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ChrisD. · 6 Sep 2016 at 08:34

Finally got round to logging on and playing with the firewall to allow WAN ping respond. Not a hard job I know, but I've just not had the time.

It's a much better graph than I had with a DrayTek Vigor 2860N-Plus and a Cisco router I tried. I know they may have needed more config but the ER-L has only got a very basic config on it.

Early days yet but CPU usage looks much better than the RT-N66U I was using before however I haven't got OpenVPN server or anything advanced running yet.

Struggling to get WAN SSH working though, I've added an exception in the WAN_Inside firewall rule and put a port forward from pppoe to the LAN bridge IP of the router but it's not listening. Need to look again tonight I think.

ChrisD. · 7 Sep 2016 at 13:11

Well I am definitely seeing less packet loss and jitter with the ER-L compared to the old Asus router. I'm more than happy.

Caged · 12 Sep 2016 at 11:52

Dooksy said:
That's my confusion as well. I don't think I have done anything different between the RT-N66U config and that on the ER-L which leads me to assume it's a firewall issue. But I haven't properly looked into it, I was out drinking most of the bank holiday weekend.

Finally got a chance to re-visit this. It seems like adding a gateway of last resort (0.0.0.0) doesn't allow the web UI to be accessed from a different subnet. Putting a more specific route in (e.g. just the LAN subnet) works fine. It pings in both cases.

I'll call it a quirk of the product.

ChrisD. · 12 Sep 2016 at 11:54

Caged said:
Finally got a chance to re-visit this. It seems like adding a gateway of last resort (0.0.0.0) doesn't allow the web UI to be accessed from a different subnet. Putting a more specific route in (e.g. just the LAN subnet) works fine. It pings in both cases.

I'll call it a quirk of the product.

Thanks, I've still not looked into it.

So you just added a static route to reach the Vigor subnet via the eth0 interface?

Caged · 12 Sep 2016 at 21:37

Yup. You can also NAT outside if you don't want to touch the modem:

https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX/How-to-access-modem-on-the-WAN-side/td-p/1511558

ChrisD. · 13 Sep 2016 at 08:06

I'll have another look tonight, it didn't seem to work when I tried although I could ping the 130's interface.

I got external ssh working, I couldn't get it to port forward from WAN to LAN so I changed which port the daemon listens on.

drogon · 14 Sep 2016 at 12:39

Hi all,

I was thinking about picking up an access point for the house. Which is generally the recommend one? I know they have different speeds etc. I just want something to replace the shaky superhub's wireless.

Andy

ChrisD. · 14 Sep 2016 at 12:41

UAP-AC-PRO for me, no complaints.

bledd · 14 Sep 2016 at 12:45

Only ones to consider are..

UAP-AC-PRO ~£140
UAP-AC-LR ~£110
UAP-AC-LITE ~£90

MonsterMoshi · 14 Sep 2016 at 13:27

How does device management work on these? Broadbandy Buyer sells these with a cloud controller but it gets expensive after the 3 years included are up. Does the UniFi cloud Key do the same job just locally?

ChrisD. · 14 Sep 2016 at 13:30

You have a local controller that you use at home free of charge. Cloud stuff is aimed at enterprise.

MonsterMoshi · 14 Sep 2016 at 13:35

Dooksy said:
You have a local controller that you use at home free of charge. Cloud stuff is aimed at enterprise.

And is that built in to the AP? I dont need any other hardware? I'd be looking to use four on the same network.

ChrisD. · 14 Sep 2016 at 13:37

What do you mean built in? It's an app on your phone or PC, launch it and it finds the AP.

MonsterMoshi · 14 Sep 2016 at 13:39

Dooksy said:
What do you mean built in? It's an app on your phone or PC, launch it and it finds the AP.

Ohh I see

I'm thinking with normal access points you will log on to the AP using its IP address and configure it through a web browser

That makes more sense thank you

ChrisD. · 14 Sep 2016 at 13:41

No, the routers can be accessed via web but the AP must be accessed through the controller. I find it a bit annoying as you have to have software installed, I wish it was just web based, but it's not hard to use.

Caged · 14 Sep 2016 at 13:41

I'd take the Broadband Buyer cloud offering for the first three years as it's free, and then re-assess what you want to do at the end of that period.

pcfarrar · 14 Sep 2016 at 14:49

bledd said:
Only two to consider are..

UAP-AC-PRO ~£140
UAP-AC-LITE ~£90

The UAP AC LR is a better choice than the lite and it's only £92.

drogon · 14 Sep 2016 at 15:36

Is the lite enough for around 20 devices? Or would a pro be better suited to me?

Andy

HEADRAT · 14 Sep 2016 at 16:21

I need to order a PCI-E wireless card for use with UAP-AC-PRO, any recommendations for best performance?

pcfarrar · 14 Sep 2016 at 16:46

drogon said:
Is the lite enough for around 20 devices? Or would a pro be better suited to me?

Andy

Go for the UAP AC LR, the range is much better. I have one at home and it covers the entire house and even works at a decent speed 30ft down the bottom of the garden.

20 devices is no problem, I have had far in excess of that connected to the disks I manage at work.

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