I’m looking at a new router as my current netgear R7000 NNighthawk isn’t cutting it anymore. I was looking at getting either the Netgear orbi @ $250 or the Linksys WRT3200AC @ $180. All the reviews say it’s too expensive at $250 to justify it but it’s on sale now so I’m wondering if it’s worth it. I know a lot of its features that makes it a great router can’t be used right now. What do you all think?
Do you have any old pc laying around?
If you do look into pfsense possibly have to source a dual intel nic card on ebay for 20 bucks.
Then for much cheaper you can have a better more robust router and then just use your nighthawk as an access point only.
if you have an old pc use that and throw in a few network cards even if you dont have one laying around you can buy second hand PC's for less than £30 it will also allow you to do much more like file sharing, gaming servers, web server, caching etc
I actually bought a Dell optiplex with a dual port nic for $50 and I've installed pfsense on it. I just haven't used it but I would end up using the R7000 as an AP but the speeds drop quite a bit from the router to other parts in the house.
Buy a Ubiquiti AC Lite for i believe 80$US. Best investment you will make. Use your pfsense box for the routing. I have one that serves a 4500sq ft house with no problems. 2.4 and 5ghz all over the house.
Ya I saw a lot of people recommend it so I'll definitely grab it if I end up using it. I just don't think I'll end up utilizing pfsense and all it capabilities that much that's why I thought about just using a normal router.
currently my router is a ubiquiti edgerouter x. if i had a system laying around or had a few bucks to build out a low power system i would run pfsense. but the ERX works well enough for me. also wireless, i use the ubiquiti uap just the standard 2.4Ghz one. i wanna get a AC Lite though as well as an outdoor uap. living in a trailer home has some disadvantages when it comes to wifi outside the home
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What are you doing that this isn't cutting it? This is pretty good for most consumer grade connections, I would think.
I have this myself, and I highly recommend it. I've got it flashed with the aftermarket firmware for OpenWRT, a linux based setup. I haven't got into the nitty gritty but the performance and coverage of this router is pretty stellar.