Update the USG
- Downloaded the latest firmware onto my laptop https://www.ui.com/download/unifi-switching-routing/usg
- Plugged the USG into power and waited for it to finish booting
- Performed a Factory Reset to ensure no hiccups
- Attached a Laptop to LAN1 (also disabled laptop wifi)
- Copied firmware over to USG (if on windows you can use WinSCP)
- scp UGW3.v4.4.50.5272448.tar ubnt@192.168.1.1:UGW3.v4.4.50.5272448.tar
- password: ubnt
- SSH into the USG and run the update
- ssh ubnt@192.168.1.1
- password: ubnt
- sudo syswrapper.sh upgrade UGW3.v4.4.50.5272448.tar
- The system will the print some output and then reboot
Configure the USG
Warning 1: Despite the USG having 2 LAN ports, 1 is disabled out of the box, so you will not be able to have both a laptop and a Unifi controller plugged in at the same time without a switch or hub.
Warning 2: It seems that any change no matter how small seems to trigger a USG reboot. So you will want to have it completely configured before inserting it into your network.
Configuring Dynamic DNS for no-ip.com
- Settings Gear on bottom left navigation bar -> Services -> Dynamic DNS
- Click: CREATE NEW DYNAMIC DNS
- Internet: WAN
- Service: noip
- Hostname:
- Username:
- Password:
- Server: dynupdate.no-ip.com
- Got these settings from: https://www.noip.com/support/knowledgebase/how-to-setup-ddns-ubiquiti-edge-router/
Configuring Networks
You can change various settings for the LAN and WAN under Settings Gear -> Network
Inserting into the Network
Plug your modem into WAN1 and your switch into LAN1 and enjoy!
Results
This allowed me to repurpose the ASUS router as a WiFi bridge to replace the Linksys E2000 which upgraded me from N300 to AC1300, which gave me a real world doubling of speed ~5MB/s to ~10MB/s.
