Ubiquiti
UniFi Dream Machine
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The new Beast can't actually handle 40x 4k cameras? It official supports that many, but the capacity calculator says actually doing that exceeds capacity. What gives, shouldn't the limit be lower?
An ARM v8.2 CPU is circa 2017 (likely Cortex-A75), a v9 CPU is from 2020 at a minimum, with the Neoverse N2 from 2025. So yeah, 8 years worth of progress, definitely possible. The UDM line was previously using chips with a Cortex-A57 from 2015, same stuff in the Nintendo Switch 1. Ubiquiti is using
...dagamer34 in r/Ubiquiti
April 30, 2026 10:23 PM
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UDM Beast – PPPoE Performance & Hardware Offloading? Any real-world data yet?
i feel you on pppoe pain - my udm pro capped at 2gbps too. the missing hardware offloading toggle in beast screenshots is worrying. ubiquiti has a history of software pppoe crushing cpus. since you already get 5-6gbps on ucg fiber with ids/ips, i'd wait a month for real reviews from european users.
...LetterheadClassic306 in r/Ubiquiti
April 30, 2026 4:12 PM
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UDM Pro Max: WAN Throughput (Issue?)
If you are getting 6Gbps with a UDM Pro Max consider yourself lucky. You are the only person I’ve ever heard of getting over 4.5Gbps with real world internet data with a UDM Pro Max with everything disabled. I tried for months to get a 6Gbps connection to work with Ubiquiti support and never got clo
...PeerReviewedCode in r/Ubiquiti
April 11, 2026 12:06 PM
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Unpopular opinion: The UDM Beast isn't overkill, it's the ideal homelab router.
It’s great if you want a all in one device, I’m sure ! I’ve started to struggle with UDM-PRO performance, after getting an ISP service of 2.5GBps. So I’ve stopped using the 8 port switch completely, and I’ve moved UniFi Protect to a UNVR, moved switching to separate switch (2.5g / 10g) just to make
...LieOrdinary398 in r/Ubiquiti
May 1, 2026 10:46 AM
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Beast installed, Bottlenecks gone!
This thing is not ready for release. Do not buy the UDM Beast unless you enjoy pain. I went from a flawless (but slow UDM Pro) to a very fast and extremely unstable UDM Beast. Here's something to think about, after a complete power off, not just a reboot... The UDM Beast runs without errors for 4-5
...vmsman-1 in r/Ubiquiti
May 8, 2026 12:43 AM
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I've been running the UDM Beasts at DPC technology. Here's my review...
thanks, i just looked at the spec diff Ubiquiti Store United States and I see the EFG is still for folks who want SSL inspection (i have EFG for 10gbps internet link but don't use SSL inspection - PITA for a homelab) one concern i have is RAM - i had issues with the default RAM on the EFG and Ubiqui
...scytob in r/Ubiquiti
April 30, 2026 3:17 PM
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Spectrum voice troubles
i feel you on rural isp hell. starlink as failover works well - i've set it up on a udm pro with dual wan. for voice though don't jump straight to unifi talk unless you want to be their beta tester. honestly port your numbers to a real voip provider like nextiva or ringcentral and let them handle th
...LetterheadClassic306 in r/Ubiquiti
April 18, 2026 5:19 PM
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New Beast (UDM) !
I spoke with someone at Ubiquiti today and got 'unofficial' details that I haven't seen shared yet about the UDM Beast. Priced between $1000 - 2000 (would not share specifics) I have a hard time believing it would be cheaper than the Fortress Gateway since it has the same key SFP28/SFP+ connections
...skiddy84 in r/Ubiquiti
April 20, 2026 2:21 AM
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PPPoE will affect your throughput badly
yeah pppoe is a known bottleneck on these max units. the cpu has to handle encapsulation and it eats into throughput hard. i ran into this on a udm pro with gigabit fiber and had to switch to a different router that handles pppoe in hardware. ubiquiti support giving you the runaround is frustrating
...LetterheadClassic306 in r/Ubiquiti
April 13, 2026 6:37 PM
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PPPoE and Bridge
Are you on Bell Aliant by any chance? It is well documented that the udm-pro-max cannot reach 3/3 Gbps let alone 8/8 when using PPPoE, like this is a fact, Ubiquiti themselves say the same if you bug support about it and many people have tried So no, you did not manage 8/8 over PPPoE with any of the
...WirtsLegs in r/bell
May 9, 2026 11:31 PM
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