UniFi June 2024 Update: New Features & Long-Awaited DNS Rollout!

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Chapters
00:00 UniFi June 2024
00:36 UniFi Network Application 8.2.93
02:09 New UniFi Firewall DNS Settings
02:38 U7 Pro Max WiFi 7 and Spectrum
04:10 Firewall High Availability Shadow Mode

[corycoffey]

I have been very happy with Unifi software updates within the past 6 months. I can say I have moved off pfsense to a UDM SE into production. I never would have thought I would do this a year ago.

[chaosfenix]

I would love them to keep expanding here. I would love to be able to upload custom block and allow lists to their DNS ad blocking. I would love if their DNS system could basically absorb the feature set found in pi hole. Without being able to add custom lists and possible more importantly custom allow lists it is still necessary to have a separate pi hole.

[AHumanMale]

Completely agree about the greatly improved quality of UniFi updates. A few years ago I would hesitate to update very often and used to expect problems. Now I don’t worry much about it.

Though I still don’t allow my devices to auto-update, and I never will. That’s just asking for trouble…

[gregorydelapierre]

DNS forwarding was the biggest improvement i was waiting for since i migrated from PFsense for a more integrated approach. I still dislike the FW side of Unifi but there are so many good things with Unifi when you manage 2 remote sites.

[tonygerassi]

There is literally 2 features that keep me using pfsense as a side cart to my UniFi setup at home.
UDP relay for an mdns repeater to allow SDDP and Roku streaming across different networks.

[christophrechtlehner]

Ad blocking and DNS overrides where the only reason why i had to host my own DNS server. Or rather two, because i needed a secondary zone as a failover. Now that failover is no longer necessary, because I don't need DNS if my entire routing is down. This feature greatly reduces my upkeep and maintenance work.

[MrSunDevil]

I am a certified Cisco/Meraki engineer but I do not like where they are going. I recently changed my home lab from Meraki to UniFi and I love it. Mostly due to your videos and straight forward explanations. While I understand all the concepts, each vendor has unique ways of presenting them. Thank you for the easy and technical descriptions. I can’t wait to totally ditch Meraki (licenensing) for something better.

[michaelh]

I was a UniFi user from when the USG was first released (for home) but eventually got so frustrated I switched to Firewalla Gold when that was released.

The Firewalla is brilliant, but seeing the improvements UniFi has been making and also quite impressed with Protect, I’m very tempted to get a UCG Ultra to try out.

[Sevenfeet]

I’ve been with UniFi since the end of the 5.x days. The platform had promise but the software had a long way to go and bugs often crept into releases or in some unfortunate cases, bricked hardware (it happened to me once). These days the software model and QA is far better and there is clear momentum with the team to close feature gaps that have been out there for years. Every 30-60 days we get new features and by and large it’s pretty stable.

[leefelske]

I've been happy with Unifi over the last 5 years.... i have a couple hundred devices spread out over a couple of offices and clients. will be setting up my first UDMSEPRO this month down the road from you in Ann Arbor in. an office / warehouse we picked up for operation at U of M construction we'll be doing for the next 4 years... Picked up an Enterprise switch and other gear wtih it... We'll be seeing how well we pipe into our Corp headquarters in Toledo... should be interesting... it's been getting easier to use every year that's gone by

[dan_lev]

I"m getting close to changing over from Meraki to Unifi. Not a huge organization, maybe 100-120 endpoints. Our meraki bills are ridiculous and their switch pricing is completely unacceptable.

[r.e.]

Biggest bummer is that there are no good firewall logs / SIEM integration

[Incredulous]

if they just invest a little more effort into modern, dynamic security features and routing features.... they could take over and dominate the SMB market.

[DBravoer]

New to the SMB/home lab firewall space. Are Unifi and Firewalla the *ONLY* non-subscription options?

[hpsfresh]

It is stupid to not let import dns records from csv…. people have a lot of them

[Overlanding]

Quick question: Last time I switched router and came across the UDM Pro four years ago I went for and OPNsense box because of the UDM phoning home with no way of disabling it.
Is Ubiquiti still not giving customers the ability to opt out of *all* their data collection or are the devices still phoning home?
I like the UDM Pro Max because of it’s 5Gbit IPS and consider buying one but a router phoning home is a big No from me.

[bdouglas]

Love the content as well as your presentation. Thank for all the goodness!

[kevinclinthorne]

Very excited for actual BGP support, I've been running it on my UDM pro for a while now, but I've always been a bit worried about it breaking. Will be really nice to have it actually supported finally

Could you please do a malicious domain test on NextDNS vs ControlD?

[RonLaws]

Is the DHCP still missing important options for UEFI Network boot? It has a Legacy PXE option but lacks a UEFI option so far. very annoying.