• Reviews around setup (3.26 of 5)

    Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X Advanced Gigabit Ethernet Routers ER-X 256MB Storage 5 Gigabit RJ45 ports

    • This isn't consumer warm-and-fuzzy setup, either.
    • Easy setup
    • No problems so far, and they're constantly improving the functionality and insight graphs, etc. - Could use some work on easier setup for QOS, remote admin, and other advanced functionality.
    • Beware, this is not for a novice, setup is tricky but is fully configureable.
    • Setup was eventually easy - after a whole lot of headache.
    • Setup was easy if you know even the most basic things about routers and networking.24v POE is really only useful for other Ubiquiti products.
    • Setup on these is not what anyone would claim to be "easy", but I appreciate the flexibility they present
    • Did not go out side of the simple "smart queue" setup for this, many options for this that I left untouched
    • Once setup, this router works well and allows you to control anything that I could imagine you would ever need to.
    • even if you think you know better, the setup starts weird but once up and going you can customize this thing so many different ways
    • For dev team if they read this review: If it had captive portal, I'd dump my pfsene setup
    • Basic setup and configuration is rather easy, but advanced port forwards proved challenging
    • I found the setup to be a breeze (I am versed in the EdgeOS though
    • Easy setup and POE pass-thru is a plus.
    • The setup was easy and connecting the rest of my devices was a snap
    • The setup was smooth with lots of great custom setup and monitoring options for your whole network.
    • Although there is a GUI for user-friendly setup, most of the information and configuration help from the community forums will use the CLI
    • But iOS setup on my iPad gives the same web Socket errors.
    • Static IP setup was interesting but I did it
    • even if you think you know better, the setup starts weird but once up and going you can customize this thing so many different ways
    • Setup could be very tricky if you are not familiar with the basics of network technology (WAN/LAN/DHCP/NAT and basic firewall rules) UNLESS you use one of the setup
    • If you have a mobile phone or other connection you'll love the setup
    • After a difficult (and might I add, almost completely undocumented) setup, I finally got it working in a way that is in none of the documentation, because it simply wouldn't work any other way
    • I honestly feel I have a much better setup with the ER-X and the AP (about $180 total) than i would have with any of the $300+ consumer routers.
    • Setup was a little difficult (I have a CS degree) but in hindsight I can see why --it can support multiple LANs and WANs where your typical household router supports one of each
    • It definitely isn't plug n' play but setup isn't terribly difficult.
    • Easy setup for basic home/small office use using the predefined
    • The easy setup was under Wizards in "WLAN+2LAN2".
    • More complex setups may require destination NAT and firewall configuration through the CLI, but standard port forwarding in GUI is easy.10
    • Setup was very easy and intuitive
    • Easy setup and good price for what this does.
    • However, be warned that the setup IS difficult, and slightly obscure even to
    • but I thought it would have been nice to have better instructions or a better setup wizard or something...
    • Setup Wizards (Basic setup wizard is recommended)
    • Setup was a breeze and both the CLI and GUI are easy to use
    • Good Product but very bad setup instructions.
    • The setup for this router was much easier than expected and the results were better than expected.
    • and it is a powerful, stable setup for my multi-level home that previously had issues with other networking equipment