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Home(lab) router advice in c/homelab@lemmy.ml

[-] Faalangst_26@feddit.nl 2 points 7 months ago

I've had some bad experienced with Ubiquitis edge routers and their Unifi software, so I'd rather avoid them for a bit. I'll have to look into mikrotik!

Home(lab) router advice in c/homelab@lemmy.ml

[-] Faalangst_26@feddit.nl 4 points 7 months ago

Though so, thanks.

I'm comfortable with a cli, but in a homelab environment quick testing might prove easier using a GUI, so I'll probably go with the pfsense route then

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Home(lab) router advice (feddit.nl)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Faalangst_26@feddit.nl to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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I just recently got 1 gigabit up/down at home when they put in fiber. Now I'm looking for a router/firewall to use. I run a homelab with a few VMs.

I was looking at getting a Cisco router to tinker with, as I've just finished a course on IOS. What routers would you recommend (2nd hand) for less than 150€? Is Cisco even feasible at this price point or should I just get a mini pc and run pfsense/opnsense?

I've looked at the ISR900 and it seems to meet my requirements, but I am not sure if it also offers a web interface, which would be quite useful for me.

Bit of an unstructured post but I hope you'll be able to help me regardless.

EDIT: I ended up getting a mikrotik hAP ac3 router. It seems to meet my requirements and after trying the routerOS demo they have up I decided that it would work for me.

Issue with internet jitter/dropout in c/homelab@lemmy.ml

[-] Faalangst_26@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, what do you mean with conflicting IP addresses? I've made sure to run the ISP router -> EdgeRouter connection on a different Subnet, and the EdgeRouter is the only device connected to the ISP router.

I've run a ping test for a while from the EdgeRouter, but I can't seem to be able to replicate my issues during a ping test unfortunatly. It's really quite puzzeling me

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Issue with internet jitter/dropout (feddit.nl)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Faalangst_26@feddit.nl to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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Hi all, first time posting for tech support on lemmy!

I've recently switched ISPs to now have a gigabit connection at my home, but we've been experiencing some weird issues with it. When i run a speedtest, I get my full gigabit (or close enough) speeds and most of the time it works perfectly. But ever so often, it just completly drops all packets. When downloading a file for example it can randomly drop the speed to 0 b/sec and you have to restart the download in order to get it working again. Same with website loading, when it happens when loading a website, just half of the website gets loaded and I am missing images/styling/etc.

Now I run my own EdgeRouter X behind my ISP provided router. I have a nagging feeling this could be causing my issues, but with my previous ISP I was running the same setup and it worked flawlessly (albeit with a different ISP provided router).

Have any of you experienced something like this before?

Edit: thanks for all the quick responses everyone! I will look into your suggestions and update the post if/when I've found my solution.

Edit 2: Fixed the problem. As always, when in doubt, it's the DNS. My ISP router did not come with any DNS settings preset. I set it to the same DNS as my EdgeRouter and my problems went away. I hope this helps some of you facing the same issue. Thanks for your responses!