Dual-WAN Router Recommendations
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The ER-X is less expensive than the ER-L.
More ports, less money, less CPU power I assume, but does have a Switch chip in it.
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I always recommend the ER-X for home simply because of the onboard switch chip.
Config eth0 and eth1 for your dual WAN and then eth2, eth3, eth4 on switch0 with the AP plugged into eth4. You can even use the PoE injector for your AP to power the unit (assuming a Ubiquiti Unifi AP of some type) and still pass the PoE on to the AP.
Less of everything even a power cord
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@JaredBusch said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
I always recommend the ER-X for home simply because of the onboard switch chip.
Config eth0 and eth1 for your dual WAN and then eth2, eth3, eth4 on switch0 with the AP plugged into eth4. You can even use the PoE injector for your AP to power the unit (assuming a Ubiquiti Unifi AP of some type) and still pass the PoE on to the AP.
Less of everything even a power cord
This is my setup at home, and I love it
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What are the use cases for the ERL at this point?
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@BRRABill said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
What are the use cases for the ERL at this point?
the ERL is is pure router. no switch chip. It also has slightly more power and more storage.
I use them a lot simply because they are already in place though.
Most branch offices would be an ER-X now.
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@JaredBusch said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@BRRABill said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
What are the use cases for the ERL at this point?
the ERL is is pure router. no switch chip. It also has slightly more power and more storage.
I use them a lot simply because they are already in place though.
Most branch offices would be an ER-X now.
The main office would be an ER-PoE.I'm liking the ER-PoE at the house. Just being able to power Pro or Lite AP from the same box is really handy. Still just the one AC-PRO at the house tho.
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Thanks guys. I will let you know how this goes, if I end up getting a second WAN connection, and I'll report back when that happens. I think the Ubiquiti equipment is sounding like the best bet though.
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So update on this:
I will be starting at Spectrum/TWC/Charter one week from today. I know people who work there and the cost of them giving you internet and tv, etc is negligible. So the plan is to keep my current 100/100Mbps FiOS and then get whatever the highest level TWC connection I can and run both, considering one will be basically free. Just to be sure, the ER-X can be setup that way, correct? The plan is to get an ER-X, if that's the case, use 2/3 of the ports for WAN connections, and run the third port to an AP/switch I have running with dd-wrt.
Thanks,
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@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
So update on this:
I will be starting at Spectrum/TWC/Charter one week from today. I know people who work there and the cost of them giving you internet and tv, etc is negligible. So the plan is to keep my current 100/100Mbps FiOS and then get whatever the highest level TWC connection I can and run both, considering one will be basically free. Just to be sure, the ER-X can be setup that way, correct? The plan is to get an ER-X, if that's the case, use 2/3 of the ports for WAN connections, and run the third port to an AP/switch I have running with dd-wrt.
Thanks,
A.J.At that point, I'd actually be looking at something a little faster than the ER-X as they're limited to 500mb/s routing. The ER X SFP or ER PoE both can do 1gb/s routing. That 500mb/s of routing is the only real drawback of the ER-X.
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@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
So update on this:
... use 2/3 of the ports for WAN connections,
Don't you mean 2/5?
and run the third port to an AP/switch I have running with dd-wrt.
Why are you using the dd-wrt? The ER-X is a firewall/router. I'd use UAPs for APs.
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@Dashrender said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
So update on this:
... use 2/3 of the ports for WAN connections,
Don't you mean 2/5?
Only three routing ports. Rest are switched.
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@Dashrender said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
So update on this:
... use 2/3 of the ports for WAN connections,
Don't you mean 2/5?
and run the third port to an AP/switch I have running with dd-wrt.
Why are you using the dd-wrt? The ER-X is a firewall/router. I'd use UAPs for APs.
The one I was looking at was this one: https://smile.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-EdgeMax-EdgeRouter-ERLite-3-Ethernet/dp/B00CPRVF5K
Am I looking at the wrong one?
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Also, the reason for using the dd-wrt router as the AP/switch is because of cost, mostly. I don't have equipment that can handle the speed and dual-wan connections I want to throw at it, which is why I was looking for a router that could handle it. But I do have APs that will work, so until I can afford to drop the $$ for new APs from Ubiquiti, then I'll just stick with what I have.
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@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@Dashrender said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
So update on this:
... use 2/3 of the ports for WAN connections,
Don't you mean 2/5?
and run the third port to an AP/switch I have running with dd-wrt.
Why are you using the dd-wrt? The ER-X is a firewall/router. I'd use UAPs for APs.
The one I was looking at was this one: https://smile.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-EdgeMax-EdgeRouter-ERLite-3-Ethernet/dp/B00CPRVF5K
Am I looking at the wrong one?
That's an ER-L, not an ER-X. Nothing wrong with either. I suppose you could see a performance increase in the ER-L over the ER-X, but for home, this seems unlikely.
The ER-L is nearly 2x the price of the ER-X and does not have any switch ports on it, also does not use nor provide POE for an AP.
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@Dashrender said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@Dashrender said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
So update on this:
... use 2/3 of the ports for WAN connections,
Don't you mean 2/5?
and run the third port to an AP/switch I have running with dd-wrt.
Why are you using the dd-wrt? The ER-X is a firewall/router. I'd use UAPs for APs.
The one I was looking at was this one: https://smile.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-EdgeMax-EdgeRouter-ERLite-3-Ethernet/dp/B00CPRVF5K
Am I looking at the wrong one?
That's an ER-L, not an ER-X. Nothing wrong with either. I suppose you could see a performance increase in the ER-L over the ER-X, but for home, this seems unlikely.
The ER-L is nearly 2x the price of the ER-X and does not have any switch ports on it, also does not use nor provide POE for an AP.
https://smile.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-EdgeRouter-Advanced-Gigabit-Ethernet/dp/B00YFJT29C
So this one?
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@Dashrender said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@Dashrender said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
So update on this:
... use 2/3 of the ports for WAN connections,
Don't you mean 2/5?
and run the third port to an AP/switch I have running with dd-wrt.
Why are you using the dd-wrt? The ER-X is a firewall/router. I'd use UAPs for APs.
The one I was looking at was this one: https://smile.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-EdgeMax-EdgeRouter-ERLite-3-Ethernet/dp/B00CPRVF5K
Am I looking at the wrong one?
That's an ER-L, not an ER-X. Nothing wrong with either. I suppose you could see a performance increase in the ER-L over the ER-X, but for home, this seems unlikely.
The ER-L is nearly 2x the price of the ER-X and does not have any switch ports on it, also does not use nor provide POE for an AP.
Also, don't really care about PoE in this case. I have outlets that will do the job. However, if I go with the X and by some chance get a PoE AP, then that would be handy.
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@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@Dashrender said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
So update on this:
... use 2/3 of the ports for WAN connections,
Don't you mean 2/5?
and run the third port to an AP/switch I have running with dd-wrt.
Why are you using the dd-wrt? The ER-X is a firewall/router. I'd use UAPs for APs.
The one I was looking at was this one: https://smile.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-EdgeMax-EdgeRouter-ERLite-3-Ethernet/dp/B00CPRVF5K
Am I looking at the wrong one?
That would be a great one for what you need to do with it.
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@travisdh1 said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@Dashrender said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
@thanksajdotcom said in Dual-WAN Router Recommendations:
So update on this:
... use 2/3 of the ports for WAN connections,
Don't you mean 2/5?
and run the third port to an AP/switch I have running with dd-wrt.
Why are you using the dd-wrt? The ER-X is a firewall/router. I'd use UAPs for APs.
The one I was looking at was this one: https://smile.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-EdgeMax-EdgeRouter-ERLite-3-Ethernet/dp/B00CPRVF5K
Am I looking at the wrong one?
That would be a great one for what you need to do with it.
For almost twice the price, like @Dashrender said, is it worth the double memory for a home network? Even if my combined internet speed is 200Mb/sec, is it worth the extra upfront money?
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Looking up instructions for how to setup the dual-wan load-balancing, I found this:
https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/205145990-EdgeRouter-Dual-WAN-Load-Balance-FeatureI'm assuming this would work with the ER-X?
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@thanksajdotcom There is a wizard
