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

Scoobmaster

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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  • Well, 3rd party APs and wireless routers don't work with the UTM wireless controls, so any will do. Just go pick up any Asus or Linksys home wireless router. Just as long as you have the capability to run it in bridged or AP mode, you'll be good to go.

    To be blunt, it's a bit silly to waste the money on a single Sophos APs for home use.  For this purpose, you'll get more features and better range (using 3rd party firmware usually, by boosting the power to the antenna past regulatory standards), at a much lower cost, with a longer warranty. 

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  • Well, 3rd party APs and wireless routers don't work with the UTM wireless controls, so any will do. Just go pick up any Asus or Linksys home wireless router. Just as long as you have the capability to run it in bridged or AP mode, you'll be good to go.

    To be blunt, it's a bit silly to waste the money on a single Sophos APs for home use.  For this purpose, you'll get more features and better range (using 3rd party firmware usually, by boosting the power to the antenna past regulatory standards), at a much lower cost, with a longer warranty. 

    __________________
    ACE v8/SCA v9.3

    ...still have a v5 install disk in a box somewhere.

    http://xkcd.com
    http://www.tedgoff.com/mb
    http://www.projectcartoon.com/cartoon/1
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