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What are the benefits/trade-offs of enabling "Smart Queue Management" on ER-X?

I have an ER-X router from Ubiquiti. With COVID-19, both my girlfriend and I spend a lot of time on video calls. Would enabling "Smart Queue Management" (QoS) help with the quality of calls (we use a UniFi AC Pro AP for Wi-Fi and are well in…
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What is the difference between a router with an internal switch and a router without?

I am trying to understand why I would choose an ER-X (Internal switch, yes, all ports) vs an ER-4 (Internal switch, no) My understanding is both routers and switches can be used to connect multiple computers to a network (while routers can also…
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Unifi pro switch without controller

We have a UniFi Switch Pro 48 PoE and we want to use it without a unifi controller but when we connect to the switch and change the configuration it is not saved, after a reboot the configuration is restored to default Enter command for save…
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How to create a persistent cronjob on an Ubiquiti Edgerouter-X so its still there after a firmware update

We have tens of Ubiquiti Edgerouter-X's on active on customer locations. They among other things responsible for pinging an IP each minute. This is done by a cronjob (set with crontab -e) and works fine as long as the firmware is not updated. When…
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Home Networking Rj45 from switch to faceplate

I'm currently running network cable from a central switch to different areas of the house. One room has an RJ45 faceplate, every other cable is running between locations connected to rj45 connectors. I'm using this method to connect all my…
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I can't explain how this guest networking works in my scenario can someone help me out

I'm trying to understand why port forwarding doesn't work on a router at a remote office and I've uncovered something strange about how guest networking works that may indicate that I have not been told the whole truth about the network. There is a…
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Wireless site survey for AP placement

How do you do a wireless site survey to plan AP placement? My understanding is that you set up the APs, measure the signal strength multiple times in every room, spaced by test resolution, and then move the APs and repeat. Is there a better way to…
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Ubiquiti UniFi gives a specific client a link-local address (169.254..) but DHCP works for other clients

I have a weird problem. A single client in my home network keep getting a link-local address 169.254.., like…
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Can you bridge a basic mesh wifi (e.g. google wifi) system with a separate wireless bridge?

I currently have one house with a mesh Wi-Fi system (Google Wi-Fi). I am adding a back-house that is too far to reach with just mesh access points alone. I would like to maintain the Google Wi-Fi setup in the primary house as it. Ideally I would…
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ICMP DUP! packets (but only sometimes)

I have LibreNMS monitoring devices on my home network and it is logging duplicate ICMP packets on my network. Of the 30+ nodes being monitored, a few (3-4) exhibit this behavior. I can reproduce it occasionally using ping, but it doesn't happen 100%…
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Testing LAN network speed

I have my home wired with CAT 5e (which I understand can support gigabit ethernet) connected using the ubiquiti devices (1 UniFi Security Gateway 3P, 1 network switch 8-60W and 2 access points - UniFi AP-AC-In Wall). My synology NAS is connected on…
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Unable to access web ui page with default IP

I am currently setting up cameras for my workplace. They want me to install leftover generation 1 Aircam's, which they have been sitting for about 10 years. Sounds easy, right? For some reason it is not going well for me. I've changed the subnet of…
Kenan Velagic
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Unable to ssh to ubiquiti cloud gateway ultra

I have ssh enabled in the cloug gateways settings and set an ssh password. I'm using putty. It will not accept my credentials. I had tried root and the ssh pw. I have tried admin and that password. I have tried root and the admin pw, and admin and…
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Cloud Gateway Max serves internet to any devices connected, but doesn't connect itself

I configured my Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Max as a PPPoE modem using the settings my ISP gave me, which were just the username/password and an VLAN id. All devices connected to the network through the Cloud Gateway have internet, but the Cloud Gateway…
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Wake-on-Lan via WiFi, or force all other network traffic via WiFi

What I'm trying to achieve: I need to be able to wake my pc remotely using a magic packet. I also like to stream games via Steam Remote Play so I can play on my laptop in another room. The problem: I recently moved, and the layout of this place…
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