Hey Guys, I got FTTH connection at home and I am l...
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Hey Guys, I got FTTH connection at home and I am looking for a good router. Any suggestions?
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Hi @melodic-crowd-48995 👋, if you want a router to put between your FTTH modem and your devices, here's a discussion which happened a few days back. https://remoteindian.slack.com/archives/CFKUPJZ7W/p1595055269368200
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Actually, I am currently searching for a router with GPON capabilities so that I can directly connect it to the fibre cable itself. I'm bit new to all this so ignore my silly explanations 😅. Though thank you for the reference @gorgeous-tent-29765.
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My ISP has given me a syrotech router ans I'm not quite happy with the range it provides. That's why looking for alternatives.
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Don't forget to get a dual band router.
I personally prefer Nighthawk series. Though not sure if you get GPON capabilities
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You can connect the syrotech to any regular router (no gpon) suggested in the linked thread using an ethernet cable. That solves the range issue, plus you get better features. Plus in most cases ISP would replace the syrotech in case something goes wrong with it.
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@melodic-crowd-48995 I prefer to have the ISP stuff and home network equipment isolated and have the flexibility to configure my network. Also, servicing and network debugging will become tough when you use your own GPON modem as your service provider would have less if not no context of your GPON modem.
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Depending on how many other users you have at home, how many devices in total and what kind of reliability you need, you could go with the ISP-provided modem+router (cheap, low/moderate reliability, terrible QoS and even more terrible wifi due to placement issues) or upgrade. If you have a budget of over 15K for networking equipment consider using the ISP modem (GPON) just as a dumb pipe to your own router. Then get a prosumer router such as the USG and then get one or two access points that are connected to the USG. This will give you rock-solid reliability for tons of simultaneous devices over wifi, great QoS when your're trying to have a video call while the family is watching netflix, and great security. This also has the benefit of isolating your internal network configuration from your ISP, so you can change ISPs (or have two of them connected to the USG for reliability) with no changes to your internal network. You must be savvy about networking to make use of the advanced features of the unifi gear though.