Ubiquiti G4 Pro and Protect Config

Thanks. I did see that earlier and was holding back from any additional rules changes until I got some possible feedback. I will give it a check and see what we find.

That's awesome.

Ubiquiti gets a lot of shite for their "expensive" cameras (and the G4 Pro is definitely not cheap!), but I'll be damned if you can find a cctv system that is easier to use and manage, even remotely.

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G4 Pro is fricking impressive

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I’m having the “good enough” vs “want” battle with these.

I have a corner lot, but I have trees that would obscure several views, and I basically only have an alley between each of my neighbors. So I think I need three or maybe four views in addition to my 2 doorbells (unifi g4. I can’t express enough how much I love these things now that they both chime thanks to an RMA)
1) under front porch pointed at the front door (“down the porch” view that shows the front door and the “escape” since the doorbell captures the approach). Given that there is a doorbell here, I may settle for a plain g4 bullet or g3 flex. I actually have fascia here that wouldn’t be hard to mount to/through
2/3) backyard. I can cover basically everything with one camera unless I want to add an under-porch view of the back door. I’m +/- on this as there would be quite a bit of motion from us hanging out back there. Could you sneak through the alley and under the back porch with how I’m planning this? Not without being caught on the doorbell cam. But my house isn’t Fort Knox. And I could easily sacrifice this view.
4) down the driveway- I have a short driveway. It’s 3 cars wide and only one car in length. One of the doorbell cams catches the closest parking spot. Still, I think a g4 pro here and under the front porch are useful for face definition, should their need ever arise.

The other this is that these are going to be mounted onto vented soffit. From the attic, it would be difficult to have meaningful access, but I have studs out to the end of it and could mount on the “corner” made by the two studs pretty easily. These are two- screw mount cameras, right? Can anyone explain/expand on the mount’s rear-opening’s width? Ie- rather than “cornering” on two studs, if both screws went into the same 2x4, is there enough room for an Ethernet cable to pass? If I were really lazy, is there enough room to pass a pre-terminated cat5e through that area?



Alternatively, I’m considering putting a couple of g3 flex here as they’re cheap as hell and seem available through many places online even though they’re out of stock from ubiquiti. There was a hint or two at a g4 flex, and the mount would be easier for me (I could drop a conduit mount from the attic easier than I could toenail a cross-stud from the top. And I could toenail a cross stud from the bottom if I pulled the perforated fascia from the soffit but, again…laziness). I would assume a g4 flex would be the same footprint (the hint was the skins fitting the g4, dropped about a year ago. Could have been a typo), and then the 3 could be converted to an in-garage-at-door and then desktop-mount indoor cameras if I ever wanted to upgrade IF the g4 flex ever comes into existence



Thoughts other than, “you’re an insane person?”

Anyone have the UniFi Viewport? I'm planning my UniFi camera setup now and I'm looking at one of these to monitor easily from a TV/monitor.

I know you can DIY with a RPi but the Viewport just makes it so easy.

I don't have one on hand to measure right now, but the ID of the mount is pretty small, just barely large enough for an RJ45 to pass through. It is horn-shaped, though, so there is a little bit of room before it shrinks down, but I don't think you will be able to get a plug past the wood without carving it out a bit at least. You can probably get a cable through and terminate afterwards, though.

Honestly it's something that should be burned in my memory.


If it was me, and if I want to avoid using a junction box (which I do avoid when possible for the cleaner look), I would put a 3/4" bit on an angle and nip the corner of the 2x4. Then I could get both screws in solid wood and still pass an rj45 through the hole.

That's one thing I like about the UI cams (and some of the other higher end brands offer the same), is they have a port rather than a pigtail like almost all of the chinese cameras have. You need about a 1" hole to fit the pigtail's weather seal through vs. the 3/4" or smaller hole for an rj45 alone. One inch vs 3/4 doesn't sound like much, but it's twice as big a hole. Probably doesn't matter at all, at least not most of the time, but I still like putting the bare minimum size hole possible.

you have a good tutorial on how i should set up my network with IoTs and NoTs, and not now but soon to have cameras? I know our buddy Hookup has a recent one. not sure how much i want to follow his with some of his unreasonable assumptions.

and this post means i got my UDM-Pro and wifi6 LR's in.

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you have a good tutorial on how i should set up my network with IoTs and NoTs, and not now but soon to have cameras? I know our buddy Hookup has a recent one. not sure how much i want to follow his with some of his unreasonable assumptions.

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I'm not a network pro, so he is more schooled on it than I am. He may be biased and he may make poor hardware choices and recs, but I think he's pretty solid as far as networking, firewalls, and gadgetry.

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and this post means i got my UDM-Pro and wifi6 LR's in.

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Nice! Got it hooked up yet? I'm really curious how the 6LR's perform. I have 1 old UAP and 1 ac-lite covering every bit of 3,400sqft plus about 100' reach outdoors, I'd imagine yours will blow the doors off that.

1 ap would be plenty for my house..... so im going to have to turn these things way down to get devices to move APs when in another part of the house. But ill mainly use it to separate individual stationary devices.