Anyone have recommendations for a home router/WAP? Currently have a Netgear R7000P and it's making trouble for long-running connections. My needs are pretty simple:
- Reasonable wireless and ethernet speed. Doesn't need to be fancy, don't even have any 5G devices.
- Sane port-forwarding interface allowing TCP/UDP forwarding of individual ports *by destination MAC*, not by dest. LAN IP (unless can configure static LAN IPs by MAC!)
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Other needs:
- Stability (don't want to have to restart the thing weekly)
- Reasonable security (WPA2-PSK, no default password on admin UI)
- Can back up /restore settings
- Works in US wifi bands, I guess
- Assign static IPs by MAC (changed my mind, this is a must)
Nice to have:
- View DHCP table
- IPv6 capable
- Ability to adjust LAN IP range/subnet
- Inexpensive ;-)
@Miller_Geek But now that you mention pro gear, I *almost* wonder if I should get a higher end router, and just stick the home WAP behind it in "just the AP, ma'am" mode.
I don't think I'm there yet in terms of needs, though.
@Miller_Geek Good to know. The WAP is just for personal use , so no need to get fancy unless I wanna mesh my 'hood or something. :-)
The router, on the other hand, is going to be a big factor in how painful it is to host stuff for people (sandstorm, shell, etc.) LAN management on home routers can be a bit dicey. :-/
@Miller_Geek Cool, looks like up to 32 manually assigned LAN IPs (enough for now 👿)
Do you know if it has any hairpin routing issues? e.g. if I forward WAN port 1234 -> 10.0.0.9:1234 and try to connect to <my public IP>:1234, will it work? Last couple routers I've used have worked fine with this, but I've heard some get confused. :-P
The warning in the user manual about port 80 forwarding conflicting with the admin UI was a little worrying. It just blocks the admin UI from outside, right?
@Miller_Geek OK, sweet. :-) Looks like they also sell it as the RT-AC68U, and the local Microcenter has one, so maybe by end of day I'll have a less crappy router. :-D Thanks for the rec!
Some day I'll upload the script I wrote for a previous home router (which I was not in a position to replace) that periodically updated the port forwarding table based on latest DHCP assignments. What a pain in the ass that was.
varx (is elsewhere now)
Scott Miller