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My Homelab Setup
- candiddevmike 2y agoThis reads like an ad for Unifi, but I don't see it called out as a sponsored post. Would've been better if the post mentioned why he chose that stack from a technical standpoint aside from "sourcing issues" and "seeing the UI showcased at a friends".
- A4ET8a8uTh0 2y agoYep, I use similar setup, but it hardly seems that unique or interesting from technical perspective. It does feel like an ad.
- farslan 2y agoIt's my personal blog post and I shared what I got, how I configured my Rack, which settings I used for my WLANs, how I use double WAN, the tools, and many other things. At the end, I even shared how much I paid (I live in Turkey, there is no sponsorship here, there is not even a Unifi store). So no, it's not an ad, just my personal experience.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 2y agoApologies. It is early and lack of coffee took the best of me. I am not sure if I can delete original comment now, but maybe this exchange will serve as mea culpa.
- farslan 2y agoOP here. It's not an ad at all. There is a lot of stuff there, not just the Rack. I even wrote about Wi-Fi optimization, the tools I used, how much I paid (I mean if it was sponsored, why would I pay for it).
- mahin 2y agoMaybe you could elaborate here: why did you choose Unifi?
- farslan 2y agoI wrote i, the beginning and at the end of my blog post. I love brands that provide quality made products, not just on hardware level, also on software level. I used TP-Link's Omada and it's not even close. Yes there is a premium, but you get for what you pay for. Second, my cameras were dying, I had to replace it, and I had to make a choice. A friend of my who use Unifi cameras was very happy, so I thought that's a good reason to start using Unifi. Anyway, both of these, I wrote in my blog post.
- applied_heat 2y agoWhat specifically was not as good on the tp link omadas?
- disposition2 2y agoThanks for sharing! I've been running an EdgeMax router and U6 router for some time without issues, but hope to upgrade to a DreamMachine some day. The information you shared will definitely help when that day comes.
- phoronixrly 2y agoYeah, zero makeshift raspberry pi rat's nests of wires, assigned to do tasks that raspberry pis suck at (networking, or storage, or wifi, or anything else for that matter). How can you even call this a home lab by HN's standards...
- rasse 2y agoJudging by the Vitsœ shelving and the Lego Porsche 911, I'd guess aesthetics played a role in the purchase decision. From a strictly subjective and non-technical point of view, aesthetics is one of Ubiquiti's merits.
- senectus1 2y agono shit, I lol'ed at the "tool that lets you judge the strength of your wifi" thats pure snake oil.
- fragmede 2y agoin what way is that snake oil?
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- mfwit 2y agoThis reads far more like 'My Home Network Setup' than 'My Homelab Setup'.
- ThatMedicIsASpy 2y agoYeah there isn't anything about the Homelab really.
- daghamm 2y agoNot to put down Arslans work, but for me the best part of homelab is doing much with very little resources and this post is kinda opposite.
- nelsonic 2y ago"I spent around ~$5750 for all my devices and accessories. This includes 7 APs, 6 PoE cameras, and several switches. I rebuilt it from scratch, and my house is big." I wonder how many people this is applicable to... We have a similar setup but for a co-living house with 24 people. It can read like an Ad for Unifi but, in our experience no other brand comes close in terms of hardware+software quality, reliability and no leaking data.
- farslan 2y agoOP. Bummer that the article gave that impression. I'm just a passionate person, if you read my blog and the other articles, people would see every single of my blog post is like that. I just like to shoot nice photos and write about my experience, nicely.
- asalahli 2y agoThe photos are indeed beautiful
- nelsonic 2y agoDon't worry. People are naturally skeptical when they see high quality content it feels like "advertorial". It's clear you are just sharing your experience of using the Unifi products/ecosystem and setting up an impressive home-lab. I was taken aback that an individual would spend almost $6k on their private home network. But you're clearly not short of a penny so why not spend it on having a kickass network? ;-) I'm sure other successful software engineers have similar setups / investments; they just don't share them in public.
- candiddevmike 2y ago> no leaking data Ubiquity collects MAC addresses (https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042384093-Analytics-Data-Collection-FAQ https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042384093-Analytics...) and have had data breaches in the past (https://www.twingate.com/blog/tips/ubiquiti-data-breach https://www.twingate.com/blog/tips/ubiquiti-data-breach)
- Mashimo 2y agoDo you really need 2 APs per floor? Your internet is only 50 mbit/s any way.
- farslan 2y agoDon't think APs are only about the internet speed. I have a Synology NAS, so streaming and copying files between devices (wirelessly) is also important.
- Mashimo 2y agoWhat is the speed with just one AP per floor?
- farslan 2y agoWith my iPad Pro (which has WiFi 7), connected to the 6GHz band, I'm able to get speeds of 950 Mbps. However I also didn't optimized for Gigabit speeds, it can be maybe better.
- radicality 2y agoDoes it? I have newest iPad (m4 pro 13inch) and afaik it’s Wifi6E. The just announced iPhone16 does seem to have WiFi 7 though. I’m also on UniFi gear and also why I’ve been deferring upgrading to any of the wifi7 APs since none of my devices have it yet.
- farslan 2y agoYou're right. I thought it had because I can use the 6GHz band. But WiFi6e also supports 6GHz and I can pull down around 950 Mbps. For me, I was in the process of getting APs, and it was just time to use the latest one, otherwise I had to upgrade the APs again in the future.
- szszrk 2y agoWhat about latency, disconnects, internal traffic, ... different types of construction materials? Traffic to the internet is not everything. What about self hosting, sharing files between devices, or simply pushing documents to the printer...? I have a small flat, but it has an L shape, reinforced concrete on many walls, an elevator right next to one of them, and so on. With typical setup here ("router next to tv") I would have no WiFi signal in one room at all. Regardless if it's 2.4/5/6. And it's just "a few meters". So two AP's with low signal strength are infinitely better.
- viiralvx 2y agoThis is a really dope setup! Honestly, it sucks that your Wi-Fi is only 50 mb/s, but hopefully that gets an upgrade soon!
- farslan 2y agoMy ISP speed is 50 mb/s, not my Wi-FI speed (that can be larger). And thank you, I'm waiting to get Fiber soon :)
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoPricey appliance-oriented development. And no fiber, which is critical for internet to home primary switch. And at least go with 10 GbE PoE+ for WiFi 7 APs. Non-cloud DVR security cameras are fine with ordinary PoE and 1 GbE (because cloud only WiFi cameras are inherently insecure). I can haz a Unifi VM that works just fine running under VMware ESXi 7 (old) for free, along with a Samba and NFS NAS, Plex, PlexAmp, Transmission (with Deluge as a backup), RustDesk (on Docker), Docker and K8s boxes, and whatever else I want to throw at it. Those all run on a 512 GiB 96 thread box attached to a SAS 3 4U JBOD with 45 HDDs with PCIe passthrough to the NAS VM. 2 UPSes with 2 2U expander battery packs each; I probably should move to some sort of LiFePO4 UPS at some point. Router is 10 GbE DECISO 740 OPNsense with Wireguard and IPv4/6 dual stack everywhere. Fast, configurable, and works. Also have 2 dedicated 7950X3D boxes with 2x 100 GbE each for network load testing and development. 400 GbE maybe soon.
- caeril 2y ago> And no fiber, which is critical for internet to home primary switch Optical isolation isn't the only way to protect equipment.
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoThat's not the point. The point is fast links 10-100 GbE.
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- chrisml 2y agoNice article but avoid publishing home layouts, video camera locations and networking internals for security reasons.
- amatecha 2y agoPretty curious, what was the problem with Omada, if any? It seems like a great system and I'm wondering if there are any particular shortcomings in contrast with other similar offerings on the market... Personally I'm looking to do a major home networking upgrade and Omada has come up pretty high on the list for having easily-managed SDN.
- applied_heat 2y agoI have tp link Omada with the controller running in a container on my synology nas, works great. Got it for the fast handoff between APs, I can wander around the yard on teams calls
- amatecha 2y agoNice, yeah I was thinking exactly the same (controller running in vm/container). I got a demo from someone I know and I was like "daaang", so convenient and awesome haha
- applied_heat 2y agoYeah I like it isn’t cloud based so my hardware at my house doesn’t depend on anything outside of my control - no updates breaking functionality etc
- amatecha 2y agoYes, for sure, I feel the same way. It surprises me how many people inject a dependency on stuff like Cloudflare or similar for their local network/services!
- Havoc 2y agoJesus. 5+ grand to network a home. To each their own I guess & looks nice. Bit confused about what ubiquity is doing with those APs though. Radios capable of 5.7 but they ship with 2.5 eth?
- hcfman 2y agoLove the tidy wiring. I need to learn that. One sad thing about ubiquity cameras is that they don't support mjpeg streams.Which means if you want to do vision object detection tasks you need to waste valuable compute resources to convert the stream to stills. For me that's a killer. Plus I'm not a fan of having to have an app to configure things. like the simple web interfaces on the device.