Comment on Router suggestions for a complete noob
Cyber@feddit.uk 3 days ago
You’ll probably need 2 devices: one actually connected to the external line (ie the modem part) and then your actual router / wifi access point(s).
Personally, I have a Fritzbox router configured into bridge mode so it just deals with the line signal and passes all the PPPoE / internet comms to a pfSense box I built (ie anything… an old thin client, new microATX, etc…)
I then have separate POE WAPs for wifi around the house, but pfSense can deal with radio drivers too if separate WAPs are too much today.
This way, if something goes wrong I can always go back to a single domestic router, keep the family happy, download anything I need to fix my setup and then move forwards again.
I like having separate components with an up/downgrade path
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
What WAPs are you using?
Cyber@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Ruckus … R500 I think (can’t check atm) from ebay.
MIMO, multiple SSIDs, etc, so work really well with the load of 2.4Ghz wifi home automation gadgets I have around the house, with 2 of us working from home on Zoom / Teams calls.
Reflash them with the “unleashed” firmware and you don’t need their controller.