Ubiquiti is the company, UniFi is the brand name for their platform, and UI.com is their website. UniFi Network and UniFi Protect are incredibly powerful for smart home networking and video surveillance. Ubiquiti UniFi makes it possible to bring professional-grade tools into your home.

Cloud Gateway

This is the core of your system and connects your network to the internet.

• Cloud Gateway Fiber
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  • This is a great place to start and a great value for most home UniFi setups, unless you need lots of cameras for surveillance.
  • Buy on UI.com
• Dream Machine Pro Max
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  • If you want an advanced Unifi Protect setup built into your gateway, this is a great option.
  • Buy on UI.com
• Dream Machine Pro
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  • This is still my cloud gateway, but I wouldn't recommend buying it new today
  • Buy on UI.com

WiFi Access Points

• U7 Pro Wall
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  • My favorite UniFi access point for home use
  • Buy on UI.com
• U7 Pro XG
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  • A beast of a WiFi 7 access point as long as you can mount it on a ceiling
  • Buy on UI.com
• U7 Outdoor
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  • Eliminate WiFi signal issues outside with this access point that runs off Ethernet power and data
  • Buy on UI.com
• Travel Router
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  • Take your home WiFi with you to a hotel or vacation rental
  • Buy on UI.com

Switches

These are the switches I use to route Ethernet traffic around my home.

• Aggregation Switch
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  • This is the super fast switch connected to my cloud gateway. This might not be necessary if you have 10Gbps ports on your cloud gateway.
  • Buy on UI.com
• Pro Max 24 PoE
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  • This is the main switch that connects most of my network
  • Buy on UI.com
• Flex 2.5G 8 PoE
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  • A switch with a lot of connection options and an included wall mount
  • Buy on UI.com
• Flex 10 GbE
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  • A nice way to get 10GbE speeds between a few devices
  • Buy on UI.com
• Flex Mini 2.5G
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  • A great utility switch when you just need a few ports
  • Buy on UI.com
• Flex
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  • Get more devices on a single run of Ethernet that goes outside
  • Buy on UI.com

Cameras

Ubiquiti UniFi Protect cameras I love.

• G5 Turret Ultra
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  • My default, go-to camera for most places
  • Buy on UI.com
• G6 Turret
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  • A nice upgrade from the G5 Turret Ultra when you need 4K
  • Buy on UI.com
• G6 Pro Bullet
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  • Exceptional sharpness and low light performance for a surveillance camera. The best I've ever used.
  • Buy on UI.com

Network Attached Storage

• UNAS 2
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  • A small NAS that's perfect for Apple Time Machine backups for a number of Macs
  • Buy on UI.com
• UNAS Pro
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  • Last generation hardware that's still an incredible value NAS I use today
  • Buy on UI.com

Other stuff

• Toolless Mini Rack
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  • Make your network rack look clean and professional
  • Buy on UI.com
• Patch Panel
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  • Use this to bring all the Ethernet cables into your rack with couplers. Then run short cables to the other parts of your rack.
  • Buy on UI.com
• Etherlighting Patch Cable 24-Pack
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  • Connect to ports on switches that support Etherlighting and see it all light up
  • Buy on UI.com