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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:05 pm

Asus RT-N66U, running stock firmware. Works well. Never have issues with congestion, and the only times it's ever been rebooted are when I install a firmware update.
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:13 pm

Linux on my server in the basement. Does both IPv4 and IPv6. Wifi is from an old WRT54GL running stock firmware but just as an access point.
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 4:16 pm

Currently using a Ubiquiti ER-5-POE. Also using three Ubiquiti access points, a Unifi cloud key to host the gui and a Unifi Switch (16 port POE).

One of these days I'll swap in the Ubiquiti USG in place of the ER-5-POE so I can access it all from the same GUI and have access to all the stats.
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 4:24 pm

I'm using a DGL-5500 which appears to have firmware and hardware issues that will never be fixed, but I preordered a Google Wifi 1pk.

(Could've just stuck OpenWRT on it and called it a day but I don't know enough to configure that for Xbox Lives party chats to work right.)
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 4:25 pm

mikepers wrote:
Currently using a Ubiquiti ER-5-POE. Also using three Ubiquiti access points, a Unifi cloud key to host the gui and a Unifi Switch (16 port POE).

One of these days I'll swap in the Ubiquiti USG in place of the ER-5-POE so I can access it all from the same GUI and have access to all the stats.

Damn, man, that's a freaking awesome setup. If your upstream's good enough, your guests must be showering you with compliments about how great your Wi-Fi is :D
How is roaming between multiple UniFi AP's? I'm looking to add another AC AP Lite to my setup, as single one doesn't cover everything with 5 GHz (and 2.4 GHz can't handle 500 mbit/s upstream), is there anything I should worry about or will it be completely seamless?
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:00 pm

tanker27 wrote:
WOW Ubiquiti seems very popular. Might worth a look.


Definitely worth a look.

I'm using a Ubiquiti Edge Router Lite at the edge with an Extreme Networks X450e-48p managed PoE switch doing internal routing. Only Internet-bound traffic gets sent toward the Ubiquiti ERL (internal devices use the switch IP as their gateway, and the switch uses the ERL as its default route). For wireless I have a Motorola AP-6532 enterprise-class 802.11n (Motorola's WiFi business was purchased by Zebra Technologies, and Zebra Technologies WiFi business was recently purchased by Extreme Networks). I've been really happy with the setup, but I want to move to 802.11ac at some point. My house is big enough that I really should have 2-3 AP's, and probably will do that when I make the move to 11ac.
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:06 pm

curtisb wrote:
tanker27 wrote:
WOW Ubiquiti seems very popular. Might worth a look.


Definitely worth a look.

I'm using a Ubiquiti Edge Router Lite at the edge with an Extreme Networks X450e-48p managed PoE switch doing internal routing. Only Internet-bound traffic gets sent toward the Ubiquiti ERL (internal devices use the switch IP as their gateway, and the switch uses the ERL as its default route). For wireless I have a Motorola AP-6532 enterprise-class 802.11n (Motorola's WiFi business was purchased by Zebra Technologies, and Zebra Technologies WiFi business was recently purchased by Extreme Networks). I've been really happy with the setup, but I want to move to 802.11ac at some point. My house is big enough that I really should have 2-3 AP's, and probably will do that when I make the move to 11ac.

Interesting. I did not recognize the name (Ubiquiti) but I recognized the logo - https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-pro/

I was going by "UniFi". I've got them on my list as well.
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:14 pm

Netgear R7000 at home. Fast and stable.

Using Ubiqiti's at work, and they're really nice as well. Using the Long range 2.4GHz Wireless-N units.
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:38 pm

Looks like I am quite a bit behind other people here.  I am using Netgear N300 cable modem + router. This router only supports 2.4GHz wifi.  Due to congestion on the 2.4GHz band, I added a TP-link RE200 range extender that connects to the router on 2.4GHz and connects with clients on 5GHz. RE200 is sitting quite close to the router so the connection between the two seems stable enough. 
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 6:06 pm

I have Comcasts docsis 3.1 plan, so I have a Netgear 8000 from them.  But I almost bought a TP-Link AC3150 yesterday when Amazon had it for $139.  (copy/paste messed up my font and I am too lazy to figure out how to fix it ATM)
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 7:04 pm

Just in the processing of switching my Checkpoint 640 for a small but lovely Checkpoint 3200 Appliance with full threat prevention package. 8)
Have an Asus RT-66U in the living room as a pure AP, but changing that to a Ubiquity pretty soon.
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:06 pm

Anton Kochubey wrote:
Out of pure curiosity - what do you need the controller software to be running all the time for? Landing page for a guest Wi-Fi?
I'm asking since I have never needed it myself, but I guess some use-cases might require it.


The controller manages the access point. It is how the AP is configured. The other option is a cloud service. I've thing I had noticed is when I had a power outage the AP would not come up until the server was up (forgot to turn on the VM auto boot).

I use an Ubuntu on the same system as another VM. I prefer Ubuntu over CentOS because Ubiquity has a dpkg for it vs a tar file.

I also run FreeNAS on the same ESXi host and a Plex service. If you are starting out or don't have such a great need a smaller box for PFSense and a Pi for the controller would probably be easier.
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 9:05 pm

I must be the only one running a Securfi Almond Plus.
https://www.amazon.com/Securifi-Touchsc ... B00R0C2U5E

Been very happy with it, firm updates have added features since I got it.
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:07 pm

Asus RT-AC68U

I have been using it for two years with no issues.
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:17 pm

I was using ATT's provided DG-something with a Unifi AP-AC (the square one) for Wi-Fi. The AP-AC was kind of meh, but it didn't die and doubled as a space heater.

Recently, I upgraded to Sonic fiber (gigglebits and LPB in one) which came with a Pace 5268AC router. It is not bad, actually, and the 11ac is quite a bit better than the Unifi AP-AC.

I think the feeling of being ATT-free is better than the gigabit fiber and good Wi-Fi.
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 11:15 pm

You should make a poll for brand names. Seems to be quite a few Ubiquiti then Asus then Netgear.
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Re: What Router do you use?

Wed Nov 30, 2016 11:29 pm

Another happy Netgear R7000 user here. Second-last official firmware (before they pulled Arlo), nil issues to report. 

I initially flashed Advanced Tomato on it and while I loved the interface, the wireless range was rubbish. A much stronger showing on the stock firmware.
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Re: What Router do you use?

Thu Dec 01, 2016 2:06 am

Asus RT-N66U. Rock solid. Don't cheap out, spend more and get a router that doesn't crash. Tip: create a separate network for streaming your video, the Asus lets you have 8 network
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Thu Dec 01, 2016 2:11 am

TP-Link Archer C7 is pretty good too!
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:56 am

Asus WL-520GC - 802.11g - four port plus wifi

Bought it years ago for ten bucks and free shipping. It's been running fine for two or three years. It's nominal 54Mbps is still 150 times faster than my wanna be internet. Maybe a different story when I finally get 15/5 fiber out here.
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Re: What Router do you use?

Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:18 pm

Anton Kochubey wrote:
mikepers wrote:
Currently using a Ubiquiti ER-5-POE. Also using three Ubiquiti access points, a Unifi cloud key to host the gui and a Unifi Switch (16 port POE).

One of these days I'll swap in the Ubiquiti USG in place of the ER-5-POE so I can access it all from the same GUI and have access to all the stats.

Damn, man, that's a freaking awesome setup. If your upstream's good enough, your guests must be showering you with compliments about how great your Wi-Fi is :D
How is roaming between multiple UniFi AP's? I'm looking to add another AC AP Lite to my setup, as single one doesn't cover everything with 5 GHz (and 2.4 GHz can't handle 500 mbit/s upstream), is there anything I should worry about or will it be completely seamless?

Roaming is completely transparent and not noticeable on the devices I use.
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:22 pm

TP-Link Archer A9. I've been pleasantly surprised by how well it works...to the point where I'm not even bothering to put DD-WRT on it (which I've used for a decade now).
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Re: What Router do you use?

Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:40 pm

I recently bought the TP-Link AC5400 and love it.  I waited years and years for decent quality AC routers to drop to my target ~$70 range but it just never happened.  Was struggling with 4meg/sec on the 2.4ghz band so I finally bit the bullet and went all in with the "Tri-Band" 5400.  Has 802.11ad, beamforming, MU-MIMO, USB 3.0, etc.  Basically has everything and the kitchen sink, but should last me at least ten years.  Now I can get 5ghz coverage through my entire house (1,200 sq ft, three floors), my 2.4ghz signal can be found about 5 houses away and file transfers to the upstairs computer now go at 70meg/sec. 

I'm hoping the 802.11ad will be used for wireless VR in a few years but we'll have to just wait and see.  Also TP-Link is pretty good about firmware updates and are collaborating with open source firmware makers after the FCC dust up earlier this year.
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:52 pm

Netgear in all its variety and switches too.
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Re: What Router do you use?

Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:43 pm

CableCo modem/router with the wireless disabled and Ubiquiti AC LR as the access point. Rock-solid. Upgraded my in-laws to the Ubiquiti AC Access point also and they now have coverage for the whole house and both of the shops out back.
Going to probably switch back to the cableCo's straight modem and get the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter after the Christmas exepenses to have a little more flexibility. I'd love to roll a pfsense system, but I don't want another computer on in the house.
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Sat Dec 03, 2016 12:09 pm

Usacomp2k3 wrote:
Going to probably switch back to the cableCo's straight modem and get the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter


Just look at the full fat EdgeRouter line and not the EdgeRouter-X line. The ERX line is cheaper, but it only passes only a fraction of the packets per second. The full ER line does 1 million pps (2 million if you get either of the 8-port models) where the EX line only does 130K pps. You can have gigabit ports, high-speed wireless AC, and a fast ISP connection, but if the router can't actually process the packets fast enough none of the other stuff matters. And while 1 million sounds like a lot, for comparison my Extreme X450e-48p--which admittedly is no speed demon by todays standards with regards to managed switches--passes 95.2 million pps.

Now, do you really need 1 Mpps at your Internet connection today? Probably not. But it future proofs your purchase so the router doesn't become a limiting factor as your ISP increases speeds. Mine has gone from 20Mbps to 150Mbps in the past 8 years...Cox has their 1Gbps service now, but it's in a slow rollout and could likely be years before it'll be available in my neighborhood. They do, however, already have a 300Mbps option available for my neighborhood.
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Re: What Router do you use?

Sat Dec 03, 2016 4:49 pm

From the link below:

"I did post this somewhere else, but it's worth repeating here - in a direct gigabit port iperf to gigabit port iperf test routing through an ER-Xs vs an ER-Lite, the tcp throughput on the ER-X maxed out one way exactly the same as the ER-Lite at 948Mb (same as with a straight ethernet cable using two Mac laptops as the iperf test machines), but in a bi-directional test (both directions simultaneously) the ER-Lite still did 948Mb, but the ER-X dropped to around 850Mb.   For 99% of uses, that's an insignificant difference.
 
Now for something that uses a lot of memory (like holding multiple BGP tables) the lower RAM in the ER-X is a significant difference, but if you're doing BGP on a $49 device, you're probably doing other things you shouldn't be doing too... Biggrin5
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https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX/P ... -p/1230924
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Sun Dec 04, 2016 2:35 am

I strongly believe that for consumer routers nothing is more reliable at the moment than a MIPs router on some variant of Tomato, like the stock or Merlin firmware for the 4-year-old ASUS RT-N66, or RT-AC66.

Unfortunately the fastest MIPs routers are only 600MHz which can only rout ~85Mbps in software when QoS is enabled or ~120Mbps with bandwidth limiter, so if you have faster service than that you should obviously look elsewhere.  Surprisingly Tomato's bandwidth limiter works about as well as fq_codel available in the ARM versions to reduce Bufferbloat.

The exception to this is Tomato Shibby after v132 has now become just as buggy as the ARM version or DD-WRT, so Toastman looks good if you don't want a beta experience but just something that works (Toastman has always been geared toward stability under load with hundreds of clients while Shibby added features first).
 
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Re: What Router do you use?

Sun Dec 04, 2016 5:03 am

I was rather surprised Google Wifi has such high specs for what port and wireless speed wise doesn't seem like a high end box (710mhz quad core and 512mb RAM)

For my current usage (14/1 ISP pretty much exclusively) it's wildly silly, but at least I trust it to be secure and keep up with modern functionality.

My current router hasn't had an update since early 2015, looks like OnHub routers are updated near every month.
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Re: What Router do you use?

Sun Dec 04, 2016 4:26 pm

Currently have a Mikrotik 750GR2 as my router with a Mikrotik wAP AC as my WAP.

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