opendns has dnscrypt feature for protection last mile.

unifi dns they block access to certain websites .......

but if use thirdparty dns like opendns or googledns, you get some latency, and probably slower download speed. Not to mention when you use third party dns, your bandwidth quota MAY be used up quicker, because unifi dns uses because it may interfere in your pc connecting to the closest akamai servers. You can read more about that here.


So me personally, i leave default unifi dns normally. But when i want to circumvent the website restrictions, i use opendns with cryptdns enabled.

The best router to work for Unifi is Linksys E4200 V1 with a third party tomato variant firmware installed e.g. Victek's RAF, Toastman, Shibby..... because they have

1. VLAN management, which you need to get it to work for Unifi
2. Has very good bandwidth monitoring. I use CIFS to store my bandwidth logs,
3. for shibby and victek's RAF they have dnscrypt for opendns if you need that extra protection.
4. there is VPN functionality, which is best used on the router rather than on your pc. Although not everyone wants to pay for VPN service, at least the feature is there if you need it.
5. tons of improvements over stock firmware which usually remains stagnant in development, so not much incentive to improve, when they can just sell you the newer model instead

Anyway got newer routers available, so as long as it's broadcom cpu based, and is supported by the top 3 tomato variants, and it checks out in the performance department over at smallnetbuilder, then that should be fine.


This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Oct 19 2013, 08:04 PM

are you sure ? Because they did send me a notification my speed would be throttled cause i had exceeded mine.

So i don't think your statement is necessarily true (maybe for the average joe, but not for the higher than average users) :/ because i got a different personal experience.


Also it was mentioned that download adds toward the quota, but uploading doesn't. I'm not sure if that is true now or whether they changed their policy

in the new thread, IPV6 seems to be available now for some areas. So this could possibly improve latency nice for gamers.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Oct 19 2013, 09:54 PM

yeah.... them linux distros


If you use as much i do, be sure to expect throttle notice :/

well i'm using 10mb package. maybe if use higher package they more lenient for the heavy user :/ perhaps.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Oct 21 2013, 04:31 AM

uh this long time ago. I believe now they produce E4200 V2, which isn't as good as the V1 i heared.

Besides there are newer models of broadcom routers out such as the highend NETGEAR R7000 Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Router.


You can view a list of ranked routers here
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/rankers/rou...g/AC1750?rank=6


Things to look for:

1. has to have broadcom cpu to be supported by tomato firmware (which i strongly recommend)
2. check the performance reviews whether it's top 10 in the chart, and whether it meets your performance expectation.
3. check whether the router has issues in the review. Overheating, not enough RAM/FLASH etc etc....
4. check that tomato shibby, toastman or victek's raf support these routers. This is very important. Some of these models are very new, and so may not necessarily be supported now, but maybe in the future.
5. does it have the latest wireless 802.11ac ?
6. does it have gigabit ports ?


The E4200 i got is a popular model, and so that is why lots of the tomato modders support it. But i'm sure there more newer models out that has as much as support as it, but with better hardware features (most notably wireless ac).


just wondering but what router you currently using ? If your connected via the default tm router, then you need to be prepared to learn from the guides online, how to setup vlan tagging via tomato like on this thread
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2571693/all

And also how to setup ipv6 to work on your network setup, from this thread
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2978208/+200



alternative to tomato is a custom build router with pfsense. pros of this you can build a VERY powerful router, and have proper cooling added, which most routers don't have.
http://www.pfsense.org/



This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Oct 19 2013, 11:46 PM

this one ?



Yeah it's an atheros, so you can only use DD-WRT, which is a competitor to tomato.

If the DD-WRT can do vlan tagging, maybe you can get it to work with unifi, but you will need to ask the sensei on help on this.


PS: that youtube guide only talks about adding dd-wrt to your router. It doesn't cover how to set it up for Unifi. For that you need to ask on the forum, or find guides like Klseet's
http://klseet.com/index.php/replacement-option-summary




This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Oct 19 2013, 11:52 PM

no prob

where you live ? Over in MD their doing maintenance. I think it's something to do with upgrading for ipv6

i'm guessing if your issue happen today, maybe it could be related to unifi maintenance. Try call their support to find out.

well i don't know about that, but personal experience, if i use google dns or open dns, my game lag compared to when using without. So clearly there is a noticeable effect between the 2 for me anyway