[ Show your pfSenses! ] - Thread - (bandwidth warning!)

Supermule · Oct 10, 2014, 9:11 PM

My home rig.

2x2U IBM X3650 with Vsphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus running HA, HP Procurve 2810-24G and a Linksys WRT1900AC to handle the wireless clients.

And a slightly modified Lack rack from IKEA :D

stephenw10 · Oct 10, 2014, 9:35 PM

Nice. How's the WRT1900AC working out for you? Too expensive for me, especially when the open source friendliness claims turns out to be a bit stretched.

Steve

MontTech · Oct 15, 2014, 2:34 PM

Just installed the first of a handful of FW-7551's. The performance looks great but I sure do miss the form factor of the 7541.

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MontTech · Oct 15, 2014, 2:43 PM

My last FW-7541…Gunna miss that box. Still trying to figure out who the heck mounted the rack 9 feet up on the wall though! :o

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mikeisfly · Oct 18, 2014, 3:02 PM

I hate that, it always seems like a good idea at the time, until something goes wrong.

Supermule · Oct 18, 2014, 3:28 PM

Its great! Damn fast and and very long range.

And yes OS is a bit stretched but would be great if pfsense could run on it.

http://wrt1900ac.com/specs/ It seems that the long awaited wireless driver is out and people can install the WRT images on it.

It has 256 MB DDR3 so well specced within pfsense "range".

@stephenw10:

Nice. How's the WRT1900AC working out for you? Too expensive for me, especially when the open source friendliness claims turns out to be a bit stretched.

Steve

Cino · Oct 18, 2014, 3:44 PM

I keep going back and forth if i want to buy the wrt1900ac (after dd-wrt is fully supported of course) or buy the UniFi AP‑AC… But this wont happen until next year sometime or a xmas to myself...

stephenw10 · Oct 18, 2014, 3:55 PM

Personally I'd want to see OpenWRT running before anything else, assuming there's no pfSense support of course! ;)

Steve

Supermule · Oct 18, 2014, 3:56 PM

I dont like that the hardware specs are not listed on the site and not listed in the downloadable material on the Unifi AP.

@Cino:

I keep going back and forth if i want to buy the wrt1900ac (after dd-wrt is fully supported of course) or buy the UniFi AP‑AC… But this wont happen until next year sometime or a xmas to myself...

Cino · Oct 18, 2014, 4:00 PM

I hear ya, this may help:

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32153-ubiquiti-uap-ac-access-point-reviewed
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32202-ubiquiti-uap-ac-access-point-retest

Its not the best out there but I've hear it works pretty damn good right out of the box.

Supermule · Oct 18, 2014, 4:05 PM

Not good performance on the 5G band..

2.4 GHz performance for the UAP-AC was comparable with AC1750 routers we have tested. But 5 GHz performance suffered from both lower peak throughput and shorter range as well.

Compared to other access points and AC1750 routers, at $300, the UAP-AC is expensive. The runs contrary to Ubiquiti's general hardware pricing, which tends to be very competitive. But as one of the few draft 11ac APs available, perhaps Ubiquiti is just trying to get while the gettin' is good.

@Cino:

I hear ya, this may help:

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32153-ubiquiti-uap-ac-access-point-reviewed
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32202-ubiquiti-uap-ac-access-point-retest

Its not the best out there but I've hear it works pretty damn good right out of the box.

Supermule · Oct 18, 2014, 4:06 PM

WRT1900AC

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2143623/linksys-wrt1900ac-wi-fi-router-review-faster-than-anything-we-ve-tested.html

This test was the reason is chose it over the ASUS…

And it does a very good job here at home.

Cino · Oct 18, 2014, 11:30 PM

Pretty much every review I've read about the WRT1900AC has been pretty good. I'm looking more towards features/reliably then WiFi performance.. When OpenWRT/DD-WRT firmware comes out, I may hit you up to see how VLANs work on the box..

Supermule · Oct 19, 2014, 5:32 AM

It can VLAN out of the box… I just dont like the Linksys software since its pretty non informative.

Reliability is excellent and with DD-WRT firmware, it will be something that will last a long time since it can push a lot of traffic...

Cino · Oct 19, 2014, 7:14 PM

Good to know, thanks for the info

MontTech · Apr 7, 2015, 10:43 PM

Came in today, going out tomorrow! Love the new boxes ;D

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MontTech · May 30, 2015, 9:44 PM

Annnnnnnnnnnnnd another one….Doing our part to keep the pfSense boys busy!

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xy.pf123msgebox.com · Feb 16, 2017, 6:22 AM

My laundry room:

pfSense Firebox XTM 520
gigabit managed switch
ISP gigabit modem
big ups (server) & small ups (network)
mac server
*invisible due to embedding in the floor - 2 x ubiquity ap-lr-ac - the best wifi I've had
& fabric softner, detergent, furnace, etc :)

stephenw10 · Feb 16, 2017, 8:44 AM

Nice. :)

No lcdproc?

Steve

jahonix · Feb 16, 2017, 10:10 PM

Steve, can you make this a sticky so it can be found even without new posts?