Time for a new router?

[kydsid]

I've always wanted to put a commercial setup in at my parents place in the country.

They have a 1 gigabit fiber line, but their equipment struggles to putnout 500 /50.

Any good reading / guides you could give to teach myself on what to buy to put a commercial setup with extenders over a 5,000 sq ft farm?

Wlild be epic to do that in the next month!

There are many options in this space. Would need a price range to give best recco, and experience elsewhere or if willing to learn. Plus are you going to have to manage remote?

If the later is true, I'd recommend TPLink Omada. I've set up two nets for friends in rural areas , including using long distance bridges. Both use the Omada VPN router but that's just eas of use for management. The second setup in WV, I didn't even do the install, just gave what to buy, they had it installed and I logged in and took over.

 

[dpoverlord]

There are many options in this space. Would need a price range to give best recco, and experience elsewhere or if willing to learn. Plus are you going to have to manage remote?

If the later is true, I'd recommend TPLink Omada. I've set up two nets for friends in rural areas , including using long distance bridges. Both use the Omada VPN router but that's just eas of use for management. The second setup in WV, I didn't even do the install, just gave what to buy, they had it installed and I logged in and took over.

Thanks for the fast reply! I was thinking under $1k Ideally under $500. I would have to manage remote but ideally I would want it simple enough I could tell them to restart it if that's what needed to be done.

Let me do a search for WV both these sound great.

 

[kydsid]

Thanks for the fast reply! I was thinking under $1k Ideally under $500. I would have to manage remote but ideally I would want it simple enough I could tell them to restart it if that's what needed to be done.

Let me do a search for WV both these sound great.

Second setup was in West Virgina, WV. Sorry for confusion.

Budget is good. So just router or Access Points also? How many? How many extenders? Need switches too?

And are you sure you need extenders. 5000 square feet is not a lot to cover with commercial APs. Did you mean square meters

Omada 605 router, 2x EAP660HD, plus omada hardware controller of you can't run it in software for easy management, under $500, might cover 5000sq ft depending on placement and environment. Add another 660 if needed.

 

[kydsid]

Your biggest challenge as far as I'm concerned is the router - getting a 1gbps SQM router is not easy for that price point. is it 1gbps symmetrical?

Omada has QOS via the controller software/hardware. It's not as expensive of a list of options, but price point , right. If you want more gotta spend.

Moving up certainly easy here too. Anything in this space will have multiple.vpn, including ipsec, facilitating management. The omada router isn't needed to manage remotely