INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ubiquiti is a well-known brand if you care about networking
Many companies, schools and public spaces use Ubiquiti access points to broadcast a Wi-Fi network across an entire building
Earlier this week, the company announced a new device called the UniFi Dream Machine.
This new device is interesting as it addresses the
prosumer segment directly
If you&re looking for plug-and-play mesh Wi-Fi routers, Ubiquiti has a range of routers under the AmpliFi brand
If you&re a networking professional, you&re probably more interested in a modular system with rackable routers and switches.
The Dream
Machine sits in between those two segments
It combines a router, a switch with four Ethernet ports and a Wi-Fi access point
It has an integrated cloud key that lets you control your network and system traffic.
On the routing front, the Dream Machine has an
integrated security gateway, which lets you create firewall policies
It supports everything you&d expect from a high-end router, such as quality of service, VLAN support, site-to-site VPN and remote VPN.
On
the switching front, there one WAN port to connect to the internet and four Gigabit Ethernet ports
On the wireless networking front, the Dream Machine supports 802.11ac Wave 2 (&Wi-Fi 5&) with a 4×4 MU-MIMO antenna.
Behind the scene, the
device uses a 1.7GHz ARM Cortex-A57 processor
It has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage and consumes up to 26W.
And, of course, you can tweak every setting using Ubiquiti network controller
The pill-shaped device costs $299
This product is probably overkill for most people
But if you&re a networking nerd like me and you want to be able to control your network, it could be a good entry point.
