The Ubiquiti UniFi UXG-Lite does not have SNMP enabled on it like it's predecessor, the USG, so we need an alternative way to monitor the WAN stats.
By installing a script into the /persistent/system volume on the UXG-Lite and running the script every 10 seconds via a cron job. The script sends the WAN stats to Home Assistant via a webhook trigger
The script that was saved on the filesystem should remain, but you will most likely need to add the crontab lines back
Be sure to make the script executable chmod +x /persistent/system/send_wan_stats.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Using ppp0 for the WAN interface. Use the correct interface for your connection.
# Get Receive and Transmit bytes for ppp0 interface
if read data_received data_sent < <(awk '/ppp0:/{print $2, $10}' /proc/net/dev); then
# Validate that data_received and data_sent are numbers
if [[ ! "$data_received" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || [[ ! "$data_sent" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
echo "Error: Received invalid data. Expected numeric values for data_received and data_sent." >&2
exit 1
fi
# Build JSON payload
json_payload="{ \"data_received\": $data_received, \"data_sent\": $data_sent }"
webhook_url="http://192.168.XXX.XXX:8123/api/webhook/uxg_wan_stats"
# Send the data to Home Assistant
curl -m 5 "$webhook_url" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "@-" <<< "$json_payload"
else
echo "Error: Unable to retrieve data for ppp0 interface." >&2
exit 1
fi* * * * * ( /persistent/system/send_wan_stats.sh )
* * * * * ( sleep 10 ; /persistent/system/send_wan_stats.sh )
* * * * * ( sleep 20 ; /persistent/system/send_wan_stats.sh )
* * * * * ( sleep 30 ; /persistent/system/send_wan_stats.sh )
* * * * * ( sleep 40 ; /persistent/system/send_wan_stats.sh )
* * * * * ( sleep 50 ; /persistent/system/send_wan_stats.sh )Step 3 - Create Input Number helpers in Home Assistant
- WAN Bytes Received
- WAN Bytes Sent
Min Value: 0
Max Value: 9223372036854775807
Display mode: input field
Unit of measurement: Bytes
Step 4 - Create an Automation to update the Input Numbers
You should be able to use the YAML below without needing to edit anything
alias: UXG WAN stats
description: UXG WAN stats
trigger:
- platform: webhook
allowed_methods:
- POST
local_only: true
webhook_id: "uxg_wan_stats"
condition: []
action:
- service: input_number.set_value
metadata: {}
data_template:
value: "{{ trigger.json.data_received }}"
target:
entity_id: input_number.wan_bytes_received
- service: input_number.set_value
metadata: {}
data_template:
value: "{{ trigger.json.data_sent }}"
target:
entity_id: input_number.wan_bytes_sent
mode: singleStep 5 - Create statistics sensors to determine bytes/sec change rate
This will be added to configuration.yaml
sensor:
- platform: statistics
name: "UXG WAN in Stats"
entity_id: input_number.wan_bytes_received
sampling_size: 3
state_characteristic: change_second
max_age:
hours: 24
- platform: statistics
name: "UXG WAN out Stats"
entity_id: input_number.wan_bytes_sent
sampling_size: 3
state_characteristic: change_second
max_age:
hours: 24Step 6 - Create template sensors that coverts bytes/sec into Mbits/sec
This will be added to configuration.yaml
template:
- sensor:
- name: "Internet Download"
state: "{{ states('sensor.uxg_wan_in_stats')|float(default=0) *8 /1024 /1024 |round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: "MBps"
state_class: measurement
- name: "Internet Upload"
state: "{{ states('sensor.uxg_wan_out_stats')|float(default=0) *8 /1024 /1024 |round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: "MBps"
state_class: measurementThis will be added to configuration.yaml
recorder:
exclude:
entities:
- automation.uxg_wan_stats
- input_number.wan_bytes_received
- input_number.wan_bytes_sent