I got 99 problems but my WiFi ain't one

Are you sure? My Google wifi picks are all identical hardware wise.

You are quite correct. What a weird design decision!

I haven't used those specific ones but generally I've found those extenders are a bit of a bodge and result in kind of a solution but with annoyances.

The old Google Wifi ones (which are the version i have) have ethernet ports on each base....

that means running cable though... nah

I have decided that this Vodafone router is absolute garbage.

Theres a huge thread on the vodafone support forum about random restarts, which has now started happening to me.

The solution is 'have less devices connected'.

Also, if I plug a USB hard drive into the USB port, it reboots the router if i try and load a large folder

Its a long shot but maybe you'd be able to figure the manufacturer and model and sideload a new firmware onto it?

I've got to say, although the Unifi generally works well the lack of one controller for all their stuff is really annoying. The router and the APs being on totally different software that totally refuses to see the other really bugs me (admittedly not enough to spend money to swap it out).

Anyway, I want to set up my wifi with two SSIDs. One with full network access, one with just internet access. Is this all done through the AP. I assume it's mainly a matter of setting it to VLAN and possibly guest in the settings?

Most of my googling is throwing up multiple networks using the switch or router rather than AP.

You can do it through the AP controller.

The solution is 'have less devices connected'.

Have you tried having fewer connected, instead of less?

assume it's mainly a matter of setting it to VLAN and possibly guest in the settings?

No need for vlan. Just mark the WiFi network as guest and it will only give access to the WAN, not your LAN.

bah

Sorry

Cheers. I'll give that a try.

I have the Vodafone router and have found it to be quite stable. BUT I don't use it for anything other than modem. It feeds into a second Unbiquiti EdgeMax router that acts as the real brain for my network.
A smaller number of devices does seem a reasonable suggestion given my experience.

yeah ive spent most of this afternoon looking into doing this

If you do, I suggest you avoid the pain @aggi and I have by using items from within the same Ubiquiti family, e.g. their Dream Machine and extra access points (@mashton got a UDM recently and seems to like it).

Hmmmm the UDM is nice. Indeed.

BUT, it is severely hamstrung for doing anything advanced.

Nothing I've run into, but if you search you'll soon find a lot of very angry network geeks. With a VERY long gripe list.

Having said that. If you are using it in a vanilla (vanilla+ I suppose) setup then it is a good piece of kit that gives you the three main bits of a Unifi network, all in one box and under a single web admin interface: router, switch and WiFi access point.

Add in a flex mini switch which is super cheap, if you need more ethernet ports.

Are there any consumer devices that would let me setup like following? Im sure going full ubiquiti its possible but not sure I need that much overkill for a 1 bedroom flat.

SSID1 - Default DNS
SSID2 - PiHole DNS

HiFi, Chromecast, AppleTV, my personal devices, connect to the SSID2.
Partners devices/guests connect to SSID1.

SSID1 users can still interact with the home devices on SSID2.

Is this setup possible with either of these?

How you doing DHCP, handing out the Pi Hole address as DNS?

Best way to achieve what you want is a DHCP configuration that knows the MAC address of your first list of devices and gives out a PiHole DNS to them, but a public DNS to all other clients.

If you are using the DHCP server on your PiHole then you can achieve this.

oh ideal, even better

Of course, I'm not going to tell you it will be easy

i actually got it working last night. so far so good.

Excellent work.