UniFi Dream Machine

let me be specific with the OP to show you what I am talking about - as far as money is concerned. I got hired by a company recently to install a small Ubiquiti network system - a UDM Pro, a 24 port 1G switch, a 24 port 10G switch, and 3 Access points. The technical part of this is every easy for me

If you did not back up your UDM then you are SOL. The AP's are tied to the software configuration, not the hardware itself. You can, for example, back up the config on one UDM, take out the hardware, restore the backup to a completely different UDM, and the AP's and everything adopted in that config

I don’t think it’s fair to compare anything Ubiquiti to enterprise equipment. Ubiquiti focuses on ease of use rather than enterprise or even what I would consider “business class” features. In any scenario where a proper firewall is required I wouldn’t even consider the UDM for the reasons you menti

I’m not sure if it was DHCP, but I had my Ubiquiti UDM-SE connected to the GH 2.0 using advanced DMZ and would experience internet drops every 10 mins for a few seconds. I ended up masquerading the GH 2.0 using a WAS-110 SFP+ fiber transceiver and bypassing the GH entirely.

My honest opinion would be that Ubiquiti have succeeded in turning a simple and reliable product (a dumb UPS) into something that is now massively overcomplicated, unreliable, buggy and yet works in a very limited and constrained way (ie. shut everything down after 10 seconds) which can't be changed

The issue here is that they are basically the same type of device - router/firewalls. Putting one in front of the other is going to introduce double NAT, two different firewalls, and other complexities you don’t want. You also say you want to run VPN on OPNsense, so that pretty much rules out using

The Express 7 paired with a Dream Machine seems like a waste since the Express 7 basically becomes an access point is adopted to the UDMPro. Also a Pro level switch seems unnecessary, there are other switches that provide PoE+ without the "Pro" L3 features. There are lots of good tutorials, etc... o

I...uhh...hmm. I don't know where you are, and if you're say, in Australia, okay, with the value of their dollar, maybe? However, and I won't crap on the company quoting this, but there are so many red flags there that I cannot but be concerned for you. 'Programming' for $2,000? Even basing it on th

Not sure why they're quoting your a UniFi Express 7 alongside a Dream Machine Pro. The Express 7 is a redundant item with a DMP. If its already setup, new AP and a gateway is all you really need. You'll need a POE switch too, but depending on your setup, the UDM SE may provide enough POE. Overall th

I hate the UDM. It lacks basic features like DHCP reservations without jumping thru a bunch of hoops.An all ubiquiti stack would be nice so its all in unifi but I had to remove that hunk of junk.