About Demarc Networks
An independent editorial guide to UniFi — not affiliated with Ubiquiti.
Demarc Networks is an independent editorial site publishing in-depth UniFi guides, gear comparisons, and configuration walkthroughs for network engineers and serious home-lab operators — not affiliated with or endorsed by Ubiquiti Inc.
Why we exist
UniFi is one of the most capable networking platforms available — and one of the most difficult to find reliable, practical information about. Manufacturer documentation trails firmware releases by months. Community forums mix outdated workarounds with current best practices, and sponsored reviews rarely disclose testing conditions.
Demarc Networks was built to fix that. Every guide, comparison, and spec breakdown here starts with a real deployment — a home lab, a small-office rack, or a multi-site enterprise install — and documents exactly what we observed, at which firmware version, under which conditions.
Our methodology
We purchase or borrow equipment, deploy it in real-world environments, and measure what matters: IPS throughput under realistic packet distributions, Wi-Fi PHY rates at measured distances with realistic client devices, PoE power draw at actual load. We do not quote headline spec-sheet numbers without testing them.
Every review and comparison discloses:
- The firmware version at time of testing
- The UniFi Network controller version and deployment topology
- Whether equipment was purchased, borrowed, or provided for review
- Date tested — so you can assess how much firmware has changed since
When specs are sourced from Ubiquiti rather than personally verified, that is disclosed inline. We do not present vendor claims as independently verified facts.
The testbed
Our primary test environment is a purpose-built home lab running a production-grade UniFi stack: a Cloud Gateway Ultra as the gateway, a mix of UniFi managed switches (including a US-48-Pro), six access points across Wi-Fi 5, 6, and 7 generations, UniFi Protect cameras, and a dedicated IoT VLAN segment isolated from the main LAN. Traffic is generated and measured with iperf3, Flent, and real application workloads.
Secondary testing environments include a small-office deployment of approximately 40 wired endpoints and a 5 AP wireless mesh, and periodic access to enterprise installations in the 200–500 endpoint range for large-scale throughput and VLAN segmentation testing.
Independence & editorial policy
Demarc Networksis fully independent. We are not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Ubiquiti Inc. UniFi® is a registered trademark of Ubiquiti Inc. We receive no compensation from Ubiquiti for coverage, and Ubiquiti has no editorial influence over this site.
We do not publish sponsored posts or allow advertisers to dictate coverage. When we accept review units from any party, that relationship is disclosed at the top of every article it affects.
If you spot an error — a spec that changed with a firmware update, a configuration step that no longer applies — please contact us at hello@demarcnetworks.com. We publish corrections promptly and credit reporters.