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<blockquote data-quote="badwhitevision" data-source="post: 2520139" data-attributes="member: 127847"><p>Seeing [USER=33237]@vivek.krishnan[/USER] 's post reminds me of why you actually wanted this.</p><p>I've been so focused on tailscale that I forgot your entire usecase.</p><p></p><p>1. Need to have guest access.</p><p>2. Need to be able to access control panel remotely.</p><p>3. Need to be able to separate devices on network.</p><p></p><p>In this case, the router I currently use, the Archer C6 is a perfect fit.</p><p></p><p>1. It has guest networks for both bands, with options to either allow or deny access to devices connected via your regular SSID.</p><p>2. It has TP-Link cloud access which allows remote access via app.</p><p>2b. Should you have a dynamic public IP it also provides support in the form of DDNS with 3 providers. There is also the option to remote access router via WAN (if you have a public IP)</p><p>3. It also has an IoT devices SSID (consider this for all intents and purposes, another guest network).</p><p></p><p>My apologies. I have been super focused on my solution and not your actual usecase.</p><p></p><p>At 2.5k (check on Flipkart prices might be lower there) this is worthy. It covers the average 3 BHK house without dead spots. In any case, buying a Pi Zero 2 W and the cheapest gigabit router will still put you over this price and your coverage might not be as great in that case. (Albeit, you can benefit from other uses of the Pi and if you're a DIY aficionado, enjoy the thrill)</p><p></p><p>Pros -</p><p>1. Has 1x1 MU-MIMO, so if you have a device that supports it, you will get good speeds on the 5GHz band.</p><p>2. Supposedly has beamforming antennas, though I do t know how they work.</p><p>3. Has this feature where it auto switches b/w 2.4 and 5GHz. Although I think this is a gimmick, because if you're latched to the 2.4 GHz network, it rarely switches to 5 GHz. So basically all this feature does is, it sets the same SSID to both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands.</p><p></p><p>Has 1x WAN and 4x LAN gigabit ports and the connections have been saturated to gigabit bandwidth without bottlenecks.</p><p></p><p>A con however is that you can't upgrade to openWRT at a later date, since it uses an 8/32 processor.</p><p>You will also not be able to measure WAN data transfer and will have to depend on your ISP for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="badwhitevision, post: 2520139, member: 127847"] Seeing [USER=33237]@vivek.krishnan[/USER] 's post reminds me of why you actually wanted this. I've been so focused on tailscale that I forgot your entire usecase. 1. Need to have guest access. 2. Need to be able to access control panel remotely. 3. Need to be able to separate devices on network. In this case, the router I currently use, the Archer C6 is a perfect fit. 1. It has guest networks for both bands, with options to either allow or deny access to devices connected via your regular SSID. 2. It has TP-Link cloud access which allows remote access via app. 2b. Should you have a dynamic public IP it also provides support in the form of DDNS with 3 providers. There is also the option to remote access router via WAN (if you have a public IP) 3. It also has an IoT devices SSID (consider this for all intents and purposes, another guest network). My apologies. I have been super focused on my solution and not your actual usecase. At 2.5k (check on Flipkart prices might be lower there) this is worthy. It covers the average 3 BHK house without dead spots. In any case, buying a Pi Zero 2 W and the cheapest gigabit router will still put you over this price and your coverage might not be as great in that case. (Albeit, you can benefit from other uses of the Pi and if you're a DIY aficionado, enjoy the thrill) Pros - 1. Has 1x1 MU-MIMO, so if you have a device that supports it, you will get good speeds on the 5GHz band. 2. Supposedly has beamforming antennas, though I do t know how they work. 3. Has this feature where it auto switches b/w 2.4 and 5GHz. Although I think this is a gimmick, because if you're latched to the 2.4 GHz network, it rarely switches to 5 GHz. So basically all this feature does is, it sets the same SSID to both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. Has 1x WAN and 4x LAN gigabit ports and the connections have been saturated to gigabit bandwidth without bottlenecks. A con however is that you can't upgrade to openWRT at a later date, since it uses an 8/32 processor. You will also not be able to measure WAN data transfer and will have to depend on your ISP for it. [/QUOTE]
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