Subj : Re: Upgrades!
To   : deon
From : Warpslide
Date : Fri Jan 28 2022 09:32:19

On 28 Jan 2022, deon said the following...
 
 de> I looked at Ubiquity stuff, but it was considerably more expensive.

 de> I'm really happy with the Mikrotik's. You probably need to know what you
 de> are doing, since they are not that user friendly - but I can VLAN,
 de> Hotspot login (to keep my son at bay), VPN, IPv4/IPv6, firewall, Nat,
 de> etc so worthy of a recommendation.

I found the EdgeRouter X I have to be pretty user friendly, at least until you wanted to do anything with IPv6.

Anything IPv6 related you have to do from the command line.  Everything from getting the prefixes from the ISP to handing those out on which interfaces, along with the firewall rules on each interface.

Some posts on the Ubiquiti forums pointed me in the right direction and after some stumbling blocks everything seems to be working and vlans are still isolated on IPv4 as well as 6.

I'll see if Mikrotik has any stand-alone APs as well.

 de> I also bought a small HAP ac2, which I take in the caravan when we go
 de> camping. It hooks up to the small NAS I take (with plex for the kids),
 de> and we talk to it over 5Ghz, and it talks to the camp grounds WIFI on
 de> 2.4 for internet.

That's kind of a neat idea.  We're toying with the idea of getting a trailer, not sure if we'll be towing it around or leaving it at a campground as of yet, but I'm sure I'll be looking to get connectivity to that once we pull the trigger.

What do you use for the NAS?  I have a 5 disk one at home, but wouldn't want to lug that beast around.


Jay

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