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So I’m looking at taking the plunge on a new router/gateway and AP setup. I have 2k of wire and have been working on devices that need it. I was wondering what your enterprise setup would be? Cisco? Unify? Looking for model ideas from people who have some non-consumer type setups. Thanks for any help.  

Answer 1

Love UniFi. I’ve got a UniFi Dream Machine Pro, PoE Switch, and 3 nanoHD access points. I’ve got this setup in two houses. I have a permanent hardware VPN running between them. Multiple VLANs. I can also VPN into either house from outside. Was all relatively easy to setup.  

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And the new UDM pro has no problems with intrusion detection & protection over gigabit.  

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I like that dream machine, i have a bunch of cisco catalyst 2960g laying around as well as thinking they can work with that.  

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@gratin but why bother yourself with configuration of those old switches? I am an old school network engineer, and I used to want to map out every port and vlan trunk. Nowadays I’d much rather let some proper management UI do it for me in three seconds.  

Answer 2

You can go the homelab way and use PFSense.  

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@mariandi56178 I have looked at that. How robust is it?  

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@gratin extremely. But you will need a switch and AP's. Ubiquity I have heard good things about but I don't personally use it.  

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@mariandi56178 thanks for a 48 port switch I’ve been using. Netgear gs748tv4.  

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Looks like a decent switch. Nice GUI, doesn't appear to have a CLI?  

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@mariandi56178 yes it has console

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Interesting. It doesn't show as having a console port in the documentation. Can you telnet or SSH into it as well?  

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@mariandi56178 unifi switch can be centrally managed along with APS via web page. It pushes out the config to them. Also has serial and ssh access if you wanted it.  

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@entertainment yes. I know. And?  

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@mariandi56178 yes

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@gratin PFsense is proper. Been using it for like 15 years here. It won’t help you with wireless, but it will do everything else you can imagine for routing, firewall and vpn.  

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I’m a massive fan of pfsense and unifi - running in business currently WAN 20 sites and datacenter

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What are you running pfsense on?  

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@gratin HyperV and APU  (These are the latest ones)
https://www.pcengines.ch/apu4d4.htm

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This channel has a ton of good information on both Unifi and pfsense and making them work together.  
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheTec...ledge

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UniFi! Dream Machine to start, NanoHD to expand, and everything is magically configured across the whole ecosystem. (Or some PoE switches, a USG-4, and a cloud key if your build is bigger than a dream machine). Add a network/vlan/dmz? Just click save, and magic happens. They even have cheap *managed* 5-port PoE-powered switches for ~$25. Ideal for “behind the TV”. My setup: 48-port PoE switch; eight APs delivering 400Mbps to every corner of the house, including the back yard and garage, with minimum RSSI to force roaming; USG-4; retired 1st gen cloud key (moved controller to a container on the PC doing OpenHAB/BlueIris VM); three 8-port and two 5-port PoE-powered switches; a dozen HikVision cameras . and a partridge in a raspberry pi (also PoE).  

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Ubiquiti for the win! I have- Dream Machine Gen2 24 port POE switch 3 NanoHD’s Hardwire as much as you can, vlan and segment all your IOT things very easily