SOHO Router Equipment
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A entry level ASA is ~$500 and you can smartnet it.
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And Ubiquiti's ERL was $95 back when this thread was new. But today their have a smaller router for just $65!
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@John-Nicholson said:
A entry level ASA is ~$500 and you can smartnet it.
Can't believe this thread, of all things, brought you out of the woodwork! Back from Spain?
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Even though its a bit more, I like the idea of Ubiquiti's Security Gateway - integrates with the UAP software.
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Edge Router X - best router I have even owned and only $50
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@Dashrender said:
Even though its a bit more, I like the idea of Ubiquiti's Security Gateway - integrates with the UAP software.
Though, since I already had a ERL, I haven't spent the money on it. Now I need to find someone who needs an ERL so I can sell mine, and then get the Security Gateway.
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@Dashrender said:
@Dashrender said:
Even though its a bit more, I like the idea of Ubiquiti's Security Gateway - integrates with the UAP software.
Though, since I already had a ERL, I haven't spent the money on it. Now I need to find someone who needs an ERL so I can sell mine, and then get the Security Gateway.
I don't think the USG does as many PPS as the ERL, it seems to be a lower end one to me. The EdgeMax Swtiches and routers are suppose to be higher end than the Unifi ones.
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I'm sure that's true. Though for small and home use it's probably more than fine.
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@Jason said in SOHO Router Equipment:
@Dashrender said:
@Dashrender said:
Even though its a bit more, I like the idea of Ubiquiti's Security Gateway - integrates with the UAP software.
Though, since I already had a ERL, I haven't spent the money on it. Now I need to find someone who needs an ERL so I can sell mine, and then get the Security Gateway.
I don't think the USG does as many PPS as the ERL, it seems to be a lower end one to me. The EdgeMax Swtiches and routers are suppose to be higher end than the Unifi ones.
It has more overhead for sure, so that limits it to some degree.
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@Dashrender said in SOHO Router Equipment:
I'm sure that's true. Though for small and home use it's probably more than fine.
Oh yeah, those devices normally have SO much overhead.
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Buffalo Routers with ddwrt firmware are not reliable as far as I have tested it over the years. I have moved to Ubiquiti security Gateway and their APs and Edge Router both cost $115 and $45 at Microcenter (see below)
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Depending on your needs though, and ER-X is like $60
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@Dashrender said in SOHO Router Equipment:
Depending on your needs though, and ER-X is like $60
I am not a fan of the USG. It is still EdgeOS underneath, but it is missing too many features in the Unifi GUI to be a really useful device for anything more than a basic home user.
I get that being Unifi is cool, but only for single sites.
UNMS is going to be awesome if it rolls out as advertised. That will give you full remote insight to any EdgeOS device as well as remote backup of config and remote upgrades.
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@JaredBusch said in SOHO Router Equipment:
@Dashrender said in SOHO Router Equipment:
Depending on your needs though, and ER-X is like $60
I am not a fan of the USG. It is still EdgeOS underneath, but it is missing too many features in the Unifi GUI to be a really useful device for anything more than a basic home user.
I get that being Unifi is cool, but only for single sites.
UNMS is going to awesome if it rolls out as advertised. That will give you full remote insight to any EdgeOS device as well as remote backup of config and remote upgrades.
Considering UNMS, Ubiquiti seems to have a split brain problem. I don't grasp the reasoning behind the split manors in which they are approaching enterprise networking gear.
Unifi APs are definitely on the enterprise side, but are completely missing from the Edge side of the house, but, as mentioned by JB, the Unifi side of the house seems very dumbed down, and missing a ton of features from the GUI.
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@Dashrender said in SOHO Router Equipment:
@JaredBusch said in SOHO Router Equipment:
@Dashrender said in SOHO Router Equipment:
Depending on your needs though, and ER-X is like $60
I am not a fan of the USG. It is still EdgeOS underneath, but it is missing too many features in the Unifi GUI to be a really useful device for anything more than a basic home user.
I get that being Unifi is cool, but only for single sites.
UNMS is going to awesome if it rolls out as advertised. That will give you full remote insight to any EdgeOS device as well as remote backup of config and remote upgrades.
Considering UNMS, Ubiquiti seems to have a split brain problem. I don't grasp the reasoning behind the split manors in which they are approaching enterprise networking gear.
Unifi APs are definitely on the enterprise side, but are completely missing from the Edge side of the house, but, as mentioned by JB, the Unifi side of the house seems very dumbed down, and missing a ton of features from the GUI.
The Sheeple wanted Unifi all the things. So they made it. They sell the crap out of it too. The same reason people bought into Meraki. It is all point and click. No thought involved.
For the access points, being Unifi, well that existed first. I think that if they had a way to not show all the non AP settings in the Unifi Controller it would be great, but it is certainly not worth their time to code that.
The EdgeMax line is designed towards carriers and WISP. The Unifi line is for home. There is certainly always going to be a blur there on the routers and switches.
The AP's are always in the endpoint. Not part of the core stack, so they never belong in the EdgeMax concept.
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@Dashrender said in SOHO Router Equipment:
Considering UNMS, Ubiquiti seems to have a split brain problem. I don't grasp the reasoning behind the split manors in which they are approaching enterprise networking gear.
They sell what customers want.
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Are you saying that the UNMS isn't basically the same thing?
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@Dashrender said in SOHO Router Equipment:
Are you saying that the UNMS isn't basically the same thing?
It is completely not the same thing.
