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Last updated: Dec 23, 2025 Scoring
You can easily do this with Ubiquiti UniFi gateways. Often we create a different SSID for IoT and just turn on 2.4GHz for that SSID. Turn off 5GHz etc.
r/wifi • Recommended router that lets you create separate 2.4 and 5 bands ->I think the second one would have to be a UX7, as UDR7 cannot operate in AP mode
r/Ubiquiti • UniFi Dream Router 7 Review (UDR7) ->It would be multiple products and it's very customizable based on your needs. Going to be comparing to the Pro Deployment which is $699 No Wiring but only need WiFi? Dream Router 7: $279 2x U7 Pro + 2 POE injectors: $408 Total: $687 Need at least 1 ethernet ports near the mesh AP? Dream Router 7: $279 2x Unifi Express 7: $398 Total: $677 Have at least 1 ethernet port wired and need both multiple ethernet and wifi? Dream Router 7: $279 Unifi Express 7: $199 U7 In-Wall: $149 Total: $628 It's a whole ecosystem of devices meant to work together and you can continually expand or replace as units get old. Eeros and Orbis would require replacing the entire stack when it comes to upgrading. With a Unifi setup you can pick and choose which components you want to replace, usually you keep the gateway/router and swap out the Wireless Access Points.
r/gadgets • Eero Pro 7 Review: Great Mesh Networking, Even if You Don’t Have Wi-Fi 7 ->I recently switched to Sonic fiber and have had good luck using a UniFi Express 7. It utilizes the 10G coming out of their box, without the full cost of the higher-end Ubiquiti gear.
r/AskSF • Best router to use with Sonic Fiber? ->Pretty much any consumer router made in the last 10 years will work, but id recommend the unifi express (149.99) or unifi express 7 (199.99), I would go with the unifi express 7 as its a bit more value and is more future proof, Unifi routers also have great IDS/IPS. And then an 8 port unmanaged gigabit switch, pretty much anything will do the trick as long as it says gigabit and has at least 8 ports.
r/HomeNetworking • Router + Firewall Recommendation ->Ah, yes, if you want a no headache router with everything under the sun plus ids/ips, this is the way.
r/HomeNetworking • Router Recommendations? ->My recommendations for short and simple stacks, for Ubiquiti - a UniFi cloud gateway ultra, UniFi lite 8 POE switch and U6+ APs for WiFi. Controller is built into gateway. For Alta labs, route 10 router, s8 Poe and AP6 or AP6 plus APs. They have a free cloud controller or you can buy their controller device. If you want to go TP link route ER7206 for router, OC300 controller, TL-SG2008P for switch and EAP610 for APs. You can skip the OC300 and go with a free software controller on a desktop. The controllers are to get a unified view of the network and configure them.
r/HomeNetworking • Bought an Old Home - Recommendations - Do I need a Wi-Fi Router or can I just use WAPs? ->I'd consider the [UX7](https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cloud-gateways-wifi-integrated/products/ux7) (if only you don't need more ports) or [UDR7](https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cloud-gateways-wifi-integrated/products/udr7) \- WiFi7, reasonable price, good specs, nice and intuitive interface. For me personally 6GHz is a must in a crowded environment - shorter range means less interference. So I'd stick to 6E or 7. You can scan your apartment to check how many networks you have in range.
r/HomeNetworking • What WiFi version should my future Router have? ->UX7 is a great little beast, much better than its predecessor. If you don't need the ports of UDR7, UX7 is a great choice. Still, I'd get the UDR7 for the Protect support. You might want to add a camera or two some day. The PoE budget is nice also if you need a switch later on.
r/HomeNetworking • Wifi Router recommendation for sub 500mbs fiber internet speed ->Mine is a bit overkill for most situations, I have a cloud Gateway Ultra, u7 pro, 2 switch lite 8s, u6 extender, and an Ap-ac pro for an area that the others don't reach. I still run an opnsense firewall and a pihole as well for dns. BUT if you just need something simple an express gateway is enough for most people, and you can add additional ap's to it if needed as well. It is slow but for how little you have to actually log in and change settings after it is configured it doesn't matter. I set my parents up with an express and two additional ap's and they've had zero issues since as well.
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He doesn’t need two AP, he said it clearly. Unifi provide the most stable wifi network for IoT of all the AP on the market, even with one VLAN, even in mesh configuration. On top of this you can setup dedicated IoT VLAN and dedicated IoT SSID, use their new object oriented policy management (unique on the market) for the most complex IoT setups. They went that far to have little icons for every gadget on the market in their interface. I know a bit or two, I have +200 IoT devices in my home from Apple, Switchbot, Aqara, Logitech, Eufy, Hue, Govee, and numerous exotic brands. I have been through hell with solutions from Apple, Orbi, Peplink, Meraki, Eero, Huawei and many many more. And only since I am rocking on Unifi I can open my Apple Home app with not a single device error ! At 179€ the Unifi Express 7 is, by far, the best solution for OP and a damn cheap ticket for discovering the “Apple” of networking.
r/HomeKit • View on Reddit →UniFi, hands down. I don't know what you consider "similar nonsense", - prosumer and a lot of business will use a controller that manages the configurations and statistics. The Cloud Key is a somewhat older implementation of the UniFi setup where it performed as the controller and an NVR for cameras. They've split that off - you can get gateways (router/controller) that does not have the video incorporated any longer. The "cloud" in some of their hardware doesn't mean it's run from the cloud or whatever, it's simply part of the model name. You can run it all standalone without being tied to their servers (though it's pretty convenient at times). Similarly, they have "mesh" in the name of some of their APs - but all of them can be wirelessly uplinked. It's a matter of them associating through marketing to the massive consumer "mesh" marketing. But it's still prosumer stuff and uses the same controller as the rest. My favorite feature is reliability. It's been rock solid for me through 6 years (I've moved through three upgrades and it's just stable. I love it. Look at the Dream Router 7, UniFi Express models, and Cloud Gateway models for some pretty darned good home solutions. The Dream Machines are great also, they are rack mount though and tilt towards having the video features. Should you choose one of the simpler offerings and want to go video later - there are standalone DVRs - including the Cloud Key+, which is still popular - that you can add. There is other prosumer gear, but Ubiquiti UniFi and TP-Link Omada are the only ones I know of with the unified management.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →grzeje sie mocno i spowalnia. Jesli mozesz sprzedaj i dolóz do express 7 jest duzo mocniejszy, quad core zamiast dualcore i 3gb ram zamiast 1. Dodatkowo ma ids/ips
r/Ubiquiti • View on Reddit →I'd consider the [UX7](https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cloud-gateways-wifi-integrated/products/ux7) (if only you don't need more ports) or [UDR7](https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cloud-gateways-wifi-integrated/products/udr7) \- WiFi7, reasonable price, good specs, nice and intuitive interface. For me personally 6GHz is a must in a crowded environment - shorter range means less interference. So I'd stick to 6E or 7. You can scan your apartment to check how many networks you have in range.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →UniFi object policy management allow you to easily pick devices and create group of them that are accessible by your kids (mobile, switch, laptop, smart tv, …) then control (block with optional schedules) access to classes of websites (ex. porn), groups of applications (ex. Social media), specific websites (lol) or specific apps (TikTok). I use it with two teenagers (one study computer sciences, the other polytechnic) and it resisted their hacking tentatives until today. On top of this there is an optional subscription that allows to use Cloudflare to go even further in granularity.
r/HomeKit • View on Reddit →4x port 2.5gb nics are ~$50-100 alone. The unifi is actually pretty reasonably priced @ $200 and totally fine for home use. Next best thing and my recommendation would be a mini pc and nic running pfsense/opnsense for your requirements, also ~$200 total You'll easily saturate the pi 5s USB bus and gen 2 pcie x1 lane with 4x 2.5gb connections + WAN. The pi could work if you also got a small 2.5gb switch but for the cost I think you're in minipc territory at that point
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →Do not put a deco mesh system into your 32,000 sqft mansion. You should be looking at higher end systems like UniFi, HpE, Ruckus. I’m not super familiar with engenius. You need a centrally managed system and with an estate of this size a high end system will be a drop in the bucket of your build budget.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →First, mesh is bad without a wired backhaul ( [https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/189h7um/mesh\_wifi\_much\_slower\_than\_main\_router/](https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/189h7um/mesh_wifi_much_slower_than_main_router/) ). Just something to know going into it. You really should have all of your APs (access points, the things that send out the Wi-Fi) wired back to a central or "home" controller. If your home has coax or ethernet already run, then get non-mesh wired APs instead. If you're getting mesh, I would look at the Ubiquiti UX7. They are scalable, small, have Wi-Fi 7 at a reasonable-ish price, and can easily do all of the things you mentioned except custom firmware. Not sure what the need is for point 4 in your case.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →UX7 is a great little beast, much better than its predecessor. If you don't need the ports of UDR7, UX7 is a great choice. Still, I'd get the UDR7 for the Protect support. You might want to add a camera or two some day. The PoE budget is nice also if you need a switch later on.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →UniFi. I just set up mine today. But I’ll tell you, WiFi 7 is amazing but the range sucks. You have to be really close to the AP to get speeds better than WiFi 6.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →UX7 has the additional benefit that it can be re-purposed into a non-routing wireless AP if you end up falling down the Ubiquiti rabbit hole.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →I would return the dream router get the Unifi express series either the regular or the 7s. put one in the cupboard and put another in the house they mesh.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →I had to dump my U7 Pros for E7 and U6 Ent. No problems since I changed. If you can factory reset E7 without U7 I’d try that. The U7 Pro and Pro Max have some issues with the chips in them so I’d just stay far away from them. Otherwise - If you don’t care use 6 generation forget about Wi-Fi 7 and wait for the next round.
r/Ubiquiti • View on Reddit →Honestly if what you have now is working fine, I wouldn’t worry about it. But, if you wanna upgrade, the great thing about having a single story house is how easy it is to run ethernet. You would probably be great (and just fine even with one) with two APs near either end of the house, assuming you’re in a rectangular rancher. I love my UX7 but you’d need a switch or an injector for an AP. If you don’t plan on hardwiring any TVs or gaming computers, then just get the UDR7. It has one PoE port you can use to power your other AP.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →Ideal setup: Unifi express 7 (router + wifi) on ground level, U7 Pro AP (wifi) on top floor. Slightly over budget, but if you're able to cover the extra bit it's a banger combo. Under budget option 1: Unifi express 7 + U7 Lite AP Under budget option 2: cloud gateway ultra + U7 Pro Or any combination of Unifi router + access point tbh
r/LinusTechTips • View on Reddit →WiFi mesh with all access points being wired back to the main router totally avoids this issue. While some devices stay static, having multiple SSID's is fine but for phones mesh is way better than dropping off one AP to connect to another. I believe OP has a "gateway" from his ISP which is a modem and router in one device and they are always terrible but I could be mistaken. Having a good router does matter because at the end of the day all traffic relies on it so having a terrible router can cause or make WiFi issues worse. After dealing with a terrible Google mesh setup for years I finally moved to Unifi. Their software really is easy to set up, especially stuff like VLAN's and multiple SSUD's, which AP's can use what SSID's or mesh and a mix of SSID's if you want. . Ran pfsense for years but it has no WiFi solution. The difference in WiFi latency is insane using [this](https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cloud-gateways-wifi-integrated/products/ux7) and one of their AP's that's wired back to the Express 7. Switches AP's while doing speed tests. It just slows down for half a second when it does switch AP's.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →Skip all of those and grab a Dream Router or Unifi Express 7 from Ubiquiti. I’d opt for the Dream Router over the Express for growth, such as adding security cameras and such or additional access points for expanded coverage. If you don’t plan on any of that, then an Express 7 will meet what you need.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →Do you have wifi 7 clients? If not, wifi 6 is cheaper. Do you have a ton of devices? If not, triband is not really necessary - most average consumer routers will handle a reasonable amount of clients. (Triband usually just adds a second 5 GHz radio, making a total of three.) I'd suggest you consider UniFi - for a single unit (combo router) the UniFi Dream Router 7 ( yes, if has wifi 7, but you get a lot of bang for the buck with the device and you'll get a bit of future proofing.) If you need more coverage, you can easily add another access point that would be managed within the same ecosystem. UniFi access points can be wirelessly uplinked (that's all mesh is) if desired. The UniFi Express (or Express 7) may be a budget-friendly choice as well. [https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-cloud-gateways](https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/all-cloud-gateways)
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →I am a fan of the Unifi Cloud Gateway series. Have the fiber version myself, which can also be used for UTP WAN. Not coax.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →I wasn’t overly impressed with the Unifi mesh performance in my house, this was years ago though when it first came out
r/amazoneero • View on Reddit →I’m a firm believer in buy once, cry once. Although the Express 7 is $199, for the extra ~$80 you get a lot more bang for your buck for your use case.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →Don’t listen to him. He doesn’t know. A Unifi Express 7 cost 179€ and include the Wifi AP, the Unifi controller (brain) and connect to your modem. This is all you need and much cheaper that two Deco 50 !
r/HomeKit • View on Reddit →$550 for that?! That's crazy. It's a router and 2 satellite access points, you can get a Unifi Express 7 and 2x Access Point U7 Lites with PoE injectors for over $100 less. That's WiFi 7 too, not WiFi 6. Plus more APs and other network hardware can be added later. It's very simple to setup from a network perspective, though probably not as easy as the erro, but you'll find so many people willing to help out. The router (Express 7) will plug into the wall directly, and the 2 APs can be powered using PoE injectors, it may seem like you'd need to hardwire them, but you don't.
r/techsupport • View on Reddit →Believe me, I tried them all. Unifi is the best, easiest, fastest, most reliable solution for Wifi. You can start with a simple Unifi Express 7 : https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/products/ux7 Warning, you may end up with a home full of Unifi products and a beautiful rack.
r/HomeKit • View on Reddit →I’d go ubiquiti myself. Having had nothing but problems with 2 different netgear setups in recent years. (Most recent was a $1500 nether Orbi setup. Trash) Get a ubiquiti cloud gateway, then WiFi 7 APs wired via POE (might need a POE switch in there too). I recently bought a dream router 7 and express 7 and I’m a convert.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →I just replaced three Google Nest Wifi setup with a UX7 and two U6 Mesh APs. Took about 30 minutes to get the internet back up and running, which included unplugging all 3 Google devices, plugging in the UX7, connecting to the ONT, updating the UX7, signing into the console, changing the default network to the same IP range as it was with Google, and then watching everything connect. Spent a little more time reserving some IPs and adding the two APs, but the network was up and running at that point.
r/UNIFI • View on Reddit →Had Netgear 6 for about 3 years. Going with Unifi 7
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →Mine is a bit overkill for most situations, I have a cloud Gateway Ultra, u7 pro, 2 switch lite 8s, u6 extender, and an Ap-ac pro for an area that the others don't reach. I still run an opnsense firewall and a pihole as well for dns. BUT if you just need something simple an express gateway is enough for most people, and you can add additional ap's to it if needed as well. It is slow but for how little you have to actually log in and change settings after it is configured it doesn't matter. I set my parents up with an express and two additional ap's and they've had zero issues since as well.
r/GoogleWiFi • View on Reddit →Yeah. I did. Along with hpe and ruckus. A number of my wealthy clients specifically request UniFi and in my experience they stay happy with it and I rarely have to touch anything. It’s also commonly used at resorts, hotels, etc What’s your beef with UniFi?
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →Absolutely. Get and try it for a week. You can always send it back if it doesn’t fit your need. But I am 100% that you will fall in love with Unifi, like all of us.
r/HomeKit • View on Reddit →For your setup Best signal: Unify Cloud Gateway Router, and U6+ or U7 Pro OR Simplest: UDR7 OR Lowest cost: Unify Express 7
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →The Express devices are more entry level/minimalist, and they also offer easy meshing for people want to do that. The DR7 is more competent and can do IDS/IPS and DPI which the Express devices don't. I don't think there is going to be a lot of difference in range but the performance is going to be better overall with the UDR7 (the IDS/IPS/DPI requires more horsepower). UniFi doesn't strive for huge range but instead the model for them is better coverage by using multiple access points. Trying to cover a whole house with a single AP is stretching wifi.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →I don't know why you are getting downvoted cause I had the same problem with my unifi 7 and the new iphone 16. iphone 15 was fine but with the 16 I was having to constantly reconnect it to the network
r/HomeKit • View on Reddit →UniFi Express 7. Fast, Affordable, Compact, and can be part of a wired mesh system if you require it in the future.
r/wifi • View on Reddit →I also dislike how that's the default recommendation on reddit. I agree that the UniFi Express 7 or even the Dream Router 7 are better default recommendations for the average person. Or at least ask about the OPs requirements before going straight for the UCG-Fiber.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →You’ll need to buy piecemeal, I’ll leave required equipment below for what I’d do. https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/u7-lite https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/ux7 https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/usw-lite-8-poe You’d only need about 1 UX7 and 1-2 U7 Lites. I’d do 1 U7 Lite and see how that performs, you can scale up easily if needed.
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →I have the U7 Pro Max and I’ve been having a lot of issues with it - it seems like some devices just don’t like it and Apple devices refuse to roam. Thinking about getting a U6 Pro instead
r/Ubiquiti • View on Reddit →I like the UniFi U6. Or if you’re feeling high speed, the U7. (Which is ubiquiti)
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →Recently got a Dream Router 7 and while it's just the router all their AP's are mesh capable. Now it's above the mark you're going above but I wish I had gotten the UniFi Express 7 which is essentially the same with less ports. I misunderstood something so 70 dollars probably wasted although I ended up using the porta. Depending on your internet speeds it may not be enough. This is the misleading part. It has a 10Gbps port but its IDP is like 2.4Gbps so you will never get 1oGbps from it but if your Internet is under 2.5Gbos it's fine. The great thing to me was their software. It's stupid easy and I used everything from PFSense to WRT to Cisco CLI. Any AP can be a mesh AP or independent. It suggests stuff like iot VLAN's and makes it simple so while not cheap you're paying a lot for the software and future software support. The one thing disappointing I found out after was for MLO to work, the main benefit of WiFi 7 were it uses all the bands as one "pipe" requires WPA 3. I've been meaning to mess around with VLAN's but it appears to be a per router/AP setting which sucks because I think my Pixel 8a support WPA 3 but most my 5Ghz stuff doesn't so that's going to be an issue with any WiFi 7 mesh system. I did get noticeably higher internal (LAN) transfer speeds when using it so it works. EDIT: see below and it's a network wide WiFi setting [https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/s/qXrsjaMuRO](https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/s/qXrsjaMuRO) https://preview.redd.it/v2lx4as0mscf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=b542fc1ec84cd08901689b85afea01768521168a
r/HomeNetworking • View on Reddit →I was running 3 Tp-Link Deco xe75's at our house for the past year and was not happy with the performance. Over the weekend I installed a new UniFi system consisting of a Cloud Gateway Ultra and 3 AP's, installation was easy and the performance has been excellent. I recommend taking a hard look at the Cloud Gateway's for a homeowner wants something better than what's offered off the shelf.
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