[ale] So, who do we like for a new 4 port gigabit LAN/WAN Firewall Routers these days?

Raj Wurttemberg rajaw at c64.us
Thu Feb 25 09:44:50 EST 2021


100% in agreement with Ray....  I would avoid D-Link and Netgear firewalls
at ALL costs. They have horrible update records. Ubiquity has a very active
forum and as Ray mentioned, Ubiquity updates they hardware very frequently.

/Raj

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 2:27 AM Raylynn Knight via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> The Linksys, D-Link and NETGEAR devices are all likely running ancient
> versions of Linux with known vulnerabilities.   The D-Link unit uses a SOC
> that is no longer supported by its vendor.
>
> A better choice in the Ubiquiti line is the EdgeRouter 6P, but it is more
> than double the cost of the EdgeRouter 10X.  The 10X and the ER-X both use
> the same MediaTek MT7621A Dual Core MIPS processor used in a lot of
> wireless routers.
>
> Ubiquiti has a better track record of updating there firmware than any of
> the other 3 vendors by a large margin.
>
> Ray
>
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