Was rather shocked to find BT hubs don’t allow you to change DNS servers anymore and force you to use their own ones, so I can’t properly setup adguard.

What routers are people using now that are reliable and will let me control my own network configuration

  • @Voroxpete
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    Surprised to see no mention of the Edgerouter X in this thread so far.

    Honestly, if you’re looking for a simple, highly customizable router that comes with its own hardware, and don’t mind supplying a separate access point, you really can do a lot worse than the ERX. They’re small, highly affordable, use very little power, and it’s all just Debian under the hood so you can do an astonishing amount with them.

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      311 months ago

      Yeah this is what I’ve been running for the last few years. Incredibly stable and does everything that you want for a small network. Even has poe passthrough if your AP supports that

      • @Voroxpete
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        211 months ago

        Honestly, your average SOHO router can easily be turned into a good enough access point. I’m using an old Asus router for mine. A Ubiquity access point is also a solid choice for cost vs performance. Or give TP-Link a look, they’re always a decent bet for wireless.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 months ago

        I have a ubiquity commerical AP, though only because I happened to get it for free. It’s probably overkill for home needs.

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      211 months ago

      I have been using this for years and cannot recommend it enough. It’s literally the perfect home router in my opinion. Highly customizable, affordable, small, no gimped features “for ease of use” or whatever bs and extremely stable - I have never once had to touch it or reboot it after setting it up, which is more than I can say for any other router. The only downside is that you do have supply an AP separately.

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        111 months ago

        It’s a great little machine. The downside, though, is that it’s not that powerful at all. With hardware offload enabled and features like QoS turned off, you’ll get about ~600mbps of max total bandwidth shared between up/down.

        For most people that shouldn’t be an issue, though.

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      11 months ago

      Can confirm - I am on an edgerouter x for years now - you can do anything you want with it. It’s not casual friendly - just keep that in mind.