Back to home function inside a Unifi network?

RouterOS General
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Hello,

ok, this might be a strange question: Let’s say I have a Unifi network (router, switch, wifi) and I would like to use the back to home function, would that be possible? The reason for this is, that I don’t like Unifi to intall fancy Certificates on my phone to get in my network and eventually I want to test / switch to MikroTik. Is it possibile to buy a small MikroTik device with routerOS (e.g. CRS304-4XG-IN) and plug that in my Unifi switch and use the back to home function?

Kind regards,

belu

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Yes, no problem, as long as your switch itself has internet access.

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Thank you for the quick reply. Do you know if it actually needs to be a router or if a switch with routerOS works, too?

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RouterOS version required: v7.12 and newer
Hardware requirements: ARM/ARM64/TILE architecture devices

As long the switch meets the hardware requirements. It should work.

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Just seconding @infabo: many of the switches have MIPSBE arch. Unfortunately, back to home is not available for them. They do support wireguard fully, just not BTH.

If you want a device specifically for vpn purposes, the new hex refresh or hex s are ideal.