The firmware on my Netgear N4300 hasn't been updated by the provider for a long time. I threw dd-wrt on it and updates occur regularly and the firmware is actually better than the factory version ever was. Is there a modern DD-WRT firmware available for your router?
On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Winterlight <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a 8 year old TP-Link gigabit router on my home./office LAN that > works just fine. I don't use it for wifi...I have wifi disabled. I use a > Ubiquiti Unifi AC-pro for wifi. I wasn't looking to replace the TP-Link > router but I see Newegg has deal on a Ubiquiti Networks ER-X-SFP-US > Advanced Gigabit Router with PoE and SFP. Other then the fact that it would > match up with my wifi hardware, and it will come with up to date firmware > which may or may not have better security...do I really need it? Are there > other benefits I am not seeing? I need a SysAdmin's advice! > > > > >
