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News, reviews and what we’ve learned on the job.
October 2026
- UniFi Long-Range Switch 8 PoEUbiquiti’s new Long-Range Switch is a useful option for cameras and gates just out of reach of a normal Ethernet run.
- Choosing UniFi security cameras for your businessUniFi’s camera lines side by side, and the job each one is built for.
- Is your camera system still getting security updates?A camera recorder we found on a customer’s network gave its admin password to anyone who asked.
- UniFi G3 Reader FingerprintUniFi’s new fingerprint reader is well built and quick to use, and we’d put it on doors to higher-security areas.
- Choosing a UniFi switch for your businessWhat each UniFi switch family adds for the money, from Standard to Enterprise, and the one we install in most businesses.
- Choosing the right UniFi NVR for your businessWhich UniFi Protect recorder fits your cameras and how long you need to keep footage, and how to size its storage.
- How much downtime can your business afford?The parts of a network that can take a business offline, and how we back each one up.
- Upgrading old door access with UniFi’s retrofit lineUniFi’s retrofit line moves an older door access system to UniFi Access on the wiring it already has, with a few limits worth knowing before you start.
- Turn footage into evidence with Case ManagerUniFi Protect’s Case Manager gathers the footage from an incident into one case you can hand to the police or an insurer, with proof it hasn’t been altered.
- UniFi Network 11: Wi-Fi WAN and self-updating rulesUniFi Network 11 brings firewall rules that stay up to date, a faster traffic engine, Wi-Fi as an internet connection and security alerts that explain themselves.
- Mobile command vehicles on UniFiA command vehicle on UniFi puts its cameras, AI alerts and internet connection on one system that an operations center can see from anywhere.
- 5G backup for small business networksA 5G backup keeps your business running when the internet drops, for far less than a second provider.
- Why a pair of gateways needs a WAN SwitchA WAN Switch splits one WAN connection to both gateways, so the internet stays up when one of them fails.
- Wired alarm sensors in UniFi ProtectThe Alarm Hub brings wired door contacts and alarm sensors into UniFi Protect, in the same app as the cameras.
- What we’ve learned installing SuperLinkHow SuperLink has held up on our installs, what surprised us, and what UniFi’s alarm still needs.
- Rugged UniFi for tough spacesUbiquiti now makes a rugged gateway, DIN rail switches and Wi-Fi that take heat, cold, dirt and knocks.
September 2026
- Why your business needs a managed service providerWho keeps your network running after the install, and what it’s like to have people who know your business looking after it.
- Why we switched to the UDM Pro MaxAs more of our clients add UniFi Protect and Talk, our baseline is now the UDM Pro Max, and we recommend two.
- The UDM Beast, for our largest sitesFor networks with hundreds of devices and thousands of users, we install the Dream Machine Beast.
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