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Recommend some good aftermarket wireless routers / APs to work with Home UTM

My trusty old Asus RT-N13U wireless router (running in AP mode) is starting to show its age and hiccup often and I want to replace it with one that will support AC.  Those of us that run Sophos UTMs at home are in a unique position in that we don't need robust firewall/routing/filtering in our wireless routers as the UTM can perform all those tasks.  I don't need the Sophos APs for home and don't want to spend a lot on a fancy wireless router whose features I won't even use (since as I mentioned, my UTM does my routing, DHCP, firewall, filtering, etc...)  Searching for access points, I find that they seem to cost as much (or more) as high-end wireless routers (maybe because they are targeted at enterprise instead of home users?).  

Can some of you recommend a good stable budget-friendly AC capable consumer router/AP that works well with the Sophos UTM as a simple access point?  I am a network professional, so dumping stock firmware and installing open source (tomato, DD-WRT) if need be doesn't scare me.

Thanks in advance.



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  • I use the Ubiquiti APs on my home network. The new AC models don't need a PC running their controller software, they can be configured from a smart phone. And even then, the more advanced features are worth running the controller on a PC or Server. You can also just run the software, make changes, and then close it.

    The performance and price can not be beaten. Look at the new UAP-AC-LR and UAP-AC-Lite.
  • I'm currently using a D-Link 890L and experience a lot of disconnects, especially with Apple devices.

    Do you have this issue with this device?

    There's no extra configuration for it on the UTM, correct?

    I will just be AP to switch, switch to UTM LAN.

    Thanks.

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  • I'm currently using a D-Link 890L and experience a lot of disconnects, especially with Apple devices.

    Do you have this issue with this device?

    There's no extra configuration for it on the UTM, correct?

    I will just be AP to switch, switch to UTM LAN.

    Thanks.

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