Building a smart home network
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2023
- A solid WIFI and wired network is foundational for any smart home. I show you how I went about setting mine up in my new house!
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Definitely would like to see videos of configuring Unifi devices for IoT devices - Especially firewall rules for multiple VLAN's
I was about to suggest the same thing! 😀. IoT, NoT, etc. And, how to configure HA and other devices to be able to talk properly over them. Thanks, and congratulations on the new home!
Fully agree, I'll be doing similiar thing in future so I'd love to see how it is being done from the professional side haha
Check cross-talk solutions video on setting up UniFi network. It’s pretty comprehensive. And covers multi-vlan/rules setup.
I have been getting ready to start my smart home from scratch and I would love to see how you set up your unifi network for the vlan and Firewalls.
Check out Tom Lawrence......
you had my like and subscribe at " ... is a bit over-kill, and you'd be 100% correct it is over kill, but im a massive nerd that's always wanted to have his own server rack in his house"
One of the few people I've found that believe in hardwiring over wifi connectivity! Thanx for this video, as it gives me some other ideas. 👏
Most important, what does your spouse think about all this? 😂 Just completely renovated my house and did the same as you. The look on my wife’s face when the server rack came in 😝. “Is this really necessary?!” YES it is!
We each agreed on a matching budget to turn different parts of the house into our "dream homes". So she has her own set of toys that I find excessive 😂
I added some lights to my rack (from a central power distribution unit and random lights like visualizing rack temperatures and my wife loved it. She likes the sparkles.
WAF +10 :D
@@HomeAutomationGuy man giving relationship advice without realizing it 😂 really though, that’s an amazing way to work together to achieve the things you both love.
Just bought my first house...... I'm gonna go nuts and my wife will hate me
I'll give you a top tip... Do it the Portuguese way.. Don't run cat 6 cables through your walls.. Run pipes... I fully upgraded my parents house which was built in late 90's and was able to access every room through 20/30mm pipes that were left inside walls and floors.. I was shocked. How is this not a standard in England
Love your easy paced videos. Planning to move come Augustus, your journey is a nice path for me the follow preparing for my own smart home!
I’m in a similar position and also dreamt of having a server rack using mostly the same equipment you talked about in the first 2023 video. I would love a video to see how you setup your trusted / untrusted network in a unifi environment! Keep up the good work 🎉
Recently stumbled across your channel as I'm buying my first house and planning my dream smart home and network solution. I'm planning on getting a very similar setup to you using unifi equipment and I would love some detailed videos on how you've configured your VLANs as I'm basically a total beginner with all this networking.
Keep up the content and I can't wait to watch your backlog of videos whilst researching!
This is the first video I watch of you and I loved it as someone who is in IT since about a year and a half and on my way to get my CCNA, I want to also get some hands on experience as I learn way better to understand everything by doing it myself.
P.S. I am currently a server support engineer who focuses on troubleshooting server hardware and Operating Systems, although, I do get occasionally networking issues as well.
Seeing your router and firewalls settings is a must make video
Hope that speed test wasn't your static IP address... Great video!
I would LOVE to see how you setup your networks and wifi in Unifi!
Definitely would love to see how this is set up in your Unifi Network equipment 😊👍🏽
Server rack is a bit OTT IMO but 16 yrs ago when we built our house we had it cabled throughout with Ethernet with a wall box in a storeroom where in internet enters the house. A simple network switch box handles the internet distribution to all points and this is where we have our NAS, UPS etc.
Just the video i was looking for ! Keep up the great work
Awesome, thank you!
Good Video man! I came here to get inspiration on how to structure my own video and how you created your series which I have been following as well. I'm in Canada so there will be differences in product availability and certain building structure - Brick vs Drywall LOOL. I also just built a new house and started my smart home all over again - this time I plan to film the process. I ran 48 CAT6 plenum-rated ethernet cables through my new build. My builder was nice enough to let me run my cabling myself during the build. It so hard trying to record and setup - I find that I get so carried away in the install that I forget to record properly. I'll be installing patch panels, switches routers, UPS, ATS,.. ahhaha.. fully geeking out.
Keep your videos coming! LOVE them.
Haha. That happens to me too - I want to play with the tech so much that I forget to document and record it
Love the video, I have a similar system. Surprised you didn't use keystone jack's for the patch panel (much easier to manage and update) and put the switch next to the patch panel to reduce the cables covering the udm.
Exactly what I thought. Patch panel at the top, switch right beneath an cables management panel between the switch and the UDM. You can do better as a former systems engineer😉
Old nerd here! 😃We're running along the same lines. I love old high end (by domestic standards) stuff, so my rack has an old Brocade 48 port PoE switch with 4 x10g ports as well. A 1U PowerEdge R210 II running pfSense. All as chip as chips on ebay.
The Wifi running on a TP Omada with 4 AP's, 2 inside and 2 outdoor. I can't say too many nice things about this system, brilliant performance and excellent value.
Two Unraid servers mounted in the rack. One dual Xeon based, running VM's (one is HA) and multiple dockers. The other Unraid server is a dedicated NAS. Again, all old Enterprise gear bought cheaply, the only new bits being the hard drives themselves. PoE cameras are mainly Dahua 4MP based on their 1/1.8" sensor (always prioritise sensor size over resolution). All the 10g ports are fibre connections. Again, the interface cards are remarkably cheap and the the setup is quite straightforward.
I'm considering getting another R210 box to run a dedicated HA on bare metal rather than as a VM, but the VM is running so well, I'm not sure what I'll gain from that.
Anyway, carry on Geeking and keep up the good work!
Yeah man as long as you build out good infrastructure you don't need to worry about wifi being bogged down by shellies, despite what people on reddit say.
I love this 💪
Exactly! You can put a lot on top of a solid foundation! It's worth investing in the core
Solid video. Struggled to find decent content related to the UK market. Keep it up please 😊
I plan to!
Thanks you for your informative video
Great video, would love a video on how you have configured your trusted and untrusted zones. In which zone is Home Assitant installed? Do you use Nabu Casa cloud as I do?
Found you by a quick internet search as wanting to hardwire my home
Welcome!
@@HomeAutomationGuy finding your videos already helpful in the planning stage
Definitely would like to see videos of configuring Unifi devices for IoT devices - Especially firewall rules for multiple VLAN's for smart home
Absolutely :D, i would like to see the network configuration for iot in unify cause less people talking about it and i think that information is important. And also because your excellent explains, that'll be great video!
Exactly what I needed to know
Good to see you back, Alan. I assume this is the new house...
Thank you! It is!
I replaced my entire home network over the covid lockdown with Ubiquity Inifi and it has been bulletproof ever since. I added a series of the security cameras later and those have worked perfectly as well.
Glad to hear it! I hope mine stays bulletproof too!
Solid advice
When I bought a new home 21 years ago, as it was an new build I go the electrician to put in CAT5E everywhere. 48 sockets throughout the house and garage…..total cost…£285 (I supplied all the cables etc). If you have the option, it really is worth the meagre cost. I have run phone, video and audio over the same cabling. Oh and I use ubiquiti with a dream machine pro as well….nerds of the world unite!
Do you have a list of the kit you bought? I’m mostly interested in the ubiquiti stuff but good to get an idea for my future plans.
Would also love to see a vid on IOT security set up using unify
I am about to build and trying to get my ducks in a row for my networking. Would love to see how you set up that switch etc. I bought 1000' of cat 6 so i am ready.
I would love a video on how you secured your unifi network for IoT devices.
Alan - I would agree with you totally on the Google Mesh system. I have been using one for several years, and while the Wifi coverage and uptime has been great, all of the advanced controls have been dumbed down so much, it becomes unusable for some of the functions that the true nerds among us would want to use. And sometimes, the GUI just loses devices making it impossible to assign port forwarding, IP reservations, etc. For my next house I am planning on upgrading to the TPLink Omada platform - which is supposed to be a cheaper alternative to Unifi - I hope...
TPLink make great devices. I've used them for decades and they've always been solid
Hovering up your data possibly...
@@HomeAutomationGuy TPLink Omada system is indeed amazing (and fairly priced)
Thanks Alan, I forgot to mention before I think this is a great video! I would like to add my vote for you to do do a video on how you setup your vlans. I only know enough to be dangerous (mostly dangerous because I don't know enough) when it comes to networking, and would love to see how you do it. I will likely be doing it in pfSense, but the theory will still be very applicable.
Another great video. Thank you. Maybe you can do a video on having your IOT devices on one or more separate VLANS and yet connect to them with your smartphone where many of the apps the IOT devices require. I don't really want my cell phone accessible from the IOT devices and their security issues. Like you I use PFsense, but I haven't figured out the firewall rules or other details to make it work. I'm getting closer to using Home Assistant and flashing ESP32s, but I'm not there yet. Thanks.
You can add a rule to allow all traffic from your LAN to the IOT subnet, however a lot of smartphone controlled devices will need to access the internet or access your smartphone prior to a connection being opened from the LAN side, best advice is to use devices that communicate with a single controller/aggregator like HA, which can be accessable from both VLANs, and have that be the ONLY device accessable from the IOT VLAN (other than routers/DHCP etc).
I understand you might have had some of these items for a while. But I'd love if you listed out the items as you go over them or where to buy them
Would love to see the UI setup!
I'm jealous that you have a choice of ISPs and can even shop for features.
It never used to be this way here, hopefully you get some choice soon!
I’m also looking for a 24 ports poe switch but they are usually expensive and power hungry. Would love to hear about your 2 separate networks. Oh by the way I was considering Reolink cameras. Will wait for your camera videos. Cheers 🥂
Check out Yuanley. Not that expensive. Maybe a bit louder but the power is there.
The Unifi Cameras are SOOO expensive. I use the reolink 4k cameras instead with my UDM Pro and its worked perfectly for the past 4 years. Building a new house now and rebuilding my smart house and I will be using Reoloink as well.
lol your network setup is almost exactly like mine :)
I'd never heard of Unifi kit until a few years ago... I'm assuming they are relatively new to the UK? I have to say the internet fanboying over it so much, puts me right off... So it's interesting to see a setup from scratch and hear your views.
For the moment I'll stick with Draytek and Netgear for most of my LAN kit, as I've been using it for a very long time but I guess never say never. 🙂
I went away from Ubiquiti for the reasons you explained. when the gear is new it's awesome but inevitably has some issues that I don't want to deal with. I went to a different solution and haven't looked back.
If I WASN’T a huge nerd, I wouldn’t be watching your channel! 😜
Yes to configuration. How do you set up things like Chromecast on vlan and say a robot that uses an app on your phone
Very timely as I'm planning something very similar in a home in building right now. I will flood it with CAT6. The Unify routers, and most similar routers, don't have modems. How did you manage that? Did you use the ISPs router in bridge mode?
Yep. Exactly!
We had a 1 gigabit connection and we were automatically upgraded to 10 gigabit by our ISP two years ago. I really wish we just wired the place up with fibre. Please promise me you have easy conduit around your house and did not plaster over the wires, you may need to add some cables and simply use the cat cable as a DC circuit for Wi-Fi!
Why not having the switch closer to the patch panel? It definitely looks neater and its much faster to troubleshoot if you are using smaller patch cords
If you rely on WiFi and IP connected devices, then 100% a strong WiFi network is needed. If you mainly use Zigbee or Z-wave then Wifi is not so critical. I would say the average home user would never need a static IP Address. This is more for the power user and tinkerer. Same with blistering fast Interent. 50mbps is fine for Work from home, Teams and Zoom and 4K streaming. I love techy stuff, and I work in the networking field myself. Although there is good information in this video, a lot is overkill for majority of home users, even wfh with 4k streaming. That said, I still love your videos as I am a bit of a nerd too lol :)
Oh it's waayyy over the top. But you have to believe how much fun I had researching and installing it all. It was all my birthdays put together!
50mbps is perfectly fine, as long as you also get 20-50mbps upstream. My old house had 11mbps upstream and it sometimes struggled with two simultaneous video calls.
Some thoughts:
- I'm using the Parental Controls feature on my WiFi router to block access for my IoT devices. I just gave them static IP's & have them perma-blocked.
- NabuCasa, Home Assistant's partner, has a service that provides external access to your HA. No static ISP IP necessary.
About 1:39, how so? I'm behind a CGNAT and I have port-fowarding enabled and working remotely.
If your router supports DDNS you can also use that instead of a static IP. Depends on your use case/cost I guess.
Sadly that doesn't get around the issues caused by CGNAT
Are you saying that you are mixing fiber optics with cat6e?? How old is this video? What about cat8? Couldnt you have run fiber through your house? Just asking. Thanks
I have more than 65 connected devices in my home but the problem is that am living in north africa 😅 so we don’t have a big choice of router is a grandstream router good for a smart home ??
Thanx for answering my question
I have a home server for storing media and photos. 1 x 16tb HDD raid 1 with backup 4 x 4tb ssd raid 0 and 4 x 22 tb hdd raid 5 for storage. Basically its a 82TB google drive.
I also been buying more and more smart devices ( smart light bulbs, google chrome cast, smart plugs , cameras , ring , thermometer , google home) and kinda notice that internet is slower, the range and reception is weaker.
My questions are
1. Are my smart devices slowing down my internet / interfering the range?
2. Should I get a wifi extender or an extra router for better range and connection?
3. Should I have a separate server for my smart devices or should I use the same home server ?
4. If you have a server for storage databases and more and more smart devices , how would you set it up?
I would prefer the easiest and most cost-effective solution.
Thx
Thanks for the great video. A quick question - was the wifi mesh or some additional access point. I'm not sure there is much difference!
I don't use a mesh network, just individual access points.
@@HomeAutomationGuy Thanks. Did you consider mesh? I currently have a three point mesh system which I'm looking to upgrade to 6E mesh. I'm really not sure the difference between a wired mesh and the type of wired configuration you have! I suspect that even in a mesh system, the additional pucks are simply working as access points - I could, of course, be completely wrong on that!
@@pratahsinnetamby As much as I'm sure the mesh systems are improving drastically, nothing ever beats wired. With fibre optic internet now hitting over 1Gbps this becomes even more important if you want to maximize performance. Gigabit Ethernet should be the minimum, if anything plan for 2.5Gbps ethernet switch or better given that this backbone is needed for Wifi 6E and beyond.
How much does a set up like yours cost (equipment only)
ISPs still have bandwidth limits?
Your network rack is fine. Could very much be cleaned up and organized differently.
Strong agree. Putting the switch miles away from the patch panel is madness
I don’t have a new house, but planning to upgrade my network. I’ve got 3 questions based on your video:
1. Have you thought about a pfsense/opnsense router? (I am thinking to leave out the UDM pro)
2. You have a 24 switch, the box said the pro POE model. Right? And why? Because of layer 3 or the POE budget? Or? And is it overkill for the majority?
3. It seemed that you had 2x the NanoHD and 2x the pro model. Is the pro WiFi 6? And then, why the Nano HD which aren’t?
1. PFSense is fantastic. I'd totally recommend it. I went with the UDM Pro as it also works as my NVR and works nicely with the switch and APs.
2. It was because of the POE budget. I didn't want to strain it with all the APs, cameras and anything else I want to power through it in future.
3. it was purely a budget thing. The Pros are expensive so I put them where there are more and faster devices. The others are for areas I care less about but still need solid WiFi
Out of curiosity why did you go unifi protect over frigate? Enjoyed your previous frigate videos and protect seems a lot less open.
I actually use both. Protect keeps my 24/7 recordings and has a much nicer user interface for scrolling/scrubbing through footage. Frigate does my object detection and alerts me to Foxes/People on the property, keeping just clips of those detections.
I'm also going to look at local facial recognition this year too. It would be fun to know who's at the door without sending images to some third party company's cloud servers!
Why not use a powerful router for example Netgear (orbi 960) rather than access points? Is there a particular reason? Thanks
I'd rather have all of the APs talk back to the router via a cabled connection. I have quite a tall but thin house, so the meshing systems don't always work so well
Along the same lines as the Google WiFi, netgear Orbi is very limited in its admin options. They are killer wifi access points, but the router is not designed for power users.
Thanks for sharing!
Pls do thr vlan & fw setup in unifying
What 1U hardware is that between your two UniFi devices? Is it just to cover the empty space? Provide a link if you can please
It's just a 1ru vented spacer/cover that I bought online. I can't remember where exactly but you should be able to search for a supplier near you.
Surprised you didn't go pfsense
What major should I study to work and install a smart home system, smart cameras ,lights , voice control , automation and vim vision?
Do an apprenticeship in the smart home installation industry, and learn to code on the side
@@HomeAutomationGuy where I can study this I don't think it's available in Lebanon so I'm between electrical engineering and computer and communication engineering
Which is better (in both I learn coding)
After reading some documents on these server racks I ready they have to be grounded.
1. Did you do that
2. Where do you attach it to in your house?
I did not ground my rack. I'm probably wrong but I thought this was only required in very dense racks in data centers. Most of the equipment I've plugged in is grounded through their power cables
I love your videos but I am curious about your network performance. Early in the video you mentioned you ISP’s plan is a 900/900 plan. But at around 12:00 you say how your network is performing “perfectly”. You then show a speed test on your phone and your wireless speed is only 134/148. I have a similar setup as you with Ubiquity equipment but my service is only 500/500. (We have faster available but here in the US it is much more money and 500 symmetrical meets my needs.) Anyway, my wireless performance using Ubiquity access points is around 495/495. I think if you tweak your access point’s channel settings you should get much better performance.
I don't ever expect to get the full 900 from a shared WiFi access point, only through hard wired devices - which is why I try to wire in as many as possible
@@HomeAutomationGuy Oh I completely agree but you should be able to get closer to 450 at least. Before playing with channels and signal strength I too had performance similar to you. A couple hours spent tweaking the settings yielded huge improvements! Good luck and keep up the great videos.
@@PatDoyle Great to know! Maybe I'll spend the weekend tweaking and playing 🤓
Why grey cables to the patch panel? I see purple cable from the clips with electricians
The original cables were grey. The new ones that the electrician put in are purple
I keep my CCTV kit WAY AWAY off the internet ... zero contact since it's made from China. If I want to access it remotely, I'll VPN in and look across the LAN. The firewall will simply ignore any request outside the LAN from any of the CCTV gear, the printer IIRC and other things.
EDIT: FWIW I'm curious about the Ubiquiti gear, especially the router and cameras as I need more cams and a rackable router. ATM I'm using Sophos UTM (DAMN BRILLIANT router OS) on a little Atom 12v box which works great but isn't 1ru.
Hey do you use duckdns or any other dns ? :)
I use the native Home Assistant AWS Route 53 integration.
When choosing a system for your home, did you consider a wired system from i3 Engineering?
No, I did not. I do not want to be tied to one specific vendor or company.
Do you know where you can pay to learn all this home network and smart home. Can you re4commend any training for this
I did a Cisco CCNA course waaaayyyy back in the dark ages, which is where I learned most of my skills. I was then fortunate enough to apply it daily in my job as an IT consultant.
I would suggest looking for youtube tutorials, that would be the best place to start for free and then you can find training courses that supplement your online learning.
Why not splurge for cat7? :) Also, UniFi is a bit of a cop-out - I was expecting you to hack the UniFi APs and run OpenWRT roaming :)))
Great video as always!
I've never even heard of that!
*Begins Googling; Will probably fall into rabbit hole*
Is there value in running fiber instead of cat6?
Probably. But it was a lot more expensive so I didn't opt for it
@@HomeAutomationGuy thanks! Great video, by the way!
For most use cases, no. There are no consumer-level network devices that use fiber. No regular PC has a fiber SFP port built-in. You can buy PCI-E cards with fiber ports, but they really are largely unnecessary for most t typical home use cases.
However, where fiber can come in handy is if you have a large home or property that you need to get network out to. Ethernet has a length limit of 100 m (~330 ft). If you need to install wifi access points further away than that 100 m limit, you can run a fiber optic cable from your switch (assuming it has the correct port) and install another switch at the other end and then install more network devices. There are even media converters that can extend an ethernet connection over fiber. There are numerous fiber cables and connectors, so if you're interested in it, you should read up on the different types and their use-cases.
Why not the Pro SE? What went into the decision between Pro SE and Pro?
Price. The SE was more expensive
FIBRE FOR THAT CHEAP!?!? I know it exists somewhat around me, but my only options rn are either in a pricy cable package, DSL, or 5G home internet plans (which are still slow here)
It's even cheaper in other countries! But after a decade of living in London, I finally got the internet I've always craved for a price I can afford!
Nice video as usual but the Tiger behind you was really unsettling
He's friendly.
How much did your electrician charge if you dont mind me asking?
They came to my house and I showed them all the work I wanted to get done, then they gave me a fixed price quote for it.
@@HomeAutomationGuy that’s amazing, every electrician I’ve spoken to has been all “I charge x an hour and it takes as long as it takes”
I think it's over the top. IoT devices don't transmit huge chunks of data. I think the network is a bit over the top. Wifi networks have improved drastically in the past couple of years, and unless you are running a cooperate network, there is no need to run cable in this day and age. The network devices that you are running also consume a lot of power and generate a lot of heat. To that I say just get good coverage around the house and run everything off wifi. With regards to the internet connection, you need a decent stable connection, if your server is local then why do you need to transmit large volumes of your home automation data over the internet..? I live in a 500 square meter house with 100MB Fibre connection, I use TP link Deco to extend the network through the whole house and the speed I get at the furthest part of the house is around 70MB is is good enough for streaming, my IOT devices, working, etc. And my Home Assistant server is on a Dell PC that is located in the study. Just my 2c worth.
Thanks for sharing. I can't argue with any of that.
uff such big prices :))) i pay 5£ for 1000 in Romania :) nice video
Oh Wow! That's amazing!
@@HomeAutomationGuy i would actually suggest people to go directly to fiber trough the house instead of cat cables from now on :)) no interference, better speeds. linus has a nice video about it
Interesting video.
Why didn't you use keystones for your patch panel? Wouldn't that have been easier than punching down a whole lot of points?
Also, why do you suggest Cat 6 when building a new home instead of OM-3/4, in other words a fibre backbone?
Did you consider Cisco instead of Unify?
Shouldn’t you run fibre? I’d like to have my gaming PC in a different room from where my computer is.
Fibre is overkill even for me! 😂
Would be fun though
@@HomeAutomationGuy it’s what you need if you want to push 8k at 144hz. If I was building a house I would definitely run fibre to the TV and to the office.
I suggest Cat 6A if you can.
I agree that Cat 6A is better performing, but it's harder to work with - especially when you need to fish it through existing walls.
I used to think the same thing but after running two Cat 6 and two 6A lines (4 total) to the same room across my house I can say with confidence that I am unable to measure any difference in performance using 2.5Gbps Ethernet. The Cat 6A costs more, is a pain to pull through walls, and is difficult to terminate properly so that the shielding is grounded. While I don't have 10Gbps Ethernet at home (yet), the experiments I've done with friends and colleagues lead me to the same conclusion, if your runs are under 50m, Cat 6A doesn't give you any measurable improvements when running 10Gbps Ethernet.
I'm building a brand new home in a year or two so I would have to hear stories to the contrary of my experience but right now I'm planning on running Cat 6 for everything.
Be aware that bad solar panel systems can cause radio interference also giving problems to your Wifi and IOT devices.
A rack next to washing machine? :) That is the worst imaginable place to put that. Water leakage? If the incoming tube breaks that will spray water all over. Not to talk about humidity and vibration.... when they meet during the spin cycle.... Also it will be warm there during summer time. But I wish you luck to not have any water damage anyhow. While I totally against your idea at a minimum I suggest having multiple water leak detectors there + humidity sensor + an electric valve to the mains + vents with a proper automation. And put some sealing between the washing machine and rack for god's sake :))))
I totally agree! Unfortunately that's where the geniuses who built the house all those years ago terminated the cables, so I don't have a lot of options. The rack is up on wheels and all the equipment is pretty high up so hopefully it doesn't get wet! 🤞
A static IP is not an option for many in North America without a business account that costs hundreds of dollars per month.
Dynamic DNS services are the way to go for us. I use DuckDNS and have never lost connection to my home.
Interesting. I did not know that about North America! I've only got experience with Australia and the UK where static IPs can be purchased for a small monthly fee. Dynamic DNS doesn't solve the CG NAT problem, in the past it's been impossible for me to remotely access Wireguard or similar without a properly routed IP address that you get by going static here.
Thanks for sharing!
@@HomeAutomationGuy there are 3rd party providers that offer static, but service is horrible if you have issues. you call some call center, then they send ISP tech from the company who owns the lines, not the company you pay. bucks get passed.
Server rack could definitely look better
It works perfectly fine the way it is 🤷♂️
cat5e or cat6 is really slow. i have cat6a in my home for 15 years already. in my opinion that would be the minimal as it is the first cable with 10GB as opposed to 1GB for cat5e or cat6. i think people should be aware of that before they install cables in their house. The prices are fairly similar and the overall amount is not much. so CAT6A minimum in my opinion
Is Cat6A much harder to run around tight spaces and terminate into jacks and racks?
@@HomeAutomationGuy definitely harder compared to CAT5E but the benefits are there. SFTP makes for a shielded cable plus each twisted pair is separetely shielded which is great for running the cables right beside the power cables without any issues or loss of performance. for racks, patch cables and patch panel will need to be used just as with any other cable. cat6a def thicker and harder to manouver but possible without any major issues. i've ran it across my apartment in various places without any issues. the latest one i've bought is cat7a+, s/ftp, 1500mhz, tested at 25gbit up to 30m. cat6a and cat7a are great cables to future proof your house without giving out the money for optics which are not needed for any home installation unless you want to go overboard.
i don't like all-in-one devices like the UDM. if you have to send it in for repair, you lose all the functionality. with separate components, you'd lose only the functionality that the failed device provides while everything else keeps working.
That's a very good point.
Need some better cable management
first!
Speeds like yours are surely FTP no?
Fibre all the way into my server rack
@@HomeAutomationGuy lucky boy!!!
got mine for 10 quid less
Bro my internet was build into my house
Niiice
Way over priced & engineered for a home network. Great setup if price was no object!
Unifi? Seriously? Low LOW end WAPs....DDNS works perfectly (in the US) with even a semi decent UTM edge. So many half truths in your video is off the charts....
Unfortunately, in my experience, DDNS doesn't work so well in Australia or the UK when ISPs are using CG-NAT.
Are you wearing lipstick?
No, are you?
@@HomeAutomationGuy yessssss I am
lamest setup ever