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InsaneNutter · 14-06-2019, 10:41

To be honest i'd spend a bit more and get a setup that's much more future proofed.

I'd get a UniFi Security Gateway (£105) for your router / firewall. People are running gigabit connections on this perfectly fine.

Add a Ubiquiti UniFi PoE Switch (£108) for your wired devices, this will also power your access points over Ethernet.

You can then add a couple of Ubiquiti UniFi AC Access Points (£60+) where required, maybe one at each side of the house? (depending on size) for great coverage.

You can run the Ubiquiti UniFi Controller (Free to £75 depending on what you use) on your own hardware to manage the above hardware, however buying their cloud key would keep it all very simple.

Sure this would cost a bit more than a new high end router, but when you think you can pay £300+ for a good Asus router these days, you might as well buy some kit which is both future proofed and expandable as your requirements change.

Like you I've had various Linksys / Asus routers over the last 10+ years with custom firmware and always outgrown them as internet speeds have increased.

I'm actually using pfSense for my router / firewall in a Virtual Machine on my home server, however both that and the UniFi Security Gateway are great solutions.

You'll never go back to consumer grade routers once having something better.

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InsaneNutter cf.addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Yorkshire, UK Services: Virgin 200mbit / Superhub 3 Modem / pfSense Firewall Posts: 101	Re: Which router to go with oomph package To be honest i'd spend a bit more and get a setup that's much more future proofed. I'd get a UniFi Security Gateway (£105) for your router / firewall. People are running gigabit connections on this perfectly fine. Add a Ubiquiti UniFi PoE Switch (£108) for your wired devices, this will also power your access points over Ethernet. You can then add a couple of Ubiquiti UniFi AC Access Points (£60+) where required, maybe one at each side of the house? (depending on size) for great coverage. You can run the Ubiquiti UniFi Controller (Free to £75 depending on what you use) on your own hardware to manage the above hardware, however buying their cloud key would keep it all very simple. Sure this would cost a bit more than a new high end router, but when you think you can pay £300+ for a good Asus router these days, you might as well buy some kit which is both future proofed and expandable as your requirements change. Like you I've had various Linksys / Asus routers over the last 10+ years with custom firmware and always outgrown them as internet speeds have increased. I'm actually using pfSense for my router / firewall in a Virtual Machine on my home server, however both that and the UniFi Security Gateway are great solutions. You'll never go back to consumer grade routers once having something better.