With all the products that come in for review, I tend to go through a fair bit of gear every week, but few leave me as convinced of the value of splurging as much as the Unifi Dream Machine has. It comes from the folks at Ubiquiti, who’re way more popular in enterprise networking circles with their Unifi line of networking gear than their somewhat limited presence in consumer homes. That’s the thing about good network hardware - it has this force multiplier effect of making all the other network connected devices in your home work that extra bit better…and in a year where we’ve been all about working from the confines of our homes, the Dream Machine is something any demanding prosumer (or someone running a SOHO setup at home) should consider.
Specifications
Key Features
High‐Performance Dual Band 802. 11ac 4x4 Wave 2 AP
Managed 4-Port Gigabit Switch
Advanced Security Gateway with IDS/IPS and DPI
UniFi Network Controller with Intuitive User Interface