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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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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Ubiquiti released a new “stable” firmware update for the UDM & UDM-Pro. This is huge news because the UDM hasn’t really gotten the love it deserves, despite being first to market. Undisclosed in the release notes is the ability to restore from a non-default backup, which unfortunately doesn’t go well for me…
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Last night, er… this morning, I was rudely awoken by my Google Home. But, I’m glad I was because one of our sump pumps had failed and there was water in the basement. What could have easily been a massive mess, was just a bit of water around the pit, and couple inconvenient hours as I pulled the pump out […]
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Using the text based user files in our other freeRADIUS + Unifi = Dynamic VLAN Assignment guide works great for small installations, but in a larger or more fluid environment it’s much easier to use a database backend for the freeRADIUS server. This guide walks through the steps to configure that, and optionally setup a daloRADIUS UI for freeRADIUS. Install […]
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As a technology enthusiast, digging into the underlying system specifications was of particular interest to me, both for the panel and inverters. I’m not going to get into detail around the inverter debate, but based on my research I’m solidly in the “micro” side of things, given the type of system I wanted installed here. Qualifying it that way, is […]
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