Awesome thanks for writing this!

If I have 9 ethernet connections in total (3 desktop, 2 android boxes, 1 cctv dvr) and 3 of them need POE (to drive UAP AC LR) what would be the best hardware from ubiquiti to use? plan on getting a router and switch.

this is for home use only running on unifi

you have been so patient to answer my questions I am grateful to you

maybe you could also explain how to setup for cctv dvrs is it port forwarding?

does android boxes need any specific set up requirements?

how about the UAP AC LR?

Just bought and setup ER-X. Work perfectly. (even though without TV yet, i can see the traffic coming in from the EdgeOS GUI).

Thanks!

I just bought 1X ER-X and 2XUAP-AC-LITE. Will get some old cisco POE switch soon.

Just bought and setup ER-X. Work perfectly. (even though without TV yet, i can see the traffic coming in from the EdgeOS GUI).

Thanks!

I just bought 1X ER-X and 2XUAP-AC-LITE. Will get some old cisco POE switch soon.

Awesome. Thats cool. Please do the hypptv sooner or later and share yr experience here. =) U guys can post your photos of the setup jere too. It would be nice to see how u guys set it.

You are welcome sir, just an enthusiast helping another. Port forwarding is pretty straight forward(no pun intended). Its exactly how u setup with any decent router. U can easily find it in the router page. As for android android box, i have not seen any need for special configurations. U can always enable upnp or upnp2 if u want auto port assign on everyrhing else. Uap ac lr, all u need to do is enable poe 24v on es-8. Ur gonna use 3 uap lrs? Wow, yr house must be a mansion. =) Btw, may i know your speed subscription bro?

The setup would be another thing to have a tutorial on...

Hahahah...

I was just trying to imagine placing the switch and er-x and fiber modem on the wall to see how the cable connections will work....

My house is actually quite small but I wanted the best coverage even in the kitchen and all that plus through the walls and rebar I am afraid the signal will be poor.

This set up will be at a new house currently under renovation so I am not sure what unifi speed I will use either the 30 or 50 plan.

I am curious, why is the Edge Router X cheaper than the Edge Router Lite although the ER-X has more ports?

Edgerouter-x has a mediatek processor running at 880mhz single core. Paired with a switch chip. This router is capable of offloading a nated internet up to 800mbit/second.
In the other hand, edgerouter lite has a cavium processor running at 500mhz dual core. All of the ports are connected to the cpu directly, because it lacks a switch chip. So if u have an internet that can provide 2gbit/second, u can actually pull 920mbit/second per port from the other 2 lan. Usually people use this router because they have their own robust l2/l3 switch to pair it with. I hope my expalanation is clear. Cheers

you are an absolute legend.should pin this up

Okey, so for an unifi application could the ER Lite difference be noticable? I am no expert in networking or IT.

I am now mulling using both connect both the

Fiber Modem

--ER Lite

---ER X

----Desktop

----Desktop

----US-8-150

-----(balance connections)

Does this configuration makes sense? Or no difference?

Or should I connect the US-8-150 to the ER Lite directly?

Its not a very good idea to put edgerouter-x in between edgerouter-lite and us-8. May i know why u r trying to set up two routers together? Maybe i can figure something out.
About edgerouter lite being noticable compared to edgerouter-x. Most probably not. As long as u are not breaking the 920-940mbps, it wont make any difference in performance. But in case of pairing it with a couple of switch, it will improve yr lan eg: file transfer or local file streaming. So the choice is yours, in many household application. U wont go wrong with either.
Look at it this way.

If u have more ethernet devices eg: desktop,nas,laptop,tv,streaming box,cctv,a bunch of aps. = Er-l + switch/switches

But if u have something like this eg: smartphones, 1-2 APs, laptop connected to wifi, ipad, wireless tv. = Er-x
Im sure by now u can get the idea.

I am trying to connect all 9 connections. Actually 2 them won't be used often (maybe not used at all).

Ethernet devices : 1 mac desktop, 1 hypp tv, 1 cctv dvr, 1 android box, 3 APs...

So I have decided to go for ER-L + US-8, that way I can connect to 8 devices (7 in us-8, 1 in er-lite, and in future add a dumb switch to add more connections). I will leave one out for now.

What would be your ideal set up for 6 connections and 3 APs?

Edgerouter-x has a mediatek processor running at 880mhz single core. Paired with a switch chip. This router is capable of offloading a nated internet up to 800mbit/second.
In the other hand, edgerouter lite has a cavium processor running at 500mhz dual core. All of the ports are connected to the cpu directly, because it lacks a switch chip. So if u have an internet that can provide 2gbit/second, u can actually pull 920mbit/second per port from the other 2 lan. Usually people use this router because they have their own robust l2/l3 switch to pair it with. I hope my expalanation is clear. Cheers

I think maybe get an er-poe and a dumb 8 port switch. Get a decent ones.

Thank you so much! This is my favorite thread on lowyat!

What would be a decent Dumb Switch? Looking at Ubiquiti looks like they don't have

ER-X actually had dual core. The NAT (over PPPoE without encryption/compression) performance I tested is actually about 900Mbps single direction. I read it was somehow crippled by design that it cannot do 1Gbps bidirectional. And what do you mean by 2Gbps internet? 1Gb bidirectional (2x1Gbps)? That doesn't mean you can download at 2Gbps, just that you can upload 1Gbps & download 1Gbps at the same time. Technically speaking it is possible for 2Gbps single direction if you connect all the 3 ports to a switch with VLAN etc, but it will be messy & not worth the money.

Anyway since you have ERL, can you benchmark (NAT over PPPoE without encyption/compression) it when you free. I'm curious about the actual number since back when I used to have an ERL, PPPoE offloading was not supported back then.

How is the interface for ER-POE to control the UAP AC LR?

Because the US-8-150 is perfect for that right? how about the ER-POE?

Briging this article to attention as well:-

https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX/ERPoE...RO/td-p/1507325

So after reading and trying to understand...

For 9 connections (3 of needing POE)

option A
ERPOE5 & Linksys LGS108

option B
ERL & US-8-150 (1 WAN and 2 LAN on ERL)

option C
ERL connects to US-8-150 which connects to Linksys LGS 108

Option A is perfect
Option B only gives 8 usable ports
Option C is a no brainer.
=)

Thanks again for answering my question...

One last thing...

when I do set up all the LANs, how will it go?

the three APs connected to the ER-POE will be on separate LANs?

How will that affect the network..?
Some people set up one LAN for wired and a WLAN for the wireless...

Then it would be ERL, TS-5-POE and Linksys LGS108

u can set it up either way. a lot of people do that because they want to segment their activity. some even do it for fun. setup different subnet for different places in the house. saperate their cctv is common. i think you should segment subnet separating only cctv vs all other online devices. unless u have voip, u can add another subnet with different vlan.
wired and wireless is not necessarily needed to be separated. what if u want to cast your youtube from yr phone to your tv via chromecast or miracast. yr phone and your tv wont be able to see each other if u want to cast. maybe you want to stream something from your nas to your laptop. that also prevent it to communicate to each other.

erl+ts5poe+lgs108 is not bad. it makes it possible for u to setup hypptv together.

your setup maybe look like this for erl
eth0 = wan
eth1= lan 1
eth2= hypptv

lan 1 can daisy chain both ts5poe and lgs108 with no issue.
ts5poe can accommodate 3 aps and one more lan available to use
lgs108 is clearly open for everything else. =)

Hi Where does one buy this brand in KL?
Many thanks!

Thank you so much 

I would like to view the CCTV stream on mobile devices whilst at home, would that mean that it should be on the same subnet?

ERL

-Hypptv

-LGS108

--(all 6 connections)

--TS5POE

---(3 UAP AC LR)

---(Spare)

What about QoS? Does it help in a home set up? Like for instance to prioritize the android boxes to ensure good streaming?

Its all based on your own activity and how much people are using it simultiniously. If u have 30mbps and at least 2 ppl are streaming 4k videos at the same time, may a person is gaming online too. Maybe qos is a good idea. But other than that, the router on its own is performing rly well. Eg: 5 ppl max in my house at one time, i stream netflix 4k, another person stream youtube 4k, while another stream netflix on her phone. And the rest use normal youtube and web surfing normally. Never once my 50mbps is having a hiccup. Everything loads without buffer, n never slow down. Then again, this example is for a 50mbps. 30mbps and lower will vary. Non 4k streamer are always happy with 20-30mbps in my experience. Cheers

Wow, are you using the erl?

Mind explaining a bit on your hardware and set up?

Yeap i am on erl. Using a 8port smart switch to handle my vlan and lan. One uap ac lite. All can acommodate 10+ wired and wireless.

What about

ER-SFP & LGS108...

why ER-SFP and ER-POE5 so much difference in price?

I was thinkin u were to get erl+ts5poe+lgs108. I hope u understood. U did mentioned a few options, but its your decision 100% to buy which one.

Yea, I agree I am being going through so many options...

I mean to be honest they all cost almost the same...

Would a ERL+TS5POE+LGS108 be better than a ERPOE5+LGS108? I know you explain me it to me so many times...



Another question, how do we set up the UAP AC LR that the clients will keep re-connecting to the AP that is closest to them?

Can it just be setting the SSID/password the same? With proper rssi i think we can achieve the so-called seamless roaming.

Hey guys, i will be free around next week. I am planning to write another tutorial on edgerouter. How bout ipv6 for unifi? Or hypptv and internet using one single port?(not tested yet).  Vlan tagging for guess network? I will be writing one based on requests.

I was waiting for responds here for a while before i decided. Anyway, i think i will come up with ipv6 tutorial soon. The tutorial is basically as simple as copy and paste in the ssh terminal. So stay tuned. =)

Hi..

I'm on 1.9.1 currently and already setup using Load Balance; not the one with vlan. But only one pppoe used currently. The 2nd pppoe is currently disconnected. I plan to use the 2nd pppoe with Unifi.

So, can I add the vlan to the eth port directly or need to setup from scratch again?

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Yes u can add vlan easily. Just add vlan interface, then add pppoe on top of that.

Hi..

Noted, thanks. Will try on that.

By the way, one more question, my setup is as below:-
eth0 - switch0.110, switch0.120, switch0.130
eth1 - pppoe1
eth2 - pppoe2
eth3 - switch0.110, switch0.120, switch0.130
eth4 - not configured anything

I tried configuring eth4 to assign IP by DHCP without any vlan. But, it doesn't seem to assign an address and I can't access internet.

I also tried being on a static address 10.20.100.100 as my ER-X gateway address is on .251, and I'm plugged in to port eth0 and yet no access to internet.
But, at same time, I have traffic coming in from eth3 via vlan 110, 120 & 130 without any problem accessing internet.

Am I missing out something here?

Hi..

Noted, thanks. Will try on that.

By the way, one more question, my setup is as below:-
eth0 - switch0.110, switch0.120, switch0.130
eth1 - pppoe1
eth2 - pppoe2
eth3 - switch0.110, switch0.120, switch0.130
eth4 - not configured anything

I tried configuring eth4 to assign IP by DHCP without any vlan. But, it doesn't seem to assign an address and I can't access internet.

I also tried being on a static address 10.20.100.100 as my ER-X gateway address is on .251, and I'm plugged in to port eth0 and yet no access to internet.
But, at same time, I have traffic coming in from eth3 via vlan 110, 120 & 130 without any problem accessing internet.

Am I missing out something here?

Please post yr config bro.

http://lg.io/assets/erlite.png 
Hey guys! A few months ago i posted a topic regarding edgerouter lite and how i finally set it up to use with my tm unifi with hypptv. I got involved with ubiquiti forum(amazing forum btw), asked around and had many experiments with the settings including cli based settings. Dont be afraid though. I had a discussion a few months ago with ubiquiti engineer and they agree that they should implement vlan based connection. Lo and behold, firmware 1.9 came out with a wizard that set up PPPoE connection with vlan tag! Pretty awesome of them to hear an opinion from a couple of forumer in Malaysia. I say kudos to Ubiquiti. This is important to all users in Malaysia that mainly connect to the internet the 'vlan' way.LOL.

Enough background check, lets get to it. In this tutorial, i will be using edgerouter-lite as reference. Lets hit it!
1) Download the latest firmware from ( https://www.ubnt.com/download/edgemax ). As of the day im writing this, the latest firmware is at 1.9.1

2) Log into your router page at 192.168.1.1, click system, click 'upload a file' on upload system image, wait a few seconds and the router will ask to reboot, then reboot. =)

3) After aprox 3 minutes the router will finish booting, login into the router again then click wizards, then click;
a) basic setup
b) PPPoE
c) fill in your unifi/maxis/time account name and password
d) click to check vlan, fill in vlan according to your isp (eg: unifi= 500 / maxis fiber= 621)
e) click 'configure this section' on (Optional) Secondary LAN port (eth2)
f) uncheck 'Enable the DHCP server'
g) under 'user setup' choose 'create new admin user', fill in your new user and password(dont use default ubnt, change your password! very important)
h) click apply and reboot.

Viola! your router is set up for internet use! enjoy!!!

Part one of the setup is done, this is mainly for people who doesnt care about iptv like hypptv or astro via maxis fiber. U can hop away and start your beautiful day with the edgerouter! Now moving on to part two where we will set up iptv, hypptv and astro via maxis fiber. lets go!

1) On the router dashboard page click on
a) Add interface
b) Add Vlan
c) Fill in Vlan id (eg: unifi= 600 / maxis fiber= 823)
d) Select eth0 on 'interface'
e) Fill in 'Hyyptv' or 'astro' according to your iptv
f) Click save

2) At 'Local 2', click on 'actions', 'config', change 'manually define ip address' to 'no address', click save.

3) Click on 'Config tree',
a) click interfaces, bridge, click add, fill in 'br0'
b) click ethernet, eth0, vif, 600, bridge-group, fill in 'br0' in 'bridge'
c) click eth2, bridge-group, fill in 'br0' in 'bridge'
d) click 'preview' and 'apply'

4) At this point you can plug your iptv cable to eth2 of your router, make sure restart the iptv box after plugging it in.

Thats it guys! its not as complicated as u think. sure if i were to make a tutorial using cli then that would be a slightly different story. LOL.

I hope u guys enjoy the tutorial! Please point out something that i missed or mistakes.

This wraps up this tutorial, please tell me if any of u guys need to set up ipv6 and set up dns forwarding, ipv6 forwarding, upnp or upnp2 with nat-pmp. These can be done on the next one. Cheers!

anybody wanna buy my edgerouter X?

Thank you wanttotree bro for putting up this useful guide for us just follow the instruction it just work on unifi -> now thinking should I change my 8 port gigabit swtich (TP link).

My pleasure sir. May i know why u wanna change yr switch? Any particular setup ur looking into?

No particular reason, just thinking that family members watching a lot of youtube and tv apps on mobile phone or tablet at times causes stuttering despite i am on unifi 30mbs so I am thinking may be need a switch with capable QOS to do the job properly. (I didn't turn on the smart qos on ERL, want to leave that for the switch). My network topology is simple :

BTU-> ERL -> Switch (TP LINK 8 port gigabit switch (plug and play type)) -> IP TV
                -> Hypp TV                                                                          -> Old NAS (single bay) -> going to change to 4Bay later...funding WIP         
                                                                                                            -> Smart TV
                                                                                                            -> AP (RT-AC68U) -> smart phones (3), Tablet (2), laptop (2), IPTV

Any suggestions or any things can further improve?
Thanks

Your setup is not bad at all. While waiting for yr future switch based qos, why not give the smart qos on the erl a go? Just to see if it improve or the other way around.

My theory is u may suffer from buffer bloat, one or several of your device used up or hogs yr upload speed which is capped at 10mbps. This may cause the stutter in your setup. Once the upload que is used up, it will suffer yr download speed regardless of hw much bandwidth u still have.

I hope i didnt confuse u. U can read up many available articles regarding bufferbloat online. A simple solution is to enable smart qos so it can manage the bandwidth to avoid bufferbloat to occur. Cheers.

Thanks for the heads up... will test it tonight.

Hey Bro, it works. Now everybody is happy. Thanks a bunch.

for anybody interested do pm me

my reason for sale is that im a mikrotik advocate. i don't really like edgeos as a whole in comparison to mikrotik. its still better than consumer routers

in fact, i also have a unifi uap-ac-lite which i wanna let go as well. again it has no issues i just do not like managing ubnt products as a whole.

i have a substantially more complex network setup than usual and so my experience with it does not apply to most people.

Is your EdgeRouter X still available to sell, biatche? I've PMed you.

yeah the erx is gone, i wanna let go of my uap-ac-lite-us @ rm360 incl shiping eventually also. you fellas are welcome to pm me for arrangements also.

unit is perfectly fine. i just boycott ubnt from here on. so yes, im selling while dissing the company, negative marketing.

yeah the erx is gone, i wanna let go of my uap-ac-lite-us @ rm360 incl shiping eventually also. you fellas are welcome to pm me for arrangements also.

unit is perfectly fine. i just boycott ubnt from here on. so yes, im selling while dissing the company, negative marketing.

hmm mind to explain why you are unsatisfied with UBNT? Thinking of getting one ER-X but somehow stopped by your comments   

1. because after buying an edgeswitch poe 24p, i learned that many people over the world have experienced an approx 30% fail rate. all power-related / shortcircuit issue. ubnt dont really respond in the forums.
2. edgeos -- they don't release new versions. i can't write firewall the way i want. actually i can, but zone based firewalls require 30x literally more lines to accomplish the same thing. ask about new features, ask about why zbf is slow, totally ignored in forums
3. unifi-ap -- well, this is the only ok product.. but i dont like having to install a controller on a single machine. i know there are workarounds for that but sorry, i think ill just stick with mikrotik.
4. edgeos -- based on old debian. packages are out of date. can't easily install packages any longer. gotta use dpkg to install stuff. troublesome.

i have several complaints with mikrotik BUT MT does respond and listen.

hows that UBNT? like i said, i would post about your garbage company policy and i did.

Sorry guys, could I check with you,
anyone have port forwarding issue with TM unifi and edge router x?

I follow the step,
its easy to configure, but none of the port forwarding is working.

Hi, i need some help with setting up Edge Router X for unifi and hypptv. I got this from a friend and was trying to play around with it. I followed your guide and i managed to get pppoe set up on eth0, providing internet to switchports eth1-4 using basic setup. However i can't seem to set vlan on eth1, error saying switchport in use.

I did try setting up again with the steps provided

"e) click 'configure this section' on (Optional) Secondary LAN port (eth2)
f) uncheck 'Enable the DHCP server"

Hypptv was running but I'm not getting internet on other switch ports although pppoe is connected.

My idea is to use this router as a main router for internet and hypptv, and use it as a dhcp server while connecting an access point to it to provide wireless to wifi devices.

Appreciate your help guys I'm still pretty new to this. Trying to move out from using the off the shelf consumer routers.

This wraps up this tutorial, please tell me if any of u guys need to set up ipv6 and set up dns forwarding, ipv6 forwarding, upnp or upnp2 with nat-pmp. These can be done on the next one. Cheers!

hey guys i too have an EdgeRouter X to let go, pm me if interested. decided to try out USG instead.

USG can work with Unifi as well ?  Is it the same ?

Thank you

USG can work with Unifi as well ?  Is it the same ?

Thank you

did u enable something like this?

sorry,
its my mistake,
LAN interface has to add switch.0 as well, else port forwarding wont work.
btw,

could I ask 1 more question?
anyone here has ever try to use 5fixed ip unifi with edge router?

I manage to add in all 5 public ip into single wan..

but.. of cos , all in / out traffic is using first public IP,
any idea how to set 1 LAN ip (example 192.168.1.10) to use my 2nd public IP ?

I already have 1 server(192.168.1.2) using port 80,
but I have another webserver (192.168.1.10) need to use port 80 as well...

stucking here..

haiz..

5 fixed ip unifi? load balancing? u cant have 2 webserver using same port in 1 router.. you can create and use another port.