Hey /r/Sysadmin! What do you use for your home router? 2026 Edition
Posted by ScannerBrightly@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 350 comments
Hey there, fellow admins!
I just realized my Netgear router at home was EOL, and when searching for 'home router' on this subreddit, the last great discussion was 10 years ago, so I thought I'd throw it out there to the crowd.
What'cha all using at home for your router?
Do you have a combined unit with Wi-Fi? With DOSCIS 3.0? 3.1? Got a 2.5 Gig port? A 10 gig port? Are you using it as a switch as well? Do you have that 'uPnP' checkbox checked? Or are you just throwing it into a server and running pfSense?
ChanchoPerro1987@reddit
FortiGate 60F with 2 FortiAP 231G's.
BelugaBilliam@reddit
Dream machine SE
shootingdolphins@reddit
Older fortigate. Off lease and transferred to my name.
Has the 16 non POE ports for battery backups and desktops and hardware and 16 POE ports I need for cameras and APs. The user console is familiar since I mostly do sonicwall and fortinet at work and the network port grouping I like for separate subnets that don’t talk to or see each other at all (cameras versus iot versus work stuff and personal stuff). It is relatively good with region blocks and as long as you pay for or have access to firmware updates it’s still cheaper and better than a lot of the off the shelf stuff. I’ve got mounted with my servers in a locked rack in one office closet with the APs being exterior and ceiling mounted elsewhere in the house.
I tried Unifi DR7 but need more ports and unless I really want to revamp my entire network just to go from gigabit to 5gb from Fios it wasn’t worth it. I wish Unifi still made all in one hardware with firewall and switch and POE.
InternationalEgg5330@reddit
Mikrotik RB5009UPr+S+IN
Cyberian_ASCII@reddit
Ubiquiti Dream Router 7 currently, I like it a lot but I'm thinking about switching to the Dream Machine. I have the 2.5G Unifi switch and Wifi 7 AP's
ISeeDeadPackets@reddit
I've got a DM pro, I like it. Not something I would use at work but it's also massive overkill for home networking. I got it for next to nothing though so I don't feel bad about it.
IAmTheM4ilm4n@reddit
I run a UDM Pro. I like that the firewall has been upgraded to zone-based rules.
BlinkyLights_@reddit
Same. Haven't messed with the zone FW rules yet though. Will def need to look into it.
This_Bitch_Overhere@reddit
I have been on the fence for months on the dream router. Can you plug directly into the provider, or do you still require a surfboard to talk downstream? Also, have you VLAN'd all the things? If you did, and you're using a surfboard to connect downstream, does the surfboard respect your VLAN tags or do you just trunk it and hope for the best?
sengh71@reddit
Agreed with u/diving_into_msp . I had to clone my ISP provided gateway onto an XGS-PON ONU stick but it is possible to bypass the ISP hardware inside your house.
This_Bitch_Overhere@reddit
I may need to look into this. Thank you for your response.
KingZarkon@reddit
It doesn't have a DOCSIS modem built in so you would still need a separate modem. I think about the closest you can get is an SFP module with the ONT built in for fiber.
This_Bitch_Overhere@reddit
No VLANs?
KingZarkon@reddit
It supports VLANs. No router supports passing VLAN tags across the WAN, if that's what you were asking though.
This_Bitch_Overhere@reddit
I know it wont respect it across the WAN, my question is once the tagged VLAN traffic leaves the dream router, and is passed to the ISP gateway, does it see the tags in each VLAN or am I just pushing the bottleneck further downstream.
diving_into_msp@reddit
It might depends on the ISP, however we're on Google Fiber and can plug directly into the dream router (or any Unifi gateway for that matter).
yaminub@reddit
I think the Cloud Gateway Fiber is better for home deployment, even if you already have a rack.
ScannerBrightly@reddit (OP)
I was thinking the same thing. Why do you think so, if I may ask?
ohyeahwell@reddit
Faster, compact, silent, can route 10Gbps and does all the IDS/IPS stuff. I love mine.
Foreign_Impress6535@reddit
I have the CGF and mostly like it. Can't put the fiber straight in though, it hates the SFP my provider uses since it only supports 1 or 10 gig units and I'm stuck with a 2.5 SFP.
llDemonll@reddit
I have a dream machine, the little tube one not the tack mount. I wanted someone above prosumer in the event I needed fancy but I didn’t wanna bring work home. Unifi had been great for that mix.
MonkeyBrains09@reddit
I have a Firewalla Gold paired with a Unifi U7 Pro.
I highly recommend checking Firewalla out.
Most_Incident_9223@reddit
OpnSense on proxmox, part of my single server home lab.
Sunsparc@reddit
OPNSense on an old Zotac ZBOX. Picked it up really cheap years ago since it has dual NICs. Running two Omada 620 HDs for APs and have the controller software running on my server. I have an Omada ER7206 router, just never swapped over to it.
CobaltFrame@reddit
UniFi cloud gateway max
AndreasTheDead@reddit
Opnsense as a vm
TechGjod@reddit
R/Firewalla
paulmike3@reddit
FWG as well. Awesome product
Power-Wagon@reddit
Firewalla Gold here.
iamatechnician@reddit
Can’t believe I had to scroll so far for a Firewalla shoutout. It’s the best.
F1Phreek@reddit
+1 for Firewalla. Great product.
Dolapevich@reddit
ONT bridged to mikrotik.
PlaneLiterature2135@reddit
Didn't expect so much scrolling to find mikrotik
Dolapevich@reddit
Me neither, hence my post. I am surprised to see how Ubiquity seems to have a higher userbase than Mikrotik.
Creshal@reddit
Mikrotik didn't really offer anything I'd have considered a fully featured home router for a while (until the ax³ finally started shipping in volume), so if you didn't want to get something either totally overkill or totally anaemic you were outta luck with mikrotik.
Fantastic-Shirt6037@reddit
This thread brought to you by unifi
ScannerBrightly@reddit (OP)
There does seem to be a lot of UniFi products in the thread. But, if you think about it, who else is there at that level of "better than total crap" and "still cheap"?
tkst3llar@reddit
Omada
Perfectly useful for my house.
AdventurousLayer8741@reddit
Ubiquiti is at the forefront of cheap and reliable. Also have made good money on the atock.
DarkAlman@reddit
That pretty much nails Ubiquiti's typical customer
Flashy_Resolution500@reddit
GL.iNet (OpenWRT)
Sunsparc@reddit
I have an Opal on my astrophotography rig, it was a breeze to configure and operates directly off the 5v output power distribution.
jmbpiano@reddit
I have one of their travel routers and it is bar-none the best bang for your buck of any router I've ever owned when it comes to features and usability.
I'd flirted with the idea of setting one up as my main router at home, but I'm not sure I trust it enough not to have a back door somewhere. I'm a bit more security conscious about a device I'd be using all the time vs one I only dig out once or twice a year for vacations.
NetNerd8295@reddit
I have one of these as well, but then have two unifi aliens setup in bridge mode for my actual wifi coverage. Best of both worlds.
Case_Blue@reddit
The router is just the ISP provided one
The WIFI access points are unify, though.
Endlesstrash1337@reddit
Some asus thing. I tried to log into it earlier today and apparently even forgot the password for it so now I'm probably going to have to reset since I want to change my SSID.
braytag@reddit
Asus mesh system. I like the fact I can use my old ones as nodes,
And that I can run openVPN.
HardRockZombie@reddit
Same setup, works great. And the ad blocker on them will let you stream Tubi without commercial breaks
braytag@reddit
Hello fellow asus brother, can you illuminate me on this? I am unaware of this feature.
HardRockZombie@reddit
You need to use the Asus phone app unless they’ve since added it to the web gui. If you go to devices, then click on your device, then for Safe Browsing set it to Ad Block. It blocks all the ads that Roku and Android put all over the place now too, I haven’t tested it with a firestick though so results may vary.
TheRuffRaccoon@reddit
Have the same exact setup, as I’ve upgraded my main router over the years, I just use the older ones as nodes in various places throughout the house.
MatthiasVD123@reddit
FortiGate 501E, was able to get it for cheap and love playing around with it/my homelab.
Dry-Fall3665@reddit
ONT Bridged to Netgear Orbi mesh system with 2 additional satellites. 70+ wifi devices and 0 hardwired. It's been working great for 2+ years now. Latency is around 5-10ms. I have no hit registration issues in fps games.
Ok-Scratch-478@reddit
Running pfSense as a VM on one of my R710s. Been using pfSense since I ran it on an old AMD Duron.
Ragepower529@reddit
Whatever the isp gives I stopped caring… it works good enough
CruwL@reddit
The thing that gets me, is are you paying $9.99 a month just to rent the router from the ISP?
I refuse to pay a monthly fee for an access box, when I can buy one and cut that cost completely.
Ragepower529@reddit
No I get it for free I pay 29.99 a month for 300/300mbps and unlimited data
PNWSoccerFan@reddit
I was right there with you until I realized Comcast/Xfinity blocked the customer's ability to edit the modem/router's DNS settings, blocking you from simply routing your network through a pihole... so now I am on the hunt for a new router and modem.
BoringSystemAdmin@reddit
I had this same issue, I just turned off dhcp on the router and set up dnsmasq on my pi
narcissisadmin@reddit
This is perfectly acceptable unless you're being charged a monthly fee for their equipment. That $5/mo adds up.
TheLastRaysFan@reddit
This is the ideal sysadmin.
r/sysadmin may not like it.
But this is what peak performance looks like.
Magellena@reddit
Same! And Orbi to extend to the yard for parties and basement (concrete so needed to extend)
picardo85@reddit
Same here.
WideAwakeNotSleeping@reddit
Same here. It works great, and one less device to stuff under my TV. The only thing I've changed is wifi settings and dedicated IPs for things like NAS.
bbqwatermelon@reddit
Apparently it has been banned by the powers that be 🤷♀️
Justness4884@reddit
Random optiplex I had lying around running OPNsense.
Confusias1@reddit
Nice, pfSense is also an acceptable answer here.
simbrr@reddit
No it’s not.
schwiggy@reddit
Reasons being?
simbrr@reddit
Netgate is a shitty company.
Some info on that: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/ssk8zj/til_in_2017_pfsense_netgate_had_to_hand_over/
Creshal@reddit
They also recently had the bright idea to switch to pre-release FreeBSD kernels, stability has gone to shit since then and we're sidegrading all our pfsenses to opnsense.
mirrax@reddit
Sadly that post suffers from pretty serious linkrot.
simbrr@reddit
I just quickly googled some post about what they have done for context
mirrax@reddit
Yeah, and it seems like a solid post that formerly summed up the situation. Just with the post being 4 year old and the real controversy being about a decade ago poses a problem with keeping live articles without Wayback Machining each of the links.
Mister_Lizard@reddit
Oh no, better not give them $0 by using PFSense for free then.
joebleed@reddit
duck and cover schwiggy, you're going to start a flame war.
Confusias1@reddit
OK, I may get ostracized for this, but so be it. So what? Lots of companies have crappy leadership and have made, arguably, bad decisions. pfSense CE is still a great option for a free router OS. If I'm not mistaken, they still contribute upstream to BSD, which is a great thing right? I somehow missed that whole debacle, and at this point, 4+ years later? I say, meh, moving on...
simbrr@reddit
Yeah sure i’m sure the product is fine, but if OPNsense exists, why ever recommend pfsense over it?
Confusias1@reddit
Ignorance of the drama even existing and years of experience with one over the other, nothing more, nothing less.
But just for the record, prick move pfSense dudes, do better...
aenae@reddit
Minisforum here with opnsense. Those 10gbit ports are nice
Bargemanos@reddit
Same, optiplex 3010 in my (sff) case
llv44K@reddit
same. This is a good reminder for me to check it. Haven't looked at it in a couple years.
regszurob@reddit
Mikrotik
rodder678@reddit
Sophos Firewall Home Edition (free license for XG software) on a VM for firewall. For wireless, Ubiquiti access points with Unifi running on an Ubuntu VM.
definethetruth@reddit
This is my setup too except Ruckus APs in Unleashed config
smargh@reddit
Firebrick FB2900
Open_Somewhere_9063@reddit
Unifi ucg-fiber, love it
Chance_Response_9554@reddit
Dream Machine Pro SE
bythepowerofboobs@reddit
Early in my career I made sure I had ethernet ran to every room, had a PIX firewall in my basement, had a torrent server running, etc.
Now? I just use Google Nest Wifi connected directly to the ONT and spread a few extra mesh units around the house. No need to make anything complex.
TraditionalShape666@reddit
I totally agree with you, I am past the point of trouble shooting at work and at home.
pmandryk@reddit
Same
smoothvibe@reddit
Same. It was fun, until it wasn't. Work is enough work.
trail-g62Bim@reddit
My exact thought when someone says to setup a pihole. Dude, I do not want another IT thing in my house that I might have to troubleshoot or manage.
_itsalwaysdns@reddit
I will say it’s almost set and forget. Only time I have to touch it is when it’s blocking a website that I legit need to get to, which is almost never.
trail-g62Bim@reddit
Every browser based ad blocker I've had has needed enough consistent disabling/managing that I just don't want to have to deal with another device for it. Had a site last night that required me to disable ad blocking. It's easy enough when it's just a button in the browser.
LUHG_HANI@reddit
Yeh pihole isn't really needed with VPN blocking ads and ublock origin. Only apple devices may struggle tbf.
I'd have pihole if iphone was a main device.
8fingerlouie@reddit
NextDNS. Costs $20/year, so around the power consumption of a raspberry pi. Works everywhere, and if it breaks it’s not your problem.
There’s also DNS4EU which is free, but doesn’t offer the ability to customize anything.
smoothvibe@reddit
Honestly, I have a pihole and it really isn't something I need to constantly manage - it just works. So that's one of the things that really don't bother me while benefitting greatly from it.
IceCubicle99@reddit
I've always heard people say this, but I've never hit that wall. I'm 25-years into this career, so I have a hard time seeing at what point that would even be. How far in are you?
TraditionalShape666@reddit
Is this question to me or the creator ?
IceCubicle99@reddit
I intended it as an open question.
Ekgladiator@reddit
Are there any applications (say your desktop pcl that you make sure are hardwired or is everything mesh?
There was a part of me that wanted to hardwire an entire house (if I ever make enough money to afford one...) but I am quickly realizing the lack of fucks I have to give when it comes to home PC troubleshooting.
bythepowerofboobs@reddit
If I still did online gaming I would probably make sure the gaming rig was hard wired, but these days I don't even have a desktop. Just a few laptops, google TVs, a PS5, and a plex server which are all plenty fast on wireless.
Ekgladiator@reddit
Ah fair enough, I still have a desktop so that is hardwired but yeah I am okay with wireless for most everything else. You spend so much brain power troubleshooting at work that your brain becomes mush at home lol.
8fingerlouie@reddit
I completely agree.
I self hosted everything for a couple of decades, until I suddenly couldn’t be bothered anymore.
I used to run “the full package”. Storage, S3 server, adguard home, Vaultwarden, etc. these days it’s iCloud, 1Password, nextdns and local backups.
I moved everything to the cloud, and my “home server” is a Mac mini that acts as a backup target and media server.
Unifi UDM Pro as my router and surveillance, Unifi UNAS pro for storing an absurd amount of photos (3.5+TB) that would cost a fortune to store in the cloud.
Home Assistant on a HA Green appliance, which replaced a Homey Pro 2023 appliance. Everything else is basically just alliances, like Hue bridge, Tado bridge, and I happily pay Tado a subscription to figure out the optimal heating pattern for my house. So far I’ve saved 20-30% every year compared to gas and electricity bills from years before setting up Tado.
My “rack” went from using around 400W to using just under 100W, and of those 100W, 35 are for APs and cameras, and 35 is for the NAS. The money I save on power consumption alone easily pays for my cloud services, with money to spare.
The server is also slowly on its way out. It runs nothing but Plex, and only exists because the UNAS Pro doesn’t run it. In a few years I’ll probably replace the UNAS with something like a UGREEN and consolidate backups and very light server tasks.
The only thing remaining is my segregated network setup. LAN for adults, separate VLAN for the kids because i CBA removing malware from every computer in the household, trusted IoT VLAN and untrusted IoT VLAN. I have everything documented in a spreadsheet, and a setup from scratch takes 45 minutes - even when doing it on pfSense instead of Unifi.
For the first time in 20+ years, I have been on vacation without my laptop. If something breaks I can just go “fuck it’s it’s somebody else’s problem”. The only critical thing running at home is backups, but Healthchecks.io will alert me if they fail to run, and it can wait until vacation time is over.
biohazard13@reddit
Exact same situation here. I moved on from the Google Nest system and switched to TP Link mesh instead, but same idea. Less is more and I value having it be reliable instead of constantly tweaking it in my off hours.
FaceEmbarrassed1844@reddit
+1 to this. When I was young and wild so my home stack. Now a days I prefer stability so my wife can watch her shows.
19610taw3@reddit
Yep. This.
Whatever works is what I run at home
audioeptesicus@reddit
Pfsense on a Dell R640. Overkill, but handles my 40GbE and many subnets without issue.
Yes, my home network and homelab is just silly.
LordVidius@reddit
TP link deco mesh. I used to haves home lab and run a unifi usg and unifi APs but I’ve flattened and simplified it all since most of my lab needs are done in docker these days.
definethetruth@reddit
I use a VM on my home server and a sophos home edition vm. It has some good pro like features and web filtering.
spidireen@reddit
My router is pfSense (Netgate 2100) with UniFi switches and APs. I’m lucky enough that my ISP’s client-side setup is simply single-mode fiber to an off-the-shelf SFP in a 10Gtek media converter. So I just popped out the SFP and put it in my pfSense box instead.
abyssea@reddit
Dream Machine Pro
AlternativeAward@reddit
Ubiquiti UCG Ultra. Good enough for me
lostread@reddit
Dusty ass Ubiquiti USG - Cloudket Gen2 - 2 Unifi APs. Haven't touched the config in years, I want easy mode when I get home lol
ohyeahwell@reddit
Ooooof all that is good kit but the CCKG2 is such a nightmare. I was running the same exact setup. Check out the CGF when you get ready to replace.
lostread@reddit
yeah I need to eventually combine the usg and cloud key into one, but the price of nvmes is stupid right now if I want to migrate protect off my cloud key.
MalletNGrease@reddit
This mirrors my setup.
cogiskart@reddit
Unifi Dream Machine Pro Max. Completely overkill really but I like it a lot.
roedie_nl@reddit
Protectli with VyOS
Exalting_Peasant@reddit
The one the ISP gives me, because they support it. I'm not dealing with troubleshooting it while I'm not at work.
Conlaeb@reddit
ERLite3
geabaldyvx@reddit
The baby Palo... the PA-5280... it lets me play Doom w/ friends over the internet really well
uayp@reddit
Pfsense in a VM on my proxmox cluster
I-Love-IT-MSP@reddit
I built my own router using Claude and codex. Ez
andrewhatesyou@reddit
Xfinity provided modem/router lol gets the job done and I don’t have to fuck with anything. The last thing I want to do is have to troubleshoot networking issues after doing it at work too.
nico282@reddit
Mikrotik. Flexible, robust and much cheaper than Ubiquity routers.
Wifi is Unifi though, Mikrotik AP are not much good.
dunkman7@reddit
I use the Linksys WRT54G.
VirtuaFighter6@reddit
Synology
dunkman7@reddit
I use the Linksys WRT54G.
slugshead@reddit
Draytek
TheGreatNico@reddit
The God awful ONT THAT that ATT forces you to use running to an opnsense firewall to a Cisco switch and wlc and a pair of APs that I'm still trying to get the willpower to bother figuring out how to set up. No VLANs at the moment, but no IOT stuff either, so ... meh
CruwL@reddit
NUC style mini PC with 2 NICs running opnsense.
fk067@reddit
Deco mesh, with Firewalla and NextDNS combo.
Aggravating_Ad8597@reddit
Anything with dd-wrt!
The_Penguin22@reddit
Optiplex SFF 2x 2.5G NICS and OPNsense.
G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit
Just a basic TP-link Archer Ax21. The one that came with Google Fiber is okay but I really needed one that allowed me to control DNS because I'm using a Pi zero 2 with Pihole on it for DNS.
fatcakesabz@reddit
Ubiquity dream machine
HDClown@reddit
FortiGate 40F with a couple FortiSwitch's and a FortiAP. I purchased it all when I worked at my prior gig as I WFH and my home office served as my lab environment.
I still have access to firmware for the FortiGate from someone I help on the side so I can at least keep the firewall current on that front.
Don't use Fortinet at my new gig and don't have any reason where I need to run home lab network gear either, so I am considering replacing it with UniFi gear at some point.
WeDontBelongHere@reddit
VyOS on a Dell R220 with dual 10G. Only 1.2G coax internet but 6G fiber is coming “soon.” Brocade POE switch. Unifi AC-PRO APs for wireless. No uPnP.
scottjl@reddit
Just upgraded to a UDM Pro Max when they were back in the shop. I should be set for a good long while.
Part of the reason is I added a bunch of cameras around outside my house, mainly for watching wildlife, and the UDM Pro Max has great storage for that. For pure networking it’s way overkill for my household. But I was barely getting 48 hours with my Gateway, so the upgrade was worth it.
UncensoredReality@reddit
Mikrotik CHR on a Proxmox VM, seems lighter in resource utilization than opnsense.
peeinian@reddit
Ubiquiti EdgerouterX with 3 Unifi APs.
I run the controller in a vm on an HP Elitedesk
TrippTrappTrinn@reddit
Whatever the ISP gave me. Plus a cheap Asus one two floors up (connected by cable) as an access point.
XL426@reddit
I used to work for an MSP who looked down on candidates who didn't have some big elaborate set up at home with multiple servers etc for a home lab. Sometimes it's nice to keep things simple as hell at home and just deal with the crap at work. I'm all for labbing and self improvement but there's a limit
defsam@reddit
Using UCG Fiber its really good for its price. Didn't need a bypass and handles pppoe really well.
it4brown@reddit
UCG-Fiber
ipzipzap@reddit
OPNsense
slimeycat2@reddit
Unifi ultra cloud gateway, does the job
LolussUK@reddit
MicroPC with 4 NICs and opnsense :)
1 Internet gateway and 1 VPN gateway (for hidden browsing and other services requiring this)
ConfusionOk4129@reddit
Opnsense on the primary IP also does the cellular backup. UDM pro on the secondary IP, connected to the Opnsense router on WAN2.
XL426@reddit
Unifi Dream Machine Pro
byrontheconqueror@reddit
Netgate baby box that runs pfsense. lol at 2.5Gb port. I keep asking xfinity to downgrade my internet speed to lower my bill, they won't go any lower. Netgate is just the Internet gateway, for local traffic I have an older24 port brocade switch
narcissisadmin@reddit
Some highly rated wifi router I picked up at Microcenter (after returning a similar one from a competitor that required an app and an account to fully set up). So I've never updated its firmware because fuck me if I'll let any features "go away" if they decide to require an account as well.
Nothing but HTPCs and gaming on my network now anyway.
randomman87@reddit
ISP modem bridged to Asus WiFi 6 router with OpenWRT
Runs VPN, DNS ad blocking, fail2ban and banip etc
yorickdowne@reddit
pfSense Netgate appliance. ISP's modem in L2 "bridge" mode so they have a clear demarc. Having them troubleshoot stuff when it's not their modem did not work well for me in the past. And a Netgear switch, not the pfSense. It doesn't do switching.
MrOliber@reddit
Mikrotik hAP AC3, all 1G, works acceptably well.
Typical_Warning8540@reddit
I use a 10 year old topcom minipc with pfsense, it does openvpn cliënt and server. Still works and still has updates.
Glittering_Power6257@reddit
Being on a T-mobile 5G connection, I’m double or triple NATd, so I’m not terribly picky. I just use an old Netgear nighthawk I picked up on clearance 4 years ago.
Would I love to splurge on better network gear. Hell yes. Would it be of benefit currently, probably not.
publicdomainadmin@reddit
TP Link ER7206
Phreakiture@reddit
For context, my Internet service is 300/300 fiber.
My router for the last several years is a Linksys WRT1900 ACS which was flashed with OpenWRT right out of the box and has been updated periodically over the years. I think that's probably the least interesting part of my network.
The more interesting things are that I have all Cisco switches on my network, a wireless bridge connecting an outbuilding to the house, and ten VLANs for various specific purposes, but which I'm getting ready to refactor. I also have three IPv6 prefixes (one site-local/ULA, one Hurricane Electric and one from my ISP) as well as the usual IPv4 NAT nonsense.
There's more interesting things about the outbuilding, but they stray more into the power out there than the networking.
sengh71@reddit
UDM Pro. Been running it for 3 years now. It does the routing things adequately for my needs. For my switch I have a Cisco C9300 24 port multigig. For Wifi I have a U7 Pro XG.
The_Struggle_Man@reddit
Unifi cloud fiber
Trizzlez@reddit
Ubiquiti Edgerouter X - $39 gets the job done with poe passthrough for an ap.
thewunderbar@reddit
TP-Link Wifi 6e mesh network that I can't even remember the model number of.
I deal with this shit enough at work I just want a network at home that I don't have to think about.
FinsToTheLeftTO@reddit
Opnsense virtualized on a Dell PowerEdge R630 running Proxmox.
Brees504@reddit
I have a NETGEAR Nighthawk
enmtx@reddit
N100 with 4x 2.5Gbe NICs and OPNsense with ZenArmor
Consistent_Laugh4886@reddit
Banna-pi
https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-R64/BananaPi_BPI-R64 Runs OpenWRT
RedditIsExpendable@reddit
UniFi Express 7, fantastic little thing and does the job along with a WiFi 7 AP
Whyd0Iboth3r@reddit
MikroTik hAP ac²
LokiLong1973@reddit
I never use any device delivered by my ISP. Everything is directly terminated in my Netgate appliance that runs all the security shit.
aribrona@reddit
Mikrotik RB4011.
iB83gbRo@reddit
An old Sophos box running pfSense, Unifi switches and APs
firesyde424@reddit
Cisco ASA-5512X repurposed to run OPNSense. I use a Netgear Nighthawk RAX120 as a WIFI AP. My switch is a QNAP QSW-M408-4C.
bemenaker@reddit
Oonsense
illicITparameters@reddit
Fortinet FortiGate 40F. I will be switching it to something from Ubiquiti this year.
AdventurousLayer8741@reddit
I sold my fortigate for close to what I paid for my Dream Router with no license fees.
DeadOnToilet@reddit
My switching and routing is all Mikrotik. I have a Fortigate firewall. Cheap, powerful, fully featured.
I use unraid for my two NAS devices.
AdventurousLayer8741@reddit
Fortigate is not cheap. Had to abandon my free one due to license costs.
Rxyro@reddit
$80 a year for forti updates?
GenuineGeek@reddit
Got an old Fujitsu Futro S920 for basically free, threw in some cheap, 2 port Intel NIC, installed OPNsense and called it a day. Switching is done by 2 (also cheap) TP-Link managed switches and I have a UniFi AC-PRO for my wireless needs.
Gives me enough flexibility to have a few VLANs, while not breaking the bank either. 1 Gbps is enough for me now - maybe I'll upgrade some stuff in the future if I'll have actual demand for it.
FriendlyITGuy@reddit
DreamMachine Pro at my parents house with a site to site VPN to my Dream Machine SE at my house. Frontier Fiber feeds them both. 1G at my parents and 2G at my house.
XenEngine@reddit
I trouble shoot enough crap at work, at home i just want my gear to work. I have been running a $60 Ubiquiti ER-X edgerouter for the last 6 years no and some rando ubiquiti APs. Works fine, and I have, in 6 years, only had to restart it once because it hung (and I cant prove that that was actually the problem either)
ohyeahwell@reddit
Do you use a cloud hosted controller or a cloudkey gen2 for unifi?
XenEngine@reddit
I just run the unfi on a linux vm that was in place already running a pihole.
Majik_Sheff@reddit
Dell Optiplex with an SFP+ card for WAN and a 4 port Gig Ethernet card for LAN ports.
Running a custom build of OpenWRT.
Smart PoE switch to handle power and VLAN routing to the WAPs and cameras.
Secret_Account07@reddit
I’m running an asus router but man do I feel like I’ve failed you all after reading these comments
Anyone else gotten to the point in their tech career/hobby where they just don’t care anymore lol
harbinger-nz@reddit
An old fortigate 60E, does just fine for home lab and what the kids chew through in bandwidth
NetJnkie@reddit
OPNsense on a Minisforum MS-01.
CHRDT01@reddit
Ubiquiti EdgeRouter 6P. Bought it off of my boss dirt cheap when he switched over to (I think) a UCG-Ultra or something. It works great as a router, but I definitely push the limits of the software stack. The GUI for its Wireguard server, which I use, it super finicky and has destroyed my peer configs multiple times. Configuring DHCPv6-PD was also a project since there isn't any way to do it outside of the config tree. To its credit, part of the work involved there was in learning how PD actually functions, but it felt like I was fighting to get it do something it really didn't want to do.
The router goes into my 300 symmetric FIOS ONT. The fiber runs straight into the house, then it's a copper link to the router. The rest of my network is router-on-a-stick style, so my main switch (USW Pro 24 PoE) is just linked to it with a raw trunk. WiFi is handled by a UAP-nanoHD. The switch and WAP are secondhand as well.
One word of caution, just in case you've never used Unifi stuff before: If you're interested in Ubiquiti's ecosystem (Network, Protect, etc.), stay away from the EdgeSwitch/EdgeRouter line. They're great products, but they aren't managed in Network. You'll be logging into the web interface anytime you want to change it. If you're used to standalone routers though, you'll be fine.
Having written all of this out, I'll say this: I never really wanted to be a Unifi (or any brand) house, but their gear is good and hasn't let me down often.
aguynamedbrand@reddit
Cisco Meraki MX85.
AdventurousLayer8741@reddit
I LOVE meraki for business, but I'm not paying the annual license fees for my residence.
aguynamedbrand@reddit
I agree but I don’t have to pay for the licenses.
thebigshoe247@reddit
I'm sorry to hear.
aguynamedbrand@reddit
I have no issues with it and it does more than anything I need it for.
thebigshoe247@reddit
I'm not sure if that's better or worse.
aguynamedbrand@reddit
Ok, thanks for sharing.
ADynes@reddit
Ubiquiti UDM-Pro Max + 2x U6-Enterprise AP's + a 24 port Enterprise switch. Had a UDM-Pro SE before this one. They just work day in and out, no hassles, no reboots, no issues.
(Also use Ubiquiti for access switches and AP's in our offices but would never use then on the firewall/core switch side)
pmandryk@reddit
Nice try, CIA.
ScannerBrightly@reddit (OP)
ACAB, my friend.
ohyeahwell@reddit
Nice try fedboy
kniiiip@reddit
PaloAlto 220 works fine for what I need it.
anonpf@reddit
I don’t. I don’t deal with tech at home. I have the ISP wireless cable modem and that’s it.
IdleWanderlust@reddit
pfSense 4200.
pdp10@reddit
A bunch of separate boxes, each running two functions from the list: router, firewall, switch/bridge, AP; plus some single-purpose APs.
Modularity pays off quickly for any but the most pedestrian use-cases.
jason9045@reddit
I have AT&T Fiber so I'm locked into using their modem anyway, and I just let that thing handle it all. I'm not doing anything fancier than setting up wifi on a bunch of end-use devices and god help me, I never will.
giacomok@reddit
Mikrotik hex poe. Sweating under 500 Mbit/s and some openvpn and ipip tunnels. Mighty little thing.
nbfs-chili@reddit
Protectli 4 port running Opnsense. My wireless is a TP_link access point.
Lanrick2002@reddit
Im a crazy person running OpnSense with a dual 10 gig nic. Running multiple VLANs, and running multiple dedicated managed switches
The_Snot_Rocket@reddit
Not far off from you. PFSense with dual 10g nics and 3 2.5's. 3 ISP's for connectivity with an aggregate 7g down. 10g to my dual usw enterprise 48 Poe's. Yes. I have 10g all the way to my desktop 🤓. 8 u6 pros for AP's. 410tb 24 bay Unraid box runs my digital life with a 38tb Unraid as backup across the yard from the house.
articabyss@reddit
Fortigate 70F here with 224e-Poe and 2 fortiaps
AlkalineGallery@reddit
My router is a Mikrotik 2116, but the firewall is an HA pair of OPNSense boxes.
TimetravellingElf@reddit
Waiting for my new Mikrotik to arrive
Belem19@reddit
Unifi Gateway Fiber. I prefer dedicated devices for separate tasks and already had a Unifi Cloud Key G2.
desquamation@reddit
UXG Pro
ohyeahwell@reddit
Ubiquiti Unifi Cloud Gateway Fiber. 10gbps fiber WAN via Sonic.
thunderbird32@reddit
I have a Ubiquiti Dream Machine that I'd like to be using, but currently I'm on AT&T Fiber and supplied device has better WiFi (WiFi 6 instead of 5), so I'm holding off until I can get a newer device (probably a UniFi Express 7).
kissmyash933@reddit
pfSense running as VM with all the other VM’s.
luigialpha@reddit
TP-LINK AX5400 WiFi 6
davidm2232@reddit
Wrt54g running ddwrt for my house. I do have a ubiquity gateway at camp and a friend's house. I'll eventually get one for home. They are dead simple to set up. Even VPN was pretty easy
feeked@reddit
What the hell i haven’t used one of those in like 15 years. Are they even gigabit?
davidm2232@reddit
100 Meg. I don't see any need for a gigabit edge device. It does everything I need it to.
GenuineGeek@reddit
Not sure about the G, but my WRT54GL was strictly 10/100. I loved that thing to death, but I outgrew its badwidth the moment I was able to get rid of my ADSL connection. Not that wireless clients had too much chance to max out the 25 Mbps ADSL using 802.11g, but I didn't care about wifi that much.
buck-futter@reddit
Decommissioned a couple of Netgear routers that an office was using as their WiFi access points, then discovered they could run OpenWRT and have external antennas. Perfectly fine for me at home but not useful in a managed environment.
efxhoy@reddit
old pfsense box with two nics. whenever it breaks i’m switching to openbsd because it’s more boring.
I run a unifi controller in docker for my APs to be smarter about roaming/ client handoff. I dislike the ubiquity cloud stuff but the APs are great so I don’t really see a better option. If there was a company making as good APs but didn’t have the same product hype cycle obsession I’d definitely switch.
titlrequired@reddit
Isp supplied router.
SlaveOfSignificance@reddit
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Fiber with a U7XGS in the house and an XG in the detached garage. Easy setup with enough features and performance to keep me happy.
bojack1437@reddit
OPNsense with Omada Switches and APs.
0pointenergy@reddit
Similar, but just ordered the Omada 10g Router. Should be here today. 1x16port omada 10gbe switch and 1x8 1gbe POE switch for 3 omada APs, two in door and one out door
AdventurousLayer8741@reddit
Unifi dream router 7. And stockholder. Covers my whole 1500sf house and backyard. Prior to that I had a fortigate and ubiquiti AP. Both were great but the ap lite had less range and the fortigate couldn't handle the ISP throughout. I would recommend the dream router 100%. I have a seperate motorola modem.
RustyU@reddit
Unifi Cloud Gateway Ultra
Zealousideal-Two7658@reddit
A cheap ass Chinese ax3000 gigabit wifi router with openwrt and multiple dumb switches. And an old laptop with docker on it.
Kardinal@reddit
I know nobody is going to believe me, but the Verizon FIOS router is actually very very good. Guest and IOT WiFi networks, NAT/PAT, customizable DNS, even has good logging (for a DHCP drop I kept getting).
It doesn't do VLANs but I don't need VLANs.
And since it belongs to Verizon, I can blame them for any issues I have.
0xB_@reddit
$10 used netgear wifi6 router. Have one switch but its also a super cheap 5 port unmanaged 1GB. I don't even use ethernet on my main PC, only the servers are using Ethernet.
I got real tired of doing my job when I'm not at my job right about 6 months into this.
DarkAlman@reddit
Sonicwall TZ370
I_T_Gamer@reddit
Intel NUC running PFSense and a 48 port switch.
Obi-Juan-K-Nobi@reddit
t
R55600X@reddit
Ubiquiti cloud gateway ultra.
Toby_7243@reddit
An older UDR, 2 U7 Pros and a Synology NAS. Used to run a server but the electricity cost killed me!
tommysk87@reddit
Edgerouter
thatcompguyza@reddit
RB3011, solid since 2020.
jcpham@reddit
Used eBay Wrt1900’s 3200’s flashed with openwrt
DStandsForCake@reddit
My faithful old Edgerouter X. I bought it 5-6 years ago, and it still does its job. When it dies, I'll probably build something myself via pfSense.
kirksan@reddit
I suspect most answers will fall into two categories. For those that can’t be arsed to muck around with routers at home they’ll choose the most expensive UI gear they can afford. For others they’ll roll there own, perhaps a commodity router with reflashed firmware, perhaps a Linux box running some version of Linux no one has heard.
ContributionOdd9110@reddit
Motorola Surfboard DOCSIS 3.1 for cable modem, ASUS ROG STRIX GS-AX3000 for router/wifi/network control, Cisco SG110-16HP-NA for breaking out extra ports/POE for home surveillance/home lab.
TheMildEngineer@reddit
Mikrotik HAP AX³
jnievele@reddit
Fritzbox 7590
janitroll@reddit
Meraki
janitroll@reddit
Meraki
TehBard@reddit
A VM with SophosXG with another one with OpenWRT in front
landob@reddit
my whole network runs on old junked hardware from work
pfsense on some kinda dell optiplex. I think core2duo
random netgear 1GB 8port desktop switch
2x tp-link omada APs
Threxx@reddit
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra
Switch and wireless APs sold separately, batteries not included.
HostileApostle420@reddit
Same, such a good piece of hardware for the price.
Happy so many of us use ubiquiti
elementfx2000@reddit
Unifi DMPSE. Built-in HDD for video recording, free cloud management, SDWAN (site magic) feature let's me connect to my parent's house (w/another DMP) for easy off-site backups and plex access. The SE version has POE ports which power a couple of cameras and access points.
djamp42@reddit
pfsense for the last 10 years, been fine
jcas01@reddit
ISP provided then I have a virtual pfsense what separates my lab from my home network
moffetts9001@reddit
Comcast XB8. I am not LARPing as a network admin at home.
icemerc@reddit
A large portion of my department runs Unifi at home on some version of their gateway.
Features per $, it's hard to beat their ecosystem.
InsaneNutter@reddit
pfSense on a Lenovo Tiny M720q. I added an Intel I350-T4V2 nic and its run great for years. Its small, silent and should be supported indefinitely. I can always upgrade to a 2.5Gig or 10Gig nic if I ever get faster internet at home too.
moorbo3000@reddit
Protectli running PfSense
exedore6@reddit
I use a Mikrotik hAP ax2
Small, Wifi6, supports almost anything networking wise I can think of for my homeland, relatively inexpensive.
CountyMorgue@reddit
Opnsense
TMS-Mandragola@reddit
Mikrotik CRS2004-24G-2S+. Run OSPF downstream to a bunch of other Mikrotik switches, which all own their own little l3 domains or vxlan-Evpn whatever needs to span multiple switches (very little, mostly AirPlay/mdns stuff).
Wifi is UniFi, with a cloud key+ g2 managing, and wpa-eap via radius to entra.
The cloudkey also has a unifi protect camera or five attached.
Used to run the controller in docker but got tired of updating it myself.
3MU6quo0pC7du5YPBGBI@reddit
I use a GL.iNET MT6000 with OpenWRT flashed instead of the original firmware (which is still OpenWRT).
H3rbert_K0rnfeld@reddit
Scrolled tway too far before hitting OpenWRT
rejectionhotlin3@reddit
Mikrotik
systonia_@reddit
Mikrotik
cheapcologne@reddit
I just moved off the terrible cox panoramic router and switched to using a TP-Link ER605. It’s only 1gb but I have it connected to a Ugreen 2.5gb switch for everything else. I have an Omada AP as well. I don’t do much with routing, but now I have a router that doesn’t delete my port forwarding and need a fucking app to manage it.
ConstantSpeech6038@reddit
No router. Going online raw.
TBG7@reddit
Pfsense on Netgate 4200 with unifi switches and APs
gwrabbit@reddit
Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and a Ruckus AP I got from a webinar.
Has been working fine for the past 7 years!
TheCravin@reddit
JackOkenobi@reddit
Isp defaut
Theman00011@reddit
Unifi Dream Machine. Simple enough to just work and not troubleshoot but still enough customization for things like a IoT VLAN.
deefop@reddit
I'm running a Flint 2, connected to a Hitron Coda 56. Gateway/Combo devices are the devil.
richie65@reddit
Router is a 'Ubiquiti UGX Lite'. ($60)
That feeds a 'Ubiquiti UISP' switch. ($155)
And a(n) Ubiquiti AC Pro AP. ($105)
Plus a Ubiquiti UniFi AP Beacon ($135)
I already had the AP and the beacon, before I got the router and the switch (replacing an old D-Link)
The Router, the AP, and the Beacon are managed in the Ubiquiti Network Server.
The Switch set up walks you thru using a mobile app -
But once it had an IP address (found in the Network Server App > Topology),
I hopped onto the switch from its web interface and configured it.
All of this was really easy - I thought.
Jeepman69@reddit
WRT54G kidding, I am currently using the ISP provided router and WiFi. We just moved to a new house that was built in the early 80s and I am trying to figure out cabling and which mesh WiFi to go to. Been figuring it out for almost a year now LOL
DutchDev1L@reddit
Cisco 8355 as primary and a 1121X for 5G backup... Might have over engineered this.
quigongene@reddit
Mikrotik RB5009+
No_Click_4097@reddit
Mikrotik CRS328, the one where all 24 ports are PoE. But it's quite overkill for home unless you'd be running a bunch of PoE devices. Currently 3x cameras and 2x APs. Planning more cameras, won't fill it though, I think.
JustADad66@reddit
I bought an OPNsense device with 2GB ports and use Unifi for switches and Wi-Fi.
techguyjason@reddit
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Max. It is also my wireless controller, 2.5, and VPN.
Horsemeatburger@reddit
Fortigate 80E with enterprise subscription, paid for by my employer.
For family members, Sophos Firewall Home on 2nd hand Sophos XG 135 rev3 hardware.
As for Wifi, I always go with separate access points. Had enough units from various vendors and pretty everytime WiFi sucked compared to standalone APs.
mr_data_lore@reddit
I built my own in a 1U case with a supermicro board, an old xeon, and a 10Gig pcie card.
Camride@reddit
Firewalla 2.5Gb version
sk3tchcom@reddit
Firewalla Gold Pro, eero Pro 7, 10G fiber
nonResidentLurker@reddit
Ubiquiti UCG-Fiber and two U7 Pro Wall APs.
poizone68@reddit
Same, only just the one AP
vabello@reddit
I go between a FortiGate and OpnSense for my home depending on my mood.
krissyt01@reddit
Opnsense, with the primary running on a R230 with 10gb and the secondary a vm on a cluster thats hooked up with 40gb. One of these days i may buy a second R2x0 to have both running baremetal.
cbdudley@reddit
OPNsense on Protectli hardware. Works very well.
abstractraj@reddit
Unifi Express 7
ExceptionEX@reddit
I find these a extremely functional for the price.
doesntmatterol@reddit
Same here, with a little UniFi Flex breakout switch. It does everything a home network needs, with the benefit of also having an easy setup of an isolated work VLAN for my company laptop when working from home.
m1chaeldgary@reddit
ONT into a dell optiplex w/ a 10gb NIC running opnsense, into the CBS250-24FP-X, into this eero in bridge mode as an AP. I don’t like that it doesn’t do tagging but Frontier gave it for free when I switched over to them, and it uses a newer protocol than my old one, so🤷♂️oh well.
jmeador42@reddit
An old Optiplex running vanilla FreeBSD.
Only-An-Egg@reddit
pfSense on N150 mini PC
purawesome@reddit
Asus ZenWifi pro etl12’s in a mesh
arvidsem@reddit
A pair of TP-Link Archer routers. Originally had one in the center of the house and had great coverage then it was moved to the far end of the house so I picked up an identical second router to use as a mesh node. They've been running perfectly for months and the handoffs between them are more reliable than the unifi system at the office.
different_tan@reddit
my old draytek playing modem and a watchguard i got for passing their exams at some point
JimTheJerseyGuy@reddit
A Ubiquiti USG Max, a 24 Port PoE Ubiquiti switch, and three AC Pro access points. My cable modem is a DOCSIS 3.1 but I actually just downgraded my speeds because I'm trying to save money and I rarely need anything approaching the gigabit speeds I had.
I'll throw this out as a comparison while I'm at it. Out in rural NJ where I live, Comcast is currently delivering about 350Mbps down and 50Mbps up for about $59/month. That vs. $110/month for the gigabit speeds.
Small_Editor_3693@reddit
I’m on AltaLabs Route10 now
mkfelidae@reddit
OpenWRT on some random x86 box connected to the Ont and a cellular modem for failover
Loan-Pickle@reddit
I have a Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro I bought like 6 years ago. Still going strong.
ChoiceWasabi2796@reddit
Same, I’ve only screwed with configuration twice in that time. Both times were because I added extra VLANs
randommonster@reddit
Synology RT6600AX. 2.5Gb Wan port, Solid Mesh WiFi, Vlans, AV, apps, URL filtering. Updates from a serious company. ITs not a Palo Alto but . . . That'll do pig. That'll do.
SithPL@reddit
I am incredibly impressed with the RT6600AX. I got it because I wanted something a bit beefier and the profiles concept seemed like a fast way to terminate internet for lazy teenagers. I was able to grab a MR2200AC for easy wifi extension.
I don't see myself moving off of it willingly anytime soon.
Spong_Durnflungle@reddit
Modem from the cable company (I think it's a Motorola Surfboard), ancient Orbi three piece Wi-Fi set; one router base, two WiFi extenders.
Plenty good enough for streaming. Game system plugged directly into router to save those precious milliseconds, yet I never have nor ever will play competitive online games.
soja92@reddit
I just moved from pfsense to opnsense after over 10 years. Was running it in a proxmox VM for a while but running it on an optiplex 3070 now on bare metal as I have a 6Gbps FTTH connection and the proxmox VM wasn't performing well enough.
Currently running Aruba Instant for wifi as we use their campus APs/gateways at work and they are relatively cheap second hand.
Core switch is a Cisco WS-C3850-12X48U that can handle 12 mGig clients(2.5/5/10G) and 36 regular clients at 1G.
Full-Ad6279@reddit
Mikrotik RB4011, unmanaged Cisco 24-port (12 with PoE) switch and Mikrotik cAP ac. Expanding planned later this year :) I like Mikrotik gear - set and forget.
kenspi@reddit
UniFi UDM Pro.
Dariuscardren@reddit
I've got an opnsense firewall setup, and am using SMB grade APs for wireless
anime_at_my_side@reddit
isp modem > OpenWRT one router > switch > all devices in lan.
AriesCent@reddit
I’m holding on with Asus for router VPN, happy to hear alternatives!
orion_lab@reddit
Unifi Dream Machine (cylinder), old unifi Wifi Access point, old 8 port switch, 6 machines. All still get regular updates and security years after. Decent setup in conjunction with my lab which does not require much
yourenotkemosabe@reddit
Arris Surfboard standalone cable modem > Protectli box running OPNSense > Ubiquiti AP running sans controller, just configured with the UniFi app.
e_t_@reddit
I have a virtualized OPNSense with a PCIe-passthrough 10Gbit NIC. My fiber ONT has a 10Gbit Ethernet port, so I wanted to connect at 10Gbit even though I only subscribe to 1Gbit service. I routinely get 1.5+ Gbit speeds. I have a switch with 16x 2.5Gbit Ethernet ports and 4x 10Gbit SFP ports. For Wi-Fi, I have one GL.iNet Flint 3 and plans to add another one on the other side of the house.
DiligentPhotographer@reddit
Netgate 2100. The SPF plugs right into my router. Have a small unifi switch and 3 APs for coverage in the house/garage. I hardly ever touch it.
wifiguru@reddit
Unifi gateway. I have multi-wan and like some control on the network. Otherwise I’d just be simple with Eero nodes and be done with it.
Patient-Stuff-2155@reddit
ubiquiti unifi express 7
null_frame@reddit
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Fiber. Migrated away from Mikrotik. Just want something that works.
Pineapple-Due@reddit
I stopped geeking out at home years ago, and have been using the one from at&t. Recently picked up a firewalla to help control the kids' access and I'm super pleased with it. Great performance, tons of features, and just a really solid UI. Highly recommend.
StrongWind1@reddit
You go Ubiquiti with their Unifi line.
Router (Gateway):
WiFi:
Switch:
Each device is dedicated for its purpose and therefore can dedicate 100% of its resources to its function. People will complain about their firmware and software - that it has a lot of bugs or very rapid release of versions. I do not deny those, they have been known to have a lot of bugs and they do release a lot of FW versions. But I personally have never run into any major issues with them and the vast majority of the time it just works and is super fast.
You can manage it all remotely using a cloud account or completely offline with a local account on the gateway.
It is expensive all together but is expandable and highly configurable. (I have 3 switches 1main/2mini and 2 APs for my place)
florence_pug@reddit
Bell ISP modem. I don't care anymore. It works. It has Wifi 7.
ExceptionEX@reddit
For my actual home network, https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/ux7
I have a 8 port POE and a AP with room to add more.
This is a very cheap, and nice way to get the features from Unifi controller without having to run a vm or buy more expensive gear. (though a dream machine would be nice, but not needed)
I have a switch and some POE switches for my play network.
Slasher1738@reddit
UDM Pro
f0xsky@reddit
ubiquiti fiber gatewat, but was using an ancient microtik RB1100AHx4 for year until fairly recent. Its amazing that you could still install the latest at the time version of routeos on it. Thats amazing support for the vendor.
SPMrFantastic@reddit
Used to have Eero Pro 6's provided by my ISP but when I switched ISPs i moved over to a Unifi UCG Max with a U7 Pro for AP
gorramfrakker@reddit
Ubiquiti Dreamwall
doalwa@reddit
Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE…great piece of kit!
agingnerds@reddit
Unifi using ONT. Cloud gateway Ultra. I want a dream machine, but honestly i dont need it. I just want POE so I can power my access points.
MacMemo81@reddit
EdgeRouter-X
kukelkan@reddit
Decommissioned Lenovo pre built from work with OPNsense
Apprehensive_Till_99@reddit
I use UniFi
tankerkiller125real@reddit
OpnSense on a box with SFP+ so I can bypass the ATT Fiber Router (8311 Firmware). Wifi is done via some older Unifi stuff, I'll probably upgrade in 2-3 years.
Aseari@reddit
Fritzbox 7530 AX
Kindly-Quiet1D107@reddit
Unifi Gateway Ultra, came from USG 1. It was tired.
NoTime4YourBullshit@reddit
Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE for the router. Cable modem is provided by the cable company and I’m totally locked out of it, so I don’t know anything about it other than it’s 1GB service.
I love Ubiquiti’s stuff so much that I bought stock in the company and convinced my company to deploy them. I’m firmly on the “fuck Cisco” train.
CookieClicker999@reddit
Alta labs Route 10. Works amazing
TerrificVixen5693@reddit
Some cheap ass TP-Link or Netgear or something.
I’m not running a homelab data center out of my house. My gaming rig and one SOHO router is all I need.
Kingkong29@reddit
Sophos xg230 that I’ve had since 2017. It’s due for replacement and I’ll be going with opnsense on some modern hardware
sdvid@reddit
SonicWall TZ370
kapshus@reddit
I’ve tried to two or three of the Internet console based units, and have come back to my choice for business, unifi. The reason I made the jump from the Amazon EERO to the unify was an increase in speed from one gig to two gig. Wanted to take advantage of the increase throughput I have on the switch to fiber, and so I’ve went with the 2.5 gig unify options. I would strongly recommend you get something that has a Internet based command and control for things like remote configuration, automatic updates and content filtering. We have a kid so it’s crucial for us to do the filtering. You can also do simple things like IDSIPS and other more advanced monitoring with these device devices.
whatdoido8383@reddit
Ubiquity Dream Machine and a few Lite series of WAP's.
I'll probably upgrade my Dream router\WAP's soon. It's \~5 years old and they just released a WiFi 7 version.
5 years is about as long as I let my home equipment go.
f8alXeption@reddit
sophos xgs107
juggy_11@reddit
Tp link Deco
Witty-Culture-5978@reddit
Unifi
Random-D@reddit
retired my trusty pfsense yesterday to check out a unifi cloud gateway ultra
mainly interested to figure out where the strenghs and weaknesses are of unifis router/firewall solution (and where they are heading, lots of updates being done there)
evantom34@reddit
I'm lazy and we don't have a ton of space in our 1BR apt. I was running a Netgear Docsis 3.0 that was old and slow, it also went EOL. Xfinity provides a free DOCSIS 3.1 Gateway that runs \~600 Mbps speeds.