Anyone have a Wi-Fi router they’re digging these days? My current one is a decade old and probably needs an upgrade. Would prefer Wi-Fi 7 and at least 2.5GB Ethernet, so I don’t have to do it again for a while. Old house, three floors. Trying to avoid mesh if possible. Currently use some […] - ThreadSky

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ernie.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy • 7 days ago

Anyone have a Wi-Fi router they’re digging these days? My current one is a decade old and probably needs an upgrade. Would prefer Wi-Fi 7 and at least 2.5GB Ethernet, so I don’t have to do it again for a while.

Old house, three floors. Trying to avoid mesh if possible. Currently use some […]

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mikrotik.social•6 days ago

@ernie Keep an eye out this summer 👀 Some cool EU-based Wi-Fi 7 gear with 2.5G+ ports is landing soon. No need to mesh, just raw power and the extremely versatile RouterOS v7! In fact, replacing an awkward mesh with a single MikroTik device (like Audience) has been a trend in the past, so we're […]

mikrotik.social•6 days ago

@ernie Or you could go premium with the Chateau LTE18 ax, in case you'd like to add a mobile internet failover to your setup.

https://mikrotik.com/product/chateaulte18_ax

ernie.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

I went for a cheap Wi-Fi 6e router for now, as I found a very good deal on Woot. Not quite everything I need, but cheap enough to get me by for now.

I do plan on looking into the Banana Pi Wi-Fi 7 routers at some point, however, as that setup seems promising to me. But it was a difference of […]

ernie.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy•2 days ago

For those curious: https://computers.woot.com/offers/arris-surfboard-max-w161-axe6600-3?ref=w_cnt_wp_0_5

(Yeah, yeah, I know it’s mesh, and it only has two ports per device. But it solves my immediate “internet bad upstairs” problem.)

ojars.kapteinis.lv•7 days ago

@ernie cc @mikrotik

darkuncle.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy•3 days ago

@ernie been pretty happy with my Eero gear the past several years (but I use a couple of extenders in a mesh setup)

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