Fibre Router advice

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Hi will be getting a 100/100 service in the near future and I am struggling to choose a router.

I don't need WIFI since I am using Ubiquiti APs and I will have to wired computers on the network. So a 4 port router is sufficient. I would like to be able to manage QoS etc.

I have been looking at this: https://scoop.co.za/mikrotik-rb750gr3-5-gigabit-port-soho-router.html

Is this a good option? Or should I be looking at something else? Any feedback and advice would be much appreciated.
 
Morte said:
Hi will be getting a 100/100 service in the near future and I am struggling to choose a router.

I don't need WIFI since I am using Ubiquiti APs and I will have to wired computers on the network. So a 4 port router is sufficient. I would like to be able to manage QoS etc.

I have been looking at this: https://scoop.co.za/mikrotik-rb750gr3-5-gigabit-port-soho-router.html

Is this a good option? Or should I be looking at something else? Any feedback and advice would be much appreciated.
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If you have never worked on a Mikrotik then I would advise against it, better to get something with a webgui easy to manage QoS etc.
 
cyberbob1979 said:
Most ISP's will give you a router which will support 4 PC's - (and will have WiFi which you can turn off if you so wish) but no need to buy something if you don't need it surely?
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Agreed...
May need to buy an additional switch to connect PC's and AP's but those nowadays are cheap as chips:

I've used plenty of these and they're great
 
If you're looking for something a bit higher end, https://scoop.co.za/ubiquiti-edgerouterx-4-port-gigabit-router.html is a pretty good option (and fits in nicely with your Ubiquiti APs). I would probably recommend this over the Mikrotik, due to the built-in support for the fq_codel AQM, and the ability to easily configure everything through the web UI. It's also a little cheaper.
 
Edge router or RB750Gr3. If you are looking for rack mount, the RB2011 and RB3011 is also very good and stable solutions.
 
PBCool said:
If you have never worked on a Mikrotik then I would advise against it, better to get something with a webgui easy to manage QoS etc.
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^ this. If you're not a very patient geek you will regret it. It's been 16 years since I started using mikrotik routerboards and there are still some things I can't get right ::D
 
Thanks for the recommendations. I'm not the most patient geek, so maybe the Mikrotik is not the best solution. Maybe sticking with Ubiquiti is a good idea.

I know most ISPs will supply me a router, but I just prefer to own mine.
 
Also interested in Ubiquiti routers for new fibre hookup. This one looks ideal:

https://scoop.co.za/ubiquiti-edgerouterx-5-port-gigabit-sfp-router.html

Only question is compatibility of the SFP port with Telkom/Openserve FTTH - which has literally just been cabled in. I read there are single-mode and multi-mode connections, and it's not clear to me which I have but more importantly whether this router can work with either type.
 
walkerr said:
Also interested in Ubiquiti routers for new fibre hookup. This one looks ideal:

https://scoop.co.za/ubiquiti-edgerouterx-5-port-gigabit-sfp-router.html

Only question is compatibility of the SFP port with Telkom/Openserve FTTH - which has literally just been cabled in. I read there are single-mode and multi-mode connections, and it's not clear to me which I have but more importantly whether this router can work with either type.
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You dont use the SFP port, they will install an ONT which changes the medium from optical to electrical, so you plug in with ethernet. We have an Edgerouter X lying around if someone wants it at below cost?
 
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PBCool said:
You dont use the SFP port, they will install an ONT which changes the medium from optical to electrical, so you plug in with ethernet. We have an Edgerouter X lying around if someone wants it at below cost?
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I wondered about that - did quite like the neatness of having the fibre going directly into my router, but I guess if they are going to install a media converter then I may just as well use any router. My draytek ADSL router has an E-WAN port already, but I use that for my backup snowball line which I'll then lose.
 
marine1 said:
Why do they have to convert it ? Why not go straight fiber to modem
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Exactly why I was looking at the Ubiquiti box which has an SFP port. I know plenty about networking, but not much about physical fibre standards - except what I read about single-mode vs multi-mode fibre cable. Which gave me some concern that the SFP may not simply plug in.

Anyone using this router and specifically the SFP port with an Telkom/Openserv FFTH?
 
marine1 said:
Why do they have to convert it ? Why not go straight fiber to modem
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Technically that's exactly what they do... but they lock the fiber router down and make you install a second unneeded router that you have control of.

Edit: referring to openserve fibre.
 
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mister said:
Technically that's exactly what they do... but they lock the fiber router down and make you install a second unneeded router that you have control of.
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Nah, that is not happening here. I'm going to be choosing an ISP that lets me use my own router kit that I manage thanks. It's only a flipping PPPoE config which is dead simple and 5 minutes to do. Not gonna use some crappy rebadged junk router just for that
 
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