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Ubiquiti UCG-Fiber

The UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber (UCG-Fiber) is the lab’s main gateway: routing, security, and the UniFi Network controller in one appliance — including dual-WAN across two 5G uplinks.

Specs

  • Role: site router / firewall / UniFi Network controller
  • WAN: dual-WAN (two 5G uplinks)
  • Security: Suricata-based IDS/IPS
  • LAN: inter-VLAN routing, DHCP/DNS for the site
  • Display: on-device status display

Role

Orchestrates both 5G paths and segments the site. Both uplinks sit behind carrier-grade NAT → outbound tunnels instead of port-forwards: Connectivity.