UniFi Dream Machine Special Edition

You would want a cloud gateway of some sort. The UDM Pro Max or SE are solid choices. You will want a PoE switch if you start with the Pro Max since it has better specs, but doesn’t offer native PoE ports. Then you will want APs of some sort. WiFi 6 or WiFi 7…often the latter requires more power, so the SE might not have enough power for many WiFi 7 APs. The Pro APs are nice and the U6-Mesh is a nice table top AP. The product names are sometimes misleading, so read the specs…or ask here.

You can easily do this with Ubiquiti UniFi gateways. Often we create a different SSID for IoT and just turn on 2.4GHz for that SSID. Turn off 5GHz etc.

Unifi UDM SE been solid since install a couple of years ago.

I got a UDM SE, but I’m also going to add security cameras, and the U6 Enterprise WiFi AP to get out from under my ASUS routers I have been using. My WiFi has never been so consistent and trouble free as it is now in the UniFi ecosystem.

Look at the speed you want to support and the technology you have. Unifi is great if you want 1Gbps and that’s all. Most their offerings struggle with faster speeds and any type of IDS and IPS enabled when on a PPPoE network. Due to this I switched to Firewalla and couldn’t be happier as my ISP is PPPoE and my UDM SE couldn’t go 1.2Gbps when I was paying for 2.5Gbps. My Firewalla hasn’t had an issue yet with full speed and IPS fully enabled as it’s rated to 10Gbps. I’ve heard good things about the new Unifi Fiber but I’m not switching back.

"If you need better wifi coverage." If they have an apartment or a small home then the Dreamrouter by itself may be more than enough

ubiquiti is the go-to for mesh systems. In their good gear, the router/gateway and access points are independent from each other, allowing for upgrade of the wifi network separate from the router. They use POE+ for the access points - so like look at a UDM SE and hardwiring a couple AP's in mesh. You'll get seamless handoffs, and great coverage. I have a UDM SE w/U6 Long Range wired directly to the router, and a U7 Max Pro wired via 2.5Gbps MOCA, (one on each floor) and have excellent service all through my 2500sq ft home. Note unifi is prosumer, they're used by small businesses, chruches, colleges, etc. so their feature set is way better than asus or deco, or whatever you'd find at a consumer level. They have 'simple' and 'professional' menus, so you can get by just fine with the simple menus, but they will do everything and anything you can imagine, super well.

Just picked up a Ubiquiti UDM-SE from Marketplace. Loving how easy it is to configure. The cool network topology is fun to watch too.