[TriLUG] Router recommendations

[Matt Pusateri via TriLUG]

I also run a PF sense PC, but I’m getting ready to replace it with a Ubiquity probably a USG. I have a Ubiquity access point, which I absolutely love. I’ve also run Ubiquity APs and several commercial installations, I highly recommend them. 

Matt P

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> On Oct 13, 2018, at 11:37 AM, Steve Litt via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 09:44:43 -0400
> Nathan Yinger via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
>> My old router bricked itself - I tried to restart it, and it won't
>> turn back on. No ethernet, no wifi, not a single LED lights up on it.
>> So now I need a new one.
>> 
>> What I'm looking for:
>> - Lasts longer than 3 years.
>> - 4 gigabit ports is fine.
>> - I only use wifi a little bit, so any kind of wifi will do.
>> - Easy shell access would be nice.
> 
> The way I do it is I put pfSense on a computer, with a network card for
> each needed zone. For my LAN, I feed a pfSense port into a switch,
> which feeds the LAN. For Wifi, I have a Wifi router configured to be an
> access point only. It's more money, more moving parts, bigger, but I
> know what's inside of it.
> 
> Mine is running on an old hand-me-down computer. If one lives in a warm
> climate, the proper way is to put pfSense on a very low power computer.
> Do as I say, not as I do.
> 
> SteveT
> 
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