Reddit reviews Mikrotik Routerboard RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN Sfp Port plus 10 Port Ethernet

Do NOT get a sonicwall. Theyre overpriced, underperforming crap, and ive had them cause big troubles for clients.

A few potential recommendations.

• If you are tech savvy, get one of these. They support a bazillion features, and theyre cheap. Downside, theyre a bit tricky to configure.
  
• If you're not, do pfSense. There are a lot of vendors out there with appliances, but the specs on the official ones like the VK-T40E seem the most reasonable for the price. You can also do a build-it-yourself for very cheap (under $600) that is capable of multi-hundred-mbit (or even gbit) IPSec tunnels and multi-gigabit routing.
  
  pfSense is literally better in every single way than Sonicwall. I've used virtualized pfSense VMs in an VMWare environement to stand in for downed Sonicwalls before while waiting on Sonicwall support to get a replacement out to us, and it worked perfectly-- except that we discovered that our network was misconfigured for asymmetric routing, and our Sonicwall never said a thing because apparently it wasnt doing proper stateful firewalling (wasnt blocking syn-acks-before-syns).
  
  Sonicwalls dont really get nice until the "NSA" series (stands for Network Security Appliance, plz no jokes), except those run about $2000, and for that price you could get a truly beefy pfSense appliance capable of competing with $10k+ Sonicwalls. And support-wise, pfSense support consists of the handful of guys who actually do the coding, and are all incredibly skilled. Having had an issue in a production deployment, I got a response from pfSense in like 4 hours and soon thereafter Jim P was SSH'd into our box and fixing things.
  
  Sorry for the long rant-- but having been a consultant for 10 years now I have grown to truly hate Sonicwall. When you realize how terribly bad their performance is, how poor their support is, and how remarkably good and flexible alternatives like pfSense (or M0nowall, or...) are-- particularly with their flexibility to virtualize as needed-- it sort of drives you crazy when you see someone talking about getting a Sonicwall. Kind of like if you had suggested that OP install Norton Antivirus, download Bonzi Buddy, and switch to AOL. DONT DO IT.

Thanks a bunch bro. Think this will work? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BGIXOHQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AWXBONHVNQ00F&psc=1

I'm happy with my Mikrotik http://amzn.com/B00BGIXOHQ that I use for my Wifi and http://amzn.com/B00CJPWZ8O for the wired routing, they have newer versions as well. Enterprise-class features.

I browsed what a lot of other people said, take my information with a grain of salt, I work in IT and do construction build outs and surveillance and security as an all in one consulting shop, my background is in cisco.

Suggestion 1: Ubiquiti

Suggestion 2: Get a decent router, and put your ISP modem into Bridge mode. I'm a huge fan of mikrotik but it's kind of expensive, or the Ubiquiti version

Suggestion 3: If you're going to hard wire EVERYTHING add a gigabit switch in to the last gigabit port on the router, place anything not critical on that switch, if you're going with cameras and AP's, I suggest a Ubiquiti POE Switch But it's VERY Expensive, I'll detail reasons why it's pretty neat to stay with ubiquiti the whole way, but if that's too expensive you can go with this

Suggestion 4: Pick up a shelf and some velcro and a nice power strip or battery backup to organize all this

Suggestion 5: Unifi AP's
Dual Band AC Lite
in wall ap
cloud management

Suggestion 6: Unifi Cameras
all listed here

Or LTS Cameras, but good luck finding them cheap, I'm a vendor and get them for sub 100$

Why sticking with ubiquiti is neat:

All your equipment (except cameras) will show up in the dashboard, your router, your switch and your ap's will all be visible and manageable from a single location (a web page). Granted, I'm not sure it's worth that 400$ switch, but unless you ABSOLUTELY need POE at the switch, you could go with the less expensive edgeswitch, which I want to say is only 200$

Answer: If you use TRUE Wireless Access Points and routers not repurposed as WAP's then they receive an IP on your lan and work as an interface and only pass traffic from wireless devices to your primary dhcp server/router.

It would work as so

Modem > Router > Switch > Camera

And

Modem > Router > Switch > Wap >> Wireless connection >> Devices.


A switch is just a digital splitter for your network, at the most simplest of explanations. and a WAP is simply a translator from wireless to ethernet.

Asus.

Or you could get a stand alone WAP and router. Mikrotik has amazing routers for stupid cheap by comparison. Flashing them with DDWRT would actually be a downgrade. Yea, they are feature packed! Pair it with a Unibquiti Unifi AP and you got yourself a business class set up. You might have to give up on the AC protocol for now though, since UBQT AC devices are really expensive. But their ~$80 APs have really good range. And so does the B2011UiAS-2HnD-IN.

If you're new to networks Id advise to go with Asus though. I own the AC66U and their interface is very user friendly. There's also a large community of advanced users behind them. Check out Merlin.

Do your thing price bot.

Anything from Ubiquiti or Mikrotik would be solid choices.

If you'd prefer to just go with your new cable modem and piggyback the wireless off of that, the Ubiquiti UniFi AP would be a good option. It wouldn't do any routing, but would simply serve as your wireless access point: http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-UniFi-Enterprise-System/dp/B004XXMUCQ. Very good reviews for these, and they cost $67 currently.

If you want a full-fledged router, the Mikrotik RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN would be a good option: http://www.amazon.com/Mikrotik-Routerboard-RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN-Port-Ethernet/dp/B00BGIXOHQ.

Honestly with your setup primarily being wireless (from the sounds of it), the access point might be a good option to try out.

I think maybe mikrotik is what you're looking for. I have the Mikrotik Routerboard rb2011 for almost 2 years now and I love it.

It's closer to an industrial router than a consumer one and it's a steal for the price. Have not had a single issue with it.

You want a router that has stability.

Unless you want to spend $200-$300 on a router, best bet is
A) access point from ubiquiti and wire it in the middle of the house.
B) a new router from mikrotik. I have this kind and it's awesome.
Mikrotik Routerboard RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN Sfp Port plus 10 Port Ethernet https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BGIXOHQ/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_Klccvb1N253VZ
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BGIXOHQ/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_Klccvb1N253VZ

I've never even heard of this brand before. Only thing I could find out is that they run a Linux based operating system.

Can you please elaborate why they're so good they'll make my ddwrt capable router seem average?

Eg what would make this router better than consumer grade routers in the same price category?

UPnP is like locking the door and leaving the key in the keyhole. Not being paranoid, and 99.9% of the time nothing will happen, but looking at the router logs, I get about 1000-1500 attempts per 24hr cycle from various IPs to connect to my NAS which is on the network, I rather not open everything to everyone, because there is a chance that one might get through to some new vulnerability detected a day ago.

That aside, good routers with good default security will scan packets regardless and will allow traffic in/out just fine without even setting port triggers/port forwards, with a bit more decent security profile so UPnP isn't required.

The market is just flooded with the basic routers/switch combos and people don't know they can buy ISP grade routers for half the price, compared to those home toy routers.

Example for $111

This is a better router/switch combo as anything on the consumer market, requires some basic understanding.

Example #2 $51

Cheap quality full featured, gigabit router, without WiFi.
People just don't know that those things exist, and perform way better as any Linksys, NETgear, Asus or other "toy" routers. If you want latest greatest WiFi, don't buy a router, buy a module which will work on any network, others B/G/N is enough for most home use and gaming.

It should be good. It's a little faster than an Edgerouter X (that I use) but still very affordable. How many wired connections do you need?

Other options include the Miktrotik Routerboard RB2011 and the ERPOE-5.

http://www.amazon.com/Mikrotik-Routerboard-RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN-Port-Ethernet/dp/B00BGIXOHQ

http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-ERPOE-5-EdgeRouter-Adapter/dp/B00E77N3WE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1449684980&sr=8-3&keywords=ubiquiti+edgerouter

Want to access the NAS from home? Static IP or you can use a dynamic DNS service. To get a static IP, you'd need to contact your ISP. Dynamic DNS though, it gives you a name like ilovebob.com and any time someone types in that address, it'll go to an IP address assigned to that address. Dynamic DNS will have a computer on your network run a program, see what's it's own IP and then assign that IP to ilovebob.com It will automatically keep checking it's IP so often, so ilovebob.com will more than likely be updated to your current IP address. But, you need a computer on your home network that's always running and so it can always update IP changes to the ilovebob.com Or, some routers can update the dynamic DNS.

Then, after you have dynamic DNS up and running, you open up a hole through the firewall to allow you to connect from the outside world. You could set it up where you can connect to your NAS over ftp maybe? Or you could make it where you connect to your home network with VPN. You could be in Siberia and connect to your home network and everything would act like you just plugged directly into your router at home. You could see the NAS shared over the LAN.

Also, I suggest getting a nice router for you to learn on. I recommend Mikrotik. I'm using Ubiquiti EdgeRouter now, but think the Mikrotik is better, especially for learning on. Better documentation and better GUI. A normal Wal-Mart router can't do some advanced topics, and can sometimes make handling with setting up services a very vague and troublesome process. The Mikrotik will introduce you to the standard networking concepts but with nice GUI to show you around. It's a good way to learn the more advanced stuff.

Resources:

Free dynamic DNS service

Good advanced router

Very good advanced router

Keep in mind that if you want to do wired and wireless, you can definitely provision specific ports on the router to share subnets with your wireless APs, but you'll probably need exclusion rules for both the wireless AP and the wired ports as well since the config is almost always done by interface, not by subnet.

Also, you'll need to make sure you have enough ports for your needs. If you need more, you'd need to buy a router with more ports, or you can just get a switch. A switch generally requires no extra config so it's not a big deal, but it is another piece of hardware.

If you are especially bold and have no problem spending literally tens of hours learning Networking 101 and RouterOS, This is a beastly, beastly device that can do what you want it to do and so much more. I honestly have no idea what routers would do it what you want otherwise, so I'm not too much help there.

Look into mikrotik routers. Best routers ive worked with. Very reliable and flexible. Takes a little bit to learn and get used to the interface and you will be forced to learn a bit about networking. This is what im currently using https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BGIXOHQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_osTBzbG2GNB9S

Yea, like i said a bit of a learning curve. I use a Mikrotik L3 switch for my home network and love it.

also, just found This guy on amazon, he should do the trick (if you want to learn more)

A friend of mine always recommends Microtik routers. They are not all that user-friendly, but they are known to be really stable and have very good performance.

He recommended me this model, but there is also a smaller version.

I'll upgrade to one of those models once my DD-WRT router dies.

I have one of these at home and I really dig it:

https://www.amazon.com/Mikrotik-Routerboard-RB2011UiAS-2HnD--Port-Ethernet/dp/B00BGIXOHQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467406774&sr=8-1&keywords=routerboard

PoE, gigabit, SFP support, OS has a ton of enterprise features. Main thing it's missing is 802.11n support.

So I took at look at Mikrotik stuff and it seems decently priced.

I was hoping for under 250$ or so but do not think that is going to happen if I buy all new things.

For the edge/core/aggr

I do not understand the difference between routerboard or cloud router which would be best for a home setup

• 127$ MikroTik Cloud Router Switch CRS109-8G-1S-2HnD-IN
  
  
• 127$ Mikrotik Routerboard RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN Sfp Port plus 10 Port Ethernet
  
  
• 99$ Mikrotik RB2011iL-IN smallform factor EthernetRouter with 10 Ethernet Ports
   
   
  
  For the 2-3 places I want multiple ports
  
  70$ Mikrotik RB951G-2HND 5-Port Gigabit Wireless AP 1000mW
  

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