.. again, no comments about the Cambium cnPilot stuff? Even from WISPs that primarily use Cambium gear?
Sounds like a decent feature set; PoE, ATA, centralized management, dual band, etc. Haven't seen any in action, but at least it sounds promising. > On Oct 7, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Glen Waldrop <gwl...@cngwireless.net> wrote: > > I've had the Netgear 3700 series completely blow out the 2.4GHz band for 60 > seconds every 5 minutes, two different ones. Not sure of the exact model, > been a little while since I fooled with one. > > MT assured us on the forum that they are seeking UNII certifications. I'm not > banking on it and buying a ton of their hardware based on a promise, but I'm > keeping a few on hand for specific shots. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ken Hohhof > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 12:49 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Consumer routers? > > If a customer insists on a recommendation, I say every router you can buy in > the store has problems, but the least problematic seems to be Netgear as long > as you get at least a 3000 series. I have seen a high field failure rate on > the WNR2000, and they can die a slow lingering flakey death rather than just > falling over dead. Probably a WNDR3700 if you want gigabit and 3400 if you > don’t. Some customers get to the store and get a 4500 because it’s on sale > or $10 more. I like having gigabit ports but many customers these days don’t > have a single wired device. The Netgear routers come with the WiFi already > secured, they can be set to wireless access point mode, and they have a > lifetime warranty (but who is going to go through the trouble). On the > downside some laptops with Intel 802.11ac WiFi refuse to play nice with the > Netgears, and the PPPoE default has to be changed from dial on demand. > > I will no longer sell routers to customers, many years of bad experiences. > But I will lease a managed Mikrotik (a nice one – typically a RB951G-2HnD or > RB2011) for $5/month including free replacement. I won’t sell a Mikrotik to > a customer for them to manage unless the customer is an IT professional. > > This does mean I don’t have a dual band (much less 802.11ac) managed router > solution. Given our rural customer base, the 2.4 only WiFi usually works out > better than dual band. Occasionally I wish for dual band so we could > segregate some weak WiFi clients (like Dropcams) onto their own band. > Mikrotik doesn’t seem to want to deal with getting equipment FCC approved in > 5 GHz. > > Some of the routers customers have bought that have been problematic: > Cradlepoint, Securifi, Amped Wireless (at least the range extenders). > > > From: Brett A Mansfield > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 11:30 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Consumer routers? > > I've had very bad luck with Belkin, D-Link, Asus (the worst), linksys, and > low end netgear. I've had great success with the higher end netgear and the > 3rd through 5th gen Apple AirPort Extreme. Prior to the 3rd gen and the 6th > gen (latest) airports are junk. So I'm with you, pretty much every consumer > grade router is trash now. > > Thank you, > Brett A Mansfield > >> On Oct 7, 2015, at 9:58 AM, Glen Waldrop <gwl...@cngwireless.net> wrote: >> >> Are there any consumer routers that don't suck these days? >> >> I used to recommend Linksys/Cisco, but since the Belkin buyout quality seems >> to be going down. They jink with teh firewall and I can't block specific >> outgoing traffic, can't remote admin anymore, etc...
