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    • wirestyle22W
      wirestyle22 @IRJ
      last edited by wirestyle22

      @IRJ said in What router are you using at home?:

      @dbeato said in What router are you using at home?:

      I have a SOnicwall TZ 300 at home and I have other homes (Friends and Family) with Ubiquiti EdgeRouter

      I dealt with a SonicWall for a few years at work. I hated it.

      Me too. Bad even by UTM standards

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      • travisdh1T
        travisdh1 @matteo nunziati
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        @matteo-nunziati said in What router are you using at home?:

        @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

        Sure it can look cool or you really want an all in one, but unless there is a killer feature

        THIS!

        to use ubiquiti stuff at home I need:

        • a modem (rj11 phone line<-> modem <> rj45 network WAN)
        • an edge router (routing between LAN and WAN)
        • an access point

        my living room has enough nasty cabling, knowing that a good all in one is around is great.

        while I like the idea to poke with ubiquiti stuff, I'm going to have a fight with my wife if I add additional cabling/complexity inside my IKEA bookshelf (yeah my gear is on an IKEA book shelf straight in the living room, coz here are the phone connections for the ADSL)

        Get the right combination of Ubiquiti equipment and you really don't have that problem. I've got an ER-POE and UAP-AC-PRO at home, and really no extra cables with that pair. The same with the ER-X and UAP-AC-LITE at work, using PoE means not a whole lot of wires to run.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @travisdh1
          last edited by

          @travisdh1 said in What router are you using at home?:

          @matteo-nunziati said in What router are you using at home?:

          @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

          Sure it can look cool or you really want an all in one, but unless there is a killer feature

          THIS!

          to use ubiquiti stuff at home I need:

          • a modem (rj11 phone line<-> modem <> rj45 network WAN)
          • an edge router (routing between LAN and WAN)
          • an access point

          my living room has enough nasty cabling, knowing that a good all in one is around is great.

          while I like the idea to poke with ubiquiti stuff, I'm going to have a fight with my wife if I add additional cabling/complexity inside my IKEA bookshelf (yeah my gear is on an IKEA book shelf straight in the living room, coz here are the phone connections for the ADSL)

          Get the right combination of Ubiquiti equipment and you really don't have that problem. I've got an ER-POE and UAP-AC-PRO at home, and really no extra cables with that pair. The same with the ER-X and UAP-AC-LITE at work, using PoE means not a whole lot of wires to run.

          Unless your ISP is delivering your connection from the corner box via ethernet, you have some type of cable convertor to get the ethernet as well - i.e. cable modem/DSL modem, etc.

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          • Reid CooperR
            Reid Cooper @Dashrender
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            @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

            @travisdh1 said in What router are you using at home?:

            @matteo-nunziati said in What router are you using at home?:

            @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

            Sure it can look cool or you really want an all in one, but unless there is a killer feature

            THIS!

            to use ubiquiti stuff at home I need:

            • a modem (rj11 phone line<-> modem <> rj45 network WAN)
            • an edge router (routing between LAN and WAN)
            • an access point

            my living room has enough nasty cabling, knowing that a good all in one is around is great.

            while I like the idea to poke with ubiquiti stuff, I'm going to have a fight with my wife if I add additional cabling/complexity inside my IKEA bookshelf (yeah my gear is on an IKEA book shelf straight in the living room, coz here are the phone connections for the ADSL)

            Get the right combination of Ubiquiti equipment and you really don't have that problem. I've got an ER-POE and UAP-AC-PRO at home, and really no extra cables with that pair. The same with the ER-X and UAP-AC-LITE at work, using PoE means not a whole lot of wires to run.

            Unless your ISP is delivering your connection from the corner box via ethernet, you have some type of cable convertor to get the ethernet as well - i.e. cable modem/DSL modem, etc.

            Some fiber providers bring Ethernet in that last few feet.

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            • stacksofplatesS
              stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

              @matteo-nunziati one of the things that I like about my Ubiquiti is that the AP looks clean and neat on the wall and the router gets hidden away. No need for an all in one in the middle of the room.

              This is assuming you are allowed to modify your house/apartment. A lot of people who rent can't modify to hide cables.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @stacksofplates
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                @stacksofplates said in What router are you using at home?:

                @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                @matteo-nunziati one of the things that I like about my Ubiquiti is that the AP looks clean and neat on the wall and the router gets hidden away. No need for an all in one in the middle of the room.

                This is assuming you are allowed to modify your house/apartment. A lot of people who rent can't modify to hide cables.

                Then use those stick on the wall cable raceways to hide the cable.

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                • stacksofplatesS
                  stacksofplates @Dashrender
                  last edited by

                  @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                  @stacksofplates said in What router are you using at home?:

                  @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                  @matteo-nunziati one of the things that I like about my Ubiquiti is that the AP looks clean and neat on the wall and the router gets hidden away. No need for an all in one in the middle of the room.

                  This is assuming you are allowed to modify your house/apartment. A lot of people who rent can't modify to hide cables.

                  Then use those stick on the wall cable raceways to hide the cable.

                  Personally, I would buy an all in one wireless/router before I did that.

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                  • coliverC
                    coliver @Dashrender
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                    @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                    @stacksofplates said in What router are you using at home?:

                    @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                    @matteo-nunziati one of the things that I like about my Ubiquiti is that the AP looks clean and neat on the wall and the router gets hidden away. No need for an all in one in the middle of the room.

                    This is assuming you are allowed to modify your house/apartment. A lot of people who rent can't modify to hide cables.

                    Then use those stick on the wall cable raceways to hide the cable.

                    Those work really well... They even have ones that look like foot/crown molding now.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                      @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                      @stacksofplates said in What router are you using at home?:

                      @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                      @matteo-nunziati one of the things that I like about my Ubiquiti is that the AP looks clean and neat on the wall and the router gets hidden away. No need for an all in one in the middle of the room.

                      This is assuming you are allowed to modify your house/apartment. A lot of people who rent can't modify to hide cables.

                      Then use those stick on the wall cable raceways to hide the cable.

                      Good point. I've done that before myself.

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                      • wirestyle22W
                        wirestyle22
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                        The raceways stick pretty hard to the wall. I actually damaged the walls in my last place unfortunately. Adhesive was stronger than i thought it would be 😕

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                        • coliverC
                          coliver @wirestyle22
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                          @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                          The raceways stick pretty hard to the wall. I actually damaged the walls in my last place unfortunately. Adhesive was stronger than i thought it would be 😕

                          Did you use a knife to take them off or just force? Cutting them generally works pretty well.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @coliver
                            last edited by

                            @coliver said in What router are you using at home?:

                            @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                            The raceways stick pretty hard to the wall. I actually damaged the walls in my last place unfortunately. Adhesive was stronger than i thought it would be 😕

                            Did you use a knife to take them off or just force? Cutting them generally works pretty well.

                            Plus those newish no residue removable hooks - that same thing could be used here.

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                            • wirestyle22W
                              wirestyle22 @coliver
                              last edited by

                              @coliver said in What router are you using at home?:

                              @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                              The raceways stick pretty hard to the wall. I actually damaged the walls in my last place unfortunately. Adhesive was stronger than i thought it would be 😕

                              Did you use a knife to take them off or just force? Cutting them generally works pretty well.

                              I used a box cutter but it didn't work as well as I would have liked 😕

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                              • wirestyle22W
                                wirestyle22 @Dashrender
                                last edited by

                                @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                @coliver said in What router are you using at home?:

                                @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                                The raceways stick pretty hard to the wall. I actually damaged the walls in my last place unfortunately. Adhesive was stronger than i thought it would be 😕

                                Did you use a knife to take them off or just force? Cutting them generally works pretty well.

                                Plus those newish no residue removable hooks - that same thing could be used here.

                                I'll need to check those out. I actually have a cabling conundrum at home I'll take a picture of tonight and post about tomorrow

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
                                  last edited by

                                  @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  @coliver said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                                  The raceways stick pretty hard to the wall. I actually damaged the walls in my last place unfortunately. Adhesive was stronger than i thought it would be 😕

                                  Did you use a knife to take them off or just force? Cutting them generally works pretty well.

                                  Plus those newish no residue removable hooks - that same thing could be used here.

                                  I'll need to check those out. I actually have a cabling conundrum at home I'll take a picture of tonight and post about tomorrow

                                  That's going to be the name of my new corner cabling store....

                                  Welcome to Cabling Conundrum!

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                                  • wirestyle22W
                                    wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                    @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                                    @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                    @coliver said in What router are you using at home?:

                                    @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                                    The raceways stick pretty hard to the wall. I actually damaged the walls in my last place unfortunately. Adhesive was stronger than i thought it would be 😕

                                    Did you use a knife to take them off or just force? Cutting them generally works pretty well.

                                    Plus those newish no residue removable hooks - that same thing could be used here.

                                    I'll need to check those out. I actually have a cabling conundrum at home I'll take a picture of tonight and post about tomorrow

                                    That's going to be the name of my new corner cabling store....

                                    Welcome to Cabling Conundrum!

                                    It's not bad 😄

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                                    • dafyreD
                                      dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      @coliver said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                                      The raceways stick pretty hard to the wall. I actually damaged the walls in my last place unfortunately. Adhesive was stronger than i thought it would be 😕

                                      Did you use a knife to take them off or just force? Cutting them generally works pretty well.

                                      Plus those newish no residue removable hooks - that same thing could be used here.

                                      I'll need to check those out. I actually have a cabling conundrum at home I'll take a picture of tonight and post about tomorrow

                                      That's going to be the name of my new corner cabling store....

                                      Welcome to Cabling Conundrum!

                                      Gotta put some SAM-SD's on the shelf in there too. 🙂

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @dafyre
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                                        @dafyre said in What router are you using at home?:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in What router are you using at home?:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                                        @Dashrender said in What router are you using at home?:

                                        @coliver said in What router are you using at home?:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in What router are you using at home?:

                                        The raceways stick pretty hard to the wall. I actually damaged the walls in my last place unfortunately. Adhesive was stronger than i thought it would be 😕

                                        Did you use a knife to take them off or just force? Cutting them generally works pretty well.

                                        Plus those newish no residue removable hooks - that same thing could be used here.

                                        I'll need to check those out. I actually have a cabling conundrum at home I'll take a picture of tonight and post about tomorrow

                                        That's going to be the name of my new corner cabling store....

                                        Welcome to Cabling Conundrum!

                                        Gotta put some SAM-SD's on the shelf in there too. 🙂

                                        Good idea. They will be a hot item.

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                                        • brandon220B
                                          brandon220
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                                          ERL and Unifi AC Lites

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