Ubiquiti Unifi Dream Machine Special Edition

Like most unifi stuff the experience is premium, it's easy to setup and being able to add a drive for storage for the NVR is the reason I picked up this version, also factor in the PoE support on all ports is great for running other things like mini switches

The UniFi Dream Machine Special Edition (UDM-SE) is a fantastic all-in-one networking solution, perfect for tech enthusiasts and small businesses. Its sleek design and solid build make it a great addition to any setup. Ubiquiti do not manufacture this product with a UK power cable; they are all supplied with EU power cables. I purchased mine from third-party seller NetXL, and they supply a UK power cable

Takes minutes to setup and configure. Also has great throughput with all security enabled. Very happy with this purchase for my home network.

+++ fast delivery, got it in one day, router is brand new and works.

if you want one of the best networking / routers for the home with a multitude of security & settings then just hit buy...

The Ubiquiti Unifi Dream Machine Special Edition is a networking powerhouse that'll make your internet dreams come true. With its sleek design, powerful processor, and versatile ports, it's the ultimate addition to any home or office network.

Access point is beyond what was expected. Getting the speeds I expected in this price range. Few tweaks to be done here and there on the unifi app but easy to navigate.

Perfect for business and home

Does everything super fast

Excelente router para sector empresarial a diferencia del modelo anterior tiene mayor capacidad y 8 puertos POE para 8 acces point

Works very good

Gestione PPPOE Aruba top, stabile, configurabile e facile. Consigliata

Truly a great product! Generally speaking, this is in a weird category of products. Most people looking for something more business-oriented will want separate parts for their router, poe switch, wifi and camera controller, and ips/ids. Most home users will never care to even have half of these features, much less understand how to configure and use any of them. So this is a product that hits a unique sweet spot for small business users that need all the features, but don't want a whole rack of equipment to maintain, or (like me) home users with a more complicated home network but don't want to cobble together a home lab full of used Cisco equipment. Overall, very easy to set up, very easy to manage, and the few things that were not obvious were just a few Google searches away. I have ids/ips configured, secure dns is working, lots of vlans, isolated guest traffic, and I've started playing with the different app and site to site VPN options... It's awesome just how much this can do! I don't have cameras or door control stuff yet, but that is another feature I'm looking forward to. Some very minor complaints: The led panel has brightness controls, but the switch ports themselves are basically flashlights. Get the black tape ready, because from the outside it looked like there was some weird blinking rave party in my basement at night! The internet filtering options are awful! If you turn it on, your internet is safe for any toddler to use, but everything from porn to gambling to YouTube is restricted. No way to adjust it, no way to granularly apply it to certain networks, and there is a noticeable performance hit. Just being able to use normal YouTube would be enough for me to just grumble and deal with it, but I was hoping to be able to subscribe to a block list, or select specific categories... Nope, it's on or off with the only selection being if you also want to block VPN traffic. For the moment I'm just relying on a filtered dns provider which has a better balance of blocking the worst of the internet without being a nanny, but I really hope they make this better. Another minor complaint is how it deals with vlans and tagging, and I've set up a few different brands of switches... But the way theirs works is just weird. And how they explain it prompts more questions than it answers. Also with vlans, in a work environment the native Vlan0 would be a black hole dead end, and all legit traffic would be routed elsewhere. Off by default, and on if programed to be on. But all management and internet traffic is effectively hard coded to be routed through vlan0, so by default anything that gets plugged into an unprogrammed port will "just work". And I get that being the default for home users, but not having control over that is irksome. Similarly, there is some ipv6 voodoo happening, where even when v6 is "off", it isn't really off. I think it is just turning off v6 dhcp? But their documentation doesn't explain what that on or off is actually doing, and there was absolutely v6 traffic routing internally alongside the assigned v4 traffic. You will still need to turn off v6 at the device level to have it off as v6 is going to circumvent all of your v4 rules that you set up thinking you are routing and managing traffic. More ports would always be nice... But uniform ports, or more clear labels would really be helpful. Some are poe, some are poe+, some are 1gig, others are 2.5gig capable, and the sfp slots are 10gig capable, but one of those is intended to replace the internet line in and not meant for internal use (it can be assigned for internal instead of internet, but it is separated in a way that you aren't going to get 10gig across 2 internal devices that way). There is no visual indication of what port has what capacity, so I just printed a cheat sheet to go with it. It goes well with the black tape over the Ethernet port lights... So sad when beautiful minimalist design needs to be ruined by practicality... But it sits in a rack, so I don't actually have to see it. No mac address filtering or security. Yeah, more devices natively spoof Mac addresses now, so this isn't as helpful as it once was, but it seems like such a basic feature, that I was supprised and disappointed it doesn't exist. And years of requests for the feature have been ignored, so I'm not expecting that to come with time like other features and fixes might. Obviously I'm very persnickity, but those are my only real complaints, and none of those are deal breakers! Overall an amazing product, with a good balance of price and capabilities! It can almost do it all, and it's very fast, and the price is way less than other products that attempt to play in the same space, but do everything worse. Easy recommendation for anyone who needs something more than a typical soho all-in-one wireless router, but don't want a full degree in networking to get a home lab running smoothly.