[TriLUG] Small office router

Warren Myers volcimaster at gmail.com
Mon Jun 25 12:23:56 EDT 2012


Meraki was its name -  http://www.meraki.com

Don't know much about them beyond the spec sheets, but they look
interesting.

WMM

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com>wrote:

> You might consider settingup a Soekris box and something like m0n0wall
> (there was a TriLUG mtg on it a few years back).
>
> Also, have seen a pretty nice router advertised on /. recently ... but now
> can't find the link :|
>
> WMM
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Igor Partola <igor at igorpartola.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi TriLUG,
>>
>> I am shopping for a new router for my company's office use. Our current
>> router is really unstable, and we need something that'll work more
>> reliably. We are looking to support 20-40 active client devices and large
>> data transfers. There are a few important features we are looking for:
>>
>> 1. 802.11n
>> 2. Gigabit Ethernet
>> 3. IPv6 support with tunneling to HE
>> 4. ip6tables support
>> 5. Plenty of RAM to run things like bind9 and other network services
>> 6. Ability to run multiple SSIDs to support a trusted in-office and a
>> guest
>> networks.
>>
>> I am considering a MicroTik router that seems to fit the bill:
>> http://routerboard.com/RB751G-2HnD. I have never owned a MicroTik device
>> before, but this seems like a powerful enough device with all the
>> features.
>>
>> Another option is an ASUS RT-N66U (
>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006QB1RPY/?tag=codihorr-20), which comes highly
>> recommended by Jeff Atwood
>>
>> http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/06/because-everyone-still-needs-a-router.html
>> .
>>
>> Yet a third option is to get both and run the MicroTik device as the main
>> router and the ASUS as the WiFi router.
>>
>> Could anyone recommend which way to go on this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Igor
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