Recommend a FIBRE router under R2k

[Hiro ZA]

my current Mikrotik has got *abysmal* wifi range. I need something that has a powerful wifi antennae.

 

[SwiftFibreGuy]

my current Mikrotik has got *abysmal* wifi range. I need something that has a powerful wifi antennae.

Honestly, Mikrotek are powerful devices, and might as well stay in place. You just need to add some WiFi access points to it, and you'll have the best of both worlds.

Have a look at your favourite retailer, like scoop.co.za, and look at the APs or other multi-mode routers.

 

[jacof]

I have a stack of routers. The Mikrotik is the best one. I have tried them all.

 

[Gallderhen]

I went from a Netgear 2200v4 to a mikrotik router (no wifi) with 2 Ubiquity Unify access points, and its the best wifi experiense Ive ever had. My main reason was that the netgear couldnt cover the whole house and the flatlette.

I get about 40-60Mb/s download from a 1Gb networked server over the APs, and I can stream plex at original quality.

-G-

 

[Johnatan56]

Honestly, Mikrotek are powerful devices, and might as well stay in place. You just need to add some WiFi access points to it, and you'll have the best of both worlds.

Have a look at your favourite retailer, like scoop.co.za, and look at the APs or other multi-mode routers.

As above said, pick something: https://scoop.co.za/products/wireless-networking/ubiquiti-unifi/

 

[ItsJustJack]

I went from a Netgear 2200v4 to a mikrotik router (no wifi) with 2 Ubiquity Unify access points, and its the best wifi experiense Ive ever had. My main reason was that the netgear couldnt cover the whole house and the flatlette.

I get about 40-60Mb/s download from a 1Gb networked server over the APs, and I can stream plex at original quality.

-G-

How is are the APs connected to the router? And which model AP?

 

[Gallderhen]

How is are the APs connected to the router? And which model AP?

I got the UniFi Dual Band AC Long Range AP to cover a big part of the house and the flatlet, then an UniFi Dual Band AC Lite AP to cover the rest (as the longrange didn't go through some of the walls at its edge).

The APs are attached to the ceiling and run network cables in the roof, then through the ceiling in the one corner of the room where the router sits, down wall behind corner trunking, into Power over Ethernet devices that came with the APs, then into the routers LAN ports (#3 and #4 on the router).

The mikrotik by default allows the APs to request dhcp addresses, and the Unifis come with webserver-based software to configure them (SSID and password etc).

This is more or less what the software looks like...



-G-

 

[Nomadman]

my current Mikrotik has got *abysmal* wifi range. I need something that has a powerful wifi antennae.

I switched to the Archer D7 really good found it at loot.co.za for R2k