I’ve been looking forward to the release of the Ubiquiti UniFi Protect G4 Doorbell for quite a while. So I was thrilled when it finally came out, unfortunately they were super scarce for quite a while, but I got my hands on one and have been using it for quite a while. There’s a lot to like, but also a […]
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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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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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The Letsfit T22 wireless headphones provide an excellent feature set for around $40. There are some trade-offs versus better known brands, but only at the margins, which means this Bluetooth headset is a great value.
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I can only assume that the Ubiquiti Unifi USW Flex Mini is penance for the debacle that is the UDM/UDM-Pro. Because where the Unifi Dream Machine is deeply flawed, this $30 fully managed, PoE switch is the opposite. Great value, great features, and it works the way it’s supposed to. Brilliant.
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I had some time on my hands this evening, so I figured it was as good a time as any to take the Ubiquiti Unifi Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro) out of the rack and put it in a quiet place to record how loud it is generally, and at maximum fan speed. Unfortunately, while I was at it, I found […]
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It’s not all bad news when it comes to the Ubiquiti Unifi Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro), but I did get decidedly mixed results when, after getting 10Gbps SFP+ working, I got down to testing the UDM-Pro’s LAN-to-WAN performance via iPerf to find out what it can do with Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) on, and with it off. The raw numbers […]
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Due to a bug in the Unifi mobile app, I incorrectly stated that the UDM-Pro’s SFP+ ports were completely broken. As it turns out, they do work, but only barely.
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A bit over a week has past since the UDM-Pro first look, and I thought it would be good to provide a status update, and show some good (IPS) and bad (SFP+ ports) news that I discovered while waiting for Ubiquiti to respond/fix anything.
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