Guys, I'm planning to buy EdgeRouter X to replace my existing TP-Link C1200. Something like this:



1. The C1200 currently has to be put inside store room bcoz fibre endpoint & my in-wall LAN points are there, reducing Wifi strength downstairs.
2. Will the above setup work?
3. I want to at least be able to view traffic utilisation & connected devices.
4. Initially interested towards Mikrotik HEX router + Dude server, but tuned off by its Windows-95-feel GUI.
5. I read that EdgeRouter can use Ubiquiti's UNMS, which look similar to Unifi Controller software that I'm very impressed with.
6. Can I use UNMS to monitor my network with just EdgeRouter X?

Thanks.

Thanks wanttotree for the feedback.

Ideally would like to do that, but USG is RM200 more expensive. I'd like to start at router level first. Hopefully the new UNMS will be more like Controller software.

Smallnetbuilder tests:

https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wi...revealed-part-3

Does EdgeRouter X supports HW offloading & DPI at the same time? I can't stretch my budget to USG.

If not, I'll just settle for a cheap Tomato-based router eg D-Link DIR-868L for basic bandwidth monitor/history, and later run DPI from a mini-PC eg ntopng, feeding off a mirrored port from my TP-Link SG108E.

I've asked UBNT on the matter. Waiting for their reply.

Vernon D (Ubiquiti Networks Help Center)

Nov 5, 11:55 PST

Hi Wan,

Thanks for getting in touch with us!

Yes, ER X can run hardware offload and DPI at the same time.

Hope that's helpful. If you have any other questions, please let us know!

Thanks!

Vernon D
Ubiquiti Networks

Full Unifi solution very tempting but too expensive for me!

I guess I'll have to find cheaper acceptable solution for traffic history & DPI eg Edgerouter + UNMS, or ntopng on Raspberry Pi 3 / Celeron box.

Not really UBNT-related but, after some thought, I've decided not yet to go for Edgerouter-X. Why?

1. My initial plan is to have traffic monitoring & DPI like UBNT Unifi. My office is using Unifi solution across an entire building of 31 floors with 70-80 UAP-ACs. Unifi dashboard is really impressive.

2. I believe full Unifi solution is too expensive for my home use. Need to buy USG, Cloud Key & 3 UAP-AC. Even if I only use USG & run Cloud Key on cloud, that still cost RM500++ for USG.

3. Edgerouter has DPI & traffic summaries, but it's only for 30 minutes. UNMS hosted on cloud can store bandwidth summaries, but DPI history still not yet implemented on UNMS.

Therefore, I went for this setup instead:

1. TP-Link C1200 as router & file-sharing server. Wifi disabled. VLAN untagging & HyyPTV is offloaded to item 2.
2. TP-Link SG108E for VLAN untagging & port mirroring.
3. D-Link DIR-868L as wired AP at living area for ground floor Wifi.
4. 2 units of D-Link DIR-850L as wired APs to cover first floor. Both bought second hand to save cost
5. All wired via in-wall CAT 5E cables.
6. Re-purposed my wife's old Acer Switch 10 (installed Ubuntu), connected to SG108E's mirror port, running ntopng.

Total cost (including cables & wire strippers) : RM 380

With 3 APs, I'm getting excellent Wifi speed (300-400mbps) great coverage (slowest is 130mbps) across the entire house.

ntopng also looks impressive

True, but Unifi APs provide plenty of enterprise-level features at fraction of enterprise price. My office uses 80 UAP-AC-Pros for a 31-storey building, serving 2000 users, and they work great.

Not Ubiquiti user, but Tomato firmware user.

To update WAN IP into No-IP, you run URL like this:



You don't need to pass your WAN IP, No-IP will figure out your public IP.

Use either wget or curl, whichever Edgerouter X supports. Then run after PPPOE is up, or maybe run a scheduler.

This post has been edited by taqu: Jan 4 2020, 06:58 PM

If it used to work last time but recently doesn't work, maybe No-IP has changed their method that's incompatible with existing updater in Edgerouter. Last time I used DNS-O-Matic to update 4 DDNS, but DNS-O-Matic recently changed their login method to OpenDNS, so it breaks the existing updater in Tomato firmware. Therefore I switched to methods similar to wget as workaround.

Good luck then 😁

How can they're not interested? It's not like you only have Unifi ecosystem, you have TP-Link Omada, Ruckus, even Engenius, also throw in Cisco Meraki, to name a few.

Currently learning basic CLI & SSH on my ER-X. My goal is to build a simple mobile webpage to turn on/off firewall rules. Of course can do that from laptop but I want to do this on my phone 😁

Success after 2 days

New patches for Edgerouters, include dnsmasq patch for dnspooq vulnerability: