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Home Firewall
Posted on 1/9/26 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 1/9/26 at 4:38 pm
Looking at just getting a Unifi Cloud Gateway and rolling with that...Swapping my existing mesh system into AP mode and upgrading to an all u7 system eventually.
I already run pihole and honestly just want something for more visibility..Who goes where, blocking on a more "basic" level, etc..
Not worth building opensense, etc. for the price of the unifi boxes and i really dont see any other brands with the straightforwardness of the Ubiquiti system...
Open for suggestions, pulling the trigger probably Monday, looks like you pretty much get them straight from the source
I already run pihole and honestly just want something for more visibility..Who goes where, blocking on a more "basic" level, etc..
Not worth building opensense, etc. for the price of the unifi boxes and i really dont see any other brands with the straightforwardness of the Ubiquiti system...
Open for suggestions, pulling the trigger probably Monday, looks like you pretty much get them straight from the source
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Posted on 1/9/26 at 5:04 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Go with ubiquiti. The new routers with the gateway software built in are better than any other standalone router/firewalls.
I bought mine over the summer to replace an old edgerouterX that was starting to need to be rebooted often. I compared the ubiquiti vs a netgate box or rolling my own PC with pfsense. The ubuiqiti just came out better for price and throughput.
Like you I have a pihole VM but I also had a wire guard VM. The ubiquiti has built in wire guard functionality so I was able to shut down that VM.
Editing to add: I bought the UCGMax.
I bought mine over the summer to replace an old edgerouterX that was starting to need to be rebooted often. I compared the ubiquiti vs a netgate box or rolling my own PC with pfsense. The ubuiqiti just came out better for price and throughput.
Like you I have a pihole VM but I also had a wire guard VM. The ubiquiti has built in wire guard functionality so I was able to shut down that VM.
Editing to add: I bought the UCGMax.
This post was edited on 1/9/26 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 1/9/26 at 5:34 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Ubiquiti is my usual recommendation for advanced home setups and small businesses. You can even add CyberSecure for $100/yr to have additional filtering and protection.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 6:55 pm to mchias1
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Editing to add: I bought the UCGMax.
Probably what ill go with too for the ports...I'm fine with my 1Gb internet but this one will future proof any additions...Im not a fan of the aio either, so would hate to get the wifi one and it be a dud
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:57 pm to BabySam
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ou can even add CyberSecure for $100/yr to have additional filtering and protection
Such a ubiquiti sheep thing to pay for
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:17 pm to GrammarKnotsi
I didn't get the one with wifi bc I have an AP installed on the ceiling. It's a tplink ac-1500 (I think). Covers my house (2200sqft) plus most of the yard (just about 1/3 acre).
Posted on 1/10/26 at 7:47 am to GrammarKnotsi
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Unifi Cloud Gateway
I have the UCG Fiber and love it. I only have gig internet now, but I wanted faster ports to future proof my setup.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 9:53 am to FieldEngineer
In the last year, I’ve downgraded my internet plan to 500/500 after my gig promotion expired, backhauled last deco with an old POTS run (exterior wall hard to reach), ran old cat5 all over the attic for cameras, and installed a 10/100 PoE switch. I also had a 2.5g link from IT area to back room that I moved back to 1g. Things have never been better. Downloading qwen3:30b from hugging face took a few more minutes while I was doing other things anyway.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 9:58 am to Dallaswho
I don’t expect to ever downgrade. If anything, I’m considering adding a cheap cable connection as a backup WAN and upgrading main fiber plan to 2G because I work from home.
I have no data cap on my current plan though, and all the new ones have a 1.5TB cap. I’m usually between 800G and 1.2TB per month, but we’ve exceeded 1.5 before.
I have no data cap on my current plan though, and all the new ones have a 1.5TB cap. I’m usually between 800G and 1.2TB per month, but we’ve exceeded 1.5 before.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 10:09 am to bluebarracuda
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Such a ubiquiti sheep thing to pay for
That's a hot take. CyberSecure is a Proofpoint ET Pro IDS/IPS rules subset with Cloudflare content filtering. That's good value for $100/yr. You're going to pay $800/yr for that through OPNsense.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 10:10 am to FieldEngineer
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I have no data cap on my current plan though, and all the new ones have a 1.5TB cap. I’m usually between 800G and 1.2TB per month, but we’ve exceeded 1.5 before.
We use 3-6 TB/mo. 500m is plenty.
I’ve never heard of capped plans outside of Cox.
This post was edited on 1/10/26 at 10:18 am
Posted on 1/10/26 at 10:26 am to Dallaswho
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I’ve never heard of capped plans outside of Cox.
AT&T’s new plans are capped.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 11:13 am to FieldEngineer
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I’m considering adding a cheap cable connection as a backup WAN and upgrading main fiber plan to 2G because I work from home.
The pros of doing this myself was that I would have a stupid fast connection..
the cons, are that no matter how fast my home internet is, the VPN for work will always be what it is (and so on for every other upload connection)
For $60mo im fine with my 1Gb fiber
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