Revive a Dead UniFi USG
You’re streaming a movie and your Internet dies. You dink around until you’ve confirm that it’s not the fiber modem; it’s the trusty UniFi USG: there are some lights flashing …
UniFi Server Reject after Moving Switch
A customer was consolidating two offices into one. Both were on the same UniFi controller. Each office had its own USG and its own range of IP addresses. I needed …
Decrypt Error Adopting UniFi Switch
I thought it was a bit odd that a brand new UniFi US-8-60W switch, purchased on Amazon, had some scotch tape holding the outer box to the inner box. I …
UniFi VPN Fails after Edit
Yesterday, on my UniFI USG configuration, I made a small change to a site-to-site IPSec VPN. It broke—I could no longer connect to the remote site. I reverted the change. …
Run UniFi Controller As a Service on AdoptOpenJDK
Oracle Java is no longer free for commercial use so I needed to change the Java version on Windows 2008R2 machine to AdoptOpenJDK (as suggested in this article). Took a …
UniFi Switch Command to Show Cable Lengths
From this thread, a command to show cable length and status. Run in the CLI of a UniFi switch: swctrl -d cable show Gives some odd results sometimes and not …
Where Is Smart Queue Now?
As of controller 5.8.28 and probably earlier, UniFi has moved some key USG settings off of the device and into the main section of the controller. Unfortunately, the latest Enterprise …
USG-to-USG VPN Fails with AT&T U-verse
I have two separate UniFi controllers, both version 5.8.24. There’s one USG at each location running 4.4.22. I’ve configured a manual IPSec VPN at each location with dynamic routing enabled. …
Adopt a UniFi USG Router to a Remote Controller
My customer has a UniFi controller running on their Windows server. They’re ready to add a USG router, which I want to configure in my office before going on site. …
USG to ER-X IPSec VPN: Turn Off Dynamic Routing
I’ve had two Unifi USGs connected via IPSec VPN with no issue. I decided to replace the USG on one side with an EdgeRouter ER-X. I’ve spent many hours over …