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It's been a while since I was last on the forums, so I figured a good return would be bringing up a newer option for those looking for a novice-friendly, reliable wired router that can keep the internet congestion-free at up to full duplex 1Gb -- Evenroute's $399 IQRouter Pro (link): The Pro...

For anyone who wants to move on from consumer beta-ware and/or commodity antenna tech, there's an increasing amount of Ruckus R510/610's going up on FleaBay for <$150 each these days. Here's a link to a current batch of R610's for $99 a pop (they'll probably be snatched up by the time anyone...

@thiggins - Would it be possible to increase the max width of an uploaded image for display in the forums? The previous 700-whatever pixels worked well enough with the old layout, but now with the more thread width to work with, it would be very nice if we had, say, a 1000x800 max dimensions...

Albeit a few months old now, I thought this article might be of interest to those who are wondering what's next for MoCa. https://www.lightreading.com/optical-ip/whats-next-for-moca-/d/d-id/759417 I would agree with the premise that multi-gig and 10-base Gig over coax will remain a relevant...

Now in Early Access, the Ubiquiti UNMS Router Pro. MSRP $299. Basically the same guts (ARM Cortex A57 quad-core at 1.7Ghz) and routing performance as the UDM-Pro, minus the HDD and Protect, but the 8-port switch will do 2.5Gb/s aggregate instead of just 1Gb/s. The distro appears to be EdgeOS...

Slightly old news if you're an insider, but haven't seen any posts yet on SNB. What will eventually be the UDM "SE" has been in the UniFi floorplan tool for a few iterations now (Reddit source): Looks like a proper hardware switch, PoE and SFP+ onboard. I hope MSRP isn't a deal-breaker...

Some interesting new embedded controller products have been hitting the SMB space, such as Aruba Instant On and Grandstream GWN. Previously, to get an integrated-controller product you had to look mostly at enterprise-class stuff like Aruba Instant or Ruckus Unleashed. Price points are...

@thiggins - Seems the forum is getting popped with higher than normal amounts of spam lately (mostly in Chinese in this latest go around...). Not sure if the exploit is SNB-specific or perhaps XenForo at large, but it would be great if we could get some better spam protection. At the same time...

For those who follow UBNT EdgeRouters and have been hoping for an ER-4/6P with a dedicated switch chip and more ports, the ER-12 will be coming out soon. UBNT website price: $195 USD. Here's the initial info from the early-access page, plus photos:

I've got a SOHO client project coming up and looking for ideas on how to approach. The client wants: massive wifi dead-spot relief, self-service parental controls on the children's traffic, private and guest networks and a NAS serving both the kids and adults. Some key requirements: easy access...

Title pretty much says it all. Looking for a solid gigabit PoE (or PoE+) switch that supports port-based power scheduling. Only need 8 or 16 ports, and only 4 ports of PoE for the foreseeable future. I'd like to stay under the $300 mark. That probably rules out fully-managed big-boy gear, but...

Tim, Although order and proximity of the homepage elements are pretty logical in terms of time published, what do you think of adding a MMM-dd-YYYY (and even HH:mm AM/PM) to each of the preview block elements for articles, reviews, etc. on the SNB homepage and any/all other main index pages? I...

Hi All, I'm was mulling over the UBNT EdgeRouter X for SOHO installs and was wondering if I could power a non-UBNT access point, like a TL-WR843ND, connected to and powered over eth4. I'd probably power it with a 24V 2A or 2.5A 2.1mm barrel power supply. In theory this seems like it would work...

For those with EdgeRouter series routers, UBNT just released 1.7, including a pretty sizable changelog: http://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX-Updates-Blog/EdgeMAX-EdgeRouter-software-release-v1-7-0/ba-p/1287631 Main feature additions/changes in a nutshell: Application/traffic reporting with DPI...

While researching AV2-MIMO solutions, I stumbled on the LANSocket 1500. It appears SNB hasn't earkmarked it yet, so I figured I'd mention it here. CNET seems to like it. Not many reviews on Amazon yet. At a street price of $90, it appears to be one of the better values for $/throughput...

Hi Guys, Perhaps this is a bit old by now, but just saw the ER-X and ER-X SFP up on UBNT's site (datasheet). Interesting price point and throughput -- seems perfect for SOHO installs. What say you guys? Look promising?

Hi Tim, I'm sure you've thought about this ad-nausea, but do you think there's enough brand/model content generated in addition to Asus (Netgear, TP-Link to name just two) to warrant individual vendor forums under a "Brand-Specific" section, perhaps coming after "LAN-WAN", and/or rolling up the...

I suspect many may dismiss any additions from Amped as overpriced/marketed, but I'm intrigued to see what develops out of the ProSeries - specifically the APR175P and future siblings. The SMB segment could sure use more turn-key integrated options that are actually solid, not just eye-candy on...

Hi Tim, Considering MikroTik has come up a fair amount in the forums (often alongside Ubiquiti's EdgeRouter series, one of which you've already reviewed) would it be at all feasible to test out a MIPS model like an RB951G, RB2011 or CRS109, and/or one of their entry-level CCRs (maybe the new...

Hi Guys, Through dealing with one of my clients, he turned me onto a company called Pakedge. They appear to target high-end A/V similar to how Peplink targets multi-WAN. I'm guessing a bulk of their resellers would be full-service A/V shops, with a large part of the end user demographic...