To be clear, the speed of your wired ethernet connection is going to be equal to the speed of the slowest router in the chain. Sending data from a 1 GB switch to a 2.5 GB switch is going to limit speed of your connection to 1 GB. You can't just slap a 2.5 or 10 GB switch in a bedroom and expect to get increased speeds if you have it also increase the speed of whatever those switches are connecting to. You also need to ensure that devices you're plugging into the switches can handle the faster speeds
the traffic would be between 2 devices on the same LAN, say a PC he's editing with and the NAS. As long as the NIC on the PC and NAS support 10gb and the switch ports theyre connected to support it, you have a 10gb connection.
@@salt473 That's correct. All the touch points along the route need to be at the maximum speed. The connection will be at the speed of the lowest node/connection along the Way. You and I are in agreement
Another mistake I see is people placing another switch after a node. It's sometimes necessary, but they don't realize that then the 1GB signal is being split across the 5-8 ports. You're not getting 1GB into each switch port if you're using more than 1.
@@ChrisSmithMusickinda? I mean, with WiFi and CDMA it is definitely like that, and if all clients want to utilise all bandwidth it is like that wired as well. But most switches are smart enough that just plugging in a device does not limit the bandwidth. In other words, a switch will not split 1 Gbps in 8 just because the all 8 ports are plugged in, and limit each client to 1/8. It'll throttle the clients' bandwidth only if need be.
If you are going to work with someone to install wires, don't contact an electrician. They specialize in normal power wires, which have different rules and ways to install them. While they *can* run network wires, chances are they will kink things because they don't understand how important maintaining proper bend radius and such is. Network wires are way more sensitive than power wires, especially at 10gb and beyond. Instead, contact a low voltage wiring company, where all they do is install network cables, install security cameras, etc. They will do it much more correctly, and likely be a little cheaper. Also, don't let them install Cat5e, that standard is far too old. Insist on Cat6A which now days should only be an extra $10 per drop location.
As a low voltage contractor myself I would like to chime in and argue Cat6A is overkill in residential for "most" customers. Without having a discussion with the client I typically opt or Cat6 cable with a CMR fire rating and a solid copper core... Might shoot myself in the foot for this one because everyone else says stay away from copper cladding aluminum (CCA) cables but IMO it's the lowest cost wired option and still more stable then wireless so I'll give the client what they want albeit with a disclaimer.
@@nicholasbackwell1869 Depends on the country. In Italy everyone in a large-ish city generally has relatively easy access to 2.5 Gbps speeds to the internet if they have a fiber optic connection. Sometimes even 10Gbps. Even small villages tend to be wired up to 1Gbps. At those speed you should have the fastest wiring you can get. Actually, you are held back by networking gear, generally
I'm very happily surprised that you started with outlining your goals. Very few people do this, and most youtubers don't talk about it in this manner. Starting with goals makes it easier to identify requirements you need to consider to realize those goals.
Only recommendation I'm going to drop is moving your UPS to the bottom of your rack. Having the heaviest component on the bottom of the rack greatly increases stability. Obviously an overkill setup for most people, but awesome none-the-less!
Just starting out here. Anyone who can point me to where I will find videos on how a set up like this can work for the purpose of emulating an enterprise cloud environment, practiceling network configuration, and cyber security practice. I would like to get used devices fo4 my homelab, but first, I need to know how it works so that I can set it up myself. Thanks
@@keylanoslokj1806 Fans are on the side and back, not top and bottom. Actual data centers will have hot and cold isles but you'll be fine in your house as long as it's not in an attic or basement without AC/heating.
yes, but what does he mean "you order internet and the internet guy comes over"? Why does someone come over? Isn't internet activated remote where he lives?
@@__Mr.White__ The ISP might send over a technician to install your router if you don't know how to do it. Probably upsell you on cable packages and stuff while they are there lol
7:24 Dave Plummer had a good one. A VLAN is like this "You have one massive pipe. Within that pipe you have several other pipes, all different colours. The massive pipe is the main LAN where all the data flows including the internet. You then tell that massive pipe what colour cable to send all the other data down. If you want IOT stuff on the red pipe, VLAN the red pipe, want all internal traffic to only be on blue, VLAN the blue pipe.".
One of the best high level videos I’ve seen on the topic. There is always more to learn, but this video serves as a great introduction to several aspects of networking. Well done.
This is funny because i literally just bought a whole ubiquiti system 2 days ago waiting for it come in because i had the “Google WiFi Pro 6E” and after 4 months of having that system the WiFi just became complete shit, devices started dropping and would have to reset the WiFi multiple times a week. Can’t wait for Ubiquiti to come in especially after this video! Want full control of my network and Google couldn’t do it.
@@JimmyTriesWorld i love tinkering with stuff like this! also have a plex server and you’ve helped with my nas storage as well in your previous videos. love your content keep up the good work!👍🏾
@@marcusjucoI’d just temper your expectations a little. Unifi is a little notorious for giving bad performance (particularly if you don’t know how to set it up). Even I swapped back from ubiquiti to my ISP provided router as the ubiquiti was simply slower. Not like I don’t now what I’m doing either, my job is setting up 50-100 AP Meraki business sites. Ubiquiti is really one of those bell curve brands you love it when you know a little and hate them once you know a lot.
How did it go? I'd hate for this to be one of those situations where: 1) You've asked for help but used the term WiFi and internet interchangeably so got the wrong advice. ISP / ISP router fault. Or 2) Site survey wasn't performed and it's due to channel saturation. Hope all good with ubiquiti swap, but I see those a lot
@@incandescentwithrage It’s going amazing! I love the flexibility and all of the little settings that you can do with it especially with the guest Wi-Fi. I can literally charge people if I want to or add a cool one time password for them, see exactly everything thats going in and out of my routers, also add Custom website for the WiFi login. Definitely had to deal with the Wi-Fi and the channel situation in my neighborhood, but with the Ubiquity set up, it has literally been amazing. I can literally switch to whatever channel I want get exact bandwidth. For example, I can limit the amount of bandwidth that guest Internet can have. A lot more settings than what I could’ve done with my Google Wi-Fi 6E, I’m happy I made the switch and also have the ability to expand more access points in the future is amazing. I love the whole modular set up. And still alot more to expolre it’s alot of fun.
I am new to Cybersecurity/IT industry, still in college in fact, and this video has made SOHO setup more understandable for me compared to other videos that get very wordy without breaking it down barney style. I have a 3 node mesh system myself and currently reconfiguring my whole network thanks to this video. I would like a better explaination on choosing the right switch, or if one is actually needed for SOHO if most of the network is wifi based for 90% of the IoT devices since each node has two ethernet ports each. Maybe I'm overthinking the switches?
You would need a switch if you plan on connecting many wired devices to your network. If pretty much everything on your network is wireless, you don't really need a switch. You can think of a network switch as a power strip. A power strip allows you to connect multiple electrical devices with one power wall outlet. A network switch isn't much different in that regard. Most typical home routers have 4 ethernet ports. If you have more than 4 wired devices, you would place a switch between the router and those wired devices. The switch connects to the router with a standard ethernet cable and your wired devices conncet to the switch, which in turn connects them to the router.
My question is why does everything HAVE to be wireless? I say use wired connections wherever possible. Wired connections are the way to go, for several reasons: speed, reliability, security, privacy, ...
I agree, but sometimes it isn't feasible to wire up everything. Some people don't want to crawl around their attics to run cable to every single room and deal with drilling holes and installing network jacks. And paying a contractor to wire up your home can be pretty pricey.
Dang dude. Great set up, but I feel like I’m looking for a Honda Accord and I accidentally walked into a Bugatti dealership. 😂. I know you gave a disclaimer, but still very jealous.
WAY more than I need in our house. I hard wired my wife's office and my man cave in the back of the house. My wife uses the wifi from the cable modem but since it's too far from the man cave I set up my own wifi system in the back with a TP-Link kit. This setup allows us to have a wired connection for our desktops and wireless for our laptops.
Network Engineer here! I specialize in this very topic! If anyone has any questions around the technical aspects to this let me know! Happy to answer questions around Subnetting, VLANS, routing etc! Things can get complicated quickly always document things and label both ends of your network cables!
Hey, thanks for opening for questions. Im drowning in information (about 3 months of data/information acquisition). As a pro, would you say ubiquity or pfsense/opnsense type of firewall is better for homelab and learning networking? I am updating/upgrading my lab and adding virtualization to it and I’m just getting into the networking side and wanting to set up vlans from my server as well as iot. Right now I have them on a separate port on my nic and separate interface on my opnsense. But other than a different subnet I see no other security features without going vlan (without adding rules). I am deciding on buying a 3 layer switch, but concerned about accessing my server from home if it’s on separate vlan controlled by switch. I don’t care to open my server to internet (other than tunnels, or tailscale, or RP) do you have any advice?
@DeadlyDragon_ I currently rock a homelab with Palo Alto and Juniper, and am studying for my JNCIA. Any suggestions for when I officially jump up to network admin? I’m nervous about how deep I’ll be once I step into it
Hi, thank you for being open to questions for networking. So I work at small business and I’m a very amateur when it comes to computer and networking. The Manager and me are the “IT” guys and haven’t had must success. Ok the problem, we have the server, and 4 other computer on the same network, we use a program related to our business, problem is only one person can be on an account at a time(not a security thing) like a bottleneck thing, it you ask for info from server at the same time or need to open an account while someone is working on an open account, program freezes till the other computer is off any account. Internet can be throttle from time to time too. Also have 3 printer connected on a 12-16 port 1gig switch (I’m guessing is the problem?) anyways we generally get 300Mbps internet, but not on every computer. I really don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t even know if I gave you enough info but I really could use some help.
@@chrismacy1968 this sounds more like an application issue then a network issue. Your switch wont be the problem here you’ll need to troubleshoot the application itself.
@@Andrew-oj3pvas a CCNP studying for his CCIE and working as a delivery engineer for a Cisco VAR, i can tell you all these marketing terms the vendors use will make networking sound complicated. As you start learning more and more its gonna sound more complicated until the light bulb goes off and you realize Networking is a combination of 5 or 6 major concepts. and learning these concepts makes understanding any new tech a lot easier.
16:50 Then you need to flag its a sponsored video. Even if they give you NO money, you've used them for the video so its classed as payment in kind so video needs to be flagged as sponsored.
I would love to see a video of how you setup your VLANs. Do you use firewall security between the VLANs (more specifically IoT VLAN)? I have a Unifi setup in my house. I tried getting the firewall setup so the IoT VLAN could only reach out to the internet but the other VLANs could initiate a connection to the IoT VLAN for better security. Can't trust the vulnerabilities some of my IoT devices could have. The problem is now my smart devices don't communicate properly with my AppleTV or homebridge (on main VLAN). If you or anyone else has some tips, I would really appreciate it.
Last week I tried to drill a hole through a wall to connect 2 rooms with a ethernet cable to get a stable connection for my Ubiquiti Mesh access point. My house is made of bricks so I knew I needed a heavy drill. But I never thought that the wall was 2 feet thick. Two feet for a wall inside a house! Sometimes there is an advantage living in American style wooden houses. It's much more difficult to install network equipment over here in Europe and you need much more wifi stuff because I won't cross more than one wall inside a house and sometimes not even that. I have 7 (!) Unifi wifi access points in my house.
Vlan tags are used to designate which devices are allowed to talk to each other over ethernet protocol on layer 2 (Where switches generally live) of the OSI model. That doesn't mean they can't talk to each other over IP protocol at layer 3 (Where routers generally live). Vlans are both for security and to separate networks from the hardware, virtualizing them and allowing you more flexibility on how you set up your switches. It could sort of be compared to a train station, however once you start getting into routing you might be confused as to why devices can communicate with eachother even though they are on different vlans. Vlans are layer 2 only, and only control traffic on layer 2 protocols.
Hi ! quick questions : are your AP connected to a switch or directly from the router ? and do you need a UniFi gateway to manage the AP or they simply plug & play ? THanks !
I believe you'll need the UniFi Controller software to manage the APs. You can install the software on your PC or dedicate a server for the controller software. I think you can also use your phone with the UniFi app to setup the APs.
Where i live we mostly just get a fiber converter or an ethernet port to connect either an ISP provided router or your own equipment When i moved in to my current place there was an ethernet jack to plug in whatever router i wanted. I had one configured already with my ip subnet and wifi ssid and password so basically plug and play. Nothing to configure. But i have since switched from Apple to Google to Unifi for networking. I work professionally with Unifi stuff among other things so i liked their setup. Most things are wirelessly connected here but I have some stuff on cable like my gaming console and Apple TV and a couple of access points on PoE ethernet. But we usually haven’t seen any modems for about 10-15 years here in sweden 🇸🇪
Being able to have “control” and being able to regulate/control your network/devices is a more than a great skill nowadays especially when you’re able to automate and/or manage your Life using Networking.
MoCA is awesome, at least in my case where I have nothing else (cable/ satellite) using that line. I don't know how much drop off there may be when shared but it carries my full gig internet up and down. I had tried powerline first and it was maybe 10% of the speed to my router reaching the client.
Fun fact about switches, stability is not the main concern with water falling. It’s more so if a switch fails (or gets updated) it does not take your whole network down. Another, less ‘best practice’ solution is to make a ring and use STP to prevent clashing. If one link goes down the other immediately kicks in. Welcome to the rabbit hole :)
I suppose a ring would be alright for a home network since you don't have the redundancy at the distribution layer. With STP though, it still does take time to converge.
I really enjoyed this video and watched it all the way to the end. the video started great in terms of generalizing who might need to know this information (ex. gamers etc etc) as we move along it gets very complex and yes the video is long as it is but more importantly I feel like people need to know as I learnt the hard way is that 1gb, 2.5gb, 5gb and 10gb don't auto negotiate very well depending on hardware limitations (and that what we will all be facing). one thing that I think i would have love to hear about is your trial and tribulations around setting up a network before getting prosumer/enterprise level equipment. because as a 'newbie' 90 percent if not most of the world will not be able to get the access to afford being given ubiquiti hardware to learn how to home network or homelab thier home. please don't get me wrong, as far as explaining what's capable it's a great video. just out of reach for me and I guess anyone else like me. if we knew more about where you came from and what you learnt about the hard ware before getting all the 'expensive' stuff might be eaiser for us to look forward ahead and anticipate what to do next and learn from your mistakes. at least for me that would resonate more for me. I am not a content creator looking for free stuff I am just a regular guy, just like you, where you once were wishing to be where you are now. ☺️ cheers mate!
What wall box do you have at 10:03 ? I’m currently building a new house and want to consolidate all the Ethernet cables into one panel inside the wall like how you have it in the video
Why 2 switches? Do you have dozens of 10G devices at home? And the PSU goes on the bottom of the rack, that shit leaks. The rails are really clean. You can make circles in network, usually for alternative routes, but don't do that in unmanaged switches. Okay toooo much ubiquiti, this is not for home.. more like small offices. It's so expensive.
Next step is to get and program a router that actually routes to more than just the load-balance/failover mode of a dual-WAN box like a Unifi Dream Machine, using routing rules to prefer or dedicate a specific uplink like a VPN endpoint for certain traffic. I've begun down the Mikrotik route after having graduated from doing a full Unifi install at my parents' place.
Some routers even have moca built in, in which case you'd only need 1 moca adapter at the other end. Very useful for needing ethernet for a computer on the opposite side of an apartment as the router. In these routers they actually back feed into the coax line connected to them so you don't even need a second coax port behind the router. Faster than powerline adapters as well, depending on how good your power and coax lines are I guess.
One thing to note about powerline: Your electrical lines are not made to transfer data. It works, and 1-2 installations of it should not be super bad, but especially with iffy electrical lines its not recommended. And any fuse is just a dead end.
Great video, I was wondering if it's possible to set up something like this that is mobile by hooking it up with Starlink? I travel for work occasionally and would like to have a plex server, and also be able to do some light gaming on a laptop.
I'm not sure I understand your end goal. i suppose you can build a portable network setup like this, but it would be very overkill for what you want to use it for.
Last apartment we rented was relatively new so the builder had run ethernet from the living room and bedrooms to a panel in one of the secondary bedrooms. Great, except they cheapened out on it. Not only were the ethernet wires in the panel not terminated, but when I terminated them myself I discovered that a couple of the hookups in the other rooms were improperly or badly terminated so the wires weren't in the correct pattern or they weren't properly seated in the terminal.
I thought you did a great job at transitioning from simple to more technical concepts in an efficient and clear manner… nice work, very informative, I took a few things of note away 👍
Currently using the amplifi mesh system. We've had this system for around 5 years now and its starting to show its age. I'd like to setup networked cameras and change up my wireless situtation.
Get rid of the crappy AT&T gateway! The WAS-110 SFP+ ONT and some quick programing will let you get rid of it! I did it and it’s Glorious! Now fiber is directly plugged into my UniFi DreamWall.
When the going gets tough, you could just cobble together a mesh network of unfortunate wifi access points (such as WiFi routers, dedicated access points, and even old cellphones if you hate yourself enough) to make the jump to other parts of your home and run Ethernet. Just note you typically only get around +/-200 GiB/s with this setup due to wireless limitations, and there is always the issue of making sure none of your access points are "leaking", letting thieves leech or steal your data. I could be wrong, though. I am a little out-of-date with the latest tech in networking. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to use the Coax cables in my home to connect to my network (Thanks to Jimmy for making me aware of MoCA adapters).
16:26 The UDM Pro SE is not a switch, it's an appliance and not rly good yet tbh, they miss propper Firewalling and Site2Site VPNs (Especially the Wireguard stuff) But Ubiquity is definitively one of the more consumer friendly alternatives. I personally use the Network Appliance only and let the Routing be done by an OpenWRT instance.
I’m looking in to a larger unifi setup for our new house. But for the wife approval factor I’m curious for how noisy is the unfi equipment with fans is?
I have a UDM Pro, UDM Pro SE, Pro 24 POE, and Enterprise 24 POE and everything is extremely quiet. Granted, they are all in basements where the ambient temperature is around 66°F, so I imagine if you put them somewhere warmer or with little ventilation the fans could be louder to cool the system. Right now my UDM Pro SE is reporting internal temp of 108°F, and the fan is running at 35% power (~1100rpm) and is virtually silent. If I bump it up to 60% power it’s making about as much noise as a desktop computer might make when the fan is running (still pretty quiet). If I go to 100% it’s much louder, not a disturbance, but not something I’d want in my bedroom while I’m falling asleep. One room over I’m sure you wouldn’t hear a thing, but again that is at 100% power which it shouldn’t need if in an air conditioned space. Good luck w your setup!
It's almost all silent, I've only heard a fan on the smaller egg shaped UDR (Dream Router) outside of that only my Synology NAS makes noise and that's just when the hard drives are being accessed. There are ways to add rubber or felt to areas where it vibrates to reduce noise, and if well ventilated the fans won't run much either.
Are unmanaged switches ok??? Just thinking that it might all be a tad too much for me to have to bother about managing that myself. It’s mainly for smart home stuff, cameras and home theatre gear.
If you don't mind them all seeing and talking to each other perhaps. Also depends on how many devices you'll be putting in, because especially cameras are constantly screaming out data.
i work in tech sales and had no idea how to describe ubiquity products to customers who always inquired about them. Their products seem very need-to-know cool kids club-esque and this video was so helpful in helping me better understand how their eco-system works. Thank you!
I haven't made it through the video yet, but after dealing with a Ubiquiti setup with two AC Pros and an EdgeRouter X, I moved to their AmpliFi Alien Router & MeshPoint with an Ethernet backhaul and have had zero issues. It's pricy but it's been rock solid for almost two years now. I'm using a Netgear CM1000, as well as three Synology NAS on an Eaton 5S 1500VA UPS. Okay, now I'll watch the video. lol
Great video! In the process of building and have Cat6 and Coax all terminated to the network closet. Curious, for the Ubiquity access points, do they all act under the same wifi name? For example, if I am in the front of the house under AP1 and then move toward the back to AP2 are there 2 separate "wifi" names or can they all act as 1 unified network? Would like to chat some more on this to see if my thoughts are correct with my network setup before it is too late to make changes.
20:30 This is not true. Sure, there is a latency increase, but it's negligible. There are videos on YT demonstrating connecting 20+ switches (even more, if you create one port VLANs and hook those up between them) together and they work fine. Moreover, I remember reading a post of a guy, setting up a network for a stadium with a circle-style network, using 12 (or 24) switches. It worked fine. The problem with daisy chaining, is that in a single bridge network, if something goes wrong (cat eats cable, switch decides to die) then everything will go down in the chain after it.
My biggest problem now is we lose Internet a lot randomly. And when that happens I can't access my NAS or Plex. So I don't like that. But I don't know if I have the brain power (or patience) to create some sort of "Internal" network system? (Not sure I'm using the correct terminology for that. Is there a way to solve this?
Even if you rent a place (and plan to stay for some time, like 10 years or more) you can talk to your landlord (if he's a person or a company that responds lol) All you really need is a hole big enough to fit 2 patch cables, and a double patch socket on each end. These are available to be flush in the wall or small boxes on the wall.
Hey World! I have a home that I am renting out and want to connect my ring camera without having to worry about the tents finding the modem and disconnecting if god forbid they want to do something sneaky around the property. The cameras are installed on the overhanging roof but Att wants to place a modem in the home and then provide me a router(Additional charges). Are there any outdoor modems I can use where I can place everything outdoors and not have to worry about rain and heat as I live in South Florida? Please let me know as I want ATT service but don't want to install their way. Thank you World
There aren't any outdoor modems. AT&T will provide you with a gateway and that's the only modem you can use. There are no 3rd party modems available for AT&T. You can buy a Wi-Fi access point and install it near where your wireless cameras are so that they get a good wifi signal. Do note that wireless security cameras are not ideal since they are prone to interference. Anyone with a signal jammer can render your cameras useless. Wired security camreas are the best option, but they require physically running the ethernet cable from the router to the camera location
My phone company supplies a modem that has a standard 4-port LAN switch built in. We’re on their baseline tier, 100Mbps which can deliver 120Mbps. We websurf and use regular TV streaming in 2 rooms, so 100Mbps is plenty. I’d like to fill in some weak WiFi spots in the house. Ironically, the static devices that could use Ethernet (computers, streaming TV boxes) work fine off WiFi. It’s only roving laptops and phones that have issues sometimes. I haven’t mentioned the router yet. The phone company supplies that too, also with a 4-port LAN (and is the WiFi source). It’s centrally located on the main floor. Wifi in the basement is OK and WiFi on the 2nd floor is OK but it does get weaker at all house corners. For each tier there is “no extra charge” (no rental) for this WiFi router. But I don’t have to use it … I’ve connected a computer directly into the modem and it works just fine. What I do not have access to are the other 3 ports on the modem, non-functional.
this is something ive always had in my mind, you see people who are just normal home users setup a full rack and its like, why? what do you even do with it that you cannot do with a general router I personally want to get into unifi, but all i do is work and game, so im asking myself, why spend the money on a 250/25 Australian HFC / Coaxial connection, what benefit would it have.
Can confirm that making loops in a network results in freakouts. My network was down for a few days and I couldn't work out why. I'd accidentally plugged a cable back in the same switch.
Props for being the guy who actually just does the thing and learns versus asking someone to do it without putting in any effort (family who know your IT just don’t even try)
How are the ranges of these newer Unifi AP's? I had an AC-Pro, and in a 50x25' house I was getting at best 400mbps in the same room, maybe 550- 600mbps if I was right next to it and the only device connected under perfect atmospheric and neighborhood wifi conditions, so I was going to add another for better coverage. I ended up replacing it with the TP-Link Omada 670 which has more range and higher bandwidth all over.... 500mbps vs 60mbps (five hundred vs sixty) in the far end of my house that I thought I needed another AC-Pro in, and regularly get 700-950mbps in the same room so most of the time i'm at wirespeed unless I get a 2.5Gb POE switch for the Omada 670. It woks so much better than the AC-Pro, that I'm just going to give my mom the second 670 that I thought I needed because its not even worth handing down my AC-Pro.
Home assistant on a NUK with cheap 250gb Samsung SSD or similar, router UDM PRO/minimum 16p PoE+ switch/ap HD-Nano as many you need/cameras as many you need and all from Ubiquity, two Synology 224+, one for backup and for media and you already finished more than half of your HA. later edit: i do agree with chaining swithes. a good practice would be to use the core/distribution/access scheme even if you are home and got only a few of them. plan everthing on paper before and then do it
Yes. I think the founder of Ubiquiti was a former Apple engineer. I think that's why Ubiquiti products have some similarities to Apple products in the design and even pricing.
I literally have that same tplink switch and a netgear unmanaged 5 port switch which are connected through my tplink 3 ap mesh network and thats about it. Add like 3 100 foot and 1 50 foot ethernet cable because my house has zero wiring for that. Gigabit ethernet and Wifi 6 that work for my needs
that might be a Arris BGW 320-500, most of them can be setup as DHCP or you can call your ISP or tech to remotely configure it. Used to be part of Telco Provider in the US, haha.
No, it doesn't work like that. We use wired connectivity because most people have the router several rooms away from the pc (so there's a lot of interferences, signal losses and most of all LATENCY). Besides wired is a lot easier to connect
I'd recommend pouring over unifi youtube videos, specs on their website, as well as the unifi subreddit to see what others are doing. Crosstalk Solutions, Matcom Telecom, and many others have tons of UniFi videos and examples for different setups. Welcome to the sickness. lol
Agree totally to limit wifi radiation except for portable convenience, like phone to printer, or saving data connection time using Watsapp ! Also it seems? Using lan where your fixed units are has an average of ten times faster speed with cables over 5a quality!
Do NOT use power line Ethernet, your speeds will be ungodly slow, some power line wifi boosters/extenders would be good but have had poor results with ones I’ve bought in the past, invest the extra dollar for orbi hubs or any sort of mesh wifi system
I don't know if I would discourage people from using Powerline adapter. They have good uses especially if you can't drag Ethernet cable for direct connection or AP. I successfully used them multiple times and reach near 300 Mbps which is full bandwith for me. But this highly relies on your electric installation. So I would encourage potential buyers to make sure they can try it out and return adapter if network speed is not sufficient.
Our house was built in 1880s. My internet, my router sits behind my TV, it has one Ethernet port, that plugs into a 16 port switch. from there I ran two cable into hole in the wall and could get the wire down in the basement. From there one went to this, my Computer room and the other went to the bedroom. The rest of the port on this big switch, go devices that need internet connected to the TV. In the bedroom and my computer, that cable ends in 4 port switch, to device in each room that need internet.. things plugged in the computer room that need internet are my desktop computer, a Brother Laser printer, the NVR from my security camera system, which in itself has a POE switch attached to,,because my NVR has 8 cable ports, and I have 10 cameras, it was needed and now I can 2 more cameras, and do have 2 more here to add
Abstract everything. Create link groups between switches, even if you only use 1 cable. Use a VLAN trunk, even if you only have 1 VLAN. Use SDWAN, even if you only have 1 WAN link, and so on
Once you replace all the consumer grade networking gear, and go with enterprise grade firewall, switches and access points, you’ll never go back. I have 0 issues. It just works.
Funny I just solved a networking problem. I had 3 Zyxel switches, 1 and 2 wired back to Telco router but 3 was cabled to 2. Number 2 was only connecting at 100M and not 1000M. I finally pulled 2 out, moved cables to number 3. Problem solved for now. Have to pick a network switch to replace three 5 port switches.
If you're connecting those devices using an access point, its wireless. That access point broadcasts SSIDs (like the names of wireless networks you'd see on your phone). plugging it into the switch just connects it to the network for management or power if its a power over ethernet AP, as well as allows for communication to a Wireless Lan Controller if the AP is a LWAP (Lightweight Access Point)
Here in Finland, luckily in this apartment i dont need any "modems". I have straight ethernet port to my ISP (1Gig link) in my electric panel (WAN) So i just put my own router inside the electric panel, short cable between my router WAN to the panels WAN (ISP). Then i use other short cables to connect my 4 free routers ethernet ports to my free ethernet ports found in the same electric panel that leads to the actual ethernet outlets in every room.That router also broadcast Wifi. Neat and tidy. Did this all by my self and no, did not take hours LOL PS. sure , there has to be some kind of "modem/switch ..or in my case its fiber somewhere in the building, but thats all bridged backend stuff, so basically transparent for the end user. 🤓
To reiterate what he is saying, Ubiquiti is definitely prosumer. It's not enterprise-grade equipment. If you're looking to get into this space as a career, don't waste time on Ubiquiti. Focus on Cisco Meraki and Aruba. Ubiquiti works well in a small deployment, but when it comes to enterprise, where you want to set it and forget it, the latter is the standard.
In my life, I've felt more peer pressure to start my own home network/server than to do drugs.
Its certainly a healthier alternative 😉😉
@@JJFlores197 definitely not, drugs are cheaper
@@greasycheese8095 I call BS. You keep buying drugs. You only buy the hardware once or at most a bit over a few year period.
@@timradde4328 you have no idea how much a server setup costs and it shows
Transferrable skills of home networking are much better than those for trying drugs.
To be clear, the speed of your wired ethernet connection is going to be equal to the speed of the slowest router in the chain. Sending data from a 1 GB switch to a 2.5 GB switch is going to limit speed of your connection to 1 GB. You can't just slap a 2.5 or 10 GB switch in a bedroom and expect to get increased speeds if you have it also increase the speed of whatever those switches are connecting to. You also need to ensure that devices you're plugging into the switches can handle the faster speeds
u dont have to go thru router in lan at all ;)
the traffic would be between 2 devices on the same LAN, say a PC he's editing with and the NAS. As long as the NIC on the PC and NAS support 10gb and the switch ports theyre connected to support it, you have a 10gb connection.
@@salt473 That's correct. All the touch points along the route need to be at the maximum speed. The connection will be at the speed of the lowest node/connection along the Way. You and I are in agreement
Another mistake I see is people placing another switch after a node. It's sometimes necessary, but they don't realize that then the 1GB signal is being split across the 5-8 ports. You're not getting 1GB into each switch port if you're using more than 1.
@@ChrisSmithMusickinda? I mean, with WiFi and CDMA it is definitely like that, and if all clients want to utilise all bandwidth it is like that wired as well. But most switches are smart enough that just plugging in a device does not limit the bandwidth. In other words, a switch will not split 1 Gbps in 8 just because the all 8 ports are plugged in, and limit each client to 1/8. It'll throttle the clients' bandwidth only if need be.
If you are going to work with someone to install wires, don't contact an electrician. They specialize in normal power wires, which have different rules and ways to install them. While they *can* run network wires, chances are they will kink things because they don't understand how important maintaining proper bend radius and such is. Network wires are way more sensitive than power wires, especially at 10gb and beyond. Instead, contact a low voltage wiring company, where all they do is install network cables, install security cameras, etc. They will do it much more correctly, and likely be a little cheaper.
Also, don't let them install Cat5e, that standard is far too old. Insist on Cat6A which now days should only be an extra $10 per drop location.
As a low voltage contractor myself I would like to chime in and argue Cat6A is overkill in residential for "most" customers.
Without having a discussion with the client I typically opt or Cat6 cable with a CMR fire rating and a solid copper core...
Might shoot myself in the foot for this one because everyone else says stay away from copper cladding aluminum (CCA) cables but IMO it's the lowest cost wired option and still more stable then wireless so I'll give the client what they want albeit with a disclaimer.
cat5e can handle 10gb upto 40m
@@ch3vr0n123 I think you meant Cat6.
Cat5e maxs out at 2.5g/100m
@@nicholasbackwell1869 no, cat5e can handle 10g easy
@@nicholasbackwell1869 Depends on the country. In Italy everyone in a large-ish city generally has relatively easy access to 2.5 Gbps speeds to the internet if they have a fiber optic connection. Sometimes even 10Gbps. Even small villages tend to be wired up to 1Gbps. At those speed you should have the fastest wiring you can get. Actually, you are held back by networking gear, generally
I'm very happily surprised that you started with outlining your goals. Very few people do this, and most youtubers don't talk about it in this manner.
Starting with goals makes it easier to identify requirements you need to consider to realize those goals.
Only recommendation I'm going to drop is moving your UPS to the bottom of your rack. Having the heaviest component on the bottom of the rack greatly increases stability. Obviously an overkill setup for most people, but awesome none-the-less!
Yep, UPS always should be down low in the rack.
Just starting out here. Anyone who can point me to where I will find videos on how a set up like this can work for the purpose of emulating an enterprise cloud environment, practiceling network configuration, and cyber security practice. I would like to get used devices fo4 my homelab, but first, I need to know how it works so that I can set it up myself. Thanks
What about heating issues between devices?
@@keylanoslokj1806 Fans are on the side and back, not top and bottom. Actual data centers will have hot and cold isles but you'll be fine in your house as long as it's not in an attic or basement without AC/heating.
Jimmy's next video. Welcome to my 42u rack with my 10,000 dollar whole home network.
yes, but what does he mean "you order internet and the internet guy comes over"? Why does someone come over? Isn't internet activated remote where he lives?
@@__Mr.White__
Varies by location, and/or maybe previous ISP providers did something
@@__Mr.White__ The ISP might send over a technician to install your router if you don't know how to do it. Probably upsell you on cable packages and stuff while they are there lol
"Next" video?
That's this one, just fewer U's.
Have you seen the prices on Ubiquiti's gear? That "Enterprise" 10Gb switch is likely $10k by itself.
@@LethargicSquirrel 🤣
7:24 Dave Plummer had a good one. A VLAN is like this "You have one massive pipe. Within that pipe you have several other pipes, all different colours. The massive pipe is the main LAN where all the data flows including the internet. You then tell that massive pipe what colour cable to send all the other data down. If you want IOT stuff on the red pipe, VLAN the red pipe, want all internal traffic to only be on blue, VLAN the blue pipe.".
One of the best high level videos I’ve seen on the topic. There is always more to learn, but this video serves as a great introduction to several aspects of networking. Well done.
This is funny because i literally just bought a whole ubiquiti system 2 days ago waiting for it come in because i had the “Google WiFi Pro 6E” and after 4 months of having that system the WiFi just became complete shit, devices started dropping and would have to reset the WiFi multiple times a week. Can’t wait for Ubiquiti to come in especially after this video! Want full control of my network and Google couldn’t do it.
There's a learning curve to all this Ubiquiti stuff, but if you enjoy tinkering, you'll be spending hours in the settings!
@@JimmyTriesWorld i love tinkering with stuff like this! also have a plex server and you’ve helped with my nas storage as well in your previous videos. love your content keep up the good work!👍🏾
@@marcusjucoI’d just temper your expectations a little. Unifi is a little notorious for giving bad performance (particularly if you don’t know how to set it up). Even I swapped back from ubiquiti to my ISP provided router as the ubiquiti was simply slower. Not like I don’t now what I’m doing either, my job is setting up 50-100 AP Meraki business sites.
Ubiquiti is really one of those bell curve brands you love it when you know a little and hate them once you know a lot.
How did it go?
I'd hate for this to be one of those situations where:
1) You've asked for help but used the term WiFi and internet interchangeably so got the wrong advice. ISP / ISP router fault.
Or
2) Site survey wasn't performed and it's due to channel saturation.
Hope all good with ubiquiti swap, but I see those a lot
@@incandescentwithrage It’s going amazing! I love the flexibility and all of the little settings that you can do with it especially with the guest Wi-Fi. I can literally charge people if I want to or add a cool one time password for them, see exactly everything thats going in and out of my routers, also add Custom website for the WiFi login. Definitely had to deal with the Wi-Fi and the channel situation in my neighborhood, but with the Ubiquity set up, it has literally been amazing. I can literally switch to whatever channel I want get exact bandwidth. For example, I can limit the amount of bandwidth that guest Internet can have. A lot more settings than what I could’ve done with my Google Wi-Fi 6E, I’m happy I made the switch and also have the ability to expand more access points in the future is amazing. I love the whole modular set up. And still alot more to expolre it’s alot of fun.
I am new to Cybersecurity/IT industry, still in college in fact, and this video has made SOHO setup more understandable for me compared to other videos that get very wordy without breaking it down barney style. I have a 3 node mesh system myself and currently reconfiguring my whole network thanks to this video. I would like a better explaination on choosing the right switch, or if one is actually needed for SOHO if most of the network is wifi based for 90% of the IoT devices since each node has two ethernet ports each. Maybe I'm overthinking the switches?
You would need a switch if you plan on connecting many wired devices to your network. If pretty much everything on your network is wireless, you don't really need a switch. You can think of a network switch as a power strip. A power strip allows you to connect multiple electrical devices with one power wall outlet. A network switch isn't much different in that regard. Most typical home routers have 4 ethernet ports. If you have more than 4 wired devices, you would place a switch between the router and those wired devices. The switch connects to the router with a standard ethernet cable and your wired devices conncet to the switch, which in turn connects them to the router.
My question is why does everything HAVE to be wireless? I say use wired connections wherever possible. Wired connections are the way to go, for several reasons: speed, reliability, security, privacy, ...
I agree, but sometimes it isn't feasible to wire up everything. Some people don't want to crawl around their attics to run cable to every single room and deal with drilling holes and installing network jacks. And paying a contractor to wire up your home can be pretty pricey.
Thanks for the brake down. All the videos I watched just left me confused. I needed someone who can just explain things simply. Great job.
Thank you for the video, for those that don't want to go the Ubiquiti route look into MikroTik routers and APs (DIY ers).
Or Openwrt on rather cheaper devices.
Very interested in this! Currently building a house and I'm at the stage where I need to choose what wires to run in the walls. This is super helpful!
Dang dude. Great set up, but I feel like I’m looking for a Honda Accord and I accidentally walked into a Bugatti dealership. 😂. I know you gave a disclaimer, but still very jealous.
yes agree, i thought it was gonna be a budget friendly setup XD .. this looks too enterprise level...
Bro just want to say you explained everything so well, you’ve made me understand so much better. Thanks 🙏 bless you
Bro you are in deep… looks like you’re capable of running an SME
WAY more than I need in our house. I hard wired my wife's office and my man cave in the back of the house. My wife uses the wifi from the cable modem but since it's too far from the man cave I set up my own wifi system in the back with a TP-Link kit. This setup allows us to have a wired connection for our desktops and wireless for our laptops.
I think you messed up on what you need for step 1.
What you need for step 1 is money. Lots and lots of money.
Network Engineer here!
I specialize in this very topic! If anyone has any questions around the technical aspects to this let me know! Happy to answer questions around Subnetting, VLANS, routing etc!
Things can get complicated quickly always document things and label both ends of your network cables!
Hey, thanks for opening for questions. Im drowning in information (about 3 months of data/information acquisition). As a pro, would you say ubiquity or pfsense/opnsense type of firewall is better for homelab and learning networking? I am updating/upgrading my lab and adding virtualization to it and I’m just getting into the networking side and wanting to set up vlans from my server as well as iot. Right now I have them on a separate port on my nic and separate interface on my opnsense. But other than a different subnet I see no other security features without going vlan (without adding rules). I am deciding on buying a 3 layer switch, but concerned about accessing my server from home if it’s on separate vlan controlled by switch. I don’t care to open my server to internet (other than tunnels, or tailscale, or RP) do you have any advice?
@DeadlyDragon_ I currently rock a homelab with Palo Alto and Juniper, and am studying for my JNCIA. Any suggestions for when I officially jump up to network admin? I’m nervous about how deep I’ll be once I step into it
Hi, thank you for being open to questions for networking. So I work at small business and I’m a very amateur when it comes to computer and networking. The Manager and me are the “IT” guys and haven’t had must success. Ok the problem, we have the server, and 4 other computer on the same network, we use a program related to our business, problem is only one person can be on an account at a time(not a security thing) like a bottleneck thing, it you ask for info from server at the same time or need to open an account while someone is working on an open account, program freezes till the other computer is off any account. Internet can be throttle from time to time too. Also have 3 printer connected on a 12-16 port 1gig switch (I’m guessing is the problem?) anyways we generally get 300Mbps internet, but not on every computer. I really don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t even know if I gave you enough info but I really could use some help.
@@chrismacy1968 this sounds more like an application issue then a network issue. Your switch wont be the problem here you’ll need to troubleshoot the application itself.
@@Andrew-oj3pvas a CCNP studying for his CCIE and working as a delivery engineer for a Cisco VAR, i can tell you all these marketing terms the vendors use will make networking sound complicated. As you start learning more and more its gonna sound more complicated until the light bulb goes off and you realize Networking is a combination of 5 or 6 major concepts. and learning these concepts makes understanding any new tech a lot easier.
16:50 Then you need to flag its a sponsored video. Even if they give you NO money, you've used them for the video so its classed as payment in kind so video needs to be flagged as sponsored.
i plugged my fiber connection directly to Dream Machine no additional Modem needed. Not sure if it will work with ATa.T because i am in Austria.
Thankful to the Reddit community! Was able to understand the idea of using moCA adapters to convert COAX to Ethernet and install them myself.
I would love to see a video of how you setup your VLANs. Do you use firewall security between the VLANs (more specifically IoT VLAN)? I have a Unifi setup in my house. I tried getting the firewall setup so the IoT VLAN could only reach out to the internet but the other VLANs could initiate a connection to the IoT VLAN for better security. Can't trust the vulnerabilities some of my IoT devices could have. The problem is now my smart devices don't communicate properly with my AppleTV or homebridge (on main VLAN). If you or anyone else has some tips, I would really appreciate it.
What about the power consumption required for this setup ? Any hint you could share ?
Last week I tried to drill a hole through a wall to connect 2 rooms with a ethernet cable to get a stable connection for my Ubiquiti Mesh access point. My house is made of bricks so I knew I needed a heavy drill. But I never thought that the wall was 2 feet thick. Two feet for a wall inside a house! Sometimes there is an advantage living in American style wooden houses. It's much more difficult to install network equipment over here in Europe and you need much more wifi stuff because I won't cross more than one wall inside a house and sometimes not even that. I have 7 (!) Unifi wifi access points in my house.
why not run the cable through door frame?
Welcome to the Ubiquiti club. Everyone has a friend that introduces them to this rabbit hole. Bless you! 😅
Some friends be dragging me into too many tech rabbit holes!
i guess my question is what exactly does all this do? like your internet is faster and you have the option to plug in instead of using wifi?
Vlan tags are used to designate which devices are allowed to talk to each other over ethernet protocol on layer 2 (Where switches generally live) of the OSI model. That doesn't mean they can't talk to each other over IP protocol at layer 3 (Where routers generally live). Vlans are both for security and to separate networks from the hardware, virtualizing them and allowing you more flexibility on how you set up your switches. It could sort of be compared to a train station, however once you start getting into routing you might be confused as to why devices can communicate with eachother even though they are on different vlans. Vlans are layer 2 only, and only control traffic on layer 2 protocols.
I have 1G att fiber, what kind of setup/hardware would you recommend for just gaming/media ?
Hi ! quick questions : are your AP connected to a switch or directly from the router ? and do you need a UniFi gateway to manage the AP or they simply plug & play ? THanks !
I believe you'll need the UniFi Controller software to manage the APs. You can install the software on your PC or dedicate a server for the controller software. I think you can also use your phone with the UniFi app to setup the APs.
Where i live we mostly just get a fiber converter or an ethernet port to connect either an ISP provided router or your own equipment When i moved in to my current place there was an ethernet jack to plug in whatever router i wanted. I had one configured already with my ip subnet and wifi ssid and password so basically plug and play. Nothing to configure. But i have since switched from Apple to Google to Unifi for networking. I work professionally with Unifi stuff among other things so i liked their setup. Most things are wirelessly connected here but I have some stuff on cable like my gaming console and Apple TV and a couple of access points on PoE ethernet. But we usually haven’t seen any modems for about 10-15 years here in sweden 🇸🇪
Being able to have “control” and being able to regulate/control your network/devices is a more than a great skill nowadays especially when you’re able to automate and/or manage your Life using Networking.
MoCA is awesome, at least in my case where I have nothing else (cable/ satellite) using that line. I don't know how much drop off there may be when shared but it carries my full gig internet up and down.
I had tried powerline first and it was maybe 10% of the speed to my router reaching the client.
Fun fact about switches, stability is not the main concern with water falling. It’s more so if a switch fails (or gets updated) it does not take your whole network down.
Another, less ‘best practice’ solution is to make a ring and use STP to prevent clashing. If one link goes down the other immediately kicks in.
Welcome to the rabbit hole :)
I suppose a ring would be alright for a home network since you don't have the redundancy at the distribution layer. With STP though, it still does take time to converge.
@@salt473 yeah, I mean I don’t recommend it. From what I’ve seen on UniFi, the switch over is pretty quick (
I really enjoyed this video and watched it all the way to the end. the video started great in terms of generalizing who might need to know this information (ex. gamers etc etc) as we move along it gets very complex and yes the video is long as it is but more importantly I feel like people need to know as I learnt the hard way is that 1gb, 2.5gb, 5gb and 10gb don't auto negotiate very well depending on hardware limitations (and that what we will all be facing). one thing that I think i would have love to hear about is your trial and tribulations around setting up a network before getting prosumer/enterprise level equipment. because as a 'newbie' 90 percent if not most of the world will not be able to get the access to afford being given ubiquiti hardware to learn how to home network or homelab thier home. please don't get me wrong, as far as explaining what's capable it's a great video. just out of reach for me and I guess anyone else like me. if we knew more about where you came from and what you learnt about the hard ware before getting all the 'expensive' stuff might be eaiser for us to look forward ahead and anticipate what to do next and learn from your mistakes. at least for me that would resonate more for me. I am not a content creator looking for free stuff I am just a regular guy, just like you, where you once were wishing to be where you are now. ☺️ cheers mate!
What wall box do you have at 10:03 ? I’m currently building a new house and want to consolidate all the Ethernet cables into one panel inside the wall like how you have it in the video
Why 2 switches? Do you have dozens of 10G devices at home? And the PSU goes on the bottom of the rack, that shit leaks. The rails are really clean. You can make circles in network, usually for alternative routes, but don't do that in unmanaged switches. Okay toooo much ubiquiti, this is not for home.. more like small offices. It's so expensive.
Next step is to get and program a router that actually routes to more than just the load-balance/failover mode of a dual-WAN box like a Unifi Dream Machine, using routing rules to prefer or dedicate a specific uplink like a VPN endpoint for certain traffic. I've begun down the Mikrotik route after having graduated from doing a full Unifi install at my parents' place.
I never heard of this til now. Thanks. I se there's a 2.4Ghz only router for about $120. Looks like it's worth researching
I didn't understand your comment. Can you explain
Some routers even have moca built in, in which case you'd only need 1 moca adapter at the other end. Very useful for needing ethernet for a computer on the opposite side of an apartment as the router. In these routers they actually back feed into the coax line connected to them so you don't even need a second coax port behind the router. Faster than powerline adapters as well, depending on how good your power and coax lines are I guess.
This was a great video - so many people assume knowledge - and I didn't realize till now that I had no idea what a "switch" was.
This is ... weird video to watch as someone who basically knows a lot about the matter.
But for someone who is newbie, this tells a lot honestly.
One thing to note about powerline: Your electrical lines are not made to transfer data. It works, and 1-2 installations of it should not be super bad, but especially with iffy electrical lines its not recommended.
And any fuse is just a dead end.
Great video, I was wondering if it's possible to set up something like this that is mobile by hooking it up with Starlink? I travel for work occasionally and would like to have a plex server, and also be able to do some light gaming on a laptop.
I'm not sure I understand your end goal. i suppose you can build a portable network setup like this, but it would be very overkill for what you want to use it for.
Last apartment we rented was relatively new so the builder had run ethernet from the living room and bedrooms to a panel in one of the secondary bedrooms. Great, except they cheapened out on it. Not only were the ethernet wires in the panel not terminated, but when I terminated them myself I discovered that a couple of the hookups in the other rooms were improperly or badly terminated so the wires weren't in the correct pattern or they weren't properly seated in the terminal.
I thought you did a great job at transitioning from simple to more technical concepts in an efficient and clear manner… nice work, very informative, I took a few things of note away 👍
Cat 5e also works at shorter distances, but since cat6 is almost the same price, why risk it?
Can you configure switch WAP using Cisco commands?
Currently using the amplifi mesh system. We've had this system for around 5 years now and its starting to show its age. I'd like to setup networked cameras and change up my wireless situtation.
Get rid of the crappy AT&T gateway! The WAS-110 SFP+ ONT and some quick programing will let you get rid of it! I did it and it’s Glorious! Now fiber is directly plugged into my UniFi DreamWall.
I wish you'd have covered the Flex Switches more. Are the access points or switches?
When the going gets tough, you could just cobble together a mesh network of unfortunate wifi access points (such as WiFi routers, dedicated access points, and even old cellphones if you hate yourself enough) to make the jump to other parts of your home and run Ethernet. Just note you typically only get around +/-200 GiB/s with this setup due to wireless limitations, and there is always the issue of making sure none of your access points are "leaking", letting thieves leech or steal your data.
I could be wrong, though. I am a little out-of-date with the latest tech in networking. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to use the Coax cables in my home to connect to my network (Thanks to Jimmy for making me aware of MoCA adapters).
16:26 The UDM Pro SE is not a switch, it's an appliance and not rly good yet tbh, they miss propper Firewalling and Site2Site VPNs (Especially the Wireguard stuff)
But Ubiquity is definitively one of the more consumer friendly alternatives. I personally use the Network Appliance only and let the Routing be done by an OpenWRT instance.
Wow, this is the first time I've ever heard of MoCA network adapters. Those are going to save me a lot of headaches!
I’m looking in to a larger unifi setup for our new house.
But for the wife approval factor I’m curious for how noisy is the unfi equipment with fans is?
I have a whole setup of unifi stuff and it’s all super quiet.
I have a UDM Pro, UDM Pro SE, Pro 24 POE, and Enterprise 24 POE and everything is extremely quiet. Granted, they are all in basements where the ambient temperature is around 66°F, so I imagine if you put them somewhere warmer or with little ventilation the fans could be louder to cool the system.
Right now my UDM Pro SE is reporting internal temp of 108°F, and the fan is running at 35% power (~1100rpm) and is virtually silent. If I bump it up to 60% power it’s making about as much noise as a desktop computer might make when the fan is running (still pretty quiet). If I go to 100% it’s much louder, not a disturbance, but not something I’d want in my bedroom while I’m falling asleep. One room over I’m sure you wouldn’t hear a thing, but again that is at 100% power which it shouldn’t need if in an air conditioned space. Good luck w your setup!
@@mikeb1220 Cool thank you so much for your reply our setup will be placed in the garage so I'm guessing about same temp :)
It's almost all silent, I've only heard a fan on the smaller egg shaped UDR (Dream Router) outside of that only my Synology NAS makes noise and that's just when the hard drives are being accessed. There are ways to add rubber or felt to areas where it vibrates to reduce noise, and if well ventilated the fans won't run much either.
Are unmanaged switches ok??? Just thinking that it might all be a tad too much for me to have to bother about managing that myself. It’s mainly for smart home stuff, cameras and home theatre gear.
If you don't mind them all seeing and talking to each other perhaps. Also depends on how many devices you'll be putting in, because especially cameras are constantly screaming out data.
Thanks for posting this. A great starting point for those of us just learning this stuff.
How long does Ubiquiti support its devices with firmware patches?
i work in tech sales and had no idea how to describe ubiquity products to customers who always inquired about them. Their products seem very need-to-know cool kids club-esque and this video was so helpful in helping me better understand how their eco-system works. Thank you!
I haven't made it through the video yet, but after dealing with a Ubiquiti setup with two AC Pros and an EdgeRouter X, I moved to their AmpliFi Alien Router & MeshPoint with an Ethernet backhaul and have had zero issues. It's pricy but it's been rock solid for almost two years now. I'm using a Netgear CM1000, as well as three Synology NAS on an Eaton 5S 1500VA UPS. Okay, now I'll watch the video. lol
Great video! I have been searching for months and finally found the right video to help me get started
Great video! In the process of building and have Cat6 and Coax all terminated to the network closet. Curious, for the Ubiquity access points, do they all act under the same wifi name? For example, if I am in the front of the house under AP1 and then move toward the back to AP2 are there 2 separate "wifi" names or can they all act as 1 unified network? Would like to chat some more on this to see if my thoughts are correct with my network setup before it is too late to make changes.
20:30 This is not true. Sure, there is a latency increase, but it's negligible. There are videos on YT demonstrating connecting 20+ switches (even more, if you create one port VLANs and hook those up between them) together and they work fine.
Moreover, I remember reading a post of a guy, setting up a network for a stadium with a circle-style network, using 12 (or 24) switches. It worked fine.
The problem with daisy chaining, is that in a single bridge network, if something goes wrong (cat eats cable, switch decides to die) then everything will go down in the chain after it.
Which is why bus/circle topology makes no sense in professional settings
@@keylanoslokj1806 Yeah, but more redundant setups increase cost. :/
You're better off using your XG switch as your main switch so you can use the second SFP+ on your UDM SE for 10G WAN (internet)
My biggest problem now is we lose Internet a lot randomly. And when that happens I can't access my NAS or Plex. So I don't like that. But I don't know if I have the brain power (or patience) to create some sort of "Internal" network system? (Not sure I'm using the correct terminology for that. Is there a way to solve this?
Even if you rent a place (and plan to stay for some time, like 10 years or more) you can talk to your landlord (if he's a person or a company that responds lol)
All you really need is a hole big enough to fit 2 patch cables, and a double patch socket on each end. These are available to be flush in the wall or small boxes on the wall.
What about getting an LTE backup network connection in case your ISP craps out on you?
Hey World! I have a home that I am renting out and want to connect my ring camera without having to worry about the tents finding the modem and disconnecting if god forbid they want to do something sneaky around the property. The cameras are installed on the overhanging roof but Att wants to place a modem in the home and then provide me a router(Additional charges). Are there any outdoor modems I can use where I can place everything outdoors and not have to worry about rain and heat as I live in South Florida? Please let me know as I want ATT service but don't want to install their way. Thank you World
There aren't any outdoor modems. AT&T will provide you with a gateway and that's the only modem you can use. There are no 3rd party modems available for AT&T. You can buy a Wi-Fi access point and install it near where your wireless cameras are so that they get a good wifi signal. Do note that wireless security cameras are not ideal since they are prone to interference. Anyone with a signal jammer can render your cameras useless. Wired security camreas are the best option, but they require physically running the ethernet cable from the router to the camera location
My phone company supplies a modem that has a standard 4-port LAN switch built in. We’re on their baseline tier, 100Mbps which can deliver 120Mbps. We websurf and use regular TV streaming in 2 rooms, so 100Mbps is plenty.
I’d like to fill in some weak WiFi spots in the house. Ironically, the static devices that could use Ethernet (computers, streaming TV boxes) work fine off WiFi. It’s only roving laptops and phones that have issues sometimes.
I haven’t mentioned the router yet. The phone company supplies that too, also with a 4-port LAN (and is the WiFi source). It’s centrally located on the main floor. Wifi in the basement is OK and WiFi on the 2nd floor is OK but it does get weaker at all house corners.
For each tier there is “no extra charge” (no rental) for this WiFi router. But I don’t have to use it … I’ve connected a computer directly into the modem and it works just fine. What I do not have access to are the other 3 ports on the modem, non-functional.
this is something ive always had in my mind, you see people who are just normal home users setup a full rack and its like, why? what do you even do with it that you cannot do with a general router
I personally want to get into unifi, but all i do is work and game, so im asking myself, why spend the money on a 250/25 Australian HFC / Coaxial connection, what benefit would it have.
Home cameras, wifi around larger homes, home automation, central point for all technology in house, home back up data. Photos, videos.
What's in the patch panel? I assume all your drops terminate there??
thank you for the video!
in this age and time, where internet is king. You sir are truly doing god's work.
Can confirm that making loops in a network results in freakouts.
My network was down for a few days and I couldn't work out why.
I'd accidentally plugged a cable back in the same switch.
No Loop back prevention?
Props for being the guy who actually just does the thing and learns versus asking someone to do it without putting in any effort (family who know your IT just don’t even try)
How are the ranges of these newer Unifi AP's? I had an AC-Pro, and in a 50x25' house I was getting at best 400mbps in the same room, maybe 550- 600mbps if I was right next to it and the only device connected under perfect atmospheric and neighborhood wifi conditions, so I was going to add another for better coverage. I ended up replacing it with the TP-Link Omada 670 which has more range and higher bandwidth all over.... 500mbps vs 60mbps (five hundred vs sixty) in the far end of my house that I thought I needed another AC-Pro in, and regularly get 700-950mbps in the same room so most of the time i'm at wirespeed unless I get a 2.5Gb POE switch for the Omada 670.
It woks so much better than the AC-Pro, that I'm just going to give my mom the second 670 that I thought I needed because its not even worth handing down my AC-Pro.
Home assistant on a NUK with cheap 250gb Samsung SSD or similar, router UDM PRO/minimum 16p PoE+ switch/ap HD-Nano as many you need/cameras as many you need and all from Ubiquity, two Synology 224+, one for backup and for media and you already finished more than half of your HA.
later edit: i do agree with chaining swithes. a good practice would be to use the core/distribution/access scheme even if you are home and got only a few of them. plan everthing on paper before and then do it
If you have fiber, you can get a SFP+ Modem/Mediaconverter that directly plugs in your Dream Maschine.
Gave me ao.e much needed info like with the pirt that uses a regular electrical socket hell yeah talk about a save . Thanks dude
Do Apple and Ubiquiti looks similar?
Yes. I think the founder of Ubiquiti was a former Apple engineer. I think that's why Ubiquiti products have some similarities to Apple products in the design and even pricing.
I literally have that same tplink switch and a netgear unmanaged 5 port switch which are connected through my tplink 3 ap mesh network and thats about it. Add like 3 100 foot and 1 50 foot ethernet cable because my house has zero wiring for that. Gigabit ethernet and Wifi 6 that work for my needs
What is s each device doing for you
Do you have the 'Nokia' BGW320-505, or AT&T modem/router setup with IP Passthrough mode so you personal router does the actual routing?
that might be a Arris BGW 320-500, most of them can be setup as DHCP or you can call your ISP or tech to remotely configure it. Used to be part of Telco Provider in the US, haha.
No, it doesn't work like that. We use wired connectivity because most people have the router several rooms away from the pc (so there's a lot of interferences, signal losses and most of all LATENCY). Besides wired is a lot easier to connect
I'd like to use Ubiquiti products for my apartment. Any tips?
I'd recommend pouring over unifi youtube videos, specs on their website, as well as the unifi subreddit to see what others are doing. Crosstalk Solutions, Matcom Telecom, and many others have tons of UniFi videos and examples for different setups. Welcome to the sickness. lol
Agree totally to limit wifi radiation except for portable convenience, like phone to printer, or saving data connection time using Watsapp ! Also it seems? Using lan where your fixed units are has an average of ten times faster speed with cables over 5a quality!
Why are you concerned over wifi radiation?
Do NOT use power line Ethernet, your speeds will be ungodly slow, some power line wifi boosters/extenders would be good but have had poor results with ones I’ve bought in the past, invest the extra dollar for orbi hubs or any sort of mesh wifi system
I don't know if I would discourage people from using Powerline adapter. They have good uses especially if you can't drag Ethernet cable for direct connection or AP. I successfully used them multiple times and reach near 300 Mbps which is full bandwith for me. But this highly relies on your electric installation. So I would encourage potential buyers to make sure they can try it out and return adapter if network speed is not sufficient.
What's a mesh wifi system
At 9:54 I saw you placing a cable (aka: Spicy Hay) on the carpet, unprotected. Then I realized that Rabbits live rent free in your psyche forever.
If your switch doesn't have PoE you can always add a PoE injector instead of replacing the whole switch.
Our house was built in 1880s. My internet, my router sits behind my TV, it has one Ethernet port, that plugs into a 16 port switch. from there I ran two cable into hole in the wall and could get the wire down in the basement. From there one went to this, my Computer room and the other went to the bedroom. The rest of the port on this big switch, go devices that need internet connected to the TV. In the bedroom and my computer, that cable ends in 4 port switch, to device in each room that need internet.. things plugged in the computer room that need internet are my desktop computer, a Brother Laser printer, the NVR from my security camera system, which in itself has a POE switch attached to,,because my NVR has 8 cable ports, and I have 10 cameras, it was needed and now I can 2 more cameras, and do have 2 more here to add
That's a cleannnnn home rack man, well done.
Abstract everything. Create link groups between switches, even if you only use 1 cable. Use a VLAN trunk, even if you only have 1 VLAN. Use SDWAN, even if you only have 1 WAN link, and so on
i had no idea LAN stands for local area network..
Step one.
step 0.1
Just out of sheer curiosity, what DiD you think it was?
Once you replace all the consumer grade networking gear, and go with enterprise grade firewall, switches and access points, you’ll never go back. I have 0 issues. It just works.
ah yes because dealing with licensing issues sounds fun, lol. I say this as someone who works for a Cisco Gold partner, lol.
@@bassman87 you pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too ~ Denzel Washington.
@@stevevlahos1bro has too much money to waste. So what's your stack
Entire video is an ad but i don't mind at all. Excellent delivery and explanations!
Liked the analogy with the trainstation, nice.
Funny I just solved a networking problem. I had 3 Zyxel switches, 1 and 2 wired back to Telco router but 3 was cabled to 2. Number 2 was only connecting at 100M and not 1000M. I finally pulled 2 out, moved cables to number 3. Problem solved for now.
Have to pick a network switch to replace three 5 port switches.
Another option for wired devices I'm looking into is a satellite (wireless access point? ) with an ethernet port to plug a switch in to.
If you're connecting those devices using an access point, its wireless. That access point broadcasts SSIDs (like the names of wireless networks you'd see on your phone). plugging it into the switch just connects it to the network for management or power if its a power over ethernet AP, as well as allows for communication to a Wireless Lan Controller if the AP is a LWAP (Lightweight Access Point)
Here in Finland, luckily in this apartment i dont need any "modems". I have straight ethernet port to my ISP (1Gig link) in my electric panel (WAN) So i just put my own router inside the electric panel, short cable between my router WAN to the panels WAN (ISP). Then i use other short cables to connect my 4 free routers ethernet ports to my free ethernet ports found in the same electric panel that leads to the actual ethernet outlets in every room.That router also broadcast Wifi. Neat and tidy. Did this all by my self and no, did not take hours LOL PS. sure , there has to be some kind of "modem/switch ..or in my case its fiber somewhere in the building, but thats all bridged backend stuff, so basically transparent for the end user. 🤓
To reiterate what he is saying, Ubiquiti is definitely prosumer. It's not enterprise-grade equipment. If you're looking to get into this space as a career, don't waste time on Ubiquiti. Focus on Cisco Meraki and Aruba. Ubiquiti works well in a small deployment, but when it comes to enterprise, where you want to set it and forget it, the latter is the standard.
Wonderful..!!! Thank you.!! Now we need a video step-by-step, 101, basic, fromscratch video...
Another option is running cables on the roof and using covign to cover it
what is covign?
Switches don't route though. They just use MAC to port translation so that each port is its own segment