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I have a mini-ITX system running pfSense, and a Cisco switch. My roommate has an Airport Extreme plugged in to serve solely as a wireless AP. He's moving out, so I'm going to need something to replace his Airport when he takes it with him. Can someone recommend a good home wireless AP? I don't need or want any routing or switching capabilities. Single port, powerful antenna, wireless N, and simultaneous dual band if possible. (I have no Apple products and we've had a few stupid issues with the Airport so I'm not interested in buying one myself).
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# ¿ Apr 2, 2013 19:51 |
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# ¿ Apr 17, 2024 21:23 |
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Kneel Before Zog posted:If I have a switch and I have a router, would it be easier to use the switch to connect to another router, or should I do router to router? Modem <--> WAN port on Router#1 LAN port on Router#1 <--> LAN port on Router#2 If you connected it any other way, you'd end up with two separate DHCP pools and probably a broken rear end network. You can then use the remaining LAN ports on Router 1 and Router 2 semi-seamlessly (you will have a bottleneck for anything trying to access resources on R#1 from R#2, obviously). Using a router and a switch is a better option because it eliminates the bottleneck from daisy chaining routers.
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# ¿ Apr 4, 2013 21:03 |
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Kreeblah posted:I'm running pfSense as well and I've had great luck with a Ubiquiti Unifi AP Pro. I had pretty much the same requirements as you do, but I was tired of dealing with buggy custom firmware on lowest-bidder hardware, so I got one of these. It's pricey, but it's basically been running flawlessly since I got it. This is the kind of thing I would rather get too. I can't stand poo poo not working properly. Will it work well enough sitting on a bookshelf or something? I have lovely popcorn ceilings so I can't ceiling mount it.
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# ¿ Apr 5, 2013 16:05 |
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Vinlaen posted:How does the Asus RT-AC66U compare to the latest Apple Airport Extreme? My roommate has an Airport Extreme. The signal strength and performance are pretty good but it does some really weird poo poo on the network. It causes a few things to break and can't be disabled. I wouldn't recommend one as a result.
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# ¿ Apr 23, 2013 22:00 |
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Dogen posted:The wait what now? How does what you linked break anything on your network? I have an aggregated quad-port file server and one of our media devices is his Apple TV. The Airport Extreme will randomly swap IPs with the Apple TV repeatedly while it's in use for no apparent reason and the Apple TV gets shifted to a different port on the file server, breaking whatever it's currently streaming, and sometimes making the Apple TV poo poo itself and reboot. It took a long time to figure out what was causing it and there is a thread discussing it on the pfSense forums. We have had some other issues with it too but that one is the most irritating and you can't turn that poo poo off and it's an idiotic "feature" so I would suggest something else instead.
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# ¿ Apr 24, 2013 02:02 |
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So with my most recent purchase which will be arriving today, I have gone absolutely full retard for my home network. Router: mITX Supermicro board with dual gigabit ports running pfSense Switch: 48 port gigabit Cisco 3560G Wireless: Ubiquiti AP Pro (new, replacing a WRT610n that is super temperamental) At least everything just works all the time and at excellent speeds. Too bad it cost so much loving money
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# ¿ Nov 6, 2013 18:20 |
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VorpalFish posted:Roughly how much, if you don't mind me asking? I've been considering almost that exact setup but with an 8 port switch instead once I can find bay trail based mini itx boards. UAP Pro was around $220, pfSense system was around $250:
You really don't need anything special for the router system. I have 150/10 internet and this handles it without any issues, ever.
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# ¿ Nov 12, 2013 02:22 |
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Karthe posted:Can you guys recommend me a decent small-business grade wireless router or AP? The Asus NT-12 (running DD-WRT) that I've been using worked fine when my girlfriend and I were on our own, but after taking on roommates the router's seeing double the number of wireless devices and it's unable to keep up. Overheating issues once or twice a week are common enough and so I'm looking to get something in place that'll be more robust. I've got an HP ProCurve MSM310 WAP that I'm going to try out, but it only goes up to 802.11g and I'd prefer something (much cheaper) with n. I'm not against paying a bit more for something that can handle the load of ~10 wireless devices. I just posted about getting a Ubuiquiti AP Pro. It owns. $230 here.
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# ¿ Nov 14, 2013 18:53 |
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UndyingShadow posted:I live in an apartment too! Staple the cord to the baseboard/wall near the floor. No permanent holes. Or just make holes and fix them when you move out, it costs like $20 for spackle and some paint?
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# ¿ Nov 27, 2013 02:24 |
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Peanut3141 posted:Wouldn't the lack of external antennae severely impact performance of that router? If so, and the additional purchase of external antennae is basically necessary, how does that affect its price competitiveness with the AC-66U which comes with said antennae? I used to have the impression that lacking external antennae meant a router would be terrible, but after using Ubiquiti gear at home, I've been convinced that it's entirely possible to have a good internal antenna. YMMV depending on how good the vendor is.
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# ¿ Nov 29, 2013 18:14 |
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evol262 posted:It's a tradeoff between "I can't just SSH in and run xxxx" in 2013, when $250 ARM laptops have hardware virtualization, and "I have to spend 2 weeks setting up everything the developers of these firewall distros do, and it's going to break terribly at some point and cost me more time". Agreed. Install pfSense, and accept the fact that you don't need to SSH into your router.
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# ¿ Dec 9, 2013 23:02 |
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Bob Morales posted:SSH was a bad example - a better example would be trying out some new program to plot graphs of traffic or put a web interface on statistic that I'm trying to play with Any good router distro will support all of these things either out of the box or through some sort of plugin manager. If you really want to "do it yourself" then just pick any Linux distro and go hog wild.
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# ¿ Dec 10, 2013 05:16 |
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# ¿ Apr 17, 2024 21:23 |
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Anyone have thoughts on Unifi vs Aruba Instant On? I moved to a larger house and I need more wifi coverage. I temporarily have a single UAP-AC-PRO plugged in and it can't really cover the whole house. I was looking at getting 2x U6-Pro APs, but found out about the Aruba ION line and now I'm considering 2x AP22. I run the Unifi controller for the APs in a container and have generally found it to be trouble-free, although I have never used 99% of the functionality and I don't give a poo poo about janitoring my Wifi, I just want it to work. When I first got my Unifi APs they were a bit buggy but they got better over time. I'm not sure what to expect from the newer U6 line in this regard. I don't use any Unifi gear other than access points; a VM running pfSense + a Cisco switch is the rest of my network. On Wifi we have a few laptops, phones, smart TVs running Plex clients, Xbox, and some audio gear. I want to have solid coverage as well as good throughput; I don''t want to deal with buffering and random wifi fuckery. titaniumone fucked around with this message at 15:05 on Oct 22, 2023 |
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