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Your conclusion about IoT devices and Band Steering is completely incorrect. The issue is that the Host device, your cellphone, tablet, etc. that you are using to connect the and communicate with IoT device, is connected to 5.0Ghrz Radio. The App will try to Push the current connection of the Host Device to the IoT device as its WiFi information. So when the Host Device is on a band the IoT device doesnt understand, this causes it to fail to connect. It has NOTHING to do with Band Steering, and EVERYTHING to do with a poorly implemented IoT handshake. This can even be a problem if your network runs at 40MHrz bandwidth on 2.4Ghrz, instead of the default 20MHrz. Unfortunately Ubiquiti doesnt have an "IoT Mode" like Plume, Eero, Linksys Velop, Netgear Orbi, etc. or any other Mesh System that uses Band Steering by default, to force the Host device onto 2.4GHrz for 10-15 minutes, so you can communicate with your IoT device, and connect thm to the network properly. Once that IoT device has read the WiFi data off of the Host Device, the Host device can control it from any network. THe easiest way to do this on Ubiquiti isnt to disable Band Steering, but simply to Turn Off the 5Ghrz Radio temporarily on that WiFi Network, which will force all of the devices to 2.4GHrz, and allow you to set up any new IoT device from the Host device, and then you can quickly turn 5Ghrz back on without issue. And the brilliant thing about that, is that even though many IoT devices will not connect without a 2.4GHrz initial connection, once that have connected to the network, many of them DO actually support 5Ghrz, and will Band Steer correctly once the 5Ghrzs Radio is re-enabled. Which can help save on wasted airtime in 2.4Ghrz. Likewise, other devices will usually NOT Band Steer on their own, they will simply choose whatever network is stronger at that time. Client Band Steering is extremely unreliable. And it is more likely your Smart Device will lose all WiFi connectivity, before it says "Oh, i will just switch to 2.4Ghrz", also most Client Steering, is also usually not a seamless handoff. Where Band Steering will make that hand off between the two radios with no disruption. Of Course the real irony here, is that you then promote an IoT network that 5Ghrz only...which...yeah, no words. Exactly the opposite of what you should be doing. Then you enable Fast Roaming...which...is literally a feature of Band Steering. Which you disabled...so...yeah...again, no words. Crazy when people claim to be network engineers, and dont even understand the basic specifications of the protocols they are talking about. Thank God for the internet...

thank you tim, i was stuggling with something, i can ping from my computer on "IOT" network to my phone on the "Main" network. but some how i have no idea i cant access any gateway from my phone on the IOT network but i can get to the main gateway on the computer on IOT. i no its a mouthfull, should i just remove all "Rules and start again?

Thanks!

Great videos! All very informative. Tutorials are excellent. Really researched the subject many others on UA-cam but yours are the best by a long shot. I have a Firewalla Gold currently. Unable to find any information of where to install it? Like after the ISP before the UDM Pro Max or After the USW pro Max 16 and U7 Pro Max access point. Planning to due the install tomorrow night. Any advice would greatly be appreciated.

I have the same service inside of my Van as mobile internet. Works great in 80% of the country Was told I can't use it like this. But it's been working for the last two years lol

Thanks, this was an incredibly useful video. I struggled following along with other walk throughs because they were outdated for the current Unifi UI. This video and the companion pdf was incredibly helpful for setting the rules I needed, which were slightly different from yours.

Thanks a lot for the video & pdf :) Interesting fact: I have a pi-hole for DNS in my Default network. After applying rule 1-4 and 6 i can not ping or use the pihole web interface or the gateways from the IOT network as expected, BUT the nslookup still works and the answer is comming from my pi-hole. I made a wireshark trace and the answer is indeed coming from my pi-hole. I assume this works without rule 5 (allow dns port 53) because i distribute the pi-hole IP as dns server by dhcp with the UDM as the only dns entry and the UDM manages this internally.

Very insightful video. With protect can you search for motion events? On my Synology I can for example highlight an object and then it will search all the footage to see when that object got removed. Also, is there a Timelapse feature? Thanks!

0:07 “small business “? I believe small to medium large is more accurate…

Hey Tim, have you found any workable way to allow Sonos on an IOT VLAN or do you still recommend keeping it on the default for UDMP?

Thank you for these videos! I'm migrating over from a Synology router. I'm after the VLANs (I'm following your 8-video guide), and in all honesty, I thought they only had parental controls. But UniFi seems to have much more flexibility. Keep the tutorials up!

Being that 40Mbps down / 2Mbps up DSL was the only internet option where I live, as soon as they turned on 5G on my closest Verizon tower, I tried the service (starting about 2 months ago). So far it has been OK, I do still have my DSL as failover on my UDM Pro and it does occasionally have to kick in. A reboot of the Verizon router fixes the issue. At first the speeds were all over the place, but as things have settled on this tower (they did just turn on the 5G) it has been better. I know I could benefit from an external antenna as outside I get 300-350Mbps, where my 5G router is now (best place I can do inside right now until I run another CAT6 line) I average 150-250Mbps. Much better than the 40Mbps I had. The upload went from 2Mbps to averaging 10--20Mbps, big improvement. I do have it in bridge mode to my UDM Pro, that part works well. Not ready to kill the DSL yet, as that provider is supposedly coming with Fiber soon. Overall, with (2) providers, I only pay $55 + $45 monthly, so for now with two providers @ $100/month I will leave it as is.

Hi, thanks for this video. However, I just applied rules 1 to 4 and I still am able to ping devices on other VLANS. I allready rebooted the udmSE. The only difference I have is that my default iprange is within 10.0.0.0/24, other ranges are 10.0.50.0/24, 10.0.100.0/24 and 10.0.200.0/24. Only when I move the fourth rule to the top or the first rule to the bottom, then I can't ping the other devices.

Great video! Like so many other things in life it is "Location, Location, Location"....

Yeah, this seems like sharing Netflix passwords with your neighbors... what's the upload/ download for your neighbors?

How much data are you guys using? Has Verizon reached out and complained? 😂

Thanks Tim for sharing this about Mesh systems. Quick question, you mentioned that you had 2 units, were they both the WRX560?

The fact that people don't just run their own cable blows my mind

i think it is a good time to replace my UDM Base. UDM was great but it has time to time a lot of problems and always has 98% of ram sometime freezes when trying to change some rule in the firewall for instance also i want to go to 2gbit isp

Thank you 🙏🏽

Thanks for all your works!! Make me starting to change my Network for a VLans network 😊 Just a question, on my CGM i can’t see my switch (not Ubiquiti, not manageable) so do i buy a switch ubiquiti to manage ports as you do on this vidéo? By défault it show me on port 3 for example of my CGM one of the devices plug on switch (not ubiquiti) Hope it’s understàdable from a french newbie 😂

Great video!

Amazing video! Really makes everything clear, simply and to the point

I like your content. But if I want subtitles, I'll turn on subtitles. The flashing text is just distracting for me and I'd really prefer to be able to turn it off.

I did this prior to ordering AT&T fiber. I had a 50-ft to an accessible box and then two 10-ft runs so I had a choice. The AT&T guy fought me on this and said it had to be on an outside wall. Took some effort, but one I used a pre-pulled cable to show him how easy it was, then showed him the closet had power, ventilation and was drywalled, he accepted.

These are fantastic videos! Just set up my first proper home network top to bottom with Unifi and i'm following these along! Thanks Tim, liked and subbed!!

Cat6 is so versatile but if you are a real low voltage company you do not use electrical boxes you use low voltage boxes so the wire can not get kinked up

Question? I am unable to find a way to enforce this. To bypass it you can just change the DNS settings and then the content filtering is no longer effective. As cellphones DNS settings cannot be restricted, is there a way for UniFi to drop or block connections that are using alternate DNS settings?

I've been researching Ubiquiti tech for a few weeks now as I'm getting ready to replace my aging home network stuff, and now that I have a bunch of IoT devices, young kids etc.and just looking for something more robust. Stumbled across your channel and various series and wow! excellent job explaining things, demo's etc. Subscribed and liked!!! Keep up the great content. I too would be interested in a video on Firewalla.

If the advertised number of clients a Unifi AP can handle is 300, should we push it to that limit or better limit per AP to 25% of its maximum capacity?

This is a side move from the UDR. This model can run all the apps but has no POE ports and does have a clumsy power brick. I despise external bricks. They represent laziness on the part of the industrial designer that translates to a headache on my part. An upgraded UDR would have been better.

If I only get a switch right now, will I still be able to use the cloud management or do I need something like a dream machine too? Thanks for this video, super helpful! I'm very grateful for people like yourself that put videos like this!

As a former ISP installer I can attest to how grateful installers will be. Everyone should do this!

Smurf tubes are a must! Also, when we built our house in 2020 (before crazy price hikes), I had them run Cat6 to every corner under the soffit. I ended up building a workshop about 150' away from the house and installed gigabeams to extend the network to it. One of the under-soffit Cat6 came in handy. When the sprinkler system was installed, I had them lay a 2" conduit between the house and workshop. Plan is to eventually run fiber in the conduit. Then, reuse the gigabeams to extend from the workshop to my tractor shed (250' away). Point is, think ahead because you never know.

Great videos! Thank you for putting these together! I have a Synology NAS on my network. It hosts a Plex server along with file shares right now. My question for you and the group is, what is the best practice for which vlan to it on?

Hi Tim, as always great video. Can you do a Firewalla video it sounds interesting 👍

Hi Tim, is it possible to configure custom DNS (e.g. cloudflare) on top of all the network and device rules for the kids network?

Great video, thank you! Personally I don't like the short style speak text on the screen. That's what CC is for if you want it.

Hi Tim - thanks for another great video. Please add my vote for a Firewalla video as well. Real interested in understanding how you've set up the Firewalla in your Unifi setup. Thank you.

Not very future proof, still leave a lot to be desired.

Yes, do the 3rd party video app

Please do a vdeo on Firewalla. Love the videos they have given me a better insight into Parental Control

Great video, I am wanting to make the switch to Unifi just for my security cameras, I love my home network to much to switch. With that being said is the NVR and cameras all I need for the setup? You mentioned UDM/SE + switch + cameras (why would you need a switch with the UDM/SE?).

Thanks for this and all the other Ubiquity videos you've shared. I'm in the process of setting up my first own network and your insights and advice are great. A video on setting up Firewalla in general and for parental control in particular would be great.

Great content but poor audio. You'd benefit from rerecording the audio to clear up your voice ans make the video more audible.

Yes, do the 3rd party app video.

Que versión es? Lite???

All of UA-cam is becoming full of ads. But this 29-minute ad is just obscene.

Thank you for doing this series and other videos on UniFi it and they have helped me tremendously!!! So again thank you

It's funny that they dropped the mimo down to 2x2 on the new U7, while it's better on the U6 pro line.....Unifi doing unifi things though. 5.4ghz is where you want mimo the most as some of the advancements with communicating over 6ghz makes the antennas less of a barrier for servicing.