Introducing Network 10.5

Modern networks demand more than uptime. They require intelligence, automation, and visibility that help administrators prevent issues before they impact users. Network 10.5 introduces a new standard for operational confidence with advancements in resiliency, troubleshooting, WAN connectivity, and large-scale network management.

Safe Operations That Protect Every Change

Network changes are often where disruptions begin. Network 10.5 introduces powerful safeguards that allow administrators to make changes with confidence while minimizing risk across production environments.

• Test & Confirm prevents configuration changes from becoming permanent until they are confirmed by UniFi APs and switches.
• Automatic rollback restores previous settings if connectivity is lost during deployment.
• Reduces the risk of accidental outages caused by misconfigurations.
• Improves operational confidence for remote and distributed deployments.

Faster Recovery and More Stable Topologies

Maintaining stability at scale requires intelligent automation that can react faster than manual intervention or observation. Network 10.5 introduces enhancements that improve network STP convergence and eliminate unnecessary disruptions.

• Link Debounce filters temporary and intermittent port flaps before they affect the network.
• Auto STP Edge automatically identifies access ports and prevents unnecessary topology change notifications.
• Bypasses traditional listening and learning states to accelerate convergence for clients at the edge.
• Delivers greater stability across large and complex topologies.

Performance, Visibility, and Resilient Campus Connectivity

Network 10.5 delivers significant infrastructure enhancements that improve network visibility, optimize WAN performance, and strengthen campus-wide connectivity. Administrators can now gain deeper insight into firewall activity, support higher-performance PPPoE deployments, and build resilient SD-WAN underlays using both wired and wireless backbone technologies.

• Monitor firewall rule effectiveness with detailed rule hit statistics.
• Improve throughput and efficiency for PPPoE-based internet connections with 1500 MTU support.
• Build resilient SD-WAN underlays using direct fiber, MPLS, or wireless backbones.
• Extend trunk connectivity across campuses with UniFi Building Bridges, all license-free.

Identity-Centric Observability with Time Machine

Troubleshooting shifts from infrastructure-focused monitoring to a complete client experience view. Time Machine enables administrators to investigate issues from the user's perspective and quickly identify root causes.

• Replay historical client activity and connectivity events.
• Analyze WiFi performance and roaming behavior across multiple APs at a glance.
• Review application usage and traffic flows in a single timeline.
• Accelerate troubleshooting with complete contextual visibility.

Enhanced Access Management for Enterprise and MSP Environments

The latest Site Manager Early Access features introduce greater flexibility and security for organizations managing users across multiple sites and customers. With expanded SAML authentication support, administrators can streamline identity management while maintaining consistent access control across both enterprise and managed service provider environments.

• Enable SAML-based authentication at the Fabric Admin level.
• Support account-level SAML login for MSP-managed environments.
• Simplify user provisioning and identity management workflows.
• Strengthen security with centralized authentication policies, including 2FA.

With Network 10.5, UniFi continues to push the boundaries of what modern network management can deliver. Enhanced resiliency, client-first observability, flexible connectivity options, and powerful management tools work together to help organizations scale with confidence. Stay tuned as Site Manager Fabrics continues to evolve with new capabilities designed to simplify operations across entire deployments, all without licensing costs.