Very reliable, but fiddly to get it to play with Sky/NowTV
My initial review (below) was written when I was beating my brains out getting it set up. I had to do A LOT of detailed behind the scenes fiddling to get it to use my Sky/NowTV internet - this is not for the faint hearted. I learned a lot about the Raspberry Pi (on which the Unifi controller system runs) JSON files, SSH, Linux etc etc, which was interesting but time consuming.
Now that it is set up it has worked flawlessly for about 2 years, so I am very happy with it.
Previously....
My 7 WAPs are Ubiquiti. The Unifi controller makes setting these up really easy and they have been rock solid for a couple of years. My BT HH5a running OpenWRT and has also been rock solid with Sky/NowTV, but can't talk to the Unifi controller.
The USG can be controlled by the controller and I think has higher grade protection against cyberattacks, so I thought the USG would be an upgrade.
I wanted this to be excellent but haven't managed to get it the way I need it despite hours of fiddling.
1) It can't talk directly to Sky VDSL so needs a separate modem. No problem, I had a BT Openreach modem in the cupboard that was really easy to unlock into bridge mode. But it was really complicated to get the USG talking to Sky, and to get it to remember how to do it for the future. MANY hours, many tries and much fiddling later internet connection was established. This must be an issue that many people have. Why isn't it a standard option on the USG?
2) Getting the USG to sit well in the network replacing the HH5a I expected to be easy, but the network became unstable. I still haven't sorted this out and have reverted to the HH5a till I feel like losing another week of my life.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned