Re: New Router Purchase

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Author: Herminio Hernandez Jr.
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: New Router Purchase
The edge router is a solid device.

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> On Oct 26, 2019, at 12:32 PM, Stephen Partington <> wrote:
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> I would suggest that you look at the ubiquity edgerouter lite. 3 ports, 1 Wan, 2 lan, and a management port. Capable of a good amount of traffic. And it gets you all sorts of business class features for a good price. Then you can do wifi however you like. It's about 130 and will go on sale for down to 95. I use one happily connecting it to a switch and from there to my wifi servers etc.
>
>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019, 12:17 PM <> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> It appears I am having Internet router problems. Occasionally I will not be able to access the Internet for a few seconds to a minute or so. This morning I was not able to access the Internet at all.
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>> I am with Cox and have a home office business account. I called Cox and they suggested bypassing my router and connect directly to their modem. That worked. Based on that I think my router is going bad.
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>> I had turned off the modem and the router for a maybe an hour or so while I did other things. I now have access.
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>> I would like a secure router. Cox says almost any modern router will be secure. Security is a big issue. When I look at all the WiFi that is available in my neighborhood I see maybe 10 routers. That is scary!
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>> Since I have a business account that allows servers I have been using port forwarding. I am a programmer and occasionally I fire up my laptop turned server for testing.
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>> I also have set up my WiFi to only accept those devices that I have configured by MAC address.
>>
>> Any toughs on my pending router purchase?
>>
>> Thank you so much for all your feedback!!
>>
>> Keith
>>
>>
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