[ale] Strong home wireless router?

[Derek Atkins]

I love my ubuquiti APs (yes, plural) in my house.  I have excellent
coverage (almost) everywhere -- and the one place it's not very good is a
place I didn't plan to cover.

-derek

On Thu, June 1, 2023 6:08 pm, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> +1 on the ubiquity gear. Good commercial quality at nearly home user
> pricing.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2023, 12:04 PM DJPfulio--- via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> > On 5/31/23 5:38 AM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
>> >> Hey all, any suggestions on a strong home wireless router? Our
>> >> internet will come in through the provider's modem, but I don't
>> >> want to use their wifi. I have an ASUS RT-ACRH18, but am not sure
>> >> how secure it is.
>> >>
>>
>> Ubiquiti stuff is good, if you can get passed some "features" that use a
>> central Java-based server for configuration.  The last one I used had an
>> android app to configure and update the firmware.  The coverage provided
>> exceeded all my other wifi-routers.
>>
>> I'm not in the wifi-AP market, so I don't know the current ubiquiti
>> models. They would be on my very short list.
>>
>> I prefer keeping routing separate from wifi APs.  My router HW is coming
>> up on 10 yrs old. It runs opnsense. I don't have any plans to replace
>> it.
>> For WIFI, the standards/capabilities seem to change drastically every 5
>> yrs, so swapping in a newer wifi AP isn't a big deal and doesn't require
>> major changes to the router.
>>
>> The best location for a wifi-AP is seldom the ideal location for a
>> router.
>> That's another consideration.
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