[ale] Wired/wireless router recommendation(s)

[Scott McBrien]

I can not say enough good things about Ubiquity.  A lot of their stuff is Debian/Ubuntu based.  Their management tools are generally easy to use.  I added a Security Gateway to my setup so it now also does basic traffic analysis so I can see how my internet traffic is classified.  Ubiquity does have an all-in-one PoE switch, security gateway, etc.  if I was doing it again, would probably go that route.

I also tried the surplus Cisco route, it was A LOT of work since they’re made to work with a controller.  Getting them setup to be stand alone and then managing them later is a tremendous pain.  Conversely, with the cloud enabled management device, I can manage the Ubiquity system from my phone.  I update the controller and APs at work on the weekend with a couple of clicks from wherever we happen to be.

-STM

> On Jun 9, 2022, at 8:13 AM, Ken Cochran via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi ALErs, Yet Again, a storm appears to have disabled the
> WAN port on my Asus RT-AC68P, which a few years ago replaced
> another same make/model for the same reason, which had replaced
> a RT-N16, also for the same reason. Looks lika a pattern here...
> So it's replacement time again & I need a Game Plan (as well
> as a router & wifi).
> 
> These devices all support(ed) DD-WRT & I think (according
> to docs) would also support OpenWRT. I'm open to other FLOSS
> options too. Generally been well-served w/Asus.
> 
> Been looking to change to Ubiquiti (unless there's Something
> Better/more recommnded) but haven't found their products
> available for some time, all backordered. What gives with them?
> 
> I have a couple of old Cisco/Aironet WAPs that had been left by
> a previous building tenant, might be fun to experiment w/them
> but looks like they work from PoE.
> 
> Would like:
> Support for alternative/opensouce firmware
> Separate devices for wired/wireless (don't know how doable
> just yet unless there's some good alternative to Ubiquiti).
> 
> So what's Good To Get/Doesn't Suck(tm) nowadays?
> 
> I can get another RT-AC68something easily enough but wonder what might
> be "better" vis-a-vis the above criteria.
> 
> Ideas/input?  Thanks, -Ken
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