WEBVTT 00:00:01.280 --> 00:00:06.240 Look, I get it. Everybody wants faster 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:10.880 internet, right? It's a universally understood principle. People want fast 00:00:09.200 --> 00:00:13.920 internet. You like your games to download fast. You like your movies to 00:00:12.559 --> 00:00:19.359 stream well. You like your music to stream well. And if you're looking to upgrade beyond your internet service 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:22.800 providers, Wi-Fi or router, Ubiquiti is a great option and something we've shown 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:27.199 off before. But they haven't really had anything on the router side in the price 00:00:25.439 --> 00:00:30.640 class that makes sense for normal people. Unless you're like an enthusiast 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:37.040 like me and you like to spend money on things that really don't net you that much more but might be kind of cool and 00:00:33.760 --> 00:00:39.760 fun to tinker with. Well, this is a new 00:00:37.040 --> 00:00:46.239 option from Ubiquiti, the Cloud Gateway Max. It's a 2.5 gig, something that has 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:49.360 been kind of missing router, network 00:00:46.239 --> 00:00:51.840 controller, NVR, all in this tiny little 00:00:49.360 --> 00:00:56.000 box. And it's only 200 bucks, which for this feature set is a price point that 00:00:53.760 --> 00:01:01.600 has not existed up until now, at least from Ubiquiti. What else we got in the 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:04.080 box here? Power brick. Yep. Oh, look. 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:08.560 This is one of those new fandangled ether lighting. Does this have ether 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:11.200 lighting? I don't think so. Oh my god. If it did, that would be hilarious. 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:15.760 We'll have to find that out in a sec. Screws, little feeds if you want to put 00:01:13.119 --> 00:01:19.920 it on your desk. Power cable. Propaganda. That's it. Now, because this 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:24.880 is a router, it might not be the most visually exciting thing, but it is very 00:01:22.479 --> 00:01:29.759 sleek. We've got a little just about one inch sideways. I don't know, probably/ 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:34.000 an inch, third of an inch tall LCD screen on the front that'll show some 00:01:31.600 --> 00:01:38.000 statistics. Got some ventilation on the bottom. On the side, this is huge 00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:42.880 because the other options in this price point, like the Dream Router, which is 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:44.560 also $200, might have Wi-Fi, but if you 00:01:42.880 --> 00:01:50.799 want to expand the storage for your UniFi Protect security cameras, it only 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:53.200 had micro SD, which is kind of crappy. 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:57.600 This is an M.2 slot. It can fit up to a 22 1110 I think which is a full size 00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:04.479 like enterprise SSD. I will say that at $200 it doesn't come with the sled that 00:02:01.759 --> 00:02:07.840 makes an SSD fit in here. Uh if you buy one of the more expensive options which 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:13.120 come with included storage, it does come with a sled. I'm not huge on this one. I 00:02:11.200 --> 00:02:17.520 mean I get it. If somebody doesn't need it, don't charge them for it and don't 00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:22.480 include it. But also, it seems like a part that would cost like a dollar and 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:25.440 uh they charge 20 bucks for it if you don't buy the option that includes it. 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:30.959 I'm sure somebody's going to 3D print a thing that'll make it work or something like that, but for now, no bueno. If you 00:02:28.720 --> 00:02:35.599 go with the $200 base option, we've got a little reset button to reset the 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:38.640 config. USBC power in. And then this, 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:42.080 the star of the show, 2.5 gig WAN port, 00:02:38.640 --> 00:02:43.280 and four 2.5 gig LAN ports. I can't tell 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:47.680 you how many times I've seen this. So, you get a 1.5 gig or 2 gig internet 00:02:45.920 --> 00:02:51.680 connection and the Wi-Fi router that you get has a 2.5 gig in and only one gig 00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:56.080 out. So, you're not even taking advantage of it unless you have like a billion Wi-Fi devices streaming at the 00:02:54.879 --> 00:03:02.319 same time, which let's be honest, it probably can't even handle that either. In this setup, you've got 2.5 gig on all 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:06.319 the ports and you can actually configure one of the LAN ones to also be another 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:09.680 WAN port, which is a nice touch. I mean, that's pretty much it on the outside. 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:13.599 It's a router, it's an NVR, it's a network controller. It supposedly can 00:03:11.200 --> 00:03:17.120 handle 30 Unified devices under control, which is sick. I mean, for a small 00:03:15.440 --> 00:03:21.599 business, one of these things would be freaking awesome. It also has intrusion 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:26.000 detection and protection at speeds of up to 1.5 gig, which is not the full line 00:03:23.760 --> 00:03:31.040 rate, but remember, this is also a $200 device, which is pretty sick. Let's get 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:34.159 this thing plugged in. All right. I'm not sure why they didn't just stick 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:37.360 these on from the factory. I know that they have an optional wall mount 00:03:35.760 --> 00:03:40.879 accessory, which also seems like something that probably should have just 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:46.159 been included. I don't know. I'm conflicted because I like that this is 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:47.680 very cost effective. It's not that 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:51.760 expensive for what you're getting. I don't know what the equivalent from 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:57.599 other providers looks like. But even just buying like a 5 port 2.5 gig switch 00:03:54.480 --> 00:03:58.959 from a bigname brand is not that cheap. 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:04.080 Let me look online really quick. All right. TPLink 5 port. They say multi- 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:08.640 gigabit, but it's a 2.5 gig switch. 100 bucks US. This one's got 10 gig on it. 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:12.799 That's cool. 125. That's like half the budget right there. Gone. This one has 00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:17.600 two 2.5 gig ports, which is better than what we've seen so far, but the rest of 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:22.160 them are gigabit. And it is $200. At least on raw specs here. We're looking 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:26.639 better than that. And this is also an NVR, so this does quite a bit. Get our 00:04:24.320 --> 00:04:33.199 cables plugged in here. We got our WAN cable. Bam. Oh, look at that. 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Is this 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:14.560 uh Yes. All right. Oh, cool. Look at that. It's a 512 gig. $279. So, they're 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:18.479 charging you $79 for a 512 gig SSD. $80 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:20.800 over the cost of this, which when you 00:05:18.479 --> 00:05:24.960 consider the $19 for this nice metal housing. I mean, it is a nice metal 00:05:22.320 --> 00:05:30.080 housing, but my god, guys, there is no special connector. You totally could 3D 00:05:27.039 --> 00:05:33.360 print this. $80 is not gouging. 1 TBTE 00:05:30.080 --> 00:05:35.360 is $150 premium. So 350 and the two 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:40.560 TBTE. It's two 280. 00:05:38.080 --> 00:05:44.080 This better be a good SSD in here. Ubiquity. I swear to God. Let's 00:05:42.320 --> 00:05:49.840 find out. This isn't actually even available yet. So if you buy the no SSD 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:54.160 one, you're not going to be buying this drive sled thing till September 23rd. So 00:05:52.320 --> 00:05:58.160 keep that in mind if you are ordering one. Swear to God, this better not be a 00:05:56.160 --> 00:06:06.080 cheap SSD. I'm going to be mad. Okay, Kingston Gen 4 NVMe drive, not a generic 00:06:03.919 --> 00:06:10.720 crappy one, which is a good sign. However, how much does this SSD cost? 00:06:08.479 --> 00:06:17.120 Okay, I actually found the exact SSD on Mouser. To buy one, it's $90. 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:20.560 If you buy 105, the pricing goes down to 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:22.960 72. I imagine they probably bought 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:28.160 thousands, so I suspect the pricing would be cheaper, but I would have to 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:30.080 call for a quote. 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:33.919 It's cool that it's Gen 4, though, and at least it is a good quality drive. I 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:40.720 don't know what the compatibility is like. I suspect that it's only going to 00:06:37.280 --> 00:06:43.360 be PCIe SSDs, but it doesn't say on 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:47.680 their website. It also says only up to 2 TB, but I don't see any reason why you 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:53.360 couldn't put a bigger drive in here. I mean, you can get M.2 SSDs that are 8 00:06:49.919 --> 00:06:54.880 TB, but obviously pretty expensive. 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:59.520 Maybe not the most cost effective thing ever, but it is an option. You know 00:06:56.720 --> 00:07:02.319 what? This has this PCIe connection. I wonder if you could break this thing 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:07.520 open and stick one of those little like adapter doohickeys in there and then put 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:10.960 like a 30 TBTE Kioxia drive. That would be ridiculous. I'm not recommending 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:16.400 that, but it probably would work. I don't I don't see why not, right? Holy 00:07:12.880 --> 00:07:18.080 The floating mount is $30. That's 00:07:16.400 --> 00:07:21.759 literally a piece of plastic with a magnet in it. Uh, that's why you just 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:25.440 get the magnetic cable organizers from ltstore.com. You could totally just 00:07:23.440 --> 00:07:29.520 magnet this to one of those. Wait, is this magnetic? Hold on. Hold on. It's 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:34.160 not magnetic natively. How does that mount work then? Oh, I know what it is. 00:07:32.479 --> 00:07:38.639 This has a metal plate in the bottom. And that thing is a magnet. That's so 00:07:36.400 --> 00:07:41.759 cheeky. I guess magnets cost money. So, that's probably another way that they're 00:07:40.479 --> 00:07:46.080 trying to keep the cost down on this thing. If you were to put the magnet in here, they would have to spend a couple 00:07:44.080 --> 00:07:49.280 dollars on the magnet in here. Instead, you buy it in the plate. I guess that 00:07:47.440 --> 00:07:51.919 makes sense. Let's set it up. Oh, it's not even ether lighting. It just has a 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:57.120 little blinky light. Why did they give us ether lighting? Maybe this is just the default now. Okay, here. Let's see. 00:07:55.680 --> 00:08:03.520 New devices. Hey, there it is. Cloud gateway max tap to set up. Test internet 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:06.479 speeds. Hey, look at that. It is connected to a 2.5 gig port. I don't 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:09.680 know how good the speed test server is, but that is pretty close to 2.5 gig. 00:08:08.400 --> 00:08:16.400 That's good. While we wait for this to firmware update, I'm just going to throw in a couple of the specs here. It's a 00:08:12.400 --> 00:08:18.560 quad core ARM Cortex A53 at 1.5 GHz. 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:21.919 It's got 3 GB of RAM inside of here, which is part of why it can handle all 00:08:19.919 --> 00:08:26.960 these different apps. They don't list the storage capacity without the SSD 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:30.479 installed, so I'm not sure what that is. I guess we can probably see once it's 00:08:28.479 --> 00:08:35.760 on. And it it's a max power consumption of about 16 watts. Pretty effective in 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:38.959 terms of the power draw. It's lower than some of the other things like a dream 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:42.800 machine which might have a PoE switch integrated. So that is one downside of 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:47.680 this. So if you are looking to set up a full UniFi network, you're going to need 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:49.920 a PoE switch or at least PoE injectors 00:08:47.680 --> 00:08:54.160 on anything that needs PoE power like an access point for Wi-Fi or security 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:58.720 cameras. This one does not provide it. It is also only $200 and they have some 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:03.360 pretty cheap PoE switches. So you could set up a pretty inexpensive ubiquity 00:09:00.959 --> 00:09:07.360 setup with this as the core. Oh my god, the firmware update. 20 seconds left. 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:11.360 Come on. This console has been set up and is ready to transfer. Oh, so they 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:15.120 added an option for your like remote hands and you're setting this up for 00:09:12.800 --> 00:09:18.720 somebody else. Once it's done updating and everything, you just click and you 00:09:16.959 --> 00:09:21.680 enter their Ubiquity account and it transfers the ownership, which I'm not 00:09:20.160 --> 00:09:28.800 going to do right now. On the website, it actually lists only one WAN, but here 00:09:25.920 --> 00:09:33.360 I can Can I click the second one? Maybe not. So, it does look like confirmed. 00:09:30.560 --> 00:09:36.720 You can have two active internet connections on this thing and fail over 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:40.240 or load balance between them, which is pretty awesome. It's disabled by 00:09:38.959 --> 00:09:44.080 default, which makes sense. You probably want to use those as Ethernet ports. And 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:48.560 if you're a newbie, having that already set up as a backup WAN could be 00:09:45.680 --> 00:09:52.800 confusing. Otherwise, this is basically a fullyfledged like a dream machine. 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:57.200 These are all the different settings you can do. You can run VPN on it. You can 00:09:54.560 --> 00:10:02.320 use IDS and IPS. You can actually have a third WAN. And I just found out using 00:09:58.640 --> 00:10:04.959 the UniFi LTE backup, if you wanted that 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:08.560 much redundancy, that's a lot. The only thing I feel like is missing here is 00:10:06.640 --> 00:10:13.839 being able to set these up in shadow mode and have failover on these. So you 00:10:10.800 --> 00:10:16.720 could have a redundant 2.5 gig setup for 00:10:13.839 --> 00:10:22.079 400 bucks. That would be pretty nuts, but doesn't appear to be an option. Let 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:26.959 me plug in my laptop here. Let's get some juice going off this machine here. 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:31.360 And if I go to here, look at that. 2.5 gig. So, if I go to like fast.com here. 00:10:29.760 --> 00:10:36.160 Yeah, 2.5 gig. Look at that. I mean, there's going to be a tiny bit of overhead, but generally speaking, you're 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:40.079 pretty much there. And also, I don't know how reliable. I feel like fast.com 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:43.680 is inconsistent for me. This honestly seems a little slow, and I'm not 00:10:41.760 --> 00:10:48.240 actually sure why. It must just be that speed test is just being crappy. I don't 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:54.320 I don't have a better explanation cuz here, fast.com, we're clearly getting 00:10:50.959 --> 00:10:58.240 2.5 gig. Look at those boys right there. 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:59.920 And we got the Hi. 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:05.200 Wow. Radical, dude. Overall, this thing seems 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:08.160 pretty sick. I don't know why the SSD tray is $20. Oh, yeah. Look at the 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:12.160 little screen. There's stuff on the screen. Oh, does it automatically 00:11:10.560 --> 00:11:16.720 Yo, it automatically 00:11:14.160 --> 00:11:21.680 flips the screen. This thing's sick. If you got 2.5 gig, like I would totally 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:26.959 buy this. I wish it had PoE, too. To be able to run like one access point of one 00:11:23.839 --> 00:11:29.839 port with PoE would be pretty sick. But 00:11:26.959 --> 00:11:34.240 for 200 bucks, just buy a PoE injector or buy an AP that comes with a PoE 00:11:32.079 --> 00:11:39.279 injector, like a U6 Mesh. Those are great. This thing's sick. I like it. Get 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:46.720 subscribed. Comment. Tell me what you think about it. I think very cool. 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:46.720 Thumbs up. Goodbye.