Did you replace an all-in-one device with 3 devices to get pfSense awesomeness?
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^ yeah you can setup any soho wifi router/gateway as just an AP. Simple as turn off its dhcp server and connect to your network with one of its lan port = AP.
Using such a device normally is lacking lots of features that you would get in a real AP.. But sure it will bridge wifi to your wired segment you connect it to - good luck with any sort of vlans or guest networks, captive portals, etc. You can use pfsense as captive portal but there are not many soho wifi routers that support vlans. If you can use 3rd party firmware you might be able to get that sort of feature.
If your wanting all the goodness, I would look to a real AP or multiple ones to give you better solution.
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If your wanting all the goodness, I would look to a real AP or multiple ones to give you better solution.
Which AP would you consider?
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Ubiquity has some really nice gear and I understand they have control software that doesn't need Windows now. That was the reason I passed on them for doing the WiFi here a while back.
http://www.ubnt.com/products/#enterprise/wireless
From the 3.25 readme, it looks like Unixes aren't well supported:
This is UniFi build for Linux/Unix-like system. It is not officially
supported / regularly tested.It's basically a package that strips all of the native components
Limitations
- Auto update (of UniFi controller) does not work
- Backup/Restore does not work (see FAQ)
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Yeah.
A downside to the Ubiquiti is you need a controller on Windows/Mac/Linux.
An upside to the Ubiquiti is there's a free controller available.
The controller doesn't have to run all the time…
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If that AC1200 did multiple, VLAN-tagged BSSIDs it'd look like a winner.
Does such a device exist for under $200? :D
If you get a router that supports OpenWRT and includes a vlan-capable switch, you should be able to leverage VLANs and multiple SSIDs on consumer-level gear. That's what I do using one of these: http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr7500. $100 on Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00BUSDVBQ. But you'll need flash and configure OpenWRT to make it do all the interesting stuff. See http://synack.me/blog/openwrt-and-vlans for an idea of what's possible.
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I'm using the EnGenious EAP600 and it works great and does VLAN tagging on SSIDs.
http://www.amazon.com/EnGenius-Technologies-High-powered-Distribution-EAP600/dp/B009V17BYC/ref=sr_1_sc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1423648338&sr=8-3-spell&keywords=enginious+access+point
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Engenius can suck it.
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I'm using the EnGenious EAP600 and it works great and does VLAN tagging on SSIDs.
http://www.amazon.com/EnGenius-Technologies-High-powered-Distribution-EAP600/dp/B009V17BYC/ref=sr_1_sc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1423648338&sr=8-3-spell&keywords=enginious+access+point
I use the same access point at home, I'm pretty satisfied with it. As far as buying my own modem, I wouldn't buy any modem right now unless it supported minimum 16 downstream channels and minimum 4 upstream channels. You never mentioned who your cable provider is but You want to get a DOCSIS 3.1 modem / EMTA (If you have phone service). Broadcom and others have announced the chips in January and I would expect to see devices on the market by the end of the third quarter. I don't want to put to much proprietary information out there yet but Comcast is working hard to provide a true, not ~700-900 Mbpsgigabit per second internet service tier by the end of 2015 on our Coaxial network.
For those who are on cable please do some research in DOCSIS 3.1 I know a .1 update doesn't sound like a big deal but Cable Labs should have really called it DOCSIS 4.0 there are many many many performance benefits. As a side note we are attacking high speeds from both sides, meaning we are making the coaxial network faster but at the same time we are using other technologies too which I will not go into here but I'm sure other MSOs are doing as well.
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Outch!
Might I ask why?
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Are you talking to me?
There's a saying about only getting one chance to make a first impression.
I deployed about a half-dozen engenius CPEs a few years ago. Constant lockups. Resetting them by disabling and enabling PoE, utter lack of support. The software in these bridges absolutely sucked.
Switched them out for Ubiquiti Nano M5s and have barely touched them since. The software in the Ubiquitis blew the enidiot crap out of the water - and at a comparable price point.
Never looked back. Maybe they got better or bought another wireless company that could write code.
