I realized that I’ve never really written a post about how I run my home network. During the Pandemic I did a major overhaul of my network Pandemic

My Home Internet Setup with Unifi - by Omar Shahine

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I realized that I’ve never really written a post about how I run my home network. During the Pandemic I did a major overhaul of my network Pandemic Internet - Maximum speed with backup using CenturyLink Fiber and Comcast — OmarKnows.

Since then, my setup has grown. I now manage three Unifi systems in different locations. I can manage everything from a mobile app and from their web site. In addition, all the cameras that I use record video locally but come with all the bells and whistles of cloud based recordings.

Warning… Unifi hardware purchasing is addictive. They make so many awesome products and continue to innovate and add more. The system is very scalable and flexible but also very turnkey. You can “leave it alone” and it will just work for months and months without any interference. It’s a big step up from something like Eero, and Eero would still be my recommendation if you don’t need this much customization.

If I were starting over today, I would get the Dream Machine Special Edition. This has some PoE ports built in which is nice to have.