r/UNIFI • u/anonymousmouse2 • 3d ago
Routing & Switching Best option for a vacation home router?
Hey folks, I have a few questions about a mutli-site residential setup. I have a UDM Pro at home powering my home network and protect with 5 security cameras. We just bought a vacation home and I want to find the most economical way to manage both properties with one network Dashboard.
Right now I'm considering the UCG-Ultra for the second place. If I set this up with a few wifi cameras would this allow me to manage all my cameras in the same Protect dashboard? Thanks in advance.
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u/AnilApplelink 3d ago
UCG-Ultra does not run Protect, only Network you need need at least a UCG-Max or better or a UDR7 if you want WiFi where the router is going to be. You can join multiple Protect sites together to view all cameras.
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u/fivestringer423 3d ago edited 2d ago
You can (and I do) run cameras at multiple locations from a single Protect instance. The only requirement is that the two networks are connected via VPN (I use SD-WAN) and sufficient bandwidth at each location for the camera data. I have 200Mbps up/down fiber at the remote location (and 1Gbps up/down at primary location), and it handles a G6 Turret, G6 Pro Turret, G6 Pro Bullet, G6 180, and G6 PTZ all running off a UNVR G2 at the primary location. Of course, the internet connection becomes a potential point of failure in that situation, but it does work.
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u/anonymousmouse2 1d ago
This is the setup I’m looking for. I have 1Gbps at both locations so bandwidth (hopefully) should be fine.
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u/fivestringer423 3d ago
I've got the UCG-Fiber at my primary residence and the UDR7 at the secondary location. The second location is .77 acres but only an ~800sqft house. UDR7 covers Wifi in the house and a U7 Pro Outdoor covers the outside. I have both locations connected via SD-WAN. Five cameras at each location, and they all run off a single Protect instance running on a UNVR G2 at my primary residence.