UniFi Gateway Failover and WAN Redundancy Explained
How UniFi dual-WAN failover and load balancing work — failover triggers, the two modes, and the gotchas every network engineer hits setting up WAN2.
UniFi Guides
Independent, field-tested configuration guides, explainers, and walkthroughs — written for engineers and serious home-lab operators.
What will I find in the Demarc Networks guides?
Each guide covers a specific UniFi concept, hardware decision, or configuration task in depth — with real network topologies, working command examples, and honest assessments of where UniFi excels and where it falls short. Guides are updated when Ubiquiti ships firmware changes that alter behaviour.
Buying Guide How to Choose a UniFi Access Point
A decision guide to the mainstream UniFi access points — U6 Lite, U6 Pro, and U7 Pro — across Wi-Fi generation, 6 GHz band, uplink speed, and PoE class.
Buying Guide How to Choose a UniFi Protect Camera
A decision guide to the four UniFi Protect G6 cameras — Instant, Bullet, Turret, and PTZ — across form factor, indoor vs outdoor, IR range, power, and storage.
Buying Guide How to Choose a UniFi Gateway in 2026
A decision guide to the UniFi gateway lineup — Cloud Gateway Ultra, Dream Router, and UDM-Pro — across IPS throughput, multi-gig WAN, Wi-Fi, and Protect.
Buying Guide How to Choose a UniFi Switch in 2026
A decision guide to the UniFi switch lineup — Lite 16, Flex 2.5G, Pro 24, and Pro Max 24 — across port count, PoE budget, 1 GbE vs 2.5 GbE, and Layer 3.
Configuration UniFi VLANs, Explained — Segmentation Without the Guesswork
Learn how to design, configure, and troubleshoot VLANs in UniFi Network — from the first broadcast domain to inter-VLAN firewall rules.
Designing Seamless Wi-Fi Roaming Across UniFi Access Points
Design clean device handoffs across a multi-AP UniFi network with Minimum RSSI, band steering, and 802.11k/v/r fast roaming to stop sticky clients.