Hello PLUGgers, I'm dumping Comcast/Xfinity (1Gbs/40Mps) for fiber 2 Gbps. Ziply finally got around to pulling fiber in my neighborhood for the last few months (everything here is buried).
I am soliciting recommendations for 2.5Gbe gateway/routers - I am not "renting" the Ziply wifi router. I am currently using a Watchguard Firebox M300 (OpenWrt 24.10) set up with 2 LANs, one of which feeds one private network to the WAN of my Linksys WRT1900ACS for my "personal" network. The other LAN is a public DMZ, no WIFI, for my hobby server (game severs, Mumble, Gopher, web site backend db, etc.). Both networks have firewall/BanIP and remote access on WAN side is disabled. I'm not looking for Wifi since what I have is plenty and is used only for the iPad, iPhone, roomba vacuum and the occasional guest. I'm wired with mostly CAT 6 throughout the house, although there are some CAT 5e segments I haven't replaced yet. Specifications - wired gateway router: 2.5Gbe WAN, 10Gbe would be nice should I decide to upgrade 4 port 2.5Gbe switch Optional SFP+ No WIFI OpenWRT preferred I'll take a gateway with WIFI if no other reasonable choice < $500 is available, with < $300 preferred. One that looks pretty nifty is: Ubiquiti Gateway Fiber (UXG-Fiber) https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cloud-gateways-compact/collections/cloud-gateway-fiber/products/ucg-fiber I am not familiar with the Ubiquiti firmware and would like to avoid any "value added" subscriptions and marketing. TP-Link I'm not brand loyal; anything of good quality will do. Thanks, Ed
