Ubiquiti Edgerouter ER-4, $145 @ egg

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$172 @ amazon
$145 @ egg with coupon code EMCPVPX47

If you've used the Edgerouter Lite or Edgerouter-X, this is much faster.

Here is a comparison:

ER-X is MSRP $50 with 256M ram, dual core 880mhz cpu, MIPS1004Kc. Performance: 260,000 64-byte packets/s
ER-Lite is MSRP $100 with 512M ram, dual core 500mhz cpu MIPS64 CPU, Performance: 1,000,000 64-byte packets/s
ER-4 MSRP is $199 with 1G ram, quad core 1Ghz MIPS64 CPU, Performance: 3,4000,000 64-byte packets/s
 
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if the ER-6P goes on sale i might upgrade from my ER-X-SPF. I need the better performance with QOS enabled, any rumors about new models?
 
I'm interested in this simply to play with. I have an ER-lite that works OK, but moving towards pfsense. On my d2d I work with cisco ISRS 4xxx, 38xx, 19xx, etc. At home I have pfsense, & ER, and just bought a few mikrotik devices to dork around with.

It's a great time to be a networking nerd!
 
I just bought this for $180 2 weeks ago. So far so good. I got to Ubiquiti Access point Pro's to go with it. I am hoping I don't have to reset once a week in 2 years, like I have had to with every other router I have had (expensive one's too).
I was having random issues, disconnects, etc. that I am hoping were all router related. So far for 2 weeks no issues. But I need more than 2 weeks of testing before I know we are truly stable.
 
Damn I just got the edgerouter-x lol

I do have a small network though so its prob fine
 
I've been using an ERlite for several years now, been real happy with it. Waffling back and forth between switching my "whatever works" setup out for an all-unifi setup, but either way, I can highlyt recommend the edgerouter. It's been a fantastic little device, Great interface and lots more features than I'd have ever expected in a $90 device.
 
Why would someone want something like this instead of a simple, good quality router from a respected MFR ? I mean, once installed they basically sit there like Toasters.

Serious question. Not poking the bear.
 
TechLarry said:
Why would someone want something like this instead of a simple, good quality router from a respected MFR ? I mean, once installed they basically sit there like Toasters.

Serious question. Not poking the bear.
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For years I had routers and they would need to be reset. I have no idea why but I always thought it was totally unacceptable. Finally I decided to try what we might call a prosumer router. And I added unifi access points. It's been rock solid for 6 or more years.
 
My R7000 has been the same. It’s the best router I’ve ever owned.

I would like a mesh. I think.
 
rudy said:
For years I had routers and they would need to be reset. I have no idea why but I always thought it was totally unacceptable. Finally I decided to try what we might call a prosumer router. And I added unifi access points. It's been rock solid for 6 or more years.
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Similar thing here. Picked up a Juniper SSG-5 as my edge device many years ago when they were still up to date tech. A used one off ebay was $99, about the same as many of the 'consumer grade' routers. The reliability difference between enterprise grade and consumer grade is day and night. Only time it gets reset is due to long term power outage. Had my meter box replaced a couple of months ago. Uptime on the SSG-5 was about 620 days when I powered everything down. Plus it is a real firewall and not some router want to be with a port forwarding sort of firewall. Just checked, mfg in 12-2007.
 
TechLarry said:
Why would someone want something like this instead of a simple, good quality router from a respected MFR ? I mean, once installed they basically sit there like Toasters.

Serious question. Not poking the bear.
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Some people like to do more on their home network. Vlans is just one example. I know with me I like to keep all my iot devices separate from my PCs.
 
I guess the older you get, the simpler you want shit to be :)
 
Simplicity is a desired outcome but it has multiple facets, to me routers that need to be reset, and don't run as they should with the options I want is complex. Its a waste of my time. And of course the older you get the more you don't like your time being wasted.

Also when I purchased my first unifi they had mesh networks before that became a thing in consumer routers. I even purchased 2 different access points one was the UAP-Pro which was dual band and the other was LR for long range. I placed the pro near the center of house and living room, and the LR near the back to extend far out into the back yard. They handed the connection off to each other without problem. It could certainly be simpler but I never could get stability and people maybe like you would constantly tell me oh get this router or that router and I would do it, and the shit would still crap out. The other issue I had which I know is better now days is I think that I was overloading the routers cause I was ahead of the mass consumer for wireless devices. I had a family, everyone had a phone a couple laptops, various smart devices.

BTW I purchased a nighthawk for my mom and it still has had problems granted not every 2 weeks like some routers. Not sure if its the exact model you have.

It is a little more complex to set up and make decisions but once you have it right your network just works for years. This is what businesses and apartment complexes etc want that's why I call it prosumer. Its not exactly cisco enterprise level but its much better than consumer. Enterprise and prosumer class products already know right form the get go they are going to be serving a lot of clients and people will not put up with shit if they have to keep resetting. Paying extra and investing the time was worth it for me.

I am actually coming on a similar crossroads. But mine comes from the fact my UAP pro is only a wireless N router and we have had a couple upgrades. But its been so solid for so long that I am not really motived to upgrade.
 
TechLarry said:
I guess the older you get, the simpler you want shit to be :)
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True, but the Ubiquitis aren't bad these days. If all you want is a router for home use, as in "Take the one public IP address and NAT it for me" it'll set that up with a couple clicks no issue and leave you alone. No more hassle than any other brand. However the nice thing about something with a full features OS under it is if the simplicity isn't enough for some reason, you have the ability to do something about it.
 
I love my ubiquity stuff. I was an early adopter of the USG but moved to a ER poe because at the time it wasn’t very feature rich, especially compared to the ER line. Now that the USG has caught up, I’ve moved to their Unify eco system with a UniFi switch and some AP’s. I love my ER though and would recommend it to anyone who wants a rock solid router with enterprise functionality. Once you use one and start diving into the features, it’s hard to recommend all in ones.
 
After being raised on dozens of routers and dealing with multiple issues and hard resets I tried the Ubiquiti Edgerouter X and an AC Pro. I got them 3 years ago iirc and I haven’t had to touch anything the entire time.

It’s never crashed, needed a hard rest and has never slowed down.

When I build my house I’m going to have a dedicated comms closet with an enclosed 6u wall mount and dedicated Ubiquiti hardware, internal Cat6 runs, patch through, UPS, and home media server.

Access Points will be in the middle of every floor installed on the ceiling via wall mount and I’ll have the outdoor APs throughout my yard depending on how big it will be with Cat cables buried 4 ft under ground with PVC pipe.

They have a lifetime customer in my case. Every other gamer router, or such other nonsense is all bullshit to me now. Paying 300+ dollars for that junk when you could get an Edgerouter X and AP for 120 bucks that’s proven to be rock solid for years.
 
My Asus AC3100 I've had to reset one time in 2 years of ownership. It seemed to slow down a bit when I had 5 mining rigs operating + household devices. When I thought I was noticing the slowdown I reset it, then set in a weekly automated reboot thorugh the Asus softare and have never had a problem since.

At Church we have a Netgear Nighthawk X8 providing coverage for the whole building. -- just one unit. No extra APs --- just the single router. The wireless coverage of the one unit, not even centered in the Church covers the whole building sufficiently. I've not had to reset it a single time in a couple years, and it's used by a couple people through the week and heavily used on Sunday's and the occassional weeknight. The 4 Church computers use the secured side, while the guest network is open SSID for any and all guest. (probably 100ish people at our Church).

I too have had poor experiences with consumer grade routers in the past - $50 to $70 range -- TP-Link, D-Link, Cisco/Linksys...etc. --- in fact everything I've owned except for my original WRT-54G router had to be reset every so often, and was frustrating -- except my Asus AC3100.... It in my experience that in the last 2-3 years on the $200-$300 - I'll too call them prosumer routers because they are expensive enough to jump out of the typical consumer tier of routers --- it is my opinion that the big manufactorers like Asus and Netgear have them shored up the equipment pretty solid now. In fact, we've started using the Netgear Nighthawk routers at our enterprise level for boardrooms and conference rooms. They are very solid. We've not had a complaint yet. On an X8 we have about 50 people on the connection intermittedly. We tested with about 20 people streaming live video to see if we could slow it down - it didn't even hitch. Not bad for a $300 device.
 
I bought one for S&G. I have a WRT1900AC that's really pretty solid but it has one thing that really pisses me off - there is one website that if I visit (local radar, FWIW) that for some reason generates a conflict and causes the router to default to 10.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address. I can't find a way to lock in my preferred address of 192.168.5.1 (used to be 192.168.1.1 but I went to 5 to try to throw the conflict off). If I hit that website, I go to 10.xxx.xxx.xxx and it's always a different number. Have to find the new address, log onto the router from that address, change it back, and good to go. My old WRT54G never did this. The wifi range is great, I'll use it as an AP, but it's really strange that hitting an outside address can repeatably and consistently reset the IP address of the router. I'm not the only one this happens to, there are others on their forums, so it's a known issue. Hoping the ER-4 solves this issue.
 
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