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[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

5 or 6Ghz backhaul on the mesh?

Should I buy consumer or small business hardware?

Recommended brand(s)?

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

High end consumer aka prosumer, which is only really one brand, ubiquiti. Specifically their unifi stuff.

Or used mid range business stuff, Cisco, Aruba, juniper. The pinch here is that you usually need specialized knowledge to configure this class of device. I've also used Cisco, watchguard, Fortinet, Sophos, sonicwall, and probably others for firewalls. I prefer Sonicwall for some very specific reasons about how they structure their configuration, but for anyone who isn't a certified sonicwall tech, I'd point at Sophos. Their stuff seems to be a fair balance of configurability and user friendliness. If you're instant on new business stuff and you have the money for it, Sophos for the firewall, Aruba instanton for switching and Wi-Fi.

The benefit to unifi is user friendliness and a unified control console. If you're not an IT professional or a similar technical job, unifi will provide plenty of what you need and leave out the unnecessary knobs that needs like me want to see.

Be prepared to spend several hundred on the networking if you're going to do it right, there are some places you can trim some costs, but before you nope it from sticker shock, consider how much you spend per year on Internet service, and then consider how much the router/firewall + switch + access points are in comparison... And those are things you don't need to buy every year.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Love the Unifi gear; their first gen stuff used isn’t terribly priced. And the single pane of glass is very nice.