Re: New Router Purchase

2019-10-27 Thread Donald Mac McCarthy 
I left the SOHO router game a number of years ago. I can't tell you what
the best consumer/prosumer routers are, but I can let you know what I
did a few years ago that changed me to an enterprise like architecture
for an affordable price.

 - Supermicro 8-Core Avaton mini-server with 16GB RAM and an SSD running
pfSense (~$500)
 This is a gigabit capable firewall even when running light IDS,
OpenVPN server, and routing. The avaton is also light on the power
budget. You can also use an old dual core desktop and get into the
250-350 Mb/s range.

 - Ubiquiti UniFi 24 port 250W PoE switch. (~$200)
 This is a very capable managed switch that will happily power
multiple UniFi APs or other PoE devices. It has some basic layer 2 and
layer 3 management. The edgerouter has more features, but comes at a
higher pricetag.

- Ubiquiti UniFi AP-AC-PRO access points (~$150 each)
 These will need a controller to get them set up properly, but it
does not always need to run for them to work. It will need to be powered
on to make config changes and update the APs.


Those 3 were what I started with. I was so happy to finally separate
functions of WiFi and routing apart, as being able to run multiple SSIDs
on different segments was an aim I had. I have since grown a small
server and VM farm in our laundry room and separated out many more of
the features from the pfSense. I do think I have hit the threshold of my
Wife's tolerance of servers in the laundry room. That is something you
may need to factor into the risk assessment before going down this road ;).

It does cost a bit more than the ~$300 I paid for my last higher end AC
prosumer nighthawk router, but I actually have controls in my home
network now. My kids aren't always a fan of them. That may be somethign
else that you put in the risk assessment.

My $0.02


Mac

techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote on 10/26/19 12:10 PM:
>
> Hi,
>
> It appears I am having Internet router problems.  Occasionally I will
> not be able to access the Internet for a few seconds to a minute or
> so.  This morning I was not able to access the Internet at all. 
>
> I am with Cox and have a home office business account.  I called Cox
> and they suggested bypassing my router and connect directly to their
> modem.  That worked.  Based on that I think my router is going bad.  
>
> I had turned off the modem and the router for a maybe an hour or so
> while I did other things.  I now have access.
>
> I would like a secure router.  Cox says almost any modern router will
> be secure.  Security is a big issue.  When I look at all the WiFi that
> is available in my neighborhood I see maybe 10 routers.  That is scary! 
>
> Since I have a business account that allows servers I have been using
> port forwarding.  I am a programmer and occasionally I fire up my
> laptop turned server for testing. 
>
> I also have set up my WiFi to only accept those devices that I have
> configured by MAC address. 
>
> Any toughs on my pending router purchase?
>
> Thank you so much for all your feedback!!
>
> Keith 
>
>
>
>
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Re: New Router Purchase

2019-10-27 Thread Eric Oyen 
Well,
If your issue with the router is intermittent but getting worse, it’s likely 
that the router is starting to show symptoms of a component failure. Usually 
this is a direct result of something getting hot.

There are a fair number of commodity routers available, but if you want one 
that is open source compatible, try checking the dd-wrt list and then choose 
one with the best possible features that will work with the open source dd-wrt 
firmware.

Btw, I use an ASUS model router here. It’s a mid level consumer grade unit. 
Unfortunately, it won’t work with DD-wrt because it is using a custom ARM cpu 
from ASUS.

Here is an article on the best DD-wrt compatible routers for 2019: 
https://www.lifewire.com/best-dd-wrt-routers-4160687

Anyway, have fun and let us know how it works out for you.

-Eric
From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Infrastructure deployment 
Dept.

> On Oct 26, 2019, at 12:10 PM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It appears I am having Internet router problems.  Occasionally I will not be 
> able to access the Internet for a few seconds to a minute or so.  This 
> morning I was not able to access the Internet at all. 
> 
> I am with Cox and have a home office business account.  I called Cox and they 
> suggested bypassing my router and connect directly to their modem.  That 
> worked.  Based on that I think my router is going bad.  
> 
> I had turned off the modem and the router for a maybe an hour or so while I 
> did other things.  I now have access.
> 
> I would like a secure router.  Cox says almost any modern router will be 
> secure.  Security is a big issue.  When I look at all the WiFi that is 
> available in my neighborhood I see maybe 10 routers.  That is scary! 
> 
> Since I have a business account that allows servers I have been using port 
> forwarding.  I am a programmer and occasionally I fire up my laptop turned 
> server for testing. 
> 
> I also have set up my WiFi to only accept those devices that I have 
> configured by MAC address. 
> 
> Any toughs on my pending router purchase?
> 
> Thank you so much for all your feedback!!
> 
> Keith 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: New Router Purchase

2019-10-27 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr. 
The edge router is a solid device. 

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> On Oct 26, 2019, at 12:32 PM, Stephen Partington  wrote:
> 
> 
> I would suggest that you look at the ubiquity edgerouter lite. 3 ports, 1 
> Wan, 2 lan, and a management port. Capable of a good amount of traffic. And 
> it gets you all sorts of business class features for a good price. Then you 
> can do wifi however you like. It's about 130 and will go on sale for down to 
> 95. I use one happily connecting it to a switch and from there to my wifi 
> servers etc. 
> 
>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019, 12:17 PM  wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> It appears I am having Internet router problems.  Occasionally I will not be 
>> able to access the Internet for a few seconds to a minute or so.  This 
>> morning I was not able to access the Internet at all. 
>> 
>> I am with Cox and have a home office business account.  I called Cox and 
>> they suggested bypassing my router and connect directly to their modem.  
>> That worked.  Based on that I think my router is going bad.  
>> 
>> I had turned off the modem and the router for a maybe an hour or so while I 
>> did other things.  I now have access.
>> 
>> I would like a secure router.  Cox says almost any modern router will be 
>> secure.  Security is a big issue.  When I look at all the WiFi that is 
>> available in my neighborhood I see maybe 10 routers.  That is scary! 
>> 
>> Since I have a business account that allows servers I have been using port 
>> forwarding.  I am a programmer and occasionally I fire up my laptop turned 
>> server for testing. 
>> 
>> I also have set up my WiFi to only accept those devices that I have 
>> configured by MAC address. 
>> 
>> Any toughs on my pending router purchase?
>> 
>> Thank you so much for all your feedback!!
>> 
>> Keith 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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