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The Internet

We don’t know where it comes from… It’s just there. Here’s what I do know.

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Xfinity

Or comcast, or whatever. I don’t know. I was paying them for their Gigabit plan that offered 1,200 Mbps Download and 45 Mbps Upload. I mostly needed it for the upload. They recently “upgraded” the network (I know they didn’t invest any money into it recently) and grandfathered me into their Gigabit x2 Plan which offers up to 2000 Mbps Download and 300 Mbps Uplaod. It’s almost too much for me. I still pay roughly the same amount, and still am using their modem however much I would not like to be doing that. It’s $35 a month for Unlimited Data with my own modem, but $15 if I use theirs.

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Ubiquiti

I use Ubiquiti’s UXG-Max, a console-less 2.5Gbe router which I pared with my ancient CloudKey+. I bought this before they released the UCG-Max which offers the same thing, but with a Console + Protect Server inside. It’s worked perfectly for me so far. I only wish that BGP support could come sooner. My UXG-Max is plugged into my also ancient USW-24-Gen1. They don’t even make these anymore. In the future, I will want to replace this with a smaller PoE Switch that offers 10Gbe. All the devices that offer support for 2.5Gbe are plugged directly into the UXG-Max, the rest are plugged into the USW-24-G1. As for WiFI Connectivity, I have a U6-LR and a UAP-AC-Pro.

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BGP

As of recently, UniFi now allows BGP natively through the app. Here’s my config: