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[Request] Internet Routers
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this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025
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But, I would recommend something you can install OpenWRT or OpenSense. If sorting out hardware isn't for you, I have a Ubiquity UDM Pro and love it. I miss some of the fine tuning of OpenWRT, but the extra security features on the UDM seem worth it to me.
If you want something cheaper ive been running an Ubiquiti Edgerouter X pretty much non stop problem free for about 5-6 years now.
The EdgeRouter X is a great piece of kit, but also getting harder to acquire, and it's unclear what Ubiquiti's roadmap is for support. I installed one in my in-laws about 4 years ago, and my brother's house about 5 years ago. Both trucking along strong. My in-laws use a TPLink omada 245 AP in standalone mode. My brother has 2, a 225 and a 245, plus a controller so that AP roaming and band steering work.
I also have a pair of omada APs, one at each end of the house, but for a router I use a HP ProDesk 600G1 DM, modified to handle an extra Ethernet jack via the m.2 e-key slot. It runs Opnsense, but I did also run Sophos XG on it for about a year.
Both are good but I'm a tinkerer so I switched to Opnsense