What Do I Need To Run Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra?

This short video gives you a run through of the basic steps that are needed to set up a network with Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra.

The UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra is a powerful and compact multi-WAN UniFi Cloud Gateway with a full suite of advanced routing and security features.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:15 What is the Cloud Gateway Ultra?
02:27 Setting it up and Configuring it
07:25 Creating a Network and Adding an Access Point
12:55 Settings, Speed tests, Security, and Failover
33:32 Outro

[thewallacepf]

Awesome video! May I give you a suggestion? When testing Multi-WAN Routers, avoid pulling the cable that connects your GW to those ISP routers/modems. When you pull the cable, you're causing an interruption at the Layer-1 which will be very easy for any device to detect (And this isn't a reality from an outage perspective). The easiest way to validate this test and really see how long the gateway takes to commute between WAN Connections would be, interrupting the uplink from those ISP Routers/Modems to the ISP itself, I mean, pulling the WAN cable/fiber from those devices. With that your maintaining your Layer 1 and 2 connectivity and your GW will need to detect it using Layer 3 or anything above that. As per my understanding, this device uses an Echo Server from Ubiquiti to validate the link connection but I can't see more information about how frequently this synthetic monitoring occurs and if this is configurable or not. TL;DR: If your multi-WAN uses Layer 3/4 monitoring to detect outages you should test forcing them to work on that level once Layer 1/2 doesn't represent the reality and will be too easy to detect. Hope it helps! Thanks for your content.

[georgem]

Got mine last week, extremely easy to setup. Thanks for the prompt delivery Tech Geeks

[bruh_]

Thank you for a great and helpful video! Especially the tip on how to handle an ISP with 192.168.1.1 was extremely helpful. Since I am new to Unifi I probably would have been stuck on that.
Thanks from a Swedish follower!

[MrBrettStar]

It would be great to see a guide for upgrading from cloud key/usg to the ucg-ultra. The guides online seem to be hit and miss. There will be a LOT of people doing this shortly now that there is more stock in Australia (including me).

[slam]

got one as a backup to my udm-pro se. great way to backup at a lower cost than having 2 se's.

[srengregersen]

How does it handle a power outage? I've been running a CloudKey for some years and we always had to recover from a backup whenever it got disconnected from power without gracefully shutting down first. I hope this issue has been fixed in the Cloud Gateway Ultra, but I cannot find any info about it yet.

[JasonsLabVideos]

I bought one too, rock solid device !! Love it !! Good video too !

[fatalradius]

Hey, thanks for the video! I think the phone configuration is what throws me off the most. Although it looks simple, how is remote management after the initial phone set up? I would like to set this up for a small business but also be able to manage the gateway remotely when I'm not on-site.

[TheStevenWhiting]

Is it actually a router or not? Looking for a new router as the new ISP doesn't provide one so I want to get a decent one.

[shALKE]

@The_Tech_Geeks You can see it at 18:08, its in the internet connection settings for Smart Queues, what is the information they mention when you press the I icon?

[DannyD_Live]

So this device doesnt need any cloud key device?

[andrewjosephson]

Thanks for the video. I'm struggling to block access to the default/management network from another vlan/wifi network. EG. Despite configuring firewall rules to deny WiFi vlan 192.168.47.0/24 access to Default LAN 192.168.1.0/24. Any ideas?

[KenMac]

Can you turn off the router feature and just keep the cloud key features?

[DavelSaverage]

Why is your price over 50% higher than all other Australian sellers? Genuine question.

[shALKE]

Can it handle 1Gbps with IDS/IPS and Smart Queues enabled ? Usually on the Smart Queues there is an I and its saying what it supports.

[sorjai.]

What if I already have another wireless mesh network that's from another brand? Can I use that with the UCG Ultra??

[PabloTBrave]

Has to be in stock first gateway ultra and udr are never in stock in the eu or uk

[simonm]

Do Aussies pronounce Router like the US, I didn't think so? Grinds me, it is a router as in hooter! C'mon man you're a Brit, well accent is. No offence intended. 😁