New router, not sure what I need/what to get.

[Armadillo]

I'm on Sky, they let you change the modem/router now without hassle, I want a few more options than the typical router supplied by isps get you + the sky hub is a bit pants, so want to change.

I want all the standard stuff (4 gigabit ethernet, wifi etc), but I'd also like to run a vpn on the router itself, but not route everything through it, just some of the ethernet ports. Also I want to have two wifi access points set up, one routed through the vpn, one not. I have some older devices that either don't support the vpn client or if they do, it slows them down and the battery drain is higher, so I'd like them connected and routed through it. I don't want everything through it, as if the device is fine with the client side software, I prefer that due to ease of switching servers or turning off if need be.

Sync speed is the full 79999, so would be nice if the router could handle that over the vpn, but as long as it's a decent enough speed it's fine.

Have a hg612, happy to use that, router just needs to support skys weird authentication.

Not sure where to start looking or if the setup im looking for is asking too much from off the shelf typical hardware.

Thanks.

 

[Armadillo]

You can definitely specify VPN down to one or more interfaces (physical RJ45 ports) and that could let you have the access points VPN dedicated but also you could just separate the VPN traffic onto a particular WLAN SSID unless I’ve missed something in how you want your network set up? Most decent access point solutions allow more than one SSiD.

Nah, you are spot on. That's what I want, only really use isp supplied gear which generally don't support multiple ssid, so didn't know you could do it.

I think I want to go with a seperate access point, my master socket is in the corner at the front of the house, so wifi is not great. So I think seperates are better, then I can have an ap in the hallway in a much nicer position. So if I have a seperate point connected by ethernet to it, it's still capable of routing only some through the vpn based on seperate ssid, even though it's a seperate access point connected via ethernet or would I need two, so I can specific the ethernet port.

Totally agree with @WJA96 that a MikroTik may help. I believe a Hex R3 would do what you are asking with regards to gigabit ports and VPN (as it has hardware offload), it's also cheap at around £40.
You'd need a separate WiFi access point though which would take the price up but you could at least mix and match a UniFi AP in with that to get the best of both worlds. I wouldn't advocate a MikroTik AP to anyone where UBNT is an option.

MER may not be that much of an issue as SKY have been slowly pushing towards PPPoA with more recent connections (link) but I can't say I've seen it implemented so worth double checking.

Yeah, looked into it. Hex r3 seems to be the budget option and will do what I want. Only have 80/20 and reviews seem like it's more than capable of that over vpn.

Works on Sky, read multiple people saying it's fine. Saw someone saying they couldn't get ipv6 working. Thought ipv6 is ipv6, hex supports it, so maybe a setup issue. Don't really need it anyway, so not a massive issue.

As above, fine with a seperate ap, probably work better based on where router has to sit anyway.

Hex r3 seems to fit what I want for a decent price then. Any reccomendation on a specific ap to go with it? I'm not fussed about mesh or anything like that. Only tablets and phones connected to it, just something with decent range and speed is fine.


Thanks.