<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 3:27 AM Alex Carver <<a href="mailto:agcarver%2Bale@acarver.net">agcarver+ale@acarver.net</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Sorry I was confused. UniFi is their wireless stuff while EdgeRouter is<br>
their gateway stuff (with the exception of the Security Gateway). I<br>
thought you were asking about APs not a router.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>UniFi is a SDN product line -- <a href="https://unifi-sdn.ui.com/">https://unifi-sdn.ui.com/</a> . It includes WAPs, switches, gateways, cameras, and even lighting (for whatever reason). UniFi is the controller software for all of these hardware products that, um, unifies them and simplifies the management of them. The EdgeMAX line has the equivalent in the UNMS product.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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However, the UniFi SG does have a hackish way to observe the WAN traffic<br>
<a href="https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Routing-Switching/Monitor-monthly-WAN-bandwidth/td-p/2391834" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Routing-Switching/Monitor-monthly-WAN-bandwidth/td-p/2391834</a><br>
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That would require you to probably screen scrape it with a cron job to<br>
keep tabs on it.<br>
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The EdgeRouters can do this as they will report interface statistics via<br>
SNMP. So you could have something like MRTG running elsewhere<br>
collecting the data.<br>
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The EdgeRouters can also have extra software installed on them so it's<br>
also possible to do it more directly but with a bit of hacking.<br>
<a href="https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeRouter/My-bandwidth-monitoring-solution/td-p/1255655/page/3" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeRouter/My-bandwidth-monitoring-solution/td-p/1255655/page/3</a><br>
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<a href="https://www.firewallhardware.it/en/ntopng-passive-and-active-monitoring-of-network-traffic/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.firewallhardware.it/en/ntopng-passive-and-active-monitoring-of-network-traffic/</a><br>
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The EdgeRouters also support NetFlow so you can use that as a monitor as<br>
well.<br>
<a href="https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008732414-UNMS-v1-NetFlow" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008732414-UNMS-v1-NetFlow</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nathanhunstad.com/blog/2016/09/edgeos-and-netflow/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nathanhunstad.com/blog/2016/09/edgeos-and-netflow/</a></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I appreciate all of this extra information, but I'm not interested in setting all of that up. I want the ease of use combined with advanced functionality that UniFi provides. My research is showing me that Ubnt are the only ones providing this. 1. At a level a home user like myself wants. 2. With completely local management (cloud is _not_ required). 3. At a decent price point. They just need to get this one bit solved because, as the article said:</div><div><br></div><div>"...a pertinent task in home networks is to manage the bandwidth of incoming
broadband connection. If it is required to control the Internet usage cap, then there is a need to
monitor the bandwidth usage and interfere when necessary."</div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">James Sumners<br><a href="http://james.sumners.info/" target="_blank">http://james.sumners.info/</a> (technical profile)<br><a href="http://jrfom.com/" target="_blank">http://jrfom.com/</a> (personal site)<br><a href="http://haplo.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">http://haplo.bandcamp.com/</a> (music)</div></div>