VLANs SAVED my home network

You have that cali-surfer vib and voice, just go with it. :)

I guess you could've done that by using Ethernet over COAX adapters if you happen to have pre-wired coax cables throughout the house.. There are some adapters that can do 2.5Gbps.

This is crazy useful, it didn't even occur to me to run it this way. I'm about to do exactly what you just did in my own rental. Serendipitous that i happened across this video.

Most of the Ubiquiti Unifi products are intended for business use, not for consumers.

Very helpful. Set this up this morning while migrating from a USG/Cloud Key to a UDM Pro.

Have you considered running MoCa over those unused cable TV coax cables to run higher speeds? I believe MoCa supports up to 2.5Gbps.

It was only possible to fit ONE underground cable between my NAS location and my house. I got 10Gbe (for NAS-PC only) and standard 1Gbe to my main LAN/router/wan. Is it possible to setup a network with both the 1Gbe and the 10Gbe running through the single underground cable..?

do you need the aggregation to accomplish this? couldnt this be done with just the mini flex switch between your router and udm pro? Im asking this because i am trying to find a resolution for bringing the udm pro upstairs as well

You can do this with every router OS that's VLAN capable, this is not Unifi-exclusive.

Complicated Router on a stick setup.

Um...if you just connect your ISP in coax cable in your closet box with a female to female coupler to the coax line going to the room upstairs with your rack, you can move your modem upstairs. Seems way easier to me.

How do you find the speed when sharing a physical cable across two VLAN's ?

you basically told us the same thing 15 times at the start.. i spent 5 minutes listening to you tell me "the rack is upstairs and upstirs is where it is"

This is amazing! I tried it and it works great. But there seems to be a problem. I have a PPPoE connection and for some reason I can see tons of unknown devices with Mac addresses on the client devices list. It's all on a Vlan only third party gateway with all other Vlans blocked . Switch in use is a Switch Flex which then connects to a GPON ONT converter (and is powered on with a POE splitter). Should I be worried? The Vlan is then moved through a trunk port to the UDR

I did this too, it is mind blowingly awesome! My Flex mini is zip-tied inside the FIOS ONT enclosure down in the basement, powered by POE.

You can actually use the built-in switch on the UDMP for the WAN tunnel exit, with a 6" cable directly to the WAN port.

Since all traffic is going through the Flex Mini, will it affect speeds?

That is a pretty cool solution.

After watching your video and also crosstalk solution's video doing a Boat House retreat setup i decided to do a similar setup which i always wanted to do and centralising my gears in one place and ph boy am i happy ! thank you man !

"That's all the legwork that we had to do"

Where did the "InternetVLAN" (VLAN 100?) profile come from, and what are its properties?

Youre saying towards the end of the video that the SFP+ LAN port on the UDMP should be tagged "ALL" and connected to a switch port tagged as "InternetVLAN Only"? Is that right?

I love how the concept of this works. The one thing I see missing is how he setup the InternetVLAN for the port profile. It would be helpful.

No one who is concerned with support or security should use UniFi.

Reminds me of my house. Renting sucks. Clever work there! Being limited really forces you to get creative and it's inspiring what you can come up with and solve.

This is so didactically smart. Love it. It gives me ideas to optimize my unifi devices locations

If the rental house has cat5e already run and you want lets say cat7 for 10Gb, why don't you just replace a cat5e with a cat7 cable?

Hey there, any chance you could do a step by step guide to changing a router and getting my synology and plex working

TP-Link Omada is a better choice in my opinion ...

I usually use VLANs to create separate Wi-Fi networks, like guest can't go to the router, they only can go to internet. Because I use virtual machines, I use VLAN to separate and just lets pass some information like ping, etc.

I do see plenty of coax, in there, not being used as they are for cable boxes in your various rooms that you don't have cable boxes (does anyone??). So why don't you just connect one of those, just use a barrel connector to the coax that is being used for your modem and move the modem up to your rack. I assume that room has coax intended for the cable box in that room. Then just use the now unused cat 5e in Katies office back down to run any old switch down there. No VLANS involved.

Never saw a anything like this, great tutorial!

Can you set the link speed of the ports to 2.5GB? I have unifi but i dont have 10GB ports except for the UDM Pro but i different switches have different functionality

Don't forget to exclude all other ports from vlan100 orherwise wan traffic will go thru all your internal network...😅

I have done that with a meraki switch creating 2 transport l2 vlan each one for one wan interface of the udm pro, works just fine. The only problem i had once had to factory reset the switch and made a mess due to all ports went to vlan 1 😅

The only one item I'm missing in this video is what are the settings for InternetVLAN port profile and InternetVLAN settings

It's very nice to see your closet again after a long time...!!!!😂🤣

I am a network engineer and it puzzles me how come we're in 2023 and builders haven't yet factored in their house blueprints decent network projects. You can't have electronic equipment locked inside a minuscule panel that's inside a closet! Some brilliant mind needs to place a mini-rack in a location that's got ventilation, for all these house projects. Come on, builders! It's not that hard!!!

Really good to see such a helpful vid.
Unless the UDMP was an EA product, the 8 port built in switch has throughput limitations. Better to use an SFP+ port to connect to a fully functional managed switch, completely avoiding the UDMP's switch ports.
This is a well documented issue, unfortunately, and one of the reasons I use an UXG-PRO 😎

Possible heads up, I haven’t done with unifi so I’m not sure it’s applicable, but with other equipment I’ve had issues with this not working after a power outage or modem reboot

The reason is most isps (including charter) put a mac limit of 1 on their modems and layer 2 protocols on the switch could send traffic that make it see them and then not allow your router. It may not have been an issue moving things “hot” without rebooting the modem since it was still “locked” to your udm

But if you have issues look into disabling spanning tree and lldp on the port/vlan

In the upper left corner of your closet service box there is a chase tube (orange corrugated plastic tube, looks like the out-facing side got painted)... Looks like your ISP used it to bring your service into your unit... Where does it go? Likely one of two places- either directly to the exterior service connection or to an attic/crawl space. If the chase goes to the attic and you need a additional wires to an upper floor room, the chase tube will do 90% of the work.

edit- cancel that... Went back, zoomed in... That is a chase tube, but it looks completely unused. Your installers ran ISP friendly service runs (coax?).

Regardless... That chase goes _somewhere_. It's there to facilitate anything that needs retrofitting. Possibly with an alternative-service focus.

Your VLAN trick is a great work-around but if you were ever looking for a less hack-fix solution, that chase might offer workable options as well. (If you decide to investigate- a set of fish sticks and/or fish tape might help you figure out where it goes. Both in a 'feel the resistance' as you feed into the chase sense as well as popping up through the insulation in an attic or down through a basement ceiling hole, etc.

Thats a pretty empty rack? Perhaps came frim a sponsor, but that seems a lot of overkill, no?

Nice video to introduce the uninitiated to the concepts and basic understanding of VLANs.
From an operational perspective, I have issues with your execution. My primary issue is that it is not a good practice to run the WAN and LAN across the same physical network on multiple tagged VLANs. Issues such as the switch sending LLDP packets to the cable network. Another issue is that if the switch or cable modem connected in the clear to the WAN is compromised, the internal network VLANs can be exposed. That will negate the Dream Machine (firewall) protection. Yes, having multiple VLANs on the internal network is a good idea, but not the methodology being used. (VLANs: House net, Server net, IOT net and Guest net…)
From what I can see of your facility (home) you have a good starting point to get the configuration that you are looking for.
Keep your router/firewall (UniFi Dream Machine Pro) at the Demarc (Closet) flat mounted to the wall. Put the small switch (a small managed 10/2.5G switch would give you more flexibility) in the service box with the cable modem. If 10G is not reliable over your ethernet (CAT5e) consider re-terminating the cables. 10G over CAT5e is good up to 45m on the most commonly installed UTP CAT5e cable.
From what I can see in your video it looks like you have access to Coax distribution from your Cable TV in the Demarc. You can use the Coax with MoCA network adapters that support 2.5G and pass Tagged VLANs.

Could you move the modem into Katie's office with the rack by using a coupler on the coaxial cable? Seems a lot cheaper and quicker.

Great video on practical uses of VLANs, specially at home. Keep the good work, preferably improving your cable management : )

Couldn't you also just run your coax upstairs through the conduit?

Cool video, and I learned some things, but I'm just curious.

Why not just take the input Coax... connect it to those other coax that are leading to other rooms... and put the Modem upstairs?

shouldn’t reveal your vlan number for security reason

Why wouldn't you just pay your ISP to run a coax to your upstairs it would cost you one service call fee. Which is like $89 thats so much easier than doing all this extra stuff. You can even do it yourself all you need is silicon, a mortar drill bit, a ladder, and a wallplate for under $20 USD

Great video, remember someone else doing a similar video trunking a vlan from a remote house (where modem was) to main house via the small Flex Mini switches. Actually contemplating moving my UDM Pro to another floor via this technique that you did.

question. what else do you have running on ports 2 and 3 on the Flex Mini Switch? Port 5 went to your modem, another port had to come up to your other rack, is the last port for the office or an AP?

Commenting before viewing 3 minutes, so grain of salt, but, Crosstalk Solutions did an install video of a lake house and used vlan to run the WAN through the same cable that provided that lower building with its access point, I assume you are doing something like this, and I wish there were more videos on this subject because it’s genius! So if any of you haven’t watched that video, take a look after this one.

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