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Best router for home use? (literature.cafe)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by gabe@literature.cafe to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

I am planning to eventually build my own home server, and when I do I will hook it up via ethernet. But I do want to switch away from the generic FIOS router and use my own for more control over my data and security. Any recommendations?

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Can you give us some details about your house?

My house was built in the golden age of having voip landlines that needed CAT 5e cable but before cell phones were the norm so I have a wired backhaul mesh.

Edit: it occurs to me you probably mean like a router-router being that this is self hosted lol. So disregard haha

[–] gabe@literature.cafe 1 points 3 years ago

I live in a town house with relatively good Wifi signal coverage with no extenders needed. I am planning on eventually paying a professional to get wall Ethernet ports installed so I can hook up my most network dependent devices (gaming desktop, gaming devices) and use the router with the rest that wouldn’t make sense to hook into Ethernet.