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    Zyxel Switch

    The worst interface tend to be Netgear consumer switches. They are slow, extremely clunky (especially VLANs and ACLs) and look and feel like 20th century interfaces. Some even use Java in the browser and have open ports that cannot be secured! :puke: Zyxel interface is easy to use and fast...
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    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    Speaking of which there is the 3Com Network Jack NJ2000 from the 3Com IntelliJack Gigabit Switch Family. Straight from its manual: The power source for the NJ2000 determines if PSE ethernet ports 1 and 2 can be used as 802.3af ports. If the NJ2000 uplink port (PD) is connected to a high-power...
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    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    Cisco SG300-10MPP: L3, 20 Gbps, 14.88 Mpps, 8 ports at 30W, 124 W PoE budget, fanless, 802.3af/at and every switch feature you can imagine except for enterprise level NetFlow/IPFIX monitoring.
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    Feel like a dummy shopping for VPN router...HELP please

    If you check many consumer VPN provider sites, they will almost exclusively recommend the Asus RT-AC86U (the most modern Asus router) as the best consumer router for VPNs, both server or client. If you install Asuswrt-Merlin custom firmware, you can get speeds as high as 200 Mbps over OpenVPN...
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    Ideal router

    Unless you are running features that disable hardware offloading, the Edgerouter Lite (not X or X SFP) can handle full bidirectional Gigabit, i.e. simultaneously 1Gbps up and 1Gbps down. Once you start using more of the CPU instead of offload, that's when the trouble starts since its weak 500...
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    Ideal router

    In this case, you'll want advanced configurability and flexibility. So, as a cost-effective SMB/enterprise solution, Ubiquiti is highly configurable and highly flexible. The RT-AC68U is a nice 3x3 router, and it does partly support VLANs, but you will always run into not just feature...
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    Suggest a router that has a VPN

    Quick Google search shows you can successfully replace the certificates on Netgear routers yourself, oddly enough because Netgear routers are one of many that have Sercomm backdoors that unlock full admin access to a router by throwing magic packets at it unlocking a hidden Telnet server in the...
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    PSA: bar codes and QR codes trivially reveal serial numbers

    Hi guys, I have been lurking for a few days reading the awesome technical information threads, usages and opinions of many people. I have been blown away at how helpful you guys are, how much your community engages with each other and even the international markets you have! I'm sure I still...
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