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Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by fulafel »

u8080 wrote: post #39
tucnak wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They said the same thing about 40G but hey, I've loved it for bridging the gap between my two (10G and 100G, respectively) Mikrotik switches. You can have a dozen Gigabit ports, as well as up to four true 10G devices on your aggregation switch, and neither would be bottlenecked by traffic to and from the backside. This has been a massive boon. However, when it comes to 2.5G, I struggle to find one good reason to use…

1x PCIE 3.0 has 8 Gbps raw speed - for 2.5Gbps duplex Ethernet you'll need 6~7 Gbps of raw link to CPU. For 5Gbps and higher, you'll need another PCIE line - and SOHO motherboards are usually already pretty tight on PCIE lanes. 10GbE will require 4x3.0 lanes

PCIe is full duplex. And there's no requirement for ethernet ports to be able to do full tilt. Even with a 1x PCIe 3.0, a 10G port will be much much better than a 2.5G one.

(But PCIe 3.0 of course is from 2010 and isn't too relevant today - 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0 have 16/32/64/128 Gbps per lane respectively)

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by marcosscriven »

matthewfcarlson wrote: post #158
dismalpedigree wrote: post #102

The problem I have seen is when I need it most, due to a rare fiber internet outage, so does everyone else nearby and cellular data becomes saturated and unusable.

I keep an old Starlink in a closet for this exact reason

Does Starlink have a temporary or “pay as you go” option?

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by kllrnohj »

happyopossum wrote: post #161
xiconfjs wrote: post #150

FAQ: "Can the UniFi 5G Max Outdoor work as a standalone device?" -> No. The UniFi 5G Max Outdoor must be adopted by a UniFi Cloud Gateway or UniFi Gateway and cannot function independently as a router or modem. :(

They literally list the standalone version further down the page: * Dream Router 5G Max: The Fully Integrated UniFi Experience *

but that one isn't outdoor rated.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by seemaze »

johncolanduoni wrote: post #69
kkapelon wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unifi is the Apple of networking gear. When something new is released the HN crowd is excited even when the same functionality existed already with another company.

For wireless, the prices aren’t much different from products with comparable feature sets/performance. For some niche combinations, they’re the only option that doesn’t force you way upmarket (Meraki, etc.). Most of the money they make is from small business and tiny WISPs, not HN boosters overdoing it on their home WiFi in what must be a bid to get their partner to divorce them. Their wired stuff is a total scam sin…

>HN boosters overdoing it on their home WiFi in what must be a bid to get their partner to divorce them..

Au contraire!

I got tired of the refrain "are you messing with the network again?" in the evenings when the neighbors are all streaming Netflix and crowding the airwaves, so I installed several low power UI APs around the house and and popped my own DNS and devices to a separate VLAN.

No more complaints :)

I do wish Unifi offered more configuration in the ad-blocking department, but I'm hesitant to inflict anything but the most vanilla deployment on the remainder of the household..

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by conception »

xiconfjs wrote: post #150

FAQ: "Can the UniFi 5G Max Outdoor work as a standalone device?" -> No. The UniFi 5G Max Outdoor must be adopted by a UniFi Cloud Gateway or UniFi Gateway and cannot function independently as a router or modem. :(

You can just download the software to configure/manage it. It’s not the best situation but you don’t have to buy anything.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by flyinghamster »

inopinatus wrote: post #104
kkapelon wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unifi is the Apple of networking gear. When something new is released the HN crowd is excited even when the same functionality existed already with another company.

More like the Sonos of networking gear, in that they were once kinda cool but squandered it with questionable product decisions.

That is fair, though they at least walked back some of those, and self-hosting is still very much a thing if you prefer not to deal with configuring your system through Someone Else's Computer.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by mikepurvis »

jsheard wrote: post #156
mikepurvis wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which units is that? I have a pair of u7 pros in my house and they’ve never made a peep, though admittedly they don’t get pushed very hard at all; the TV and two main computers are wired, so it’s really just iot junk and phones on the wifi.

The U7 Pros do have a fan, but yeah if you're not pushing them very hard it may not be spinning up. https://youtu.be/IStbaTQTBio?t=117 Aside from noise it's also not ideal for reliability in dusty environments.

Interesting, how about that. I did definitely note that they were considerably more weighty in the hand than the AC-era APs they were replacing.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by baby_souffle »

kkapelon wrote: post #61
sschueller wrote: post #31

I am confused, this is just a 5G router right? Like the 5 year old Huawei CPE Pro 2 but with wifi7, poe and eSim? [1] https://consumer.huawei.com/en/routers/5g-cpe-pro-2/

Unifi is the Apple of networking gear. When something new is released the HN crowd is excited even when the same functionality existed already with another company.

> Unifi is the Apple of networking gear

They were founded by some people that left Apple.

Re: UniFi 5G

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Post by Jnr »

kkapelon wrote: post #60
jwr wrote: post #6

The 5G max outdoor looks very good and seems to be a direct competitor to the pretty good Mikrotik LHG series. I wonder about the antenna gain, though, the Mikrotik certainly looks more impressive. (I've been using Mikrotik LHG LTE6 kit devices for years now)

> direct competitor to the pretty good Mikrotik LHG series Is there a Mikrotik 5G version though? I am still waiting for that.

There is this now https://mikrotik.com/product/atl_5g_r16
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