AirRouters seem to be OK. Is that consumer enough for you? Dlink generally treats customers well, at least better than other brands (though around the country everyone has their own good/bad brands).
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Glen Waldrop <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to be clear, thanks for confirming what I already thought, they all > suck... lol > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Glen Waldrop <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 07, 2015 12:38 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Consumer routers? > > Thanks for the input guys. > > I was mostly looking at what to recommend. I'd rather help on occasion, > but my responsibility ends at the CAT5 coming out of the POE. > > I've been bouncing around the idea of a $5 a month managed RB951 2HnD or > something. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Justin Wilson - MTIN <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 07, 2015 11:51 AM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Consumer routers? > > My take on this is you have to look at what supporting a customer router > costs you in support and service calls. We have several clients who are > doing one of a couple things. > > Some are selling a managed router service for $X a month. This is > typically a Mikrotik the ISP has access to. The ISP sets up the wireless, > manages the router, and other such functions. This allows for a reference > point on the customer side for testing, etc. > > The other way to approach this is if you don’t want mess with router > configuration some folks are including a “modem” that is essentially a hAP > or 750. This is just in bridge mode or is the PPPOE client. The customer > then is free to plug in their own router if they so desire, but you still > have a reference point from the customer side. If you need a customer to > bypass their router you simply ask them to plug into port5 or whatever on > your “modem”. That port can be setup to do DHCP or whatever. > > You have to look at how much support consumer routers is costing you. > Many folks look at the cost of the routers and the cost to install them or > replace them. But if it cuts your support calls by 30% that might mean the > difference between hiring another person, or other “soft” costs. > > > Justin Wilson > [email protected] > > --- > http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO > xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth > > http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman > Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric > > On Oct 7, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Glen Waldrop <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are there any consumer routers that don't suck these days? > > I used to recommend Linksys/Cisco, but since the Belkin buyout quality > seems to be going down. They jink with teh firewall and I can't block > specific outgoing traffic, can't remote admin anymore, etc... > > >
