Lovely. Any specific why not to pick their gateway routers?

Right now they do not have Gateway Ultra in stock in any retailers or on their own site. But I've set up notification on their store. So the plan is to purchase this whenever it's in stock:
Router https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/pro/category/all-unifi-cloud-gateways/products/ucg-ultra
AP WIFI7 x2 https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/pro/category/all-wifi/products/u7-pro
POE+ x2 adapter https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/pro/category/accessories-poe-power/products/u-poe-at
Did consider doing the switches. But there is enough ports on the router to get into all areas needed. And already have a switch on the office going out to server, desktop and repair station.

This post was edited by Roneye on Apr 17 2024 02:23pm

I was an early adopter of Unifi back during their USG line and the features have been going down as they come up with newer iterations. This probably won't be a big deal for most, but I run a more complex network and have my personal trusted devices separated from my IOT type devices for security purposes through what is called a VLAN. In order to make all my IOT devices work, I need special routing trickery which is no longer really possible on the newer Unifi routers. OPNsense in my case is open source and I was able to do what I needed and more, for less than it costs to be buying a commercial router, especially since you can run it on just about any unused computer.

Again though, their switches and APs are great though for the money, and I think in your case, you should be well served by their cloud gateway; it just doesn't really meet my needs anymore with my renewed focus on network security.

Well I don't have the need for a lots of features.
Port forwarding, Multi SSID, sustained load at 1000Gb/s. Things like Wireguard VPN I handle on my local server.
So pretty much just need a plugin and play solution where I can trust security features, QoS out of the box.

Just saw this: Additional internet failover with LTE Backup
Man that is interesting. Maybe something I could take advantage off because I play mostly hardcore in games. Paired with a UPS ofc.

Also love the price. Seems very fairly priced. Something one wouldn't feel to bad about having to upgrade a couple of years down the road if 2.5Gbit because available in the area.

You pose an interesting question, and something you need to ask yourself. How far down the rabbit role are you willing to go here? You mention the possibility of having the redundant LTE internet because you're playing hardcore, but that's only one line in the chain. You still have your router, downstream switches, and even the network cards on your computer, all places that a down device at the wrong time could still cause a rip during hardcore. If you want to really follow this idea through, you'd need to buy two of everything, and make sure the devices support running in this sort of configuration. You'd also need to connect your computer to multiple uplinks and configure the network cards so both could actively send/receive traffic and even if you lost one, the other could still send traffic without missing a beat. It's a fun idea to put together for sure, but with the complexity going up, so does the costs.

So yeah, I would probably say before buying anything, make sure you are clear with yourself what problems you are trying to solve here and that what you end up purchasing will solve those problems.

Asus RT-AX88U covers my house, outbuildings, and half my 10 acre plot. I recommend getting a single high end unit over mesh setup UNLESS you've got metal siding or roofing impacting your signal. More often than not a higher end unit will cover your house and yard with no issues in the 2G band. The 5G band would cover your devices closest to the router.

Asus Merlin wrt firmware kicks ass as well. Supported in many models. Gives additional features for ad block, firewall, VPN, DNS, etc.

Also, can add mesh nodes to this one later if it's needed.

Ive pulled 300+ Mbps at 30 ping through it on Starlink. Should do gig speeds if you've got fiber. Also been able to download at over 100mbps and game without huge latency impacts.

This post was edited by RedFromWinter on Apr 23 2024 12:09pm

Finally caught it in stock!
Damn VAT though



This post was edited by Roneye on May 1 2024 01:28pm

damn, is that 25% of a tax? if my math checks out lol

Yup. we have a straight up 25% tax on EVERYTHING in Denmark. It's called "moms".

good lord almighty. i've seen value-added tax before, but never knew it was that much!

This post was edited by ChocolateCoveredGummyBears on May 1 2024 06:52pm

The negatives of a welfare society

Haha the gateway ultra went out of stock again almost instantly after my order went through.