Ubiquiti EdgeRouter POE

[JWadle]

I bought this router to replace the Cisco RV180 I have been using. I hoped it's processor speed might allow me to use QOS to reduce bufferbloat on my 150Mbps broadband service.

I didn't need POE, VPN or bridging, just a simple router with DHCP. I bought this model because I needed four LAN ports. To my surprise, the setup for this device is one of the most confusing I have encountered. My setup requirements are simple:

- Connect to my single broadband WAN
- Setup DHCP for address range 10.0.0.10-29
- Setup 2-3 static IPs by MAC address in the 10.0.0.2-9 range
- Test this setup with QOS off and on

Simple right? Not in my experience.

I downloaded the Ubiquiti EdgeOS manual as a reference.

After failing to accomplish this with a manual setup, I used their LAN+2LAN "wizard" which is described as a "simple SOHO network with the ability to add static IPs and adjust the DHCP IP range". After the wizard had finished, I added a new DHCP service with my IP range (10.0.0.10-29) and set up my static addresses. Couldn't delete or disable the default DHCP server (192.168.1.38-254) without getting conflict messages and/or no IP assignments on any ports.

After realizing that I had to do the wizard setup via my PC on port 0 and then move it to port 1 (and the WAN to port 0) to continue, I thought I had what I needed.

Didn't work. My PC on port 1 got a 192.168.1.xx address and the other three ports got no IP assignment at all. The new DHCP I added doesn't seem to apply to any of the ports (dynamic or static), or at least I couldn't find how to configure all 4 ports to use it).

I'm sure I'm missing something simple here, but this UI and the accompanying manual are terrible.

Any suggestions (or recommendations for a more friendly router)?

 

[Hawk]

I bought this router to replace the Cisco RV180 I have been using. I hoped it's processor speed might allow me to use QOS to reduce bufferbloat on my 150Mbps broadband service.

I didn't need POE, VPN or bridging, just a simple router with DHCP. I bought this model because I needed four LAN ports. To my surprise, the setup for this device is one of the most confusing I have encountered. My setup requirements are simple:

- Connect to my single broadband WAN
- Setup DHCP for address range 10.0.0.10-29
- Setup 2-3 static IPs by MAC address in the 10.0.0.2-9 range
- Test this setup with QOS off and on

Simple right? Not in my experience.

I downloaded the Ubiquiti EdgeOS manual as a reference.

After failing to accomplish this with a manual setup, I used their LAN+2LAN "wizard" which is described as a "simple SOHO network with the ability to add static IPs and adjust the DHCP IP range". After the wizard had finished, I added a new DHCP service with my IP range (10.0.0.10-29) and set up my static addresses. Couldn't delete or disable the default DHCP server (192.168.1.38-254) without getting conflict messages and/or no IP assignments on any ports.

After realizing that I had to do the wizard setup via my PC on port 0 and then move it to port 1 (and the WAN to port 0) to continue, I thought I had what I needed.

Didn't work. My PC on port 1 got a 192.168.1.xx address and the other three ports got no IP assignment at all. The new DHCP I added doesn't seem to apply to any of the ports (dynamic or static), or at least I couldn't find how to configure all 4 ports to use it).

I'm sure I'm missing something simple here, but this UI and the accompanying manual are terrible.

Any suggestions (or recommendations for a more friendly router)?

Yeah, that is problem with these routers. They just have support forum and nothing else.
As for router RT-AC88U is good choice with 2* 1.4 ghz processor and 8 Ethernet ports. RT-AC68U is another good one with 4ethernet ports.

 

[System Error Message]

for routing purposes MIPS is faster than ARM but for vpn its the other way round. The AC88U/AC68U QoS capability doesnt compare to ubiquiti's or mikrotik's or even real cisco.

 

[Hawk]

for routing purposes MIPS is faster than ARM but for vpn its the other way round. The AC88U/AC68U QoS capability doesnt compare to ubiquiti's or mikrotik's or even real cisco.

Yeah going with Cisco is not bad option, with their new routers.

 

[netwrks]

If you have the PoE 5 port, ports 0 and 1 are routed ports. prts 2-4 are switch ports. They are all in the same subnet. ie: 192.168.2.x. With 192.168.1.x just disable the DHCP server.

Bufferbloat, and Qos smartqueue: Short story, you will be limited to around 90-100Mbps running smartqueue, even if you just do the upload. I used smartqueue on mine (UBNT PoE5) worked fine when I had a 100Mbps Service, once I would moved up to a 250Mbps Service, I stopped using smartqueue. I don't feel the effects of bufferbloat anyway.

The forum is good, and you can find what I just described on the forum also.
Tip: don't bridge ports, you take a performance, hit, as it disables offloading.

The Wizard makes it very easy to get the basics going.

Adding IP's is dead dead easy.

Login to the router. On main router page (dashboard) You will see on the bottom left of the screen DHCP - click on that.

On the next page you will see two lines LAN1 and LAN 2. On the far right of both lines you will see ACTION Tabs. Click on the line you want (tip should be LAN2 if you are setting up your devices)

Click on configure STATIC MAP - new page pops up - you will see on the left CREATE NEW MAPPING - click on that.
That's where you static map device IP Addresses. You can also play with the size of the DHCP pool. After you get going it isn't that bad..

IMO, and I use Enterprise Cisco all day at work, their SOHO stuff is garbage. If you have any other questions, fire away, I'll see what I can do to help..

 

[Cloud200]

If I were you I would return the ER-5 POE for an ER-X and a cheap 5 port switch.