Neal wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 6:21 pm
I have an unused DSG here bought for a customer who didn’t want it in the end. I take it the chain is ADSL modem >> USG >> WiFi AP / switch?
I may give it a go when I get really bored.
Yep - Draytek modem (fibre-ready)->USG->US-8-150W (8 port POE+ & 2 x 1GB SFPs) and a netgear managed 16 port switch for general non-POE stuff. The USG is nice and easy - we have a UniFi controller running on the only PC that doesn't sleep, so that does all the management, but I was considering getting a Cloud Key at some point...
There's also a managed UPS, Pi-hole, Media Center & Netgear SAN (mirrors backups from the workshop Synology SAN) in that cabinet. There's a wireless link between the buildings too (NanoStationM5s). All house POE from the US-8 switch - other buildings use POE injectors as the cost of a UniFi POE switch is a bit cheeky... Assorted other kit, but I'm slowly migrating it all to UniFi. The Greenhouse now has a WAP (NanostationM5 +airGateway) as I'm doing some ESP32 projects to control watering etc.
I partly used kit I had anyway (bought it back from my setup in Dubai). I have to say the upgrade was long overdue - we have fibre coming into the house in a few weeks (maybe? Yeah. Whatever!) and the Devolo stuff was really unreliable, especially after a brown/blackout when they never seemed to all come back online properly.
I really like the Pi-hole - it's identified a bunch of WiFi speakers that were calling home every 30 seconds, plus stopping about 10% of all DNS requests.
Interestingly, there a guy on the Ubiquity forums who has done a similar project to Pi-hole as a package for EdgeOS (used in USGs and EdgeRouters). Not going to go there now, but it's an option. However, I suspect that after every o/s upgrade/reprovision it could get lost?
https://community.ui.com/questions/DNS- ... 8b02575da4
https://github.com/britannic/blacklist