Really I have just been thinking about the future. I love tech, I love building tech, I love using tech, I really enjoy pushing tech to the limits of what it can do and reaping the rewards that it brings. Right now the new switches and hardware have ‘etherlighting’, it’s…

UniFi Switch 16 PoE
This is the main switch for my stack. The main usage for this switch is the PoE powering of my G5 Turret camera and the U7 Pro access point. I also have a G3 Flex camera powered by a Unifi Device Bridge, and one of the USB only powered (and…

UNAS Pro Transfer Speeds To Windows C:
Future Unifiguy here, this was obviously copying to my C: on Windows. When I transfer to my secondary drive NVMe, there’s a lot less ups and downs with transfer speeds. I’m going to leave this here just to note how stupid I am, but if anyone has these issues then…

Unifi 10GB Aggregation Switch
The usage of this is simple – 8 SFP+ ports to connect all your other devices via 10GB connections via SFP+ connections only. Previously I was using a US-16-XG switch which, essentially, has more connectivity than the Aggregation Switch with 10GB ethernet ports (I havent sold this yet, it’s in…

Unifi UDM Pro
Top of the rack is the Unifi UDM Pro. I love this. It runs the whole Unifi software stack, which for me is the controller and Unifi Protect, and as per the previous post it runs all of this very well. Currently given my home setup I have no need…

Unifi Network Dashboard v9
Have to give note to the Unifi software that makes it all possible. The dash is very straightforward. I wish that ISP software was this comprehensive. There’s a big push for pfsense for those who want completely DIY setups and I can respect that, for me though the integration of…

Network Topology
This may be a little small to see, but this is my entire network. Please note that not every entry is a physical machine, they may be virtual machines (VMs) or containers. The scale of this is basically just my DeskPi Rackmate and contents (so a Pi4, 5 and MS-01),…

Home-Based Services
Just before we get into the rest of the rack, I thought it might be useful to discuss why I want a lot of this connectivity. Mainly this is to distribute my home-based services. Right now, I am running the DeskPi RackMate T1 mini rack. It used to hold several…
Sponsor Me Ubiquiti!
Seriously, I’d love to get my hands on an E7 AP and an updated UDM Pro Max or SE! Alas, for now, my wallet is holding me hostage. Sigh.

U7 Pro Wifi Access Point
I figured that it would be best to start at the top. My main wifi access point for the house (a two up two down mid-terraced victorian stone walled house) looks a bit weird forward facing, however as I currently live in a rental accomodation, I can’t just screw things…