Ultimate UniFi Home Network Upgrade ~ Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro)

[@TastyPC]

You guys kept saying you wanted me to upload more, so I uploaded this one twice x'D

[@Praelia7or]

WE GO AGANE!!

[@eustache_dauger]

Technically correct...the best kind of correct!!! 😎👍

[@MrRourk]

I hope some one at KZbin did not strike the last upload.

[@M4TTYN]

nice magical two uploads lol

[@falcon_three_fifty]

Not what we meant, but you made me laugh. :)

[@withcookies]

"the first thing is my Roo-Ta, Yes this is how we say it in the UK." HAHAHA Nice.

[@neutechevo]

"Jungle is massive"

[@AshtonCoolman]

I'm a network engineer at my company and I have to give you kudos for knowing your stuff around network equipment. Most people don't even know what VLANs are. I'm impressed and would love to see more networking-related videos from you.

[@TastyPC]

Thanks, I actually know very little about networking and am just learning as I go :)

[@AshtonCoolman]

@@TastyPC you're on the right track then.

[@-d.mann-]

PoE is a must have if you are substantially expanding a network. Great video and great choices of hardware! Looking forward to more networking content on the channel!

[@falcon_three_fifty]

One of the funniest lines in this video is " It's Wi-Fi is mostly a myth" That's one subtle dunk on your ISP's offerings.

[@rcole134]

I too enjoyed that line but in part because she's not wrong lol. I too have the same hub 4.

[@zahidshabir4038]

Virgin Media is actually good since they are the ONLY major consumer ISP in the UK selling internet speeds of 100 Mbps or higher and have been doing 100 Mbps speeds since at least 2012 which is the only reason I have Virgin Media broadband (the main reason why they have such a high speed and most ISPs here don't is because most ISPs share the same network cabling from a company called Openreach which is owned by the largest broadband provider in the UK called BT and BT don't give a crap about broadband speeds). I have had 200 Mbps+ since 2015 on Virgin Media and before I had 100 Mbps since 2012 and when we joined Virgin Media we had 60 Mbps back in 2010 which most ISPs here sell as their highest speeds or close to the highest speeds

[@TastyPC]

Zahid Shabir - Virgin media do offer fast connections (for download, not upload) but that doesn't mean that their hubs are any good. They overheat and their Wi-Fi is terrible.

[@johnmcquay82]

​@@zahidshabir4038 That's starting to change; thankfully. There are a number of AltNet carriers springing up across the country who are using XGSPON, meaning subscribers can get theoretical connection rates of up to 10Gigabits (with current technologies). Sure, you can get any speed you like if you have long enough arms and deep enough pockets to pay for a dedicated fibre. The PON standards are moving all the time though with 25G and 50G PON technologies on the horizon. I'm with an AltNet carrier, admittedly on openreach infrastructure and can get a 1Gigabit bi-directionally; not that I want to pay nearly £300 a month for it...a 900/100 Connection is more than enough for my needs. The AltNets and Virgin media have been leaving openreach and BT in the dust for years, though they are working to close that gap. Residential Gateways provided by nearly all ISPs are a weak point; as internet speeds go up, the weakness of the RG gets all the more apparent, especially if you're a power user. For that reason, I haven't used an ISP provided RG for years and have been running pfSense for most of that time. That too is starting to change. I work for one of the access network vendors, and customers are realising the common-or-garden Residential Gateways are not up to the task of delivering on subscriber expectations; the majority of people believe ISPs are selling WiFi rather than broadband and they get more support calls relating to WiFi than anything else. The average subscriber wants to plonk a box in the living room window that just works, get support when the WiFi doesn't work, up to gigabit speeds, fast WiFi that's approaching line rate and they want it to cover the whole house...without dropping four-figures on pro-grade kit. Providers are waking up to that reality. I very much doubt ISP provided RGs will ever match the performance and features of pro-grade kit (ISPs pay very little for them), but that gap will close a little in time.

[@zahidshabir4038]

@@TastyPC I know but most ISP's have super low upload speeds (all ISP's split the bandwidth for upload and download and most ISP's send most of the bandwidth towards download speeds since everyone is going to use the download speed but people are less likely to upload data or at least upload enough data for the speed to matter too much to them) also Virgin Media still have the highest upload speeds as far as I am aware besides not having a really good hub their speeds make up for it IMO because no other major ISP sells fast enough speeds for upload and download compared to Virgin Media

[@MartinPaoloni]

Lauren, the minute you bought a patch panel and a rack, you went full home lab. Welcome to this wonderful world! Can't wait for future networking videos! :D

[@popeizzy2012]

i love listening to your voice. i'll listen to anything you want to tell us about.

[@CraigThomasLive]

I liked your idea of putting the feet on them when stacked making it look like a hifi setup. It actually looks really nice like that 👍

[@OzzFan1000]

I love Ubiquiti gear. They fill a missing niche of hardware for consumers that want more, and their management software just feels next level.

[@socaldayve6684]

1:40 My brain saw those as sleeve tattoos, and I was all WHAAAAT?!?!? 😆

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

Who knew Lauren was a chav?

[@UnderWarranty]

@@dycedargselderbrother5353 I don't think chavs know how to use a computer.

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

@@UnderWarranty "Jeremy Kyle teaches chavs how to use computers" would be an entertaining episode.

[@UnderWarranty]

@@dycedargselderbrother5353 haha would be just footage of them grabbing the computers and running out the building

[@CallumRog3rs]

You mean clothes with patterns on it?

[@Simon74]

This is like the network for a small business.

[@RichardNobel]

👆🏼 This comment would've been perfect if, instead of "small business", you had written "small *Enterprise* ". 🤣 Which would also refer to the small _Star Trek_ Enterprise statue that she shows in the video. 🤓

[@BlastarX]

Hahahaha, I loved when you marked USA as a dangerous country XD 7:00

[@skykaptain007]

Unfortunately, we are.

[@bobbya8622]

One-half of the US is batshixx crazy. Unfortunately, they currently have control of the country, and if they keep giving away money it may stay that way for the foreseeable future.

[@MikeStavola]

@@bobbya8622 ^ hyperpartisan BS is why this nation's dangerous. "Everyone else is wrong, my team's been blessed by Jesus!"

[@bobbya8622]

@@MikeStavola and you must enjoy being deaf, dumb and blind, metaphorically speaking. If you can’t see evil, it doesn’t exist? What a great way to go through life. Honestly, people like you are part of the problem. Don’t expect me to comment again. This young lady deserves better.

[@MikeStavola]

@@bobbya8622 yeah man, both sides are awful. Acting like one side is amazing and the other is awful makes you a sheep. That legit makes you part of the reason why this nation's been such an embarrassment.

[@lostMAYHEM]

Your Enterprise model gave me a nerdgasm!

[@wyatt77777]

I enjoyed this video. I think 10 mins is fine for a studio/workplace upgrade video. Just keep making videos; as you said the channel has been inactive for far too long.

[@Ughmahedhurtz]

A cautionary tale from my experience: make backups of **all** your Ubiquiti configs. Regularly. After every time you make a change and confirm things are still working.

[@cannibal3004]

We had I problem with our UDM Pro, importing a saved configuration broke ours completely. Had to factory reset and completely rebuild our network from scratch. It's a good idea to keep all your settings documented as well as config backups. Just in case.

[@s._81]

please dont skip any content, this is interesting and relaxing to watch.

[@privileged6453]

Already watched so already know its a banger ;)

[@VishN7]

This is awesome and exactly where I'm headed. I got myself a UDM-Pro last year and when I move am going to get a POE switch to wire everything up. I'm beyond excited to put it all together and work on my home automation ideas. This might be the first time in all the years of this channel where I have the same gear that you're reviewing. 😂

[@COYSMike]

Waves back at Lauren and the penguin

[@Nocturnes1984]

Her voice is so soothing!

[@BatesonBen]

Hope you're OK, was only thinking it's been a while!! Great to see you again, and with content that is super relevant!!!

[@networksecuritygeek642]

As a Network Security guy myself and have some experience in UniFi's products you did an amazing job with the presentation. Keep up the great work!

[@awilliams1701]

I love your cutesy aesthetic on everything.

[@fivestar2227]

Aww that tiny little touch screen is so darn cute

[@jack6539]

Well done. Its great to see other people getting serious about their soho network. It sounds like you know much more than you're letting on, which tells me you're a good communicator. As an introductory video, this is choice!

[@fancycavegaming620]

I liked the video, and I'm interested to see how the network progresses. I would like to see another gaming review too, that 2077 piece was great.

[@deslokthewarlock]

Holy shit, my COMPTIA A+ learning is paying off because I understand 100% of wtf you are talking about!

[@timteoprod]

Love the British accent for tech stuff

[@gaspererjavec7108]

Wow that is the best looking networking gear ever. Look like high end audiophile gear.

[@groundzero_-lm4md]

I am using my ISP provided modem/router. It is fine but overheats when it is more then about 25C. I ended up sticking a fan on it and mostly solved my problems. Too bad it looks very ugly so I have it in a vented plastic box.

[@asj1758]

Been watching your videos for years and years. It’s always nice to see you upload.

[@gbblackknight]

4:25 "It's been awhile since I bought ethernet cables, so maybe I'm just out of the loop" While showing a looped cable. Clever girl.

[@realzyxtomatic]

I love the use of the PC case feet on your Unifi equipment. I've only ever done rack installs of this sort of equipment, but seeing them sitting there on your desk with the feet looks great!

[@arjaitheoriginal]

Always good to see a TastyPC video come up, despite being temporarily disappointed, with the first one being deleted. :P Glad you are doing well and wish you the best! Take Care.

[@Scott_Mericle]

Damn it Lauren, I'm trying to save money here. And now I want to go to spend more money! That's a super sick set up! I super approve!

[@tomf4474]

Please tell us more about your rack...um....your network rack....lol. I love your videos, informative and relaxing. If I can choose to listen to you or Linus, I always choose you.

[@ODDBALL1011]

Wow, that UDM and switch looks really really clean with those spacers between. I'd like to play around with a UDM at some point, the most I've been able to play with at the moment is the cloud keys. Good work!

[@michaelhopper3654]

Whats not to like, fancy unifi gear and star trek, star wars, lego toys. Heavenly setup, only thing that needs an upgrade now is that Nas, go Synology...

[@siliconartGAMING]

Looking great! Cant wait to see the next stages :)

[@animalchannel6845]

SHE'S BACK!

[@omaralkhayyal9833]

Lauren your voice is amazing😍😍😍😍😍

[@jamesparker6876]

Missed you. Glad you are back. Good work, as always.

[@AlexxMk2]

Long form video's are great! I'd say techy people appreciate the detail as that's where many of us find a pitfall we didn't consider at point of purchase.

[@armisis]

Got my UDM SE on its way. Well done video! Thanks!

[@ChubyX]

Really like those cables. They seem much nicer than any other cables I've used before. As always, excellent presentation. Keep it up. I look forward to seeing the next video. I like networking.

[@hologram1211]

This is a great series to land right now as I'm about to do exactly the same Unifi network upgrades in my house! Looking forward to seeing how you put it all together.

[@onekicknick1203]

I just installed my UDM Pro today!!! Glad you're liking it as much as I am! 😊 Now I'm gonna spend a fortune upgrading my network haha

[@ishmaelmusgrave]

Double the Video's, Twice the Fun!

[@mattbedford875]

I saw it uploaded earlier and saw it was private, and I about cried😂😂❤

[@jesustejeda6404]

Finally, now I can get internet from the other side of my room with this

[@therealbluedragon]

Your voice is milk and honey for my soul. 😩👌

[@ThePunisher014]

Except that im lactose-intolerant and honey makes me nauseous. 😩👌

[@GameReplays-]

she's back.....and gone again for 2 months :)

[@EJSmith-dk3yg]

It's good to have you back Lauren ... I would suggest that you focus on everything, small details are important. I thinks it's good that you have little to none experience in networking, this way we can go on that journey with you as you explore, learn and teach us. Many of us are also limited in our networking skills, and there is nothing more frustrating that having networking guy who "knows-it-all" and rolls over stuff assuming that you know it. Looking forward to your networking videos, eager to learn.

[@josecofino]

Nice content, can’t wait to see Vlan firewall and more context about the UniFi hardware

[@cbremer83]

Not a bad setup. I have pretty much all Unifi stuff as well. Except my firewall/router. Running pfsense for that. I recently added the new USW-Aggregation 10Gig switch. Been pretty happy with them over the years so far.

[@smarthousetech8593]

That's one of the sexiest voices in the world

[@brandonfarfan1978]

Nice to see you back again. And good vid.👍

[@laurenceminuto8769]

LOVE the TNG Enterprise!

[@phenry5083]

I need to know more about those feet on the devices, that's genius.

[@anthonyingersoll1982]

I went Ubiquiti a year ago and I have not looked back since. It was the best thing that I could have done. Although, their firewalls are lacking in many areas. With an Untangle Edge router, that compensated for the firewall shortcomings.

[@P4GrAnGeR]

Ubiquiti hardware looks so damn good. Shame their latest behavior hiding their hack seems to be extremely questionable. ...but it looks so good.

[@simpedros4766]

Their support is also dogshit. I hate having to deal with ubiq at work. Need another company as cheap with much better support and not so stupid a setup.

[@dKJustwon]

Clearly you read my mind, been thinking about what I need/need to do to move to Ubiquiti, I’ll be watching this series with glee!

[@uss_04]

The foam is so nice. 10/10 would unbox again

[@ggzii]

How can a voice be so attractive.

[@willardr100]

I too have UniFi, I dropped about a grand on it and have 4 APs and 3 switches. The outside patio Internet was the game-changer last year. But I have the mini Gateway. I was cautious about noise, your results so far imply I could safely upgrade to the grown up router and 24 port switch. I’m currently getting 360 mbps on my gig-e VM connection, so I am guessing VM need to work some magic their end when prompted by me. Tedious admin. There’s never a convenient time. Oh, and I nearly forgot to say, I really appreciate your videos, thanks so much! 👍👍

[@TastyPC]

You're only getting 360Mbps on Gig1? Is that over Wi-Fi or when connected with a wire? If that's wired then you should deffo give VM a call. Unless you have features turned on your mini gateway which are lowering your throughput.

[@JCorbinPhoto]

Hey Lauren! Good to see you're still uploading! You and I have similar Ubiquiti setups with the UDMP, but I went for the US-Aggregation Switch instead of the UI POE switch. The Agg switch allows for 10gbe while not costing all that much. It's only 8 ports, but they're cheap enough that I bought two: One for my desk, and another for the server rack. Using Fiber cables between the two has been a snap. I managed to wait and snag the US6 wifi as well (with a generic POE). So far, the UDMP was silent before I added a hard drive for video recording. Even without a camera on the network, the fan noise was audible. With the G3-Instant, the Protect software seems pretty straightforward. Try to get a UI cam and play with Protect a bit. Overall, the UI system is imperfect, but I'm still learning about it, too. You may want to sign up for the Early Access program to see if you can get some of the unreleased gear to review for the channel! Hope your health is good!

[@TastyPC]

Hey Jeremiah, I have been considering the 10G Aggregation Switch, but thought that as it’s marketed towards aggregating multiple switches, they probably have a more conventional 10GbE switch in the works. I do have a few UniFi Protect cameras to set up, although I plan to go with an SSD in my UDM-Pro as I don’t require more than a couple of days of recordings. I’ve signed up for the EA program and check there occasionally. My health has been pretty good, thanks. :)

[@OzDeaDMeaT]

Nice work on the setup. Take a look at Phillips Hue or another smart light setup and have a light strip at the back of your rack to glow the colour that best shows the temperature of the rack. I did it for mine and it looks bloody amazing if i do say so myself. Glass Fronts are usually better as most cold air comes from the floor (where the air is coolest), Network equipment usually is cooled east to west (side to side) not front to back.

[@cfq.tufanuf7601]

That B roll though!!

[@jamesdk5417]

I am glad you set it up after the breach. Please make sure you follow all recommendations by the Comunity to minimise your future risks.

[@mrcobra7594]

amazing content.

[@____________________________.x]

I'm guessing you saw my post about the name thing, I'm glad you reuploaded :)

[@FastRedPonyCar]

The only potential upgrade I'd recommend would be the new Wifi 6 LR AP. I just got mine and it's stupid how fast and powerful it is. I have the standard dream machine and a pair of the QNAP QSW-M408-4C 10GbE Managed Switches (The 10 gig unifi switches are just too expensive for what they are) I tried disabling the UDM's built in Nano HD AP and sent all 60~something odd devices to connect to the 6LR AP and it didn't even break a sweat. I was streaming 4k netflix content on 8 different devices and it's like... it just didn't care. My only real gripe with that new AP is that it's still limited to a 1gig uplink despite a couple devices being capable of moving data wirelessly at faster rates than that. One tip though is that you may actually prefer the more straight forward design of the old user interface. You can switch to it by going to Settings - System Settings and then toggling the "New User Interface" option off. It's not as pretty but it seems like you get more info and stuff is more intuitively laid out.

[@MrTechguy365]

Why does this channel have so few subs and likes? The content and presenter is amazing

[@SpoonHurler]

TastyPC slowly creeping into homelab content makes me smile

[@michaellindsay1296]

Nice enterprise 👍

[@MikeStavola]

I'm in the middle of doing something similar to this, but I'm building a full-depth 24u rack into a cavity above a staircase, and venting air outside. It's been a lot more planning than I was expecting, especially with all the SFP runs.

[@hirenchauhan8280]

Great Video, and someone who pronounces Router correctly 🙂

[@Brosefskius]

dat mini Lego AT ST thou

[@maskedherophantom6238]

Reupload?

[@grahamjones7814]

When I moved house I had a rewire and had the entire house networked with Unify. I only have one AP-Lite at the front of the house, but it reaches all the way to the back of the garden! Also have a USG. best thing I ever did as virgins router kept rebooting !

[@adampsyreal]

Glad to see another video from you!

[@SnipE_mS]

this is a great setup, i've been a ubiquiti fan for several years now so it's nice to see them really step up with their offerings. not to mention they look soooo damn sexy.

[@DctrGizmo]

Having network switches in my bedroom would drive me crazy with all of those blinking light at night. They look cool though!

[@spinkey4842]

those touch screens tho!!!!!

[@DarthV506]

Imagine the reason why the switches aren't very loud is that you're not using all the PoE ports to drive gear yet. The 48 port switches at work are all pretty loud in our wiring closets, since pretty much every port is also powering a VoIP phone or WiFi AP!

[@TastyPC]

The PoE switch that I'm using is fanless. :)

[@DarthV506]

@@TastyPC Nice!

[@Gts2pro]

Nice video , great ❤

[@bruco6328]

I'll look at it like its I wouldn't have seen it, I love your videos anyway

[@NewHomeTech]

The UDM-Pro SE comes with a 128GB SSD drive and the 8 port switch is now POE. Its in Early Access, I just got mine today. So those that want the power of Unfi, but have a small network they want to deploy, the SE will be perfect to get someone setup fast with everything they need out one box.

[@suehunt622]

the enterprise is a neat touch. even better would the liberator. !!!

[@cooljey86]

How is the UDM pro working out for you on Version 1.9.3? I just got mine two days ago, It's running ok so far but I'm feeling skeptical about upgrading to the latest version. Some people are not having a good experience with VER 1.9.0, perhaps 1.9.3 got better. I'm currently on VER 1.6, I heard 1.8 is much more stable. Would probably do that for now. On another note, I like the vibrant colors you use on videos.

[@TastyPC]

It's working well. I've found through reading comments that the people who run into problems with updates tend to be trying to get it to do complex things (that mostly goes over my head). As I'm just sicking to the basics with some VLANs, some firewall rules, some Wi-Fi, etc, things would have to have gone seriously wrong for an update to break something. So your mileage may vary.

[@cooljey86]

@@TastyPC good to know, I have my settings same as yours. Don’t have anything crazy going on yet thought might explore VPN tunnel when I’m comfortable with the UDM’s reliability. I will try 1.9.3 this weekend.

[@cooljey86]

Upgraded to 1.9.3, so far so good. Got L2TP VPN setup too on a 1gbps service, but can’t seem to figure out why I’m getting 10- 20mbps on the remote user. I have raise the question to Unifi support, currently waiting to hear back from them. It seems VPN speed throttling to be a known issue across ubiquiti router products for awhile now. Hope I get some answers from support soon.

[@lmaoroflcopter]

Nice one!! Great video, looking forward to the next few parts! Really like those cat6 cables the bendy ends would really neaten up my small setup here, even without such nice ubiquiti network kit. Heads up though, I think you're probably fine for the moment at least it didn't come up after a search right now but you may want to change your WiFi SSID/name, before someone logs it and then obscure it in future vids, wigle.net is a searchable database of them that includes their locations, just something to be aware of if you're a KZbinr trying to maintain some privacy.

[@jdums8534]

love the cover thank you

[@FilaMan74]

Simply The Best unboxing fingernails on entire internet and beyond.

[@Sassquatch0]

I'm tempted to go Ubiquity too. Kid's had to bring Chromebooks home for remote learning this year, and my Netgear router has been taking a beating with those added to everything else. My house is small enough that a single router can cover it all wirelessly, but the interference from all the devices & system overhead really gives it hell. Would be nice to have hardware driving it all with room to grow. Seeing your setup in action really helps - a nice blend between consumer/prosumer grade and full business class. I saw Linus' home setup a while back & it seems almost too industrial.

[@asmraccount898]

This is fantastic and makes me want to go clean up my home network.

[@neilfellows6685]

Grate to see you again

[@jtouch99]

Great video, amazing setup! I'm looking to have exactly this setup myself over the next coming months and it's great to see real life examples and experiences of those blazing the trail. Interestingly, I'm on Virgin too, so happy to know that modem mode will work with this setup. One suggestion I would have is for you to list more of your components in the description, for example the very nice cat 6 cables and the rack mounting equipment. Defo looking forward to your next video.

[@srinathshettigar379]

please make video on Cyberpunk after patches and bugfixes. more game review + benchmark + game setting optimizations videos aswell. thanks

[@dj_paultuk7052]

Sweet setup. Im a Ubiquti certified installer. Have done maybe 600 AP's all over the world. UniFis are great, i have 1 at home and they cover 300ft radius, so 600ft. Thats enough for a 4bed home and cover the garden as well. The switch will be noisy, especially in the summer as the fans will ramp up until they are screaming. Not for home use unfortunately. Can you mount all comms into the Garage ?. That would be the answer. Re Router, yes just put it in Modem Mode, thats how i have it.

[@dj_paultuk7052]

If you have any questions re config, just hit me up. Im on twitter and insta too. Same name.

[@TastyPC]

The switch I used has no fans as it's passively cooled. My room has hit 30°C and I'm yet to hear the UDM-Pro. So far so good. :)

[@sergeyalmukhametov717]

Great content. thank you very much for a detailed review of the ubiquiti technique

[@Bazwalt]

Great video. Thank god there's no aweful music like some other channels.