Looking for router recommendation

I've decided to go the simple way. I have a Huawei B818 for LTE so ordered the Huawei AX3 for R800 from banggood. It should be a simple 1 press setup (HiLink) and totally sufficient for all my needs.
 
PeterPan420 said:
I'm thinking of replacing my crappy d-link router with something more capable. I'm okay spending up to R2k.
What's some good options?
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I did this recently and looked for decent 2nd-hand deals on routers.

Picked up an ASUS RT-AC68U & DSL-AC68U each for R2000.

The DSL-AC68U went to to the beach house that does not have fibre yet.

Performance is streaks ahead of the new D-Link-528 supplied by ISP's.

MUCH better bang for buck than anything else out there.

Don't rush things and you are bound to strike a good deal with someone trading up from an older premium router.
 
I got myself a Draytek 2135 recently, solid device, way out of your budget though.
 
Genisys said:
That price for a Celeron?
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Why not? It's low power (10W) and fanless. More than adequate for my needs, running QOS, IPS. VPN, Web filtering, AV, WAF, DMZ on 25 Mbps fibre.

Here are my CPU stats:
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Can you get any better for less? If so please let me know...
 
RonSwanson said:
Why not? It's low power (10W) and fanless. More than adequate for my needs, running QOS, IPS. VPN, Web filtering, AV, WAF, DMZ on 25 Mbps fibre.

Here are my CPU stats:
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Can you get any better for less? If so please let me know...
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I'm not saying you'll get better for less. An APU2 is probably better value for a home user that wants PFSense but doesn't want to drop that much on a PFSense machine. Besides that, the APU2 does support AES-NI or similar so when PFSense decides to go AES-NI it won't be a mission
 
Genisys said:
I'm not saying you'll get better for less. An APU2 is probably better value for a home user that wants PFSense but doesn't want to drop that much on a PFSense machine. Besides that, the APU2 does support AES-NI or similar so when PFSense decides to go AES-NI it won't be a mission
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The APU2 looks to be a great alternative. Any local supplier shipping PC Engines hardware?
 
Genisys said:
I'm not saying you'll get better for less. An APU2 is probably better value for a home user that wants PFSense but doesn't want to drop that much on a PFSense machine. Besides that, the APU2 does support AES-NI or similar so when PFSense decides to go AES-NI it won't be a mission
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AES-NI is cool if you are running high volume IPSEC VPNs, and pfSense tried the AES-NI exclusivity support thing a few versions back, but then capitulated on it. Today it runs on pretty much whatever you throw at it.
APU2 is nice, I investigated it some years ago and looking at the site again today, there hasn't been too much R&D on it in the past 4-5 years, so they are also just selling old tech. Have you noticed where they are headquartered? The Swiss Franc is not exactly a currency that I'd associate with better value (when I am the one paying in randelas). I'd seriously consider it if it had a local distributor, priced in rands, but I am pretty sure it will be in the 9-10K bracket.

Edit: BTW I found it cheaper a few years ago to just buy the cheapest possible Intel Celeron G desktop and fit it with 3x LAN cards. The main driver for moving to the IONN SBC was power consumption, 10W vs 100W. Plus the IONN comes with fast storage, boots in a heartbeat and has Intel Ethernet ports. I was originally concerned about performance, but my fears were unfounded. All that slowed down was the UI, and I do not live there.
 
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Yes, looks good.

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If there are any intermittent WiFi / connection dropouts, return it. Those are the one issue that it's almost impossible to resolve and prove to the supplier that the issue exists

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Moving my current Intel i3 pfSense Firewall setup to a lower-powered 10-20W system would be great.
I am a bit of a firewall jumper. OpenWRT, RouterOS and pfSense :rolleyes:


The IONN Fanless Mini Firewall does seem to be the best bang for your buck regarding a small low powered X86 firewall. AES-NI would have been a great bonus.

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