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Forgot to post here, but a few weeks ago netwifistore started showing it as available, $1425 apiece: RUCKUS R575 Indoor Access Point | NetWifiStore.com . So much for cheap. It does seem potentially more attractive than the R670, though, mainly because it requires only PoE+ not PoE++.

Well, "mesh" is a term of marketing art, but I think what most people understand it to mean is wireless backhaul plus good roaming support (that is, 802.11k/v/r features). If you can put those same APs on wired backhaul then you're better off because the backhaul data isn't competing for...

ASUS' products can do wired mesh, for one. But I doubt you'll find any "consumer" products with PoE support. There's a good case to be made that Ubiquiti's UniFi line is way easier for novices to manage than ASUS or Netgear. I've used both of the latter's wifi products in the past and I don't...

I was surprised to find on Ruckus' website a description of an R575 AP. This is apparently a brand new product (at the bottom of the data sheet it says "Revised: June 15, 2026"). The specs look generally comparable to the R670 except for a somewhat smaller maximum number of clients. They...

Yeah, the nanobeams are good kit, I've used them too. However, you won't squeeze more than around 300Mbps through them, and that's best-case. Ubiquiti does sell bridges capable of ethernet-like speeds, but those models are way more expensive...

1. Don't run copper ethernet cables between buildings with different ground points. You'd be opening yourself to ground loops, equipment-destroying surges, etc. Think fiber instead. 2. Is it really harder to run a wire from house to garage? Why? Sure, you can set up point-to-point radios or...

The fact that you would like this to work doesn't mean it can be made to work. Wifi gear has limited range, dictated by the laws of physics and FCC (or other local authority) limits on transmit power. The only wiggle room there is using a more directional antenna, which as you note won't work...

If you want to use a lot of wifi SSIDs, an easy fix for beacon frame overhead is to increase the "minimum data rate" setting, which basically says how fast to send the beacon frames. The default on gear I've used is 1Mbps, which frankly is 20 years obsolete. Crank it up to 12 or 24Mbps and you...

Yeah, I've been using a Netgate 4200 for about a year and quite like it. I don't have any optional packages installed, so can't help you on your specific question, but are you aware of Netgate's forums? Plenty of lively discussion over there, and you'll get more on-point advice than you likely...

Maybe this is helpful or maybe not: I have seen similar asymmetric behavior in a totally different context. I have some MoCA adapters that are rated for 2.5G, and they can deliver solid 2.35Gbps according to iperf3 ... but when connected to certain devices, it's 2.35Gbps in one direction and...

I doubt that that observation is terribly relevant here. The problem for an SFP+-to-ethernet module that wants to run 2.5G on the RJ45 side is that the SFP+ side doesn't do that speed, so it needs buffering and speed conversion ability, which eats power.

Fair enough. I think UniFi's ceiling is a bit higher than you give it credit for, but I agree it might not be a great choice if you're running the network for a large corporate division, major university, etc. UI would like to be in the running for such deployments, but they're not there yet.

Ubiquiti does pretty well from a price/performance standpoint. I'm not aware of any other wifi brand that competes with them on that scale and is reliably better about software bugs. The other ones that I've tried since giving up my late lamented Apple Airports (Netgear, ASUS, Zyxel) are...

Thanks for doing the research on that --- I'd poked around Netgear's site a little, but failed to locate that list.

See for example this article from The Register: "product registration is required to unlock full access to the local browser user interface". The policy may not apply to every Netgear managed switch, but for sure at least some. It also aligns with my experience with Netgear Orbi wifi gear: you...

I've read that all of Netgear's managed switches have phone-home behavior, so pay close attention to that point. (I love their unmanaged switches, but would be hesitant to buy a managed one.) I have a managed Zyxel switch (XGS1250-12) that I quite like, but it doesn't do PoE so that particular...

That wouldn't in itself explain the observed symptom, since @hys17 didn't mention replacing his router with something else, only rebooting it. But I bet you're close to the truth. I'm wondering if the router itself changes its WAN-side MAC address during reboot for some reason. If so, it...

Download speed different from upload speed is far from unusual. If your ISP swears that it's configured the same on their end, the first thing that comes to my mind is a buffering problem. There are certainly going to be points in your connection out to the wider internet where the line speed...

I am not an expert in these matters, but even I know that your local building code is likely to have some things to say on this. If you don't know the code backwards and forwards you should not be undertaking this job. One point I'd particularly think about is that with that length of run, it...

I agree so far as new purchases go. However, there are plenty of old Apple machines around that are no longer supported by current macOS releases. They are still pretty decent hardware too. If you've got one, your choices are to recycle it, continue to run an old OS with known security holes...