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

[neal at mnopltd.com]

Thanks for that.  Very valuable to know.    But if you don't stick your 
head in this arena often, you... don't.

regards,

Neal

On 2021-02-25 08:44, Raj Wurttemberg via Ale wrote:
> 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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