Recommendation for home WiFi router
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Hello everybody!
(I'm sad to see Mangolassi dead, but here is a topic from me)1. Can you give me some recommendation for new home Wifi router?
Here is description of my "system":- internet link is 300/30 Mbps
- 15 devices should be connected to it (6 phones, 4 laptops, 3 TVs, one WiFi access point + occasionally ,some guest or our HTPC
- of these 15 devices, 3 should be connected via LAN (2 TVs, one HTPC), others via WiFi
Reason for buying is that my internet provider changed the router type (after upgrade of speed from 200/20 to 300/30, but this new device seems to struggle with the load).
2. Is there some Mikrotik device that you would recommend for this? (we have good local Mikrotik dealer here)
3. If I put telecom's router in "bridge mode" and put better router behind it, is it reasonable to expect that the telecom's router's should not be a noticeable bottleneck (or not as much)?
Thank you
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@Mario-Jakovina said in Recommendation for home WiFi router:
Hello everybody!
(I'm sad to see Mangolassi dead, but here is a topic from me)1. Can you give me some recommendation for new home Wifi router?
Here is description of my "system":- internet link is 300/30 Mbps
- 15 devices should be connected to it (6 phones, 4 laptops, 3 TVs, one WiFi access point + occasionally ,some guest or our HTPC
- of these 15 devices, 3 should be connected via LAN (2 TVs, one HTPC), others via WiFi
Reason for buying is that my internet provider changed the router type (after upgrade of speed from 200/20 to 300/30, but this new device seems to struggle with the load).
2. Is there some Mikrotik device that you would recommend for this? (we have good local Mikrotik dealer here)
3. If I put telecom's router in "bridge mode" and put better router behind it, is it reasonable to expect that the telecom's router's should not be a noticeable bottleneck (or not as much)?
Thank you
I'm not sure which MicroTik routers would be a good fit.
We use a lot of the Netgate/PFSense routers at work, and I've been impressed with the price/performance of them. If they're available in your area, you should look at a Netgate 2100 for your needs.
Once you have the ISP router in "bridge mode", it should cease to have any performance impact at all. Even the cheapest devices can forward traffic at line speed these days.
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I've had a regular tp-link wifi6 router for the past 4 years and has worked well for the family. 25+ devices online and never noticed any slowness.
Recently bought a Firewalla Gold Plus to put between the internet gateway and the wifi router. Wish I had gotten that years ago. One of the best purchases I made in a long time tbh. I have the wifi router in AP mode now so the firewalla does the routing and everything else instead, wifi seems faster now that it's not doing as much anymore.
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@Mario-Jakovina you are correct, in bridge mode a telecom router SHOULD be essentially transparent. It's just an extra switch at that point.
MT is good. I always prefer a dedicated router/firewall. Then my APs separate.
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@Mario-Jakovina The UNIFI Dream Machines are really nice. I use it for my parents' house.
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@scottalanmiller said in Recommendation for home WiFi router:
MT is good. I always prefer a dedicated router/firewall. Then my APs separate.
I do the same. My router at home is my own creation using netfilter / nftables, and APs are (soon to be refreshed) Unifi.
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I am using the Unifi Express 7 router for home. I don't need fancy shit at home anymore. what little advanced stuff I have at home is covered with basic port forwarding (html to nginx proxy for my personal stuff)
I do have an additional AP, the UAP7 Lite
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@JaredBusch
the UniFi Express 7 looks pretty decent in capacity and features - and likely a contendor replacement for the UniFi Lite Router I have since my NTG days. Has that really been ten years ago now?I will say I sort of feel that they seriously missed the mark in the design. Seems that USB-C has to be shoved into everything - but seriously - why!!??
They could have easily put the PSU into the unit and only had the AC power cable. True, the unit shouldn't need to be moved once in place. But,.. really? Get real - Just because USB--C can do so much, doesn't mean that you need to use it everywhere - especially when all you are suppling is 5v. Incorporate the whole thing and it'll be a better format.
That said,.. I'm still likely to move to something like it or this in the future.
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@gjacobse said in Recommendation for home WiFi router:
@JaredBusch
the UniFi Express 7 looks pretty decent in capacity and features - and likely a contendor replacement for the UniFi Lite Router I have since my NTG days. Has that really been ten years ago now?I will say I sort of feel that they seriously missed the mark in the design. Seems that USB-C has to be shoved into everything - but seriously - why!!??
They could have easily put the PSU into the unit and only had the AC power cable. True, the unit shouldn't need to be moved once in place. But,.. really? Get real - Just because USB--C can do so much, doesn't mean that you need to use it everywhere - especially when all you are suppling is 5v. Incorporate the whole thing and it'll be a better format.
That said,.. I'm still likely to move to something like it or this in the future.
I had a location with a UniFi Lite router that died around a year ago. Upgrading to the UniFi Express doubled their throughput with QOS enabled. Went from 300MB download to 600MB. Upload is limited because of the cable connection.
