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Brkdncr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Honestly I’ve given up on single-device setups. Mesh APs with a router that doesn’t do any wifi is what I’m doing going forward. The tech is too different to put into a single device.
I’ve had nothing but problems over the years. Asus, Synology, whatever the isp hands out, etc.
WiFi also seems to be changing nearly yearly while routing (and switching) has not changed much at all.
I don’t bother with “mesh” type setups specifically, but yeah, router/switch in one device (usually with one or more additional switches for more ports) and APs in separate devices with ethernet backhaul.
These APs could still be all-in-one routers if they good wifi hardware/drivers and have OpenWRT support, but they are treated as dumb APs that could be swapped in/out if problems occur.
the_tab_key@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Do you have a good suggestion for a router with this setup. This is how I have my network set up now but I need a router upgrade and can’t seem to find a decent non-WiFi router
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I just switched to tplink omada. It’s fine. If I need to look for something else it will probably be microtik. After that I’m looking at real enterprise firewalls.