jamesc4 3 Posted December 8, 2017 Hi Guys, Wanted to get some feedback on Routers of choice. I tried out a Pakedge Router one main complaint I have and I don't know if other routers do the same When viewing the reservation list you can not sort in anyway... would also be very cool if you can have groups within the reservations for example TVs , Cameras etc Also when making a reservation the IPs in the dropdown are not in any order Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiAVguy 14 Posted December 8, 2017 My luxul xbr 4400 appears to have the same issue. When I use net analyzer on my portable devices I see the devices in IP address order. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vitali 23 Posted December 8, 2017 we used Luxul a lot, stopped using them about an year. got issues every installation. now trying with Ubiquity stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3D - Benn 36 Posted December 8, 2017 Mainly Ubiquity, which overall we are finding great... although it's becoming an annoyance that they don't do a combined ADSL / Router. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zaphod 283 Posted December 10, 2017 I like Ubiquiti - about a year ago I swapped out my old router for a USG and I also have several Ubiquiti WAPs throughout my house as well. It is great to see everything in the Controller and I may switch to Ubiquiti switches in the future as well. The only downside is that some more advanced functionality is/was not availalbe in the Controller web GUI. An example is OpenVPN - you used to have to manually enter a bunch of commands but I believe that is now in the web GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thecodeman 147 Posted December 10, 2017 On 12/8/2017 at 12:17 AM, vitali said: we used Luxul a lot, stopped using them about an year. got issues every installation. now trying with Ubiquity stuff. Hmm... I've switched to using luxul ABR4500 or 5000 and have had great success and more importantly, support. UBNT's lack of phone support is a major problem for me as an integrator. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ejn1 55 Posted December 10, 2017 Their chat supports normally pretty decent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyknight 2,488 Posted December 10, 2017 Lots of options out there, we've been testing Araknis setups recently and it's been (somewhat surprisingly as we were hesitant) quite good. Luxul in the past, never real issues with their routers or switches, just APs. Still love my Cisco router though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mallom 110 Posted December 11, 2017 Another vote to Ubiquiti. Their products are awesome for the price. If you need help, their forum has lots of good info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vitali 23 Posted December 11, 2017 10 hours ago, thecodeman said: Hmm... I've switched to using luxul ABR4500 or 5000 and have had great success and more importantly, support. UBNT's lack of phone support is a major problem for me as an integrator. they have "chat support" videos on youtube, they cheaper, look better. I used luxul tech support, no doubt, it is great, but I used it too much and too often. Might be they got better now, I don't what to check it. Luxul for now it is like a Lilin for me, I did 5 Lilin integrations and that's it, HIK for now. might be Lilin got better, but I don't want to try, same with Luxul. 1 ditolito@gmail.com reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
istreich 15 Posted December 11, 2017 +1 on Ubiquiti great quality at unbeatable price. They are killing competition and growing at an exponential pace. For all devices in the networking gear range. 1 mallom reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Control-IT 12 Posted December 15, 2017 We have gigabit ethernet here which is great (900up/900down) but a lot or routers don't support that WAN to LAN speeds so choices are limited for that. I've used a dozen Araknis routers and I can't remember having a hiccup with any of them and the price is right. However it doesn't do gigabit so looking for alternative. Pakedge RK1 or Luxul was thinking? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THawes 72 Posted December 15, 2017 We've been rolling out more and more of the UniFi Security Gateway's on projects, they've proven themselves to work well for us and the remote management works well. Ubiquiti quality has improved greatly since their first generation of access points and we feel comfortable deploying them in the field. Personally, I am using pfSense at home as I have a bunch of side projects that I need more features for - no issues on the Control4 side there either but certainly more customization and features available than our typical project requires. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippavisual 270 Posted December 15, 2017 Mikrotik has Gig throughput even through firewall to LAN!! And, the price is just oh so good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zaphod 283 Posted December 15, 2017 3 hours ago, THawes said: We've been rolling out more and more of the UniFi Security Gateway's on projects, they've proven themselves to work well for us and the remote management works well. Ubiquiti quality has improved greatly since their first generation of access points and we feel comfortable deploying them in the field. Personally, I am using pfSense at home as I have a bunch of side projects that I need more features for - no issues on the Control4 side there either but certainly more customization and features available than our typical project requires. Interestingly, Ubiquiti hired Chris Buechler one of the co-founders and project leaders of pfSense a little over a year ago. He works on the Unifi product line, adding many of the features from pfSense. https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Routing-Switching/Joining-Ubiquiti-next-week/td-p/1638042 1 THawes reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THawes 72 Posted December 16, 2017 7 hours ago, zaphod said: Interestingly, Ubiquiti hired Chris Buechler one of the co-founders and project leaders of pfSense a little over a year ago. He works on the Unifi product line, adding many of the features from pfSense. https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Routing-Switching/Joining-Ubiquiti-next-week/td-p/1638042 Yes! The USG product has come a long way, no doubt in part to that I'm sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casperspooks 31 Posted December 16, 2017 Hmm... I've switched to using luxul ABR4500 or 5000 and have had great success and more importantly, support. UBNT's lack of phone support is a major problem for me as an integrator. +1 A manufacturer doesn't get my business when they define support the way Ubiquiti does. I find it ironic that there are plenty of dealers that chuckle and chide clients that use Geek Squad but don't see some parallel with using Ubiquiti. Sent from my smartphone using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twmoonly 45 Posted December 16, 2017 +1 A manufacturer doesn't get my business when they define support the way Ubiquiti does. I find it ironic that there are plenty of dealers that chuckle and chide clients that use Geek Squad but don't see some parallel with using Ubiquiti. Sent from my smartphone using Tapatalk UBNT’s online chat has been flawless, no different then c4’s chat option. Also I can count on one hand the amount of times I have needed them. They just simply work. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mallom 110 Posted December 17, 2017 I am not an expert in networking, but I find their forums to be a very good source of information. Ubiquiti may not be the right fit for everyone, specially if the person depends on tech support to do everything for him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites