Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office
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I forgot to ask, who do you guys like for Wireless Access Points? We'll probably need to add a few of those too. Currently our main facility is covered with Cisco APs and a 5508 controller. I don't think we're going to need that many APs for this location obviously.
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@beta said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
I forgot to ask, who do you guys like for Wireless Access Points? We'll probably need to add a few of those too. Currently our main facility is covered with Cisco APs and a 5508 controller. I don't think we're going to need that many APs for this location obviously.
We had a Cisco 20K solution here originally. I dumped that and replaced it with a Ubiquiti Unifi AP solution.
The controller is free software that runs on my VM host, but could just as easily run in a VPS like Vultr for $5/m. APs were $90 or so each, 15 of them, $1350 plus my time to install them (the previous 20K included their installation).I'm pretty sure Unifi APs weren't around when the Cisco's went in in 2007, but damn did we save a bundle this upgrade time around.
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@beta said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
I forgot to ask, who do you guys like for Wireless Access Points? We'll probably need to add a few of those too. Currently our main facility is covered with Cisco APs and a 5508 controller. I don't think we're going to need that many APs for this location obviously.
Ubiquiti Unifi. Blows the Ciscos out of the water at a fraction of the cost. They are so much better, and so much cheaper, that we generally replace existing Cisco units with them because the cost of configuring Ciscos alone is enough higher to on its own cover the cost of the upgrade.
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@scottalanmiller said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
@beta said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
I forgot to ask, who do you guys like for Wireless Access Points? We'll probably need to add a few of those too. Currently our main facility is covered with Cisco APs and a 5508 controller. I don't think we're going to need that many APs for this location obviously.
Ubiquiti Unifi. Blows the Ciscos out of the water at a fraction of the cost. They are so much better, and so much cheaper, that we generally replace existing Cisco units with them because the cost of configuring Ciscos alone is enough higher to on its own cover the cost of the upgrade.
What do you think of Palo Alto?
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@IRJ said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
@scottalanmiller said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
@beta said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
I forgot to ask, who do you guys like for Wireless Access Points? We'll probably need to add a few of those too. Currently our main facility is covered with Cisco APs and a 5508 controller. I don't think we're going to need that many APs for this location obviously.
Ubiquiti Unifi. Blows the Ciscos out of the water at a fraction of the cost. They are so much better, and so much cheaper, that we generally replace existing Cisco units with them because the cost of configuring Ciscos alone is enough higher to on its own cover the cost of the upgrade.
What do you think of Palo Alto?
For ACCESS POINTS? Zero experience. They are generally good products, and generally very expensive. But I never deal with them in a wifi context so they might be amazing or terrible. I didn't even know that they made wifi gear so that's my level of knowledge on it
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@scottalanmiller said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
@IRJ said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
@scottalanmiller said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
@beta said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
I forgot to ask, who do you guys like for Wireless Access Points? We'll probably need to add a few of those too. Currently our main facility is covered with Cisco APs and a 5508 controller. I don't think we're going to need that many APs for this location obviously.
Ubiquiti Unifi. Blows the Ciscos out of the water at a fraction of the cost. They are so much better, and so much cheaper, that we generally replace existing Cisco units with them because the cost of configuring Ciscos alone is enough higher to on its own cover the cost of the upgrade.
What do you think of Palo Alto?
For ACCESS POINTS? Zero experience. They are generally good products, and generally very expensive. But I never deal with them in a wifi context so they might be amazing or terrible. I didn't even know that they made wifi gear so that's my level of knowledge on it
I believe they use Aruba for their APs
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@krisleslie said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
@scottalanmiller there is suppose to be a new USG being made since I think they are switching the cpu/chipset over for the entire product line. But honestly, until reviews are back and tested I'm holding funds. Just turning on the traffic analysis makes me cringe since it's not able to handle it without losing too much speed.
Are you talking about the dream machine?
Edit: I just saw a reddit post about an update to the USG line so I'm guessing not.
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@stacksofplates said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
Are you talking about the dream machine?
I sure hope not, that thing seems so dumb.
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@stacksofplates said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
Edit: I just saw a reddit post about an update to the USG line so I'm guessing not.
I've been looking for some inside info on that, got a link?
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I disagree with EdgeRouters. I think Mikrotik has better routing and switching performance.
Just my experience .
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@bholler said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
I disagree with EdgeRouters. I think Mikrotik has better routing and switching performance.
Just my experience .
I like both, for sure. No issue with Mikrotik. But overall I'm generally preferring EdgeRouter for customers, I like the monitoring better and the hardware.
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@Romo said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
@scottalanmiller https://community.ui.com/questions/Introducing-the-UniFi-Next-Gen-Gateway-Product-Line-Starting-with-UXG-Pro-/732dd4dd-10bf-463c-8622-382d77702872
Available in Early Access for $499, not had. This is the replacement for the Pro, no announce USG replacement yet. But this is a good start.
Moving from EdgeOS to UnifiOS and from MIPS to ARM.
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@scottalanmiller said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
Moving from EdgeOS to UnifiOS
Having it be customized EdgeOS made the original USG a total piece of trash.
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@JaredBusch said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
If you network is down to outside factors you don’t get in trouble for 911 calls not completing. That has never been a thing. POTS goes down all the time.
In theory POTS is more reliable for 911 address lookup. In reality if I'm calling 911 in an office it's likely going to be from my cell phone assuming service.
Nothing stops you from getting a SIM card modem backup for the PBX, or for IP using a SD-WAN solution that bridges in cellular networks to cover normal circuit outages.
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@StorageNinja said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
In theory POTS is more reliable for 911 address lookup.
Completely not true. POTS is not any different, except the carrier does not let you specify the address for a phone number in a convenient portal. Instead it is your billing address unless you go outside of default.
But the carrier is simply updating the PSAP database, no different than what happens when you certify and address to a DID with your SIP provider.
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@StorageNinja said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
Nothing stops you from getting a SIM card modem backup for the PBX, or for IP using a SD-WAN solution that bridges in cellular networks to cover normal circuit outages.
There are lots of mitigations that one can do. But they are not required by law.
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@scottalanmiller said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
@stacksofplates said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
Are you talking about the dream machine?
I sure hope not, that thing seems so dumb.
I can see the benefits for some people. It will also do IPS with full gig passthrough.
If I was running their cameras it would def be a plus to have the nvr and everything in the same rack unit. -
@scottalanmiller said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
@stacksofplates said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
Edit: I just saw a reddit post about an update to the USG line so I'm guessing not.
I've been looking for some inside info on that, got a link?
It was just sometime that said there's an update. There wasn't any information
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@stacksofplates said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:
If I was running their cameras it would def be a plus to have the nvr and everything in the same rack unit.
That goes against most of the recommendations we see around here. Not that I disagree with you.
