[dba-Tech] wireless routers

[Jim Lawrence]

Hi Ed:

That is an excellent choice and as routers go, it is no very expensive. The prices of a commercial grade router can be far more expensive.

It also has an OpenVPN server built into it, so a remote user could have super-secure access to a network's servers/computers and it uses an open source piece of router software called OpenWRT (highly recommended). This makes the router capable of handling complex routing, data flow management and monitoring of any small businesses. It is very secure, with a built-in firewall, opening and closing ports as required, re-directing caller addresses, blocking or blacklisting certain addresses, opening particular ports, sub-dividing networks and so on... It even has capable of replacing or limiting the need for most client firewall software. The router is also built on top of a switch (not a hub like some the cheap crap out there) and each hardware port is completely programmable. The WiFi is also programmable as it can analyse and select the channels available and optimize their performance as well.  

The reason, I know so much about this router is because, a friend and myself spent a good month properly configuring the router and server software for managing his business... Don't worry, as right out of the box, the router's defaults are more than adequate. ;-)   

I have seen $1,200 Cisco routers with less features than this router has...so in the over-all scheme of things, I could not recommend the router highly enough...given the features, the quality of software and the excellent hardware.

Jim  

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Tesiny" <eptept at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 4:18:41 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] wireless routers

Well if you're willing to spend the bucks the Netgear Nighthawk should do
very well



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*Depends on distance and how many folks are going to jump on it.*

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:38 AM, John R Bartow <jbartow at winhaven.net> wrote:

> What's the word on the best wireless router these days? I have a friend
> that
> has teenagers over all the time playing video games and using tablets and
> phones and he wants to stream music out to his yard. That's a lot of
> bandwidth. He has 100MB cable coming in. What say ye?
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