Configuring an IPSec site-to-site VPN between Ubiquiti Unifi gateways (USG/USG-Pro/UDM/UDM-Pro) is relatively straight forward process, but there are couple sticking points that can cause a hang up. This video walks through the setup for a manual VPN, when you can’t use the automatic config.
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The Ubiquiti UniFi Protect Network Video Recorder (UNVR) fills a massive gap in the Unifi Protect ecosystem because it finally adds storage redundancy to the mix. Unfortunately there are still quite a few limitations with the Protect ecosystem, but if you can live with them, and some flakey initial software quality issues, the UNVR is a solid addition to the […]
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The US-16-150W is not Ubiquiti’s newest Unifi PoE switch, but there are several reasons why it is a better choice versus the latest model. In this video, we discuss this, as well as walk through the setup and features of this 16 port enterprise switch.
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Ubiquiti released the 1.7.2 stable firmware for the Unifi Dream Machine (UDM) and Unifi Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro) gateway devices over the weekend. There isn’t a massive amount of detail in the release notes around what was improved, but they definitely stealth fixed an pretty major issue for those using SFP+ WAN connections.
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Wireguard is a modern, sleek, VPN that promises to be super easy to install and setup, as well as being faster than IPSec. With pretty much a client for every device, it’s a great option for running on a home or office network VPN. This guide outlines how to setup and configure the VPN server and mobile (Android, but iOS […]
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It’s been known for a while that Ubiquiti (UI) was coming out with a new Protect network video recorder (NVR) that sorts many of the issues with the current generation of their devices. Most notably the lack of disc redundancy. With support for four drives, that can be run in either RAID 1 or RAID 5 (not sure how the […]
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It’s interesting that you don’t hear more about the use of Seagate EXOS drives in the NAS consumer space. They have a better specifications, and warranty than Seagate’s IronWolf or SkyHawk drives, and at least when I bought them they were also cheaper. In this video we unbox the drives, set them to 4k logical sector size, and compare performance […]
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On May 3rd, I dropped my OnePlus 7 Pro and broke the screen. The details aren’t really that important, but it is interesting that the incredible slipperiness of the screen played a massive role in the drop. What is important is how OnePlus handled the repair process, and their lack of integrity as a company. Before getting to that, I […]
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You may think that the similar names mean both classes operate in the same way. It’s actually more complicated than that. So, what is the difference between Class AB and Class D amplifiers? Class AB and Class D amps don’t operate like each other and don’t apply to the same appliances. They also don’t have the same output. The only […]
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This issue with incredible slowness when deep packet inspection (DPI) is enabled isn’t new to the UDM/UDM-Pro firmware version 1.7.0, I just haven’t had a chance to make this video public until now. Hopefully it’s something that UI will fix, because DPI is a great feature, and it sucks that I can’t enable it.
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