If you have a USG, or USG-Pro, it is possible to use the built-in RADIUS server to dynamically assign a VLAN to wireless (or wired) clients based on the MAC id. While this works, it doesn’t have much flexibility and is difficult to maintain when the number of connecting devices goes up. This guide resolves that issue using freeRADIUS.
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This video walks through the basics of assigning IPs to devices on an Unifi network. It should be exactly the same whether using a UDM/UDM-Pro or USG for the gateway device.
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It’s easy, maybe too easy :), to block a client in Unifi. This is a guide for how to undo that if you’ve gotten block happy.
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The Ubiquiti Unifi Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro) and Unifi Dream Machine (UDM) build off of the Internet Security features available with Unifi and a USG/USG-PRO-4. This video walks through the features and at where they have been enhanced.
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Every so often I am reminded why Hubitat is an amazing platform for the DIY Home Automation (HA) enthusiast. While documentation around how to do this is super thin, Hubitat supports Zigbee sensors from the Lowes Iris HA platform. Adding them was more frustrating than it should have been, but once you know how it is a super cheap way […]
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The ability to run Ubiquiti’s Unifi Protect network video recorder (NVR) on the Unifi Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro), is one of the key differences between it and the standard UDM. The process should be relatively straight forward per Ubiquiti’s documentation, but as with most things UDM-Pro, things didn’t quite go to plan… Tech note: https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005898593-UniFi-Protect-How-to-Migrate-from-UniFi-Video-3-to-UniFi-Protect
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Creating port forward rules is a fundamental part of any firewall. This video demonstrates how to create, and troubleshoot firewall rules using the Ubiquiti Unifi platform. Most of the discussion revolves around the UDM-Pro, but I also show some of the differences between it and doing the same thing with a USG.
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If you’re having trouble adopting a Unifi AP (access point), need to change a network IP, or curious how to setup and configure a wireless network on a UDM or UDM-Pro so that it has it’s own VLAN/subnet for management reasons (i.e. parental controls). This video walks through all the steps to do that, as well as discussing some features […]
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I forgot to document the final step in the process of setting up automatic refresh rate changing in the previous video. Part 2 demonstrates how to enable per-app rate changing.
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Using HDMI-CEC with the NVIDIA Shield TV makes it really easy to control the Shield with your TV’s remote control. When paired with the Refresh Rate app shown in a previous video, we can take it a step further to manage display settings and add a “Home” button.
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