I need dual bank recommendation

Hi All,

I find dual band routers all over the map when it comes
to reviews. I can't tell the fake reviews from the
real ones.

Does anyone have a recommendation of a dual band router
suitable for both residences and small businesses?

Many thanks,
-T

On 6/8/19 7:34 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

I find dual band routers all over the map when it comes
to reviews.Â* I can't tell the fake reviews from the
real ones.

Does anyone have a recommendation of a dual band router
suitable for both residences and small businesses?

Many thanks,
-T

TP-LINK Archer C2300
Fake spot rating: "F"
https://www.fakespot.com/product/tp-...hz-cpu-mu-mimo


TRENDnet AC2600
Fake Spot rating: "F"
https://www.fakespot.com/product/tre...ing-tew-827dru


AAAAAAA HHHHHHHHHHHH !!!

On 6/8/19 7:34 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

I find dual band routers all over the map when it comes
to reviews.Â* I can't tell the fake reviews from the
real ones.

Does anyone have a recommendation of a dual band router
suitable for both residences and small businesses?

Many thanks,
-T

I've been pretty happy with MikroTik's offerings. The HAP line has some
dual freq routers.

https://www.amazon.com/MikroTik-RBD5.../dp/B079SD8NVQ

They'll work out of the box, but it's much better if you spend a few and
customize them.

They're certainly not "average user friendly".. But the OS is solid and
the hardware isn't too shabby.

I've got one of the CloudCore CCR routers and I couldn't be happier.
It's a 9-core CPU with 2GB/RAM doing all the
routing/filtering/fire-walling for my entire ISP. Maybe a little
overblown for home usage, but certainly reasonable for a medium sized
business.

On 6/8/19 8:11 PM, Johann Beretta wrote:
On 6/8/19 7:34 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

I find dual band routers all over the map when it comes
to reviews.Â* I can't tell the fake reviews from the
real ones.

Does anyone have a recommendation of a dual band router
suitable for both residences and small businesses?

Many thanks,
-T

I've been pretty happy with MikroTik's offerings.Â* The HAP line has some
dual freq routers.

https://www.amazon.com/MikroTik-RBD5.../dp/B079SD8NVQ


They'll work out of the box, but it's much better if you spend a few and
customize them.

They're certainly not "average user friendly".. But the OS is solid and
the hardware isn't too shabby.

I've got one of the CloudCore CCR routers and I couldn't be happier.
It's a 9-core CPU with 2GB/RAM doing all the
routing/filtering/fire-walling for my entire ISP.Â* Maybe a little
overblown for home usage, but certainly reasonable for a medium sized
business.




Thank you!

MikroTik hAP ac2
Fake stop rating: "B"
https://www.fakespot.com/product/mikrotik-hap-ac2

Not available at any of my distributors, but Amazon is
reasonably priced

How is their tech support? Do they blow you off? Can you
understand them?

In article , wrote:

Hi All,

I find dual band routers all over the map when it comes
to reviews. I can't tell the fake reviews from the
real ones.

it's not that tough to weed out, but https://www.smallnetbuilder.com
has a *lot* of very detailed reviews.

Does anyone have a recommendation of a dual band router
suitable for both residences and small businesses?

you need to be more specific.

do they have specific needs, such as intrusion protection, bandwidth
management, vpn, vlan, snmp, or they want something cheap and don't
really care beyond the basic functionality?

On 6/8/19 9:05 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , wrote:

Hi All,

I find dual band routers all over the map when it comes
to reviews. I can't tell the fake reviews from the
real ones.

it's not that tough to weed out, but https://www.smallnetbuilder.com
has a *lot* of very detailed reviews.

Does anyone have a recommendation of a dual band router
suitable for both residences and small businesses?

you need to be more specific.

do they have specific needs, such as intrusion protection, bandwidth
management, vpn, vlan, snmp, or they want something cheap and don't
really care beyond the basic functionality?

Thank you!

Need dual band and gigabyte ports. No fancy stuff. No USB.
No hair pulling/swearing to set up. WPA2 personal.

Tech support must speak some semblance of English.

Must be boiler plate reliable.

On 6/8/19 8:36 PM, T wrote:
snip

Thank you!

MikroTik hAP ac2
Fake stop rating: "B"
https://www.fakespot.com/product/mikrotik-hap-ac2

Not available at any of my distributors, but Amazon is
reasonably priced

How is their tech support?Â* Do they blow you off?Â* Can you
understand them?


Tech support is mixed.. If you have a legit problem they're pretty good
about getting it sorted out.. If you show up with a bunch of newbie
questions you'll probably just get the "Go read the FAQ" treatment.

I've found the user community fairly accurate and responsive to more
"beginner" questions and rarely turn to MikroTik for regular questions.

A few times that I've simply not had the time/patience to figure
something out and I've turned to some of the, relatively, inexpensive
experts based in Eastern Europe to whip me up a bit of programming.

The Queue (Mikrotik specific function) I use to set speed tiers for my
whole ISP was programmed in about a day (and for less than $150) by a
fella in the Ukraine who communicated in perfect English and was very
concise in commenting/explaining his code.

One of the benefits to having a common OS throughout the whole line of
routers, from the $20 cheap piles-of-**** to their top-of-the-line
$3,000 units, is that most code/scripts written for any router will work
on any other router. This means that one of the devs can code for a
router that may be out of his price range but will work the same as the
$99 unit he tests on.

On 6/8/19 11:49 PM, Johann Beretta wrote:
On 6/8/19 8:36 PM, T wrote:
snip

Thank you!

MikroTik hAP ac2
Fake stop rating: "B"
https://www.fakespot.com/product/mikrotik-hap-ac2

Not available at any of my distributors, but Amazon is
reasonably priced

How is their tech support?Â* Do they blow you off?Â* Can you
understand them?


Tech support is mixed.. If you have a legit problem they're pretty good
about getting it sorted out.. If you show up with a bunch of newbie
questions you'll probably just get the "Go read the FAQ" treatment.

I've found the user community fairly accurate and responsive to more
"beginner" questions and rarely turn to MikroTik for regular questions.

A few times that I've simply not had the time/patience to figure
something out and I've turned to some of the, relatively, inexpensive
experts based in Eastern Europe to whip me up a bit of programming.

The Queue (Mikrotik specific function) I use to set speed tiers for my
whole ISP was programmed in about a day (and for less than $150) by a
fella in the Ukraine who communicated in perfect English and was very
concise in commenting/explaining his code.

One of the benefits to having a common OS throughout the whole line of
routers, from the $20 cheap piles-of-**** to their top-of-the-line
$3,000 units, is that most code/scripts written for any router will work
on any other router. This means that one of the devs can code for a
router that may be out of his price range but will work the same as the
$99 unit he tests on.


Than you!

T wrote:
On 6/8/19 9:05 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , wrote:

Hi All,

I find dual band routers all over the map when it comes
to reviews. I can't tell the fake reviews from the
real ones.

it's not that tough to weed out, but https://www.smallnetbuilder.com
has a *lot* of very detailed reviews.

Does anyone have a recommendation of a dual band router
suitable for both residences and small businesses?

you need to be more specific.

do they have specific needs, such as intrusion protection, bandwidth
management, vpn, vlan, snmp, or they want something cheap and don't
really care beyond the basic functionality?

Thank you!

Need dual band and gigabyte ports.

Good luck finding these ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

In article , Chris
wrote:

Need dual band and gigabyte ports.

Good luck finding these ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

he obviously meant gigabit.

however, several routers now have 10gb-e ports, which can be considered
a 'gigabyte port'.

In article , wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation of a dual band router
suitable for both residences and small businesses?

you need to be more specific.

do they have specific needs, such as intrusion protection, bandwidth
management, vpn, vlan, snmp, or they want something cheap and don't
really care beyond the basic functionality?

Thank you!

Need dual band and gigabyte ports. No fancy stuff. No USB.
No hair pulling/swearing to set up. WPA2 personal.

just about everything can do that these days, and it's giga *bit* ports.

you also didn't say how large of an area to cover. for bigger spaces,
including a medium to large house, a mesh unit will work well, some of
which are *very* easy to set up (some claim a few minutes) and can even
be securely administered remotely. for smaller spaces, just get one or
maybe two nodes.

Tech support must speak some semblance of English.

the better routers (and other products) are easy to use and don't need
tech support.

Must be boiler plate reliable.

most are, but nothing can guarantee 100% uptime.

synology, asus and ubiquiti amplifi are good choices. netgear and
linksys/belkin not so much.

On 6/9/19 4:31 AM, Chris wrote:
Need dual band and gigabyte ports.
Good luck finding these ^^^^^^^^^^^^^




Chuckle. Stinking typo's.

I am surprised no one said anything
about "dual 'bank'"

On 6/9/19 7:13 AM, nospam wrote:
synology, asus and ubiquiti amplifi are good choices. netgear and
linksys/belkin not so much.

I sell the Netgear WNR3500L100NAS, but it is 2.4 Ghz only.
And it is the ONLY netgear product I will sell. As
far as I can tell, the netgear stuff my customer's buy
on their own and have me set up is total crap.

The last one, I could log into the router but not get out to
the Internet. I thought something was weird when I could
update the firmware on the router. Then I tried attaching
over the wireless and out on the internet I went. Total
crap!

Lynksys/belkin "not so much" is a good description. "Almost"
has to apply.

I have had the WORST dealings with Ubiquiti.

I will check out asus and synology.

Thank you!

In article , wrote:


I am surprised no one said anything
about "dual 'bank'"

the price of some routers will require at least that.

In article , wrote:

synology, asus and ubiquiti amplifi are good choices. netgear and
linksys/belkin not so much.

I sell the Netgear WNR3500L100NAS, but it is 2.4 Ghz only.
And it is the ONLY netgear product I will sell. As
far as I can tell, the netgear stuff my customer's buy
on their own and have me set up is total crap.

that is old and slow.

The last one, I could log into the router but not get out to
the Internet. I thought something was weird when I could
update the firmware on the router. Then I tried attaching
over the wireless and out on the internet I went. Total
crap!

that could be for any of a variety of reasons.

Lynksys/belkin "not so much" is a good description. "Almost"
has to apply.

https://arstechnica.com/information-...-linksys-route
r-models-leak-full-historic-record-of-every-device-ever-connected/
More than 20,000 Linksys wireless routers are regularly leaking full
historic records of every device that has ever connected to them,
including devices' unique identifiers, names, and the operating
systems they use. The data can be used by snoops or hackers in
either targeted or opportunistic attacks.

it's best to run an alternate firmware, such as dd-wrt, which can do a
lot more but it also makes it not as easy to set up and manage.

I have had the WORST dealings with Ubiquiti.

ubiquiti is *very* good and *very* reliable, just not as easy to set up
as typical consumer products.

amplifi is more consumer oriented than their standard fare and also
works well.

I will check out asus and synology.

asus also has alternate firmwares, one of which is basically stock asus
with bug fixes and some feature tweaks (merlin).

synology's ui is not the usual web ui, which is much easier to set up
and works quite well. it's linux underneath, and can be tweaked if
desired.