The fallback support for UniFi setups will be awesome.

I’m honestly tempted to get it for my house. My ISP downtime is pretty low but it does happen every once in a while, at the most inopportune times, which impedes working from home.

Having a wireless backup would hopefully cover those downtimes

▲ killingtime74 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I used to do that. Now I use starlink as backup

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CTDOCodebases an hour ago | parent [-]

Starlink has a specific backup plan too don't they?

	▲	killingtime74 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Indeed. It's very cheap ($5?) and is fast enough to do 1080p YouTube with unlimited data. It's speed capped so if you really need it it's best to upgrade the plan that month.

▲ ansgri 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There are now quite a few options for wifi APs with cellular backup. I use TP-Link, and it's ok for the price, I guess, and supports adding OneMesh range extenders.

The problem with this setup for me is that it doesn't work with uplink that sometimes becomes unstable yet nominally working, and in general LTE fallback triggers slowly.

Are there any prosumer-friendly options for connection bundling, which can balance uplinks continuously?

▲ sschueller 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have a wireless backup[1] using Vyos[2] and a 5G router provided for free by the 5G service provider for those rare moments when both fiber links are dead.

At the same time I would never recommend anyone get 5G internet as their primary service if you have other options and especially not from one of these cheap providers.

[1] https://sschueller.github.io/posts/wiring-a-home-with-fiber/

[2] https://sschueller.github.io/posts/vyos-router-update/#wan-f...

▲ sofixa an hour ago | parent [-]

Hey, another person running VyOS!

How are you handling updates? Do you update on a fixed cadence, or do you build your own LTS? Or do you just take a random nightly and stick to it?

	▲	sschueller 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I just did the update to 2025-Q2 (I use the quarterly stream build). Initially I thought this is going to be a huge pain. I have many interfaces and also pass-through hardware like the SFP28 card. I made a copy of my primary router vm and added fake interfaces with the same MAC addresses. I then went through the update procedure which was very simple. in vyos vm: `wget https://community-downloads.vyos.dev/stream/1.5-stream-2025-Q2/vyos-1.5-stream-2025-Q2-generic-amd64.iso -o vyos-1.5-stream-2025-Q2.iso add system image /mnt/iso/vyos-1.5-stream-2025-Q2.iso # follow prompts reboot # boot screen will offer two version now, old and new` That was it and it worked. So from now on I know I can just take a snapshot of my vm and do it directly on the main vm without making a copy. You do loose any custom configs you may have. In my case it was fstab changes and my cron entries.

▲ qwerpy 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We had a 5 day power outage (Bellevue WA, not exactly in the middle of nowhere) and after 2 days both the cable internet and cell towers went down, so even 5G would not have helped. I had backup power but no internet. On the way back from Best Buy with my new starlink, everything came back online of course. But now I’m ready for the next multi day outage.

I have a network cable from my secondary WAN port on my dream machine running to my first story roof where there’s a wall mount ready for starlink to be plopped in.

	▲	lostlogin 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I’ve made the second WAN a 10gb uplink. I wish there were cheaper 10gb switch from Ubiquiti. The link Agg is good, but still pricey.
	▲	thatwasunusual 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> after 2 days both the cable internet and cell towers went down, so even 5G would not have helped. I discovered the same thing the hard way myself recently (in Norway); turns out that cell towers only has enough battery for ~24-36 hours (if you're lucky). However, someone messing with the fibre to my house is a bigger possibility than power outage, so I'll probably end up with this 5G product. :)

▲ botto 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, the fact you can use any of the ports on a dream machine as a WAN (its not optimal, but is an option) makes it really easy to have a couple of fallbacks if you really need high redundancy.