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I don't know much about the different router brands and models. Which would you consider to be some of the good ones?

jumpCastle 10y ago
I'm not an expert on routers but if I was in the market I would look at the Wirecutter. I find their recommendations pretty good. thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wi-fi-router/
amq 10y ago
A starting point for me: LEDE support
- e12e 10y ago
  That's: https://lede-project.org https://lede-project.org or:“Linux Embedded Development Environment” - the new project born from OpenWRT. I've used it with some old d-link routers, and I'm quite happy. The documentation is still not stellar, but it has gotten better, and the configuration more consistent. It's quite easy to set up ssh-access with a key, and simply get a copy of configuration files with scp - ready to set up identical configurations on new router installs.
corford 10y ago
Draytek are a good choice at the consumer level.
- Nexxxeh 10y ago
  Having used Drayteks, and supported them, and indeed having owned one (company supplied for site-to-site VPN) I wouldn't recommend them. The feature set is great, the router is not.
  - corford 10y ago
    Fair enough. This is the problem with consumer gear, it's all so variable. For me, Draytek have been the only vaguely consistent vendor over the years. I've had countless issues with T-link, Asus and Netgear routers.
chadgeidel 10y ago
Chiming in here with more anecdotal evidence - I always look in the Tomato (http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq#what_will_this_run_on http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq#what_will_this_run_on, http://tomato.groov.pl/?page_id=69 http://tomato.groov.pl/?page_id=69) and DD-WRT (http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database) "supported router" sections. Personally I like the Netgear routers which have semi-official support here: https://www.myopenrouter.com/ https://www.myopenrouter.com/

I'm not an expert on routers but if I was in the market I would look at the Wirecutter. I find their recommendations pretty good. thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wi-fi-router/

amq 10y ago

A starting point for me: LEDE support

e12e 10y ago
That's: https://lede-project.org https://lede-project.org or:“Linux Embedded Development Environment” - the new project born from OpenWRT. I've used it with some old d-link routers, and I'm quite happy. The documentation is still not stellar, but it has gotten better, and the configuration more consistent. It's quite easy to set up ssh-access with a key, and simply get a copy of configuration files with scp - ready to set up identical configurations on new router installs.

corford 10y ago

Draytek are a good choice at the consumer level.

Nexxxeh 10y ago
Having used Drayteks, and supported them, and indeed having owned one (company supplied for site-to-site VPN) I wouldn't recommend them. The feature set is great, the router is not.
- corford 10y ago
  Fair enough. This is the problem with consumer gear, it's all so variable. For me, Draytek have been the only vaguely consistent vendor over the years. I've had countless issues with T-link, Asus and Netgear routers.

chadgeidel 10y ago

Chiming in here with more anecdotal evidence - I always look in the Tomato (http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq#what_will_this_run_on http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq#what_will_this_run_on, http://tomato.groov.pl/?page_id=69 http://tomato.groov.pl/?page_id=69) and DD-WRT (http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database) "supported router" sections. Personally I like the Netgear routers which have semi-official support here: https://www.myopenrouter.com/ https://www.myopenrouter.com/