You bought professional networking gear. Here's how to actually run it.

Plan it, adopt it, segment it, secure it, and keep it running written for people who are new to managed networking.

This independent guide assumes you can plug in a cable and follow instructions, and nothing else. It doesn't assume you know what a VLAN is. It takes you from choosing hardware to a properly segmented network where a compromised smart bulb can't reach your laptop and it tells you plainly which mistakes will lock you out of your own equipment.

Written to UniFi as it stood in the second half of 2026, covering UniFi Network on UniFi OS consoles.

Inside this book:

22 chapters across six parts Understanding UniFi, Setting Up, Networks and WiFi, Security and Policy, Running It, and Beyond Network

Why there is no "UniFi 2026" how the three independent version streams work, and how to report what you're actually running

Adoption, start to finish including a full chapter on what to do when adoption fails

Networks and VLANs explained from zero, plus SSIDs, radios, channel widths and switch port profiles

The Policy Engine and zone-based firewall how to read the zone matrix and write policies in the right order

A worked segmentation build the five policies most homes need, with the reasoning behind each and the exceptions you'll hit

Remote access, VPNs, threat management and filtering

Monitoring, release channels, backups and recovery, plus Site Manager for multiple sites

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