Help Needed: Connecting Ubiquiti Mobile Router to UniFi Dream Machine Pro via ZeroTier

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Hi everyone,

I recently learned about ZeroTier and I’m trying to set up a network, but I’m facing some challenges and could use some advice.

Setup Details:

  • Client Network: UniFi Dream Machine Pro behind Starlink CGNAT
  • ZeroTier Network: Successfully created and joined on the UDM-Pro side (amazingly simple)
  • Other End: Ubiquiti Mobile Router (UMR-Industrial) at the gate with a connected camera and smart gate controller

Challenges:

  • The gate controller only needs internet access, but the camera needs to communicate with the UDM-Pro in the house. All traffic can go through the house.
  • The UMR cannot serve a VPN, and there is no CLI available.
  • Ubiquiti support has not responded to my requests for assistance.
  • The UMR is not part of the UniFi family, so site magic won’t work, and without CLI, I can’t get it to join my ZeroTier network.

Question: Does anyone have any ideas on how to get the camera and UDM-Pro to communicate, either inside or outside of ZeroTier? Any alternative solutions or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.

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How does the UMR get internet access now? If you have fiber/uW/ethernet running to the gate from your house, it sounds like you just need a L3 switch to set up a Gate Controller VLAN and a Camera VLAN.

Lay out for us the network topology as it’s built now.

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Sorry, I forgot for a moment that everyone doesn’t know everything about my particular setup. UMR stands for Ubiquiti Mobile Router. It’s connected via AT&T wireless.

The solution needs to go through AT&T at one end and Starlink at the other.

I’m looking into setting up a VPS in Oracle Cloud. I should be able to run a wireguard server there and be well within the limits for their free tier. I’m working on that now. I’ll update if it works out favorably.

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Here’s the wired portion of the network:

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