesn't get red-hot under load) and I have little interest in apps besides Network.
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