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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse
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      UBNT (Ubiquiti) Makes some excellent cost effective devices.

      Many here have the ERL at home and in the office.

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      • DashrenderD
        Dashrender
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        Depending on your needs - the throughput of the ER-L might not be up to task for you, but then again might be.

        The EdgeSwitches are good and cost effective.

        If you are are going to use Unifi Access Points, you can consider the Unifi Switches, their prices had come come down to nearly the same as EdgeSwitches the last time I looked and are controlled by the Unifi Controller, which can be convenient.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          Ubiquiti EdgeRouter for sure. The ERL for $65 is all that you need.

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          • mroth911M
            mroth911
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            I am using fiber for webhosting the ERL is fast enough?

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @mroth911
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              @mroth911 said in Routers and switches:

              I am using fiber for webhosting the ERL is fast enough?

              As long as the ER-L is only handling generic firewall/routing things, should be. You start doing filtering at the ER-L, probably not.

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              • mroth911M
                mroth911
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                i am using pfsense for firewall.and routing

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @mroth911
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                  @mroth911 said in Routers and switches:

                  I am using fiber for webhosting the ERL is fast enough?

                  WAY faster than you have. I'm running 160/160 fiber through it and it doesn't break a sweat. It'll do gigabit.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @mroth911
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                    @mroth911 said in Routers and switches:

                    i am using pfsense for firewall.and routing

                    What do you need with a router then? Do you need a media converter? i.e. from fiber to ethernet?

                    The ER-L can't do that but the ER-X SFP can, but again, you'll need to check the specs to make sure it can handle your throughput and PPS.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      One of the key reasons that we recommend the Ubiquiti EdgeRouters is that they are some of the fastest around.

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                      • mroth911M
                        mroth911
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                        I have a web hosting business.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @mroth911
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                          @mroth911 said in Routers and switches:

                          I have a web hosting business.

                          That doesn't explain the need for double routers, though. If you have pfSense, why add another router? Are you just looking to upgrade from pfSense to something more serious?

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @mroth911
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                            @mroth911 said in Routers and switches:

                            I have a web hosting business.

                            Out of your office? that seems odd. Is it cost effective to host yourself vs using something like Vultr?

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said in Routers and switches:

                              @mroth911 said in Routers and switches:

                              I have a web hosting business.

                              That doesn't explain the need for double routers, though. If you have pfSense, why add another router? Are you just looking to upgrade from pfSense to something more serious?

                              I'm guessing that the ISP is delivering Fiber to him.. he has to convert it to ethernet for his network, or run fiber NICs everywhere 😛

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                              • mroth911M
                                mroth911
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                                Correct isp is going to give me a switch to connect to fiber, they called it ppp then I will have my LAN that i have to configure my router to. Alittle above what I know i was told on port needs to be connected to the fiber switch and configured wan ppp then the other to my gateway address

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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said in Routers and switches:

                                  @mroth911 said in Routers and switches:

                                  I am using fiber for webhosting the ERL is fast enough?

                                  WAY faster than you have. I'm running 160/160 fiber through it and it doesn't break a sweat. It'll do gigabit.

                                  Not true if you do anything other than route and I have posted as much more than once.

                                  If you enable any traffic policies at all your max bandwidth throughput will be in the 60mbps range.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                                    @dashrender said in Routers and switches:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Routers and switches:

                                    @mroth911 said in Routers and switches:

                                    I have a web hosting business.

                                    That doesn't explain the need for double routers, though. If you have pfSense, why add another router? Are you just looking to upgrade from pfSense to something more serious?

                                    I'm guessing that the ISP is delivering Fiber to him.. he has to convert it to ethernet for his network, or run fiber NICs everywhere 😛

                                    I've literally never heard of an ISP that hands off fiber. Who do you know that does that?

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                                      @jaredbusch said in Routers and switches:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Routers and switches:

                                      @mroth911 said in Routers and switches:

                                      I am using fiber for webhosting the ERL is fast enough?

                                      WAY faster than you have. I'm running 160/160 fiber through it and it doesn't break a sweat. It'll do gigabit.

                                      Not true if you do anything other than route and I have posted as much more than once.

                                      Correct, but he's not asking if it'll do that AND something else. It'll handle gigabit speeds as a router.

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in Routers and switches:

                                        @dashrender said in Routers and switches:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Routers and switches:

                                        @mroth911 said in Routers and switches:

                                        I have a web hosting business.

                                        That doesn't explain the need for double routers, though. If you have pfSense, why add another router? Are you just looking to upgrade from pfSense to something more serious?

                                        I'm guessing that the ISP is delivering Fiber to him.. he has to convert it to ethernet for his network, or run fiber NICs everywhere 😛

                                        I've literally never heard of an ISP that hands off fiber. Who do you know that does that?

                                        Yeah, no one does that.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said in Routers and switches:

                                          @dashrender said in Routers and switches:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Routers and switches:

                                          @mroth911 said in Routers and switches:

                                          I have a web hosting business.

                                          That doesn't explain the need for double routers, though. If you have pfSense, why add another router? Are you just looking to upgrade from pfSense to something more serious?

                                          I'm guessing that the ISP is delivering Fiber to him.. he has to convert it to ethernet for his network, or run fiber NICs everywhere 😛

                                          I've literally never heard of an ISP that hands off fiber. Who do you know that does that?

                                          This is why I was confused by what the OP wanted. he originally asks for a router, then but then later says he's using PFSense... so if he's happy with PFSense, what is the router for?

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                                          • mroth911M
                                            mroth911
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                                            The router need to connect to the cienna switch they provide. I could configure my swtch on two diffent ports for wan ppp and then usable address

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