Reddit reviews Ubiquiti Networks Networks Networks Router (ER-X), Black

A standalone wired router (e.g EdgeRouter X) and access point (e.g EAP 245) will perform much better than pretty much any consumer grade wireless router and allow for a lot more control/config, but you would be paying about $190 vs $110.

Ubiquiti Edgerouter X can be configured as a switch. $50:

https://smile.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-ER-X-Router/dp/B0144R449W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1539792273&sr=8-3&keywords=ubiquiti+edgerouter+x&dpID=41GEBnLIf4L&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Great advice: don't spend $400+ on a home router.

The range is limited by FCC regulation. A $30 router can go as far as a $5000 router. What you need is to get a good router and a few wireless access points. This way, each access point adds to your coverage. It also allows your client devices to reach the closest access point.

Wifi is like having a conversation. If I put you at the other end of a football field with a gigantic megaphone, I'll hear you just fine, but there's no way I will be able to reply to you.

Get a decent router, with or without wifi, and then a couple of APs. A good combo : Edgerouter-X ($50) + 3x Unifi AP AC Lite ($75). For $275, you will end up with enough coverage to cover about 12,000 square feet. Add a switch for additional ports (maybe $25) and for $100 less than these "super duper router" you'll get much better coverage. Upgrade the Edgerouter X for an Edgerouter Lite for $25 more and you'll get full gigabit capabilities.

Don't buy the ERX from that seller?
Try the UBNT one below:
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-ER-X-Router/dp/B0144R449W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511550910&sr=8-1&keywords=Edgerouter+x

1. Yes - Follow the wizards/guides in the ERX configs.
   
2. Yes - I have three VLAN's set up on my Edgerouter.
   2a. I have tested the ERX as a VLAN switch and it works perfectly!
   
3. The UAP-AC-Lite is an excellent combo for small home networks.
   
   Fun fact, you can use one passive PoE brick (or switchport) to power the ERX and AC-Lite [daisy-chained together].
   

Ditch that ISP provided gear, if at all possible. I know additional costs aren't always in the budget, but if you have the ability to, you should consider getting a router that you control.

Once upon a time I invested $49 into a little Edgerouter-X and it was just an incredibly powerful little device for the money. Blows away any of the usual consumer grade (Linksys, Netgear, etc.) stuff that most of us have been accustomed to. It essentially has Enterprise grade features at a consumer price point. It also has a built in switch chip, so you can plug multiple machines into it, perhaps even power a wireless access point using the eth4 for its (24V Passive) PoE out abilities. Physical placement of your WiFi device(s) matters a LOT. Lots of homes have them tucked away in a little corner, which isn't great unless you want 50% of your signal to be broadcast towards your neighbors. YMMV.

Be advised this is a router only, so you'd also need to consider what you'll do for WiFi, but it's simple enough to convert whatever you are using presently to behave as merely an access point to provide WiFi (unless it's a combo router/switch/wireless access point, all-in-one unit from Comcast). In that case, /r/Ubiquiti also makes fantastic wireless APs, for example: https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Unifi-Ap-AC-Lite-UAPACLITEUS/dp/B015PR20GY/

First, here's [the list of compatible modems](https://teksavvy.com/services/internet/hardware/?code=sCable25&itemId=3710
) for their cable plans. Anything in that list will work. I got this Hitron CDA-RES but it doesn't seem to be available anymore. This Hitron CDA3-20 seems to be the newer model. If you have time that's also the kind of thing you can find on kijiji - nearly any somewhat recent Shaw cable modem should work, since in Alberta TekSavvy uses Shaw's network.

Note that that's just the modem - a box that receives the ISP signal through a coaxial cable and gives internet access through a network cable. It's not a router - the router's job is to manage the various devices on your network. Technically a router isn't a wifi access point either although in most consumer devices the 2 products are combined to make a wireless router.

For the router and wireless portion, you can use anything you want. Personally I now use a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X as a router and a Ubiquiti UniFi AP-AC Lite as a wireless access point. edit to add: if you want help deciding on what network equipment to get (router, wireless AP, wireless router, mesh setup, etc), check out /r/HomeNetworking - they're really good at helping not so tech savvy (lol) people setup a solid network.

Hope that helps!

Ubiquiti routers are cheap and work really well. https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0144R449W/ref=sr_1_5_olp?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1493065866&sr=1-5&keywords=edgerouter

EdgeRouter-X. No integrated AP. Not compatible with DD-WRT, but a highly-configurable real business-class router. Also $60. Walk up the line if you want more features, but an excellent place to start.

go and buy this

https://www.amazon.ca/MikroTik-Dual-concurrent-Access-Point-RB952Ui-5ac2nD-US/dp/B019PCF3QY/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Hap+AC&qid=1550856480&s=gateway&sr=8-4

run one cable into port 5 on rogers to port 1 on this.

Log into the Rogers and disable consumer mode (turn on bridge mode)

log into the Mikrotik, do a firmware upgrade, setup your wireless and move in.

If you don't like/want Mikrotik

https://www.amazon.ca/Ubiquiti-ER-X-UBIQUITI-Router-Black/dp/B0144R449W/ref=sr_1_4?crid=6EK5B2O6JHT4&keywords=edgerouter+lite&qid=1550856559&s=gateway&sprefix=edgerouter%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-4

I appreciate you don't want to spend extra money but the Rogers modems should be left as that.

Get a proper router and one less thing to worry about.

First, get this router. It's not a wireless router, you'll deal with Wi-Fi separately.

Second, get several of these APs, as many as you can afford and have places to hook them up. It's almost always better to have more APs than faster ones. If you have any devices with 3-stream Wi-Fi, you could get these APs instead to allow them to run at full speed.

Wow, you want to do all that with a Celeron Quad-core? If that's all I had I would throw CentOS 7 Minimal Server on it...
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/centos-7-minimal-server/

For easy GUI administration use
Webmin: https://lintut.com/how-to-install-webmin-on-centos-7/

For TM Backups use NFS or SMB: https://www.unixmen.com/setting-nfs-server-client-centos-7/ https://lintut.com/easy-samba-installation-on-rhel-centos-7/

To enable NFS on Mac: http://www.serverlab.ca/tutorials/osx/administration-osx/how-to-connect-mac-os-x-to-nfs-shares/

For DLNA use Plex Media Server (enable DLNA in settings): http://brettspence.com/2014/11/17/installing-plex-media-server-on-centos-7/

For Web app hosting etc. use Apache or Nginx with MYSQL & PHP: https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/centos-lamp-server-apache-mysql-php/
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-centos-7

Use Webmin to administer your virtualhosts using the Apache module or use this Nginx module: https://github.com/vixh/nginx-webmin

For NextCloud use this script https://github.com/PietsHost/Nextcloud-Installation-Script

For DIY IoT edge device/gateway, there's no better for the money than EdgeRouter X + UniFi AC AP (Lite/LR): https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-ER-X-Networks-Router/dp/B0144R449W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1494305813&sr=8-2&keywords=edgerouter+x

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Unifi-Ap-AC-Lite-UAPACLITEUS/dp/B015PR20GY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494305859&sr=8-1&keywords=ubiquiti+ap+ac+lite

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-UAP-AC-LR-Networks-Enterprise-System/dp/B015PRCBBI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494305879&sr=8-1&keywords=ubiquiti+ap+ac+lr

For VPN use OpenVPN (use this script): https://github.com/Angristan/OpenVPN-install
NOTE: With this script it remove passwords by default, just open the script up in a text editor and remove the "nopass" text (4 times) and your good to go! It's very easy to install and add/remove users.

Again, this is a lot for a small little machine to do, but this is how I would do it with the limited hardware you have.

Cheers!

> unifi ap lite

$115 right now.

> edge router

I assume you mean the ER-X which is 82.66 and isn't in the Unifi product line.

So yes you're in for about $200 assuming you can get by with 3 Ethernet ports, or are you adding a switch to this setup as well? A full Unifi setup (Unifi router, switch and AP) starts at about $400 for the no PoE versions.

In any case unless the space you're servicing is absolutely huge and/or you have Gigabit upload (and need to use it) there's no practical benefit to it over a good consumer router.

Get this: http://amzn.com/B0144R449W

Burn the other one. Right now.

I went with a separate router and access point as they're in different locations, but at the prices you're considering it'd be an option even if both devices are right next to each other.

• Ubiquiti ER-X router for $55. 4 port gigabit, and they have models with more ports if needed.
  
  
• Ubiquiti AC-PRO access point for $130. Awesome coverage, robust config, cloud management, and runs on POE (above router won't power it alone, though).

[Router] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0144R449W/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1493926668&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=ubiquiti+router&dpPl=1&dpID=41snmRQ4yRL&ref=plSrch)

[Access Point] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HXT8S9G/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1493926756&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=ubiquiti+access+point&dpPl=1&dpID=31ZYZ9bvX-L&ref=plSrch)

No more lag on wireless connection

Ouch! What you can do is go with the EdgeRouter X. Since you only have 30mbps internet you probably won't see huge gains between the X and Lite unless you transfer a lot of data on your internal network.

EdgeRouter X

And if you want to save even more you can go down to the UniFi AC AP Lite, it should still cover your place. But the Pro really is the better Access Point.

Another option is to go with an Amplifi Mesh system. I'm not sure how much cheaper that is but it's Uniquiti's new system targeted more to consumer routers/simplified setup Amplifi. But as I'm a nerd I like to have more control. That's up to you.

Edit: Just realized Amplifi is only US right now. SMH.

> I was hoping just to get a router for no more than $125.

That's a REALLY tight budget to adequately cover a 2500sq ft house. You are likely to be disappointed with a single device.

If you can stretch that a bit, this would be a FAR more ideal setup:

2x of https://smile.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Unifi-Ap-AC-Lite-UAPACLITEUS/dp/B015PR20GY/

1x of https://smile.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-ER-X-Router/dp/B0144R449W/

That's just a bit over $200. You aren't going to have beamforming but I'm not convinced you need it anyway. Those APs do support MIMO.

You will also get far, FAR better QOS on that router. QOS on most consumer grade stuff is absolute garbage.

If you truly cannot go over that budget, go with the Archer C9. It's a solid choice and will serve you well. Avoid Netgear and Linksys.

EDIT: Fixed the links

I second /u/washu_k and Amazon.com would be the place to look. https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-ER-X-Router/dp/B0144R449W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1506524312&sr=8-2&keywords=edgerouter+x

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Unifi-Ap-AC-Lite-UAPACLITEUS/dp/B015PR20GY/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1506527343&sr=1-2&keywords=uap-ac-lite

For comcast gigabit you'll be needing a DOCSIS 3.1 capable modem such as the Arris SB8200.

For a router, for all in ones you can look at the typical Netgear R7000 or the Asus AC1900 if you want to keep it simple.

If you want something super reliable then...

Edgerouter X

or

Edgerouter Lite

or

Unifi Security Gateway

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  Ubiquiti AC Lite
  
  or
  
  Ubiquiti AC Pro
  
  (also wire in as many things as possible with quality Cat5e/6/6a cables)

Here's the options I'd suggest:

Replace airport with something like the TP-Link C7/C9.

• Depending on how far your backyard is from the router and things in between, may still have issues with WiFi
  
• Could always put the C7/C9 in a more central location in your house or closer to where you need good signal and just run a cable from your modem to the C7/C9.
  
• Easiest to configure, mostly plug-and-play with some config needed to setup password, SSID, IP scheme if you want to change it, etc.
  
  Buy a wireless access point and keep the airport for now.
  
  
• Try the access point where your airport is now and see if you get good signal in the backyard. If not, run a cable from the airport (or switch) to a more central location in your house, or closer to where you need good signal and setup the access point there.
  
• These are unbeatable wireless access points for the money.
  
• The AC lite will require some configuration.
  
  Replace the airport with something like an edge router X and also get the Ubiquiti AC Lite access point.
  
  
• Setup the edge router X where the airport is now and try the access point where the edge router is. If you don't get good enough signal where you need it, run a cable from the edge router to a more central location in your house or closer to where you need good signal and setup the AC lite there.
  
• Most configuration needed as both the edge router and AC lite require some configuration.

The article in the networks sub reddit described it perfectly - basically its better to offload the functions into separate devices

https://www.amazon.ca/Ubiquiti-Unifi-Ap-AC-Lite-UAPACLITEUS/dp/B015PR20GY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1499034651&sr=1-1&keywords=ubiquiti+wireless

https://www.amazon.ca/Ubiquiti-ER-X-UBIQUITI-Router-Black/dp/B0144R449W

Check the specs on your router. If it has only 100 Mbps ethernet ports it'll probably help to upgrade, even if your internet service is 100 Mbps down. You could get something inexpensive like a Ubiquiti ER-X that will be good for up to 500 Mbps.

Came here to suggest something similar. Assuming OP has decent enough bandwidth at home, you could set up a little RaspberryPi as a Wireguard (or OpenVPN/PiVPN Server) and work around network restrictions that way.

As others have mentioned, you'll need a way to route traffic within your dorm room. This could be anything from your PC with multiple NICs and network sharing enabled, to an old/unused PC running OPNsense/pfSense, or an unused router flashed with DDWRT.

I don't know what your budget is for this project, but I'm a really big fan of these little Edgerouters, which could do everything you want, and more. They have a built in switch chip, so the ER-X can be used in multiple configurations. Some combination of the aforementioned should work wonders. If nothing else, it'll give you tons of stuff to research and learn, and the ER-X would still be valuable after college, either as a router upgrade, or even a (managed) switch.

Good luck this semester, study hard. Holler if you get stuck with anything. You got this. This sounds like the Great Firewall you find yourself behind.

Maybe... You don't want a switch in between your modem and your router. In that case you'd want an actual router, though not necessarily a wireless one.

If you're tech savvy or like learning, this is where UBNT and some of its competitors are neat, b/c they treat the wifi access points and the routers as totally different modular components. I have a $50 UBNT Edgerouter X (looks like it's $60 or so on Amazon right now) and then use an $80 UAC lite access point for providing wireless. That actually ends up being $10 cheaper than a $150 Nighthawk and you can add all sorts of other neat crap on later if you want (and setup QoS on the ERX to prevent buffer bloat, and I think you can even run pi-hole directly on the ERX for house wide ad blocking without a dedicate PC, but that's on my "to research" list).

The downside: it's commercial grade hardware AND software, so certain things that you'd expect to be "easy" may require running actual command line scripts etc (for example, I wanted to turn off downstream DNS resolution so that a failed DNS lookup from 1.1.1.1 didn't bubble up to Verizon, this is a checkbox on most routers but requires a script on the ERX). I'm a software dev and I love being able to do so many things, but I set my in-laws up with a simple Google Wifi setup that just works that they never have to touch b/c that would be a nightmare for them.

And... I've looped back around to a UBNT ad by accident, /u/tatersnakes would be disappointed in me.

Great, thanks!

What is the point of the 5 dangling coax cables in the panel?

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So, I'm thinking of.. having one of the coax cables run into a modem.

And the ethernet from the modem goes to this router:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0144R449W/

And from that router, I have wires that connect to each of those black ethernet plugs (refer to panel in original post) corresponding to the outlets in each of the different rooms I have.

Then, from the living room media center room, I can have a switch from that port:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A121WN6

Which will then connect to all my devices and a wireless access point.

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Would that work? The router and switch part is a bit confusing to me, so I might be thinking of this totally wrong.

Edgerouter X: $54.95

Unifi AP AC Lite: $86.24

Total = $141.19

D-Link Dir-880L: $137.99

It's 4 bucks more for a better router that is easily expandable with another AP if needed.

You need to purchase each one:

Edgerouter X: https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-ER-X-Router/dp/B0144R449W/

AC-LITE: https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Unifi-Ap-AC-Lite-UAPACLITEUS/dp/B015PR20GY/

About $130.

Though I got an Edgerouter X as well, which cost another $90 so I completely replaced all my other routers/access points, this part is optional.

You don't need a modem, you only need a router.

If your install is Ethernet (they will automatically install Ethernet with 100/100 or faster) you can use any router you please. If the install is going over the Coax, you have to use their G1100.

If you want something plug and play my usual recommendation is an Asus AC-RT68U. It's a capable device with a proven track record. It will easily do gigabit over hardwire, and push 250-400 (depending on your location/interference,etc) over wifi.

If you are looking for something that requires a small amount of setup, but will have more reliability, get an edgerouter-X for the hardwire connections, and a Unifi Lite access point for the wireless.

If you're willing to do a bit of reading and tinkering, give serious consideration to something like an Edgerouter with a separate AP. You'll get substantially better wireless performance, with the option to get a second AP and seamlessly bridge them.

It costs around 6k

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https://www.amazon.in/Ubiquiti-Edgerouter-Router-Desktop-Black/dp/B0144R449W/ref=pd_sbs_147_3/261-2180694-9768312?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0144R449W&pd_rd_r=b472e1a4-8290-11e9-83ee-f7b9de9ca136&pd_rd_w=2hKSm&pd_rd_wg=9unfP&pf_rd_p=87667aae-831c-4952-ab47-0ae2a4d747da&pf_rd_r=BSVBF642CH04YMJ0XKH9&psc=1&refRID=BSVBF642CH04YMJ0XKH9

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You can do everything from the GUI if you desire but there is a small bit of learning curve. Luckily there are hundreds of videos on youtube explaining how to set things up.

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Yes you can do that. I have a bunch of static routes via WAN2. You can also set it up in such a way that certain protocols or ports always go via WAN2.

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If you get it, make sure to upgrade your firmware first before setting up anything.

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Just to let you know - I do not have the exact above model. I have the SFP model which costs a bit more. However the CPU and internal memory etc is all the same in both.

For a more... detailed guide of how you want to get things set up, here's what you need to know:

Cable Modem - Must support DOCSIS 3.1. From what I can tell, anything rated for DOCSIS 3.1 must support enough channels for gigabit, but if you want to be doubly sure, backwards compatibility with DOCSIS 3.0 at 32x8 (True of every DOCSIS 3.1 modem I can find on the market) will guarantee you get there. Note that DOCSIS 3.0 at 32x8 does not actually get you gigabit on Cox. It has to be DOCSIS 3.1.

Router - Not including the wireless portion, your router must have gigabit WAN and LAN ports. Just about any router with wireless AC, and even most with wireless N, is likely to have these, but not all routers need have wireless connections.

Switches, MoCA, Powerline Adaptors, etc. - Must all support Gigabit Ethernet, and for alternate methods (e.g. MoCA, Powerline) must also be rated for at least Gigabit speeds... preferably higher, because rated speeds are rarely achieved. Additionally, if you connect any devices that run at less than gigabit ethernet, on most cheap home network switches every device connected will be forced to run at fast ethernet speeds. You can fix this by having such devices connect, say, wirelessly, or only plugging them directly into an appropriate switch. Rather than playing the guessing game with cheap switches and ending up disappointed, it might be worth going for a managed switch, which should almost assuredly support different negotiated rates on different ports. Your router may also support this. Common devices that only run at fast-ethernet speeds and can therefore slow your network way down include Smart TV's, Wired Chromecast / FireTV connections, Steam Links, and other older or cheaper devices.

Wi-Fi - Current Wifi standards mean that your odds of actually getting Gigabit speeds on your individual devices is effectively nil. If your device, like most devices, has only one antenna, your theoretical maximum speed under wireless AC is 433Mbit/s, and in most cases, you'll get less than half of that. Your wireless access point, meanwhile, likely has multiple antenna and can support a lot of devices at high speeds, meaning that it can do gigabit collectively between all your devices. Wi-Fi 6, (a.k.a. Wireless AX), meanwhile, will provide a reasonable possibility of support, but you'll have to replace both your access point and all of your devices. Fun fact: the number after AC (for instance, the AC1900 Router in the OP) lists the theoretical maximum if all built in channels were at max load. Your AC1600+'s should be able to fill up your gigabit link fairly nicely if you have enough devices. The only reason to consider higher numbers is that they typically come with higher quality internals, which can lead to closer-to-theoretical speeds and longer range, but if you're going for more than AC1900, it's really time to consider dedicated access points, rather than wi-fi built into the router.

there is no such product out (Combo device with good working QoS).

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suggest you to separate two of them:

https://pickmymodem.com/cable-modem-wi-fi-modem-router-combo-one-buy/

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also don't get carried away by QoS snake oil sold by lot of companies. It is plain traffic throttling.

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You can get a decent DOCSIS 3.0 modem or DOCSIS 3.1 if you can afford and pair up with good AC2200 router of go down Modem + ER-L + 11ac APs.

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https://pickmymodem.com/all-about-docsis-3-1-and-docsis-3-1-cable-modems/

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https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Edgerouter-ERLITE-3-Desktop-Router-x/dp/B00HXT8EKE/

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Edgerouter-Router-Desktop-Black/dp/B0144R449W/

https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/216787288-EdgeRouter-Quality-of-Service-QoS-

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While I agree it's crap, I got it for free, so no bilkin lol. I have thought it might be case. Is there a router under 100 bucks that might be suggested? I have 3 pc's, two xbox's, a few phones/tablets and maybe 10 pieces of HA equipment running. We don't have them all running at the same time. I looked at TP-Link Gigabit VPN Router (TL-R600VPN) and Ubiquiti-Networks-ER-X-Router Will either one of these fit the bill and is there something with better performance with plex media server and my server?

Thanks again for any insight.

This one looks ok.

https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-ER-X-Router/dp/B0144R449W

Wired routers aren't as prevalent as they used to be, almost everything's wi-fi these days. Could try ebay/craigslist.

Thanks for the help. How do I go about doing that? I don't know much about WiFi, in fact I don't even know the difference between a router and a modem :>

Should I get these 2 items?:
https://www.amazon.ca/Ubiquiti-Unifi-Ap-AC-Lite-UAPACLITEUS/dp/B015PR20GY/ref=pd_bxgy_504_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RM0VZC2T25S9C19Z3DMR
https://www.amazon.ca/Ubiquiti-ER-X-UBIQUITI-Router-Black/dp/B0144R449W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511288325&sr=8-1&keywords=edgerouter+x

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If you aren't on a tight budget you might want to go prosumer and you could look into separating the router into it's components parts rather than an all in one. For example:

• Ubiquiti ER-X
  
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• Any dumb multiport switch
  
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  The NanoHD is totally overkill for an apartment but once it's setup you'd likely never have wifi issues ever again. You can check out the Lite and Pro models as cheaper options but the NanoHD is the newest. Setup isn't as trivial as your run of the mill router but you don't need to be a sysadmin either. I've seen the ER-X go down to $50 at memory express before and it's an excellent router.