Thank you all for suggestions.

    • Thorry@feddit.org
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      Second the Mikrotik!

      I have used their stuff for years and years now and I love it. You get a whole bunch of power, very good software and maximum freedom in configurations for a very small price. Especially their enterprise grade config language is awesome, you can configure the whole thing with a few simple commands. You can export your config in a readable format, so you can quickly swap out different configs to try stuff. It also lets you understand the config completely, so you know what you are running.

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        3rd for mikrotik. Rock solid stuff. Configuration has a bit of a learning curve but they have a ton of options which you can only dream on generic consumer stuff. Few years ago when I got 1/1Gbps uplink to home I tried cheaper unifi router but it could only do ~700Mbps with just bare nat and even less with slightly more complex configuration, current mikrotik can push (according to vendor tests) up to 7Gps. The model I have isn’t available anymore but the price was around 120€ which at least back then was a bargain compared to anything else with comparable feature set.

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    Mikrotiks are awesome but are not really for inexperienced network admins. They do provide sane defaults and a setup wizard for common use cases but making most changes requires a basic understanding of the TCP/IP stack - DHCP, DNS, IP addresses and subnets… I’d describe it as kind of the Arch Linux of networking. You need to configure each piece separately, but that gives you complete flexibility and control. It’s barebones but usable out of the box (moreso than arch), but with the ability to rival basically any competitor in terms of functionality, including very expensive Cisco stuff

    If by “nothing fancy” you mean nothing expensive and/or gamery and this sounds interesting to you, I highly recommend giving them a shot - they are quite cheap brand new and there’s a solid used market. If instead you meant “something straightforward”, as others have suggested a FritzBox provides a more “traditional” router experience, with a lot more guardrails and assistance.

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      Ok you convinced me. I’ve been wanting to get an extra access point in my home office for quite some time because I have a lot of dropped meetings and shitty WiFi speeds despite having a 1Gbps fiber. I just ordered a Mikrotik hAP ax S, which manages to be both cheaper and seems much more versatile than “big brand” access points.