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>On the back of the device there are four GbE ports I really wish at least 8 LAN ports would become the standard rather than 4. The stock response is "LOL it's
by aspensmonster 13y ago
>On the back of the device there are four GbE ports
I really wish at least 8 LAN ports would become the standard rather than 4. The stock response is "LOL it's not a problem because WiFi." But I don't want a dozen devices contending for the WiFi of the router. I want most of my devices to be on wired connections with (ideally) the only WiFi devices being phones.
So far the only router that seems to feature 8 GbE ports --and has support for flashing OpenWRT or Tomato or whatever-- is one from Mikrotik under the "RouterBOARD" brand: http://routerboard.com/RB493G http://routerboard.com/RB493G ; casing, power adapter, and antennae sold separately. Does anyone know of any other, better, options?
edit: wrong link. fixed.
- wmf 13y agoThe answer is to get a cheap 5 or 8 port switch.
- Saus 13y agoI can't provide any other options. But I can 'vouch' for Routerboard. We use their products in a carrier grade environment, for almost consumer-prices. The RouterOs isn't 'next next finish' you have to put some time in it. But check out the leaflet which features there are available. If you want a 'cheap' high-end router with some nice features available (SFP's, true port-mirroring, vlans and integrated hotspot functionality) Routerboard are definitly worth exploring. http://www.mikrotik.com/pdf/what_is_routeros.pdf http://www.mikrotik.com/pdf/what_is_routeros.pdf