Re: fast router

["Nick Shore nick.shore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [ukha_d]" <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just get a RouterBoard hex if you want to use Mikrotik:
https://linitx.com/product/mikrotik-routerboard-hex-rb750gr3-with-uk-psu/14919





On 02/02/18 14:16, Paul Gordon paul_gordon@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] wrote:
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> Thanks for the suggestions chaps.
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> I?ve used Draytek before, I do still have an older model in the spares
> bin somewhere, and I was very happy with that when I was using it.
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> I?d not considered the DIY option either? I do have a couple of old
> PC?s kicking about that perhaps I could repurpose with something like
> RouterOS on Linux?  so long as I could find a distro that is a
> complete ready to run image that I can then manage via http? (I?m not
> a linux person at all)?
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> Cheers
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> Paul G.
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> *From:*ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* 02 February 2018 15:02
> *To:* ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: [ukha_d] fast router
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> Not particularly consumer friendly, but I've used MikroTik
> RouterBoards for many years, both on my own network and customer
> networks. They've been reliable so far, 1 DOA and 1 died after a
> thunderstorm that also took out the BT equipment on the customer's
> premesis, so probably not a traditional failure.
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> On 02/02/18 12:46, Paul Gordon paul_gordon@xxxxxxx
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[ukha_d] wrote:
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>     Greetings all.. can I call upon your collective expertise please?
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>     Just upgraded to fibre broadband ? 300MB to the house?. J  as
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>     typically the case, the ISP supplied ?router? is utter shite? -
>     even more so this time round, since there isn?t technically a
>     ?router? in the traditional sense.. ? they fitted a fibre gateway
>     which provides the physical connection to my LAN, - but it isn?t a
>     router as you or I would understand it.. ? there?s no management
>     interface in it for example? all the configuration that would
>     normally be provided by the on-prem router (LAN IP range, DHCP
>     range, etc. etc.) is actually set in the cloud & stored at
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>     end? - that would be fine if it was a ?proper? set of config
>     options available, but it?s so basic it?s laughable ? it?s
>     literally just what I said above, plus the ability to set a few
>     Wifi options.. ? the entire management interface fits on one page!
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>     There?s no DHCP reservations, no VPN, no DDNS, nothing?
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>     So I?m going to put it in bridge mode and put a proper router my
>     side of it? - trouble is, no router that I currently own has a
>     fast enough WAN port? - It?s madness to put a router with a 10/100
>     WAN port on a 300MB connection, so I need to buy a new router with
>     a 10/100/1000 WAN port? and I?m looking for recommendations from
>     anyone who might have a modern decent router?
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>     I don?t care about its Wifi speed or performance? - I have a
>     separate Mesh Wifi system, so the first thing I always do is turn
>     off the WiFi in the router?
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>     I do care about LAN management options?
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>     I need to set a lot of DHCP reservations (lots of IoT devices that
>     don?t like changing IP) ? my last one only let me have 16
>     reservations? L
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>     I need to set it to use DynDNS as a DDNS provider
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>     I need a reasonably easy to use firewall
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>     I need about a dozen port forwarding rules.
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>     I don?t need or care to connect storage or printers to a USB port,
>     but I guess that feature is probably ubiquitous these days
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>     VPN passthrough would be good, actual VPN server would be even
better
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>     A DMZ would be useful
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>     Etc. etc. ? the usual stuff really?
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>     Anyone got any good suggestions?
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>     TIA
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>     Paul G
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