Recommend WiFi router (w/ WAN & 4 LAN ports)

JohnCleary

Hi all,
Looking for a bit of advise here as I normally deal with higher end stuff day to day.

A client has a building where they rent out individual rooms with shared broadband via Cisco Meraki.

They currently have sh1tty TP-Link (old) routers which they connect to the Meraki via WAN ports.

I have the Meraki configured fine, all good there. The issue is the shi1tty TP-Link routers currently in place often drop WAN connection. They're donkeys old so want to replace.

Can someone offer guidance for replacing these routers, in around the ?50 range? Each router will only have max 4 wired connections and maybe 3-4 WiFi connections, so doesn't need to be a beast.

Also doesn't need to have excellent WiFi range as the rooms are open and small, so will be turning the output down as the rooms are next to each other (I have no issue configuring the WiFi etc...)

Any assistance much appreciated!

The high horse brigade

JohnCleary wrote: »

Hi all,
Looking for a bit of advise here as I normally deal with higher end stuff day to day.

A client has a building where they rent out individual rooms with shared broadband via Cisco Meraki.

They currently have sh1tty TP-Link (old) routers which they connect to the Meraki via WAN ports.

I have the Meraki configured fine, all good there. The issue is the shi1tty TP-Link routers currently in place often drop WAN connection. They're donkeys old so want to replace.

Can someone offer guidance for replacing these routers, in around the ?50 range? Each router will only have max 4 wired connections and maybe 3-4 WiFi connections, so doesn't need to be a beast.

Also doesn't need to have excellent WiFi range as the rooms are open and small, so will be turning the output down as the rooms are next to each other (I have no issue configuring the WiFi etc...)

Any assistance much appreciated!

Check out the Mikrotik hAP AC, an enterprise router for very little cost.
https://mikrotik.com/product/RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT
https://www.ip-sa.com.pl/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=hAP+ac+%28RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT%29&search_in_description=1

JohnCleary

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Check out the Mikrotik hAP AC, an enterprise router for very little cost.
https://mikrotik.com/product/RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT
https://www.ip-sa.com.pl/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=hAP+ac+%28RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT%29&search_in_description=1

Many thanks.


As the client will be purchasing 30+ of these, I was asked to keep cost max. ?50.

I do agree though, those Mikrotiks are cool

The high horse brigade

JohnCleary wrote: »

Many thanks.


As the client will be purchasing 30+ of these, I was asked to keep cost max. ?50.

I do agree though, those Mikrotiks are cool

There are plenty of options, that's just the one with all bells and whistles
https://www.ip-sa.com.pl/access-point-mikrotik-c-214_19500002.html

JohnCleary

Any opinion on the Air Router?

https://www.eurodk.com/en/products/wifi-n-lite/airrouter?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz57K5crP1AIVQ7HtCh329AbMEAQYBSABEgJIt_D_BwE

The high horse brigade

JohnCleary wrote: »

Any opinion on the Air Router?

https://www.eurodk.com/en/products/wifi-n-lite/airrouter?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz57K5crP1AIVQ7HtCh329AbMEAQYBSABEgJIt_D_BwE

Yeah, another contender. I usually recommend Mikrotik for routing, Ubiquiti for wireless. If you need routing features go with Mikrotik, if you just need bridged ports and wireless access point go with Ubiquiti.

JohnCleary

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Yeah, another contender. I usually recommend Mikrotik for routing, Ubiquiti for wireless. If you need routing features go with Mikrotik, if you just need bridged ports and wireless access point go with Ubiquiti.

Thanks for that...

The Air Router is cheaper so the client would be more inclined to go with that.

Just to confirm... I take it the Air Router can still provide routing capabilities ie. WAN to the Meraki and then provide isolated LAN wired / WiFi for the room?

The high horse brigade

JohnCleary wrote: »

Thanks for that...

The Air Router is cheaper so the client would be more inclined to go with that.

Just to confirm... I take it the Air Router can still provide routing capabilities ie. WAN to the Meraki and then provide isolated LAN wired / WiFi for the room?

Yes of course it can. Ubiquiti make very decent, very reliable devices with a lovely clean easy to configure interface.

ED E

If you don't care about 10/100 the C20i is a fine little unit that has dual band AC750 so wirelessly is significantly ahead of the Air. For single room use it's perfect (Deployed them before). 30E each retail, bulk you could probably go lower.