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My real main concern are pings in games. I used to run an untangle vm. That worked great, but it raised my pings 10ns in games.
Now I have a netgear 3700 (stock router) and a buffalo (ap wrt). Pings in games are fine, but the wireless is starting to get flaky.
Edgerouter Lite-$99
UniFi AP-$70
Done.
If you need more wired ports, tag in a gigabit switch of your choosing (HP 1410 unmanaged), and you'll still come in under $400.
Edgerouter Lite-$99
UniFi AP-$70
Done.
If you need more wired ports, tag in a gigabit switch of your choosing (HP 1410 unmanaged), and you'll still come in under $400.
this is nice, but you need the pro model. the std ap only does 2.4ghz.
Edgerouter Lite-$99
UniFi AP-$70
Done.
If you need more wired ports, tag in a gigabit switch of your choosing (HP 1410 unmanaged), and you'll still come in under $400.
I just got an EdgeRouter Lite, pretty sweet for $99 imo.
A cheaper AP could be used that would perform adequately in a residential settings, a UniFi AP is probably overkill, but then that wouldn't be [H] would it.
It is worth warning that an ERL comes out of the box completely unconfigured. The lastest system image added a wizard for getting up to a basic SOHO configuration, and new UI widgets for managing port forwarding.
how does the ERL handle gaming and uPNP?
In my experience the vendor provided firmware was quite buggy in general, seems to have improved over time but given the forums I don't trust it much (I run FreeBSD on my boxes). It's not really aimed for a home network so some features might be missing that you'd want. You're better off getting something that runs OpenWRT.
//Danne
Using the UniFi AP-LR myself, great product at $90, 2.4 ghz works perfectly fine, and PoE (injector included) means no additional power adapter/cable. The software is user friendly too, and has a lot more options then most standard routers such as issuing multiple networks, throttling specific networks or devices (i.e., guest networks or specific phones/tablets/laptops), easily identify and name devices on the network, data and device bandwidth tracking, etc...
I like Unifi myself... but the AP and AP-LR (and even the Pro unit) are slow compared to the Asus unit I've linked.
I've done much testing and the best I can get out of the AP and AP-LR are about 4-6MB/sec transfers. The Pro will let me see 8-10MB/sec. I've seen 12MB/sec out of the Asus... basically saturating a 100/mb ethernet port(which is what I was using to do my testing.)
I gotta ask, how much is "much testing?" Never used the ASUS but I've got much better speeds running Unifi on my network then other AP's.
I should note that the ASUS linked is also a router, while the Unifi is just an AP unit. The OP is looking for both so my suggestion would be to get both, ASUS router on the lower level, Unifi AP on the top level, but also test speeds on both. This would be pretty much the sweet spot of your low $300 budget, well under $400 for sure.
Humour me and transfer some files with that AP-LR of yours and tell me what kinda speeds you get. I'd be interested to know.
I'm getting ~7.5mb/s using Teracopy. Humor me and tell me how many units you've tested as I'd be interested to know that too?
Are you using the right unit? Is that MByte/s or Mbit/s? If it's indeed 7.5Mb/s then that's pretty bad as that's slower than 802.11g that gets about 22Mb/s real throughput.
Are you using the right unit? Is that MByte/s or Mbit/s? If it's indeed 7.5Mb/s then that's pretty bad as that's slower than 802.11g that gets about 22Mb/s real throughput.
I'm getting ~7.5mb/s using Teracopy. Humor me and tell me how many units you've tested as I'd be interested to know that too?
Not sure where you got the unreliable/dishonest/angry part of your post came from as you made a statement and I asked a question. Following up with what you said though and bringing it into the OP's question, for less then $100, what would you recommend for an AP?
UniFi AP
AP Installed behind a ceiling tile
So, these get good performance even being up in the suspended ceiling with all of the metal and support wiring up there, and being next to a fluorescent?
I'm looking at some of the UniFi AP's for a customer, and for some reason they don't want anything hung below the ceiling.
So, these get good performance even being up in the suspended ceiling with all of the metal and support wiring up there, and being next to a fluorescent?
I'm looking at some of the UniFi AP's for a customer, and for some reason they don't want anything hung below the ceiling.
We've had no problems with ours, and I've done pretty much everything to them that you are not supposed to. We have one in a wooden cabinet, one in an enclosed server rack, one laying under my desk, etc. Since we have the UniFi controller running, we can just drop one into place whenever its needed, and do the proper install later during off-hours.
The range on these things is absurd.
Also, has the customer seen a UniFi AP in person? Most people don't have a problem with them once they have seen one, since they are so low profile and fairly nice looking. You can even turn the LED off if it bugs people.
My biggest problem has been convincing the customer that the price is real. In a few cases I had to break up the labor charge and apply it to the hardware costs just to get them to accept the price.
Good point on actually showing them the unit. On an acoustical ceiling, compared to the lights and vents, this thing will look like a work of art.
Edgerouter Lite-$99
UniFi AP-$70
Done.
If you need more wired ports, tag in a gigabit switch of your choosing (HP 1410 unmanaged), and you'll still come in under $400.