Complete UniFi Setup Guide 2023

In this video we'll setup a complete Ubiquiti small office/home office network using the UXG Lite (Thanks Ubiquiti!), an Enterprise PoE 8 Switch, CloudKey Gen2, and a U6 Enterprise Access Point! Time codes below!

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00:00 - Intro
00:15 - Gear used in build
02:00 - UXG Lite overview
03:48 - UXG vs USG
04:15 - Physical overview
05:30 - CloudKey setup
08:40 - CloudKey overview-setup
11:30 - UniFi Network adopt devices
13:45 - Set static IPs on all devices
18:30 - Controller tour-overview
20:30 - Networks and WiFi setup
27:20 - Network and WiFi setup recap
27:45 - VPN setup
30:00 - Security setup
32:00 - Profiles overview
32:30 - Server port setup
34:00 - Wrap-up

[kjriess]

Love the long form. Thanks for the updated setup for new Unifi.

[TankDude]

Awesome video! Thanks a lot for the detailed setup, will order my UXG Lite soon 😁

[JasonsLabVideos]

Nice video Willie !! I should pick one of these up and play with it. I do have access to a Cloudkey too..

[techtalkandtechunboxed]

Woah you did whole new setup with UXG lite 😮

[Neubs-xvtw]

Great video, Unifi line is getting so good.

[Richard_GIS]

Finally I learned how to change the ip from my APs (U6 Pro), thy Willie

[joegomez]

Thanks for video. Looks like it’s a winner. Would you do a video on how to replace the old usg with the new one

[cheerlin]

Hi thanks much Willie, would love to find out how to integrate separate hardware firewall (eg sonic wall) into this setup?

[seanwoods]

@Willie The comment came from me on Chris's premier stream, and I stated that UI offically supports this unit on 8.0.7... Just as you did you updated the controller to the official release, but I personally never tell my customers to run on anything less than what the company stated it will support.

[JacksonCampbell]

9:30 They populated in mine, but when I clicked to adopt it said I needed to update. I'm not sure exactly if the UniFi OS or Network was required to update, but I updated both to the latest before I was able to adopt the UXG Lite.

[SaschaWeidinger]

Hi Willie, thank you, your videos are great! 
I have got a question...
My friends' USGs are connected to my Cloud Key via DynDNS. Is there an alternative method besides DynDNS for connecting on the USG Pro with a fixed IP?

[Walterz]

I really like these uxg but sadly I cannot get rid of my edgerouter for one because I don’t really want to run a separate switch when I don’t need many ports at home maybe one day they will make one with four ports the same as the edgerouter

[cyabro]

How does the size of the UXG Lite compare to an Apple TV? Looks exactly the same except in white!

[fujishiki]

I checked isolation option at 22:39 for my guest Vlan but that caused all iOS devices have no internet access. They can still connect to WiFi from U6-LR but it says no internet connection. Should I try to leave that unchecked and apply firewall rules to isolate my guest Vlan?

[sanjistheseasidecabanas]

i am planing network with U6 LR and U6 mesh, witch hardware do i need ? if i use unifi cloud gateway ultra, do i need extra cloud key gen 2,

[JacksonCampbell]

13:40 I've not heard about 2 versions of the Enterprise 8 PoE. What are the differences?

[antoniocerasuolo]

hi Willie, will the UXG just give out the same ip range as my ISP router 192.168.1.x/24?

[anderseriksson]

Is it possible to do site-site between two UniFi setups, where both LAN's can communicate with eachother simultaniously as both UniFi's has their own VPN client to hide IP? Without routing internet traffic through the other UniFi.
Think duplicate of what you just setup. But with an addition that you can use a VPN from some VPN provider i.e NordVPN in order to hide your public IP. And then having both of those remote UniFi setups comminicating with eachother.

WireGuard as preferd application.

[dominikcromphout]

Hi love the video, first setup I found on the network 8.0.7
I'm struggling with installing 'rules' to get the different networks (Guest, Kids) to AIR-PLAY to the "default".
Do you have a video on that?
Or get the possibility to print from an other network to the printer in the "default"network.

Thx in advance

[mikescott]

Done much with the U6+ Vs the U6-Pro? Interesting re the UXG-Lite. Fore the moment I'm staying in the pfsense / Sophos XG orbit. Agree re vendors getting greener re packaging.