My network infrastructure used to be Meraki and Cisco based. I had Cisco 8 port PoE switches, a MR26 access point and a Meraki MX64W (which replaced a Z1) at my core. Unfortunately the licensing structure of Meraki gets expensive so when the AP license expired, I made my first jump to Ubiquiti with their nanoHD AP.
As an prosumer I wanted to make sure I had similar features to my prior environment and Ubiquiti met almost every check box. They also had a line of PoE and non-PoE cameras that integrated into the networking infrastructure with an on-premise NVR.
Final BOM:
- UniFi Dream Machine Pro + HDD
- UniFi Switch 8 POE-60W (2)
- UniFi Switch Flex Mini
- UniFi AP-nanoHD
- UVC G3 Micro
+---------+
+----+ SW PoE |
| +---------+
+----------+ |
| UDM Pro +----+
+----------+ | +---------+
| +-----+ SW Mini |
| +---------+ | +---------+
+----+ SW PoE +----+
+---------+ |
| +----+
+-----+ AP |
+----+