Did you get yourself a new router? I'm still using my old Netgear but you can get the Netgear R7800-100UKS Nighthawk X4S - AC2600 for £129.99 if you look around. Got good reviews but not sure if you can put custom firmware on it like the Asus ones.
Spec Me A New Router
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Did you get yourself a new router? I'm still using my old Netgear but you can get the Netgear R7800-100UKS Nighthawk X4S - AC2600 for £129.99 if you look around. Got good reviews but not sure if you can put custom firmware on it like the Asus ones.
Yes, you can put custom firmware on the Netgear R7800. Kongs DD WRT and Voxel are two such options.
Could you please explain how?
All in one devices doing 3 or more networking functions are never going to be good as seperate pieces of kit doing a single one each.
The 3 devices introduce other limitations, like the need to invest more money, maybe 3 times more money, to invest 3 times more place in your office/home, and to invest 3 times more nerves to support them with drivers, etc. Perhaps they will introduce higher latencies, too.
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Where are the 60 quid routers that match the features of the ubiquity kit listed above then? I would imagine that the ubiquity stuff would match any similarly priced stand alone router and don't with enterprise level reliability and features. If it wasn't for the fact that n56u doesn't need replacing, id be looking at ubiquity too.
You meant the following set for 275 quid?
I don't want to imagine what kind of router I can buy for 275 quid
Completely negligible.
You also don't have to get a Ubiquiti switch. USG and AP is a nice combination.
Wouldn't touch another Draytek Router or AP, all in one etc again. Hated mine.
I am happy with my Tenda AC9 AC1200 router. Better all-round solution than the old TP-Link.
It performs exactly as in the review at https://www.digitalcitizen.life/review-tenda-ac9-ac1200?page=1
The speeds and overall stability are great !
Whats the maximum number of devices you have connected at one time? Review has reservations about connecting too many devices to the router... something that would put me off as I need to replace my crap sky router and have 4/5 devices connected at once.
A smart TV, two smartphones, two notebooks, a desktop computer and an IPTV receiver.
I think the router can handle well more than only 5 devices.
And the signal strength and coverage are much extended. Which means that the router can successfully give decent signal in a house and large apartements.
I have the Ubquiti Edge Router SFP, and a single AC-lite access point, total cost was £120, and a free BT Infinity VDSL modem. Never have wifi issues, never have to log into the thing. It just works, uptime is in the months + with only reboots due to firmware, or me killing power to the unit for whatever reason.
Smart Queues removed buffer bloat induced latency spikes. Couldn't be happier.
Smart Queues removed buffer bloat induced latency spikes. Couldn't be happier.
I've been following this thread with interest, I was aware of Ubiquiti's AP's but didn't know much of their routers - they seem like really nice kit, especially fond of the management interface & Smart Queues feature - might be time to ditch the HH5, guess I would just need to source an old white Openreach modem?
The QoS is really good in my experience, sure you may loose a bit of top end speed, but it makes for a much more reliable connection. The wifes apple devices are so chatty with how much they upload / download from apples cloud, and with streaming netflix and the like it takes the pain out of ping spikes.
For example I'm downloading on a seperate machine at 5.9MB/sec, I have the q configured to 55 / 14 Mbps and can maintain a steady and low ping.
For example I'm downloading on a seperate machine at 5.9MB/sec, I have the q configured to 55 / 14 Mbps and can maintain a steady and low ping.
9:41 onwards for anyone interested in smart queues. I followed there logic of using dslreports for their speed test, but I watch the graphs on the router as their values are higher and this is where you're configuring the policy.
So I've just rerun and set my q to be 55Mbps down and 14Mbps up, which gives me a dsl report looking like this.
Still not bought a new router but I like the edge router x and AP setup you mention. I have FTTC so I take it I just plug the cable from the BT modem I have into the edge and then configure it? Also, does the AP need a power supply and have to be wired or can it just get stuck on the wall/ceiling? I've never had wi-fi issues in my house, probably due to the paper thin walls of the build rather than the kit I've been using
This is my dslreports speed test:
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