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looking for suggestions for a home networking solution (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 months ago by Blxter@lemmy.zip to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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Hello, For some context I am moving into my first home. I am looking for a network solution to use and will last a long time. My original idea was just getting a new wifi 7 router maybe a gaming one since gaming is my passion but I got talking to my friend and he has a ubiquity Dream Machine and talks really highly about it and I would love this/something similar to it. He showed me all the features it does and the layout of the UI etc. Being able to add security cameras to it and such is something I very much so want a long with a lot of the other things it can do. I am good with technology I am a software engineer and I currently have things such as netalertX and adguard home running on a mesh network so I can and would be willing to set things up.

Is this the only only type of device that does this kind of thing or are there others? Any suggestions or alternatives I like to look at options before buying.

Side note budget is relatively high aka I am willing and unless given alternatives I like more going to be going with the dream machine and the other required items from them. Thanks :)

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[–] sunzu@kbin.run 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

slap openwrt on whatever you have now until you figure it out.

buying commercial equipment is likely what you would want tbh since all of consumer grade shit is going the way a "smart" phone.

there is a good to brand for this, but i can't remember right now.

[–] Blxter@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Ok I'll look into openwrt. I don't plan on keeping what I have long. Got a second hand router from my father it's hella old/slow

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

all of consumer grade shit is going the way a "smart" phone

Fuck me, I was excited to get my Netgear Nighthawk a few years ago. It really is a great piece of hardware, but the firm/software bloat on it was brutal. Had to use its app for any diagnostic or configuration, it was way too hard to get anything done through its http interface.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 3 points 4 months ago

ahh yes the "app" haha

JFC NO

look up openwrt but there are other options, it will support your nicish router.