Small business Network Gear Advise

[Izerous]

Please bare with me on this one, what do you mean by single injector? I cant seem to find the UDM-Pro-SE, Im just finding UDM-SE.

Sorry it is just UDM-SE. It is the same at the UDM-pro but the ports are PoE.

A "U-POE-at" will power a U6-LR

Ubiquiti U-POE-at 802.3AT PoE Injector, 30W - PoE (Power over Ethernet) - Memory Express Inc.

www.memoryexpress.com

When I'm parked where that amazon truck is from the security camera I still have a usable wifi 6 signal and I measure that at 55ft on google maps to about where the access point is mounted.

These much cheaper PoE switch can also power Ubiquiti hardware, the bonus of the ubiquti ones is they will show up in the dashboard in a nice way.

TP-Link 5-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch w/ PoE+ - Switches - Memory Express Inc.

www.memoryexpress.com

this is exactly what I'm using to power 2 AP's and 2 cameras.

Our door entry system is also really old and I can replace it for a fraction of the cost with the ubiquiti stuff. They quoted me $2k to upgrade the motherboard... I can buy the ubiquiti kit and mount it in the office for a fraction of that.

Edit: I drank the koolaid and I liked it enough to have it at home and in the office, I really like that I have no monthly fees for anything i'm doing

 

[danmitch1]

Sorry it is just UDM-SE. It is the same at the UDM-pro but the ports are PoE.

A "U-POE-at" will power a U6-LR

Ubiquiti U-POE-at 802.3AT PoE Injector, 30W - PoE (Power over Ethernet) - Memory Express Inc.

www.memoryexpress.com

When I'm parked where that amazon truck is from the security camera I still have a usable wifi 6 signal and I measure that at 55ft on google maps to about where the access point is mounted.

These much cheaper PoE switch can also power Ubiquiti hardware, the bonus of the ubiquti ones is they will show up in the dashboard in a nice way.

TP-Link 5-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch w/ PoE+ - Switches - Memory Express Inc.

www.memoryexpress.com

this is exactly what I'm using to power 2 AP's and 2 cameras.

Our door entry system is also really old and I can replace it for a fraction of the cost with the ubiquiti stuff. They quoted me $2k to upgrade the motherboard... I can buy the ubiquiti kit and mount it in the office for a fraction of that.

Edit: I drank the koolaid and I liked it enough to have it at home and in the office, I really like that I have no monthly fees for anything i'm doing

So the UDM-PRO is basically same as UDM-SE except the PoE ports, that's great to know if I only need 1 AP powered. pretty good savings. And great to know that theses AP's have such amazing range! Im wondering though, if they can afford it, maybe the PoE switch would simplify things and add more future network expansion?

 

[JD]

If buying new, I'd go with the UDM-SE. It also has a 2.5G Ethernet interface which would be good to use with the HH4000's 10G ethernet port.

The UDM-SE also runs on UniFi OS 2.0 (3.0 in beta). The UDMP is way behind, it's still on 1.0, though they claim it will eventually get upgraded, I wouldn't bet on it.

I would still go with the USW-Pro-24-PoE if budget allows, no harm in being "ready" for any additional PoE devices (cameras, VoIP phones). It also has 10G uplink, so you can grab a DAC to link it up to the UDM.

 

[danmitch1]

If buying new, I'd go with the UDM-SE. It also has a 2.5G Ethernet interface which would be good to use with the HH4000's 10G ethernet port.

The UDM-SE also runs on UniFi OS 2.0 (3.0 in beta). The UDMP is way behind, it's still on 1.0, though they claim it will eventually get upgraded, I wouldn't bet on it.

I would still go with the USW-Pro-24-PoE if budget allows, no harm in being "ready" for any additional PoE devices (cameras, VoIP phones). It also has 10G uplink, so you can grab a DAC to link it up to the UDM.

Awesome, I think they will go for both the UDM_SE and USW-Pro-PoE and also might be tempted by the security cams and door locks!

 

[crazyea]

Awesome, I think they will go for both the UDM_SE and USW-Pro-PoE and also might be tempted by the security cams and door locks!

I have in my bst some unifi cams listed for sale. Recently I also had the udm se, u6 pro, and a poe switch for sale as well, but I didnt have any interest so I hooked them back up.

 

[danmitch1]

I have in my bst some unifi cams listed for sale. Recently I also had the udm se, u6 pro, and a poe switch for sale as well, but I didnt have any interest so I hooked them back up.

Sweet, ill hit you up if they are interested

 

[clshades]

I have Telus 1.5gb and I can literally just take the fibre-sfp+ connector from the modem and plug it into my udm se instead. I have tesetd it myself nd it works. Why dont they just do that?

Seriously? Does TV still work?

 

[crazyea]

Seriously? Does TV still work?

I dont subscribe to Telus for tv programming.

 

[danmitch1]

Hey guys, Im looking at some rack mount UPC's. Ive got a max load of 1200watts. I found this one https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/lie...4161/power-cooling-data-center-infrastructure

It should be sufficient as it says 1350 watt capacity but I cant seem to figure out how long it would last on battery alone. I tried some calculators but im not getting proper results. I dont know what im doing wrong : S

 

[SneakySnake]

Typically for UPS's you are looking at minutes of battery life (maybe like 15 minutes) - not hours. The goal is to have the UPS software integrated with critical infrastructure so if a power outage exceeds a few minutes it will start to gracefully shut down critical infrastructure. This will prevent database errors and such that are caused by a hard shutdown (ex: power loss).

I will throw in a +1 for the Unifi gear. It works great and is a fraction the cost of many other business/enterprise gear.
Their routing/firewall capabilities are not amazing (but work fine as long as you aren't doing complex routing/firewall) but for wireless/layer2/cameras/doors Unifi is fantastic.