Our Unifi USG is zonking out. I knew it was getting super worked. Has been great for years. We have 1.25G fiber service so it's always been a bottle neck.
My question to for the community is this...
UDM Pro or UDM SE?
We have Protect running on a CK2+ right now. We also have a USW 24 POE.
I went with the SE so I could have extra PoE ports and have my APs plugging the UDM vs my 24 port switch. Also faster SFP is a plus. I don’t use their cameras but knowing I have HD slot is a plus.
I purchased a UDM Pro and it has worked well for about a year and a half. The SE was not out at the time. If the SE has enough ports to support not buying another switch then by all means get the SE. But if you need more ports, I would go with the Pro because you have to get another switch anyway.
If you already have a switch, get the UDM Pro. If you need/want multi-gig WAN speeds, you can use a multi-gig SFP module. I have this one connected to my AT&T gateway at 5G. I also have the Unifi multispeed SFP (UACC-CM-RJ45-MG) sitting on my desk, but haven't tried it yet.
I'm torn about what to do with connections. Not sure if I should do SFP modules are do DAC cables. I think I will just go with modules so then I can make my own custom lengths for cables.
I use DACs for connectivity between switches. The SFP just let's you do multigig WAN on the UDM Pro since the Ethernet WAN port is only 1G.
The issue I am running into is that I currently have a USW 24 POE as my main switch but then branching off of that I have a USW 8 60W dealing with everything localized to the network center. I suppose I could cut out the second switch by going with the SE. Perhaps between selling the second switch and the CK2+ I could recoup the extra cost difference between the SE and Pro.
I am concerned about total backplane of the onboard switch with the SE. I remember that people were finding out the hard way that the one built into the Pro was only 1Gig total. I haven't been able to find such data on the SE.
It looks like for you that the SE is the ticket. I was thinking that one of those Youtube gurus (can't remember which one) debunked the 1Gig total backplane on the Pro.
Could you elaborate? What do you mean by network center? Why are those devices segregated to their own switch?
the main difference is the PoE on the UDM, right? if you have a separate PoE switch, then get the Pro. if you're able to consolidate into the UDM, then go with the SE
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