<div><div dir="auto">I very recently moved to using a Ubiquity 8 port switch (4 non-PoE, 4 PoE) with an AC-PRO access point. My router is a little mini-ITX Celeron system I built that runs pfSense. This combination has been fantastic. I'm able to segregate IoT stuff from the rest of my network with a vlan and clamp it's allowed bandwidth. And once I got everything going, I haven't even had to think about the management software. I _might_ get the management dongle just for ease of use at some point, but it's definitely not high on my priority list. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">From everything I have researched, I would not recommend the gateway piece. Stick with pfSense. You'll have way more flexibility. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 22:42 Ken Cochran <<a href="mailto:kwc@theworld.com">kwc@theworld.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hey ALE I could use some advice/pointers for some networking stuff.<br>
<br>
I need to set-up/update networking at a home & a small office.<br>
<br>
Probably need something like an 8-port switch for the house<br>
along with wifi.<br>
<br>
Office doesn't need but a coupla ports + wifi.<br>
<br>
I've had good luck over the years with Asus, a RT-N16 running DD-WRT<br>
and a RT-AC68P. Both got lightning-toasted sometime back & I picked<br>
up another RT-AC68P.<br>
<br>
I was thinking of another couple of the 68Ps but recently there<br>
was nice discussion here of Ubiquiti gear; maybe I should<br>
be looking more into that? Asus works nicely with DD-WRT,<br>
etc. & according to DD-WRT's hardware list, so does Ubiquiti.<br>
(Don't know how appropriate though I guess.)<br>
<br>
With Ubiquiti, it looks like they separate the various<br>
components, so I'd guess that per location I need a gateway,<br>
a switch and a couple of those hockey-puck wifi transceivers(?)<br>
No need for rack mounting.<br>
<br>
Thoughts?<br>
<br>
Thanks, -k<br>
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