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Router recommendation (feddit.de)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi Lemmy Community,

At the moment i got a router-modem-combination from my ip and i want to be more independent. Therefore i want to use the provided hardware as bridge and buy my own router to manage my network.

In my home network i got

2 Desktop PCs (cable)
1 Switch (cable)
Several WiFi devices including smart home devices
Pi-Hole
Mac Mini as a linux Server (cable)
Synology NAS (cable)
AVM repeater

Before i start my own extensive research, may you recommend me a Router for my setup?

Thank you in advance :-)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Du you want a plastic box or a pc with your own os on it (like opnsense or Linux)? It anything in between? I would say the 2 ends are between a fritzbox and an AliExpress router PC.

Btw throw your repeater away in case you use it as a Wi-Fi extender. It cuts your wifi performance to 1/4. It only works if you use it with a cable as a separate access point.

If you also want to improve your wifi setup, I can recommend unifi. Aruba is also good but they went cloud only and who knows how long they will keep there old non cloud firmware updated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Good Point, right now i prefer a plastik box for convenience. Unify and Fritzbox are already my shortlist.

Thank you