Ubiquiti - UniFi Dream Router (UDR)

Deployed the previous UDR to a friend, it has been going strong for the entire time. I can recommend Unifi products in general.

I have one and hear light whirring if I get very close. Did not know it had a fan until I hear that sound. After experiencing fanless UI hardware (flex switches, UCG Max), UDR is running so refreshingly cool.

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.

I would agree that hardwired is ideal, but I've been having excellent results meshing dream router and ap lite. The distance is only one flight of stairs plus 30 horizontal feet, but device roaming is generally consistent with proximity to the ap. Strangely, some devices have bounced to the ap pro, 150 feet away in a separate building. I expect to see more, more easily with 9.1, probably upgrade tomorrow.

I had this problem, you need to turn off some smart WiFi setting somewhere, I don’t remember exactly. Search for iPhone drops unifi wifi. After toggling it off no issues with connectivity. I do though have complain about unifi, UDR specifically, which started to randomly freeze right after warranty expired, and support after investigation said it is physical issue and I should just buy a new device.

UDR isn't a great all-around unless you're buying firmware. They need to work on making their hardware match their firmware capabilities.

Yes, to build a UniFi network with equal antenna technology, I need to get the Enterprise version of their Wifi 6 AP (assuming Wifi 6 is my use case). If I have a Wifi 7 use case, there's no AP with 6 Ghz 4x4 mimo last I checked, which will help with range to individual clients at the edge of the network and serving multiple clients. Admittedly that was a couple months ago after a recommendation. Even the 7 Pro Max is 4x4 only in the 5 GHz band. Nice for serving many clients, but not the hardware I'd expect for a Wifi client-heavy use case. With the UDR, it's 2x2 on every band. Specific use cases make sense with the firmware/software, like the NVR you mentioned. I'm not dismissing the firmware capabilities, just pointing out the need to strangely compromise with hardware in their solutions *when the claim is world class hardware in every implementation.

UnIFi is a great solution for what you want. The UniFi Dream Router 7 would be a great starting point. https://youtu.be/0AUqaf3wDQU?feature=shared

Do not put a deco mesh system into your 32,000 sqft mansion.  You should be looking at higher end systems like UniFi, HpE, Ruckus. I’m not super familiar with engenius.  You need a centrally managed system and with an estate of this size a high end system will be a drop in the bucket of your build budget.

Yeah. I did. Along with hpe and ruckus. A number of my wealthy clients specifically request UniFi and in my experience they stay happy with it and I rarely have to touch anything. It’s also commonly used at resorts, hotels, etc What’s your beef with UniFi?

Ubiquiti makes UniFi. Yes.

Future proof is always tricky. You’ll never know exactly what you need. I have the older UDR, it was my introduction to unifi and it’s been good. Just think about placement, having it a bit higher helps. If your gear will be located in an inconvenient location for an access point I’d maybe consider something else. Amazon does sell a decent looking wall mount. In my place the UDR plus one AP offers good coverage everywhere. Two access points are probably a little more future proof, as they are kind of upgradable separately from the UDR. But with WiFi7 being so new you’d be safe for a while. The express looks a lot more powerful, so unless you have some fast internet it’s probably ok. If you are vlan heavy though, at least with wired connections. How much traffic do you handle? They’d all have to go back to the router with your switch options and that connection is the bottleneck. The 2.5 with 10gbe to the router would be better. The fiber gateway… not sure if the UDR port can be configured for LAN. If 2.5gbe is fine then probably not an issue. Otherwise the Pro Max 16 PoE, or the Pro 8 PoE or Enterprise 8 PoE. If it’s all WiFi, probably doesn’t matter as much.

I would return the dream router get the Unifi express series either the regular or the 7s. put one in the cupboard and put another in the house they mesh.