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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 have had a similar inquiry. I don't want to purchase a nighthawk because my UTM does most of the heavy work. I ended up going with an AP50 from ebay about a year and a half ago. They aren't too expensive, but they aren't AC either. Ubiquity AP's require a server to control them, along with most AP's so that's not ideal.

    At this point, my best recommendation is probably just to go with a Nighthawk wireless router and only use the wireless portion of it. You can get the R7000 or R7500 for a reasonable price, similar costs to a standalone access point. Used R7000 are going for around $150 on Amazon or ebay.

    DD-WRT and tomato don't scare me much either. The R7000 should support both options.

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    Private: 1 Mini ITX (EMB-CV1), Atom D2550 1.86 GHz Dual Core CPU, 8GB RAM, UTM 9.3 Home License, AP100
    Business: 2 UTM320 in HA (Active/Passive), Full Guard, 7 AP50's, 1 AP100

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  • I have had a similar inquiry. I don't want to purchase a nighthawk because my UTM does most of the heavy work. I ended up going with an AP50 from ebay about a year and a half ago. They aren't too expensive, but they aren't AC either. Ubiquity AP's require a server to control them, along with most AP's so that's not ideal.

    At this point, my best recommendation is probably just to go with a Nighthawk wireless router and only use the wireless portion of it. You can get the R7000 or R7500 for a reasonable price, similar costs to a standalone access point. Used R7000 are going for around $150 on Amazon or ebay.

    DD-WRT and tomato don't scare me much either. The R7000 should support both options.

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    Private: 1 Mini ITX (EMB-CV1), Atom D2550 1.86 GHz Dual Core CPU, 8GB RAM, UTM 9.3 Home License, AP100
    Business: 2 UTM320 in HA (Active/Passive), Full Guard, 7 AP50's, 1 AP100

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