One gripe I've had about this Ubiquiti UDM that had me considering another router (MicroTik, I believe, was going to be my goto choice), the VPN service. For a couple years...could ONLY do L2TP VPN service which is....well, kinda ancient. Could not add any other VPN service, like I could on my previous router: Asus nighthawk with OpenVPN.
By happenstance, I came across some posting revealing that Ubiquiti has finally integrated Teleport VPN in some of their machines (I only concentrated on my Ubiquiti UDM), which uses the more faster up to date Wireguard VPN service. I am no VPN guru but from all the reviews I came across, Wireguard is 2x's or sometimes 3x's faster than OpenVPN with better security and less coding (OpenVPN was....57 pages long, Wireguard is only 7?).
The downside? It's not yet included in the "official" Ubiquiti firmware. It is in Early Access and you have to sign up at Ubiquiti to get access to that.
I couldn't wait so I installed it. Super fast configuration (3 minutes?). And it works! I have access to all my network machines while using my smartphone cell phone plan.
Prior...for the last 3-4 weeks, I've been trying to get Wireguard VPN installed on my UDM purely through github links & putty console. It...just wouldn't function as I am sure there was user error involved.
And yes...."VPN always on" is an option too. I can finally use my Blue Iris mobile app when out & about! And UI3! Oh...and maybe now can look into this geofencing.
By happenstance, I came across some posting revealing that Ubiquiti has finally integrated Teleport VPN in some of their machines (I only concentrated on my Ubiquiti UDM), which uses the more faster up to date Wireguard VPN service. I am no VPN guru but from all the reviews I came across, Wireguard is 2x's or sometimes 3x's faster than OpenVPN with better security and less coding (OpenVPN was....57 pages long, Wireguard is only 7?).
The downside? It's not yet included in the "official" Ubiquiti firmware. It is in Early Access and you have to sign up at Ubiquiti to get access to that.
I couldn't wait so I installed it. Super fast configuration (3 minutes?). And it works! I have access to all my network machines while using my smartphone cell phone plan.
Prior...for the last 3-4 weeks, I've been trying to get Wireguard VPN installed on my UDM purely through github links & putty console. It...just wouldn't function as I am sure there was user error involved.
And yes...."VPN always on" is an option too. I can finally use my Blue Iris mobile app when out & about! And UI3! Oh...and maybe now can look into this geofencing.