Re: [44net] OT: Recommendations for a small to medium size router for a multi-purpose repeater site

I would go with a small itx pc with dual gygabit nic and a 4 port pcie gygabit nic. that give you 6 nic in a box. Run this under Openwrt, or opensense or pfsense. You could even run miKrotiK OS you can have a small ssd in there and 4 gig of ram to be sure all is ok and this setup would be able to do all of your need and even more. De : 44Net &lt;44net-bounces+petem001=hotmail.com(a)mailman.ampr.org&gt; de la part de David Ranch &lt;amprgw(a)trinnet.net&gt; Envoyé : 11 mai 2018 00:23 À : AMPRNet working group Objet : [44net] OT: Recommendations for a small to medium size router for a multi-purpose repeater site Hello Everyone, Considering there is a good chunk of routing-savvy HAMs here, I thought I'd use you as a sounding board on what would be a good router to buy. Specifically, I have a project to consolidate the current adhoc setup of three consumer grade "routers" to one larger, better router. I'm considering something like a: https://mikrotik.com/product/CCR1009-7G-1C-1Splus [https://i.mt.lv/mtv2/fb_mikrotik.jpg]<https://mikrotik.com/product/CCR10… MikroTik Routers and Wireless - Products: CCR1009-7G-1C-1S+<https://mikrotik.com/product/CCR1009-7G-1C-1Splus> mikrotik.com MikroTik Wireless systems, Switches, Ethernet routers, RouterBOARD products, Antennas and Accessories <https://mikrotik.com/product/CCR1009-7G-1C-1Splus> or maybe https://mikrotik.com/product/rb1100ahx4 <https://mikrotik.com/product/rb1100ahx4> I'm looking for something that is: - very stable - offer long term software updates (a support contract might be fine) - Has strong support for IPv4 NAT (to better the consumer routers mentioned above) for the three IPs we have onsite - maybe some L2 segmenting and vlan'ing support for traffic isolation - has performance to grow into - has a decent GUI UI for others in the club who can't / won't cope with a CLI - ACLs to limit incoming traffic to specific hosts (say limit RDP traffic to just some people to some hosts, etc) - maybe.. just maybe support SSL VPNs or IPSEC - maybe dual power supplies - stretch goal: native support for IPv6 - I have no need for dynamic routing protocols. This is a single site and statics are fine For background on our needs, the site supports a multi-RF link repeater system has: - two unique IRLP nodes (low use) - one Echolink node (low use) - one WIresX enabled Yaesu System Fusion repeater (decent use) - One three band Icom Dstar stack (1.2Ghz DD system as well) (decent use) - One Internet enabled Motorola DMR repeater (decent use) - backhaul of rarely used multi-county 3.4Ghz wifi network - other random needs for remote management (SSH, RDP, etc) I believe something like a Miktrotik would be fine for our low-end needs but maybe something from Ubiquiti or others would be fine. I'm perfectly comfortable with a CLI and I'm decently versed in Mikrotik (a bit weird of a UI), IOS (but I don't want to pay for Cisco prices, JUNOS (same point), etc. I personally think a lot of the lower tier vendor's products have come a LONG way so I don't need/want/care for "carrier" grade. If you have any other recommendations for a quality but not too expensive router, I'd love to hear it! --David KI6ZHD