Maybe for a bit of context for where i’m coming from, here’s a rough description of my setup:

I have a couple of wireless access points, and a handful of network video cameras. Then, the usual domestic stuff - laptops, tablets, phones, tvs. After that, the less usual stuff, an unRaid box, a handful of raspberry Pis, a cluster of little EliteDesk Minis, and a bunch of esp32 based sensors.

For me, with the cameras & access points, it made sense to have something that was PoE capable. And because of the variety of things I have I wanted to be able to securely segment them at layer 3. I also wanted to be able to access stuff remotely so needed something that could work as a firewall as well. And I didn’t want to pay any annual license fees or anything else, plus was on the bandwagon already.

So my network is quite simple, a UniFi UDM Pro, plus a USW 16. I have it in a small comms rack that sits under a desk as the only longish device is the unRaid box nothing else is deeper than a half depth on a normal rack.