Hey guys,

I am looking for a router to replace the default unifi router.

i've been reading about 3rd party routers.
Asus RT-AC68U seems too expensive to me.

My budget is around rm200, and someone here said to avoid routers with realtek chipsets.

Im really a noob in this department, but i would like to get the best out of my unifi package, on a budget.

Any reccomendations for Routers?

I'm also having issue. Until now no connection. I'm in Cheras

Oh, just now back online.

use this
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/rankers/router/view


sort by price (just as a reference). select by what class router your looking for e.g. AC1900 etc....

Make sure it's a model supported by shibby's tomato firmware
http://tomato.groov.pl/?page_id=69


double check in shibby forum to see if the router you picked is stable or not
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threa...releases.33858/


then google search for lowyat or malaysian stores selling the router to check the price


seems to me though you should bump up your budget to rm4xx

for high end routers is rm6xx-7xx



you also need to verify what it is you want to get out of your router and adjust budget accordingly to get it

1. ethernet port speeds. 10/100/1000mb ( 100-1000 is fine, but if you get 100, your local networking speed will be much slower. but if your okay with that, it's perfectly fine for unifi broadband that isn't yet up to 100, but 100 unifi broadband is due soon, so your router won't be future proof when faster speeds become available)

2. maximum simultaenous connections ( this is the number of connections your router can handle. this is usually important for torrenting. my router can support 30k + older models use to support around 8k. you need something within this range or better if you expect to torrent well)

3. do you want to be able to install third party firmware ? (the advantage of third party firmware, is you can install either dd-wrt or tomato. I would strongly recommend tomato because it has better qos features, not to mention a better speed monitor. You can also save logs of your monthly broadband usage to use as evidence of any possible throttling when wanting to make complaints to tmnut or mcmc backedup by logs as proof)

4. flash memory and ram.... the hardware specs people usually look at.




5. router throughput is 3 things. download, upload and maximum. each of the router reviews will show you these values, so you can understand how the routers real life performance.


6. wireless. the current wireless standard is wireless ac. the previous was wireless n. for performance i suggest getting a wireless ac router ...... though your other devices will need to support wireless ac e.g. wireless usb adapters, or integrated wireless adapters in your mobile devices.



PS: to get a router to work on unifi you need to setup vlan tagging. this is possible on both dd-wrt and tomato firmware.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Feb 14 2015, 03:06 PM

Moogle, you sure DD-WRT supports Unifi VLAN tagging? Last i checked they don't support 3 digit VLAN tagging.. only 2?

EDIT: I'm using Asus RT-N16 atm.

This post has been edited by Ahmaz: Feb 14 2015, 03:54 PM

eh rely?

well i think i saw on forum someone was using vlan tagging for dd-wrt. i don't use dd-wrt myself so i didn't look further than that.

you may need to use the lowyat search to verify this though to be sure

but on lowyat seems to be a lot of users are using dd-wrt more than tomato (which i find odd ) so there's bound to be some unifi user guides how to get dd-wrt vlan working on unifi i'm sure


here a quick search



https://klseet.com/index.php/dd-wrt-for-uni...tagging-example


https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/722937/+588




oh apparently i found this





https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=68089701



theres even a vlan guide for openwrt (who uses that these days )
http://www.dinobytes.info/v2/node/1151




but i only endorsing tomato router so.... tomato for unifi vlan guide is here

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2571693/all

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=64359922



pfsense is also another greate alternative i also recommend. though like dd-wrt, there is also issue getting iptv to work
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=71195667



here is the overview by klseet laying out all the alternative router options possible for Unifi
https://klseet.com/index.php/replacement-option-summary


PS: regarding iptv vlan, does it really matter you get iptv ? don't get me wrong, iptv is definitely the future, however the hypptv content is kinda rubbish, so then what is the point ?

Your better of using netflix, and you can just use regular broadband for that and stream directly to your tv, assuming your tv has an ethernet port to receive internet connectivity. If you got a smart tv like samsung, you will have the netflix app installed. or even a usb dongle like chromecast or something.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Feb 14 2015, 05:36 PM

Doesn't matter for me... but when my family comes back, it matters Just having peace of mind for everything to work with one router would be nice

maybe convince them to try netflix instead of bad hypptv trust me is for the better. unsubscribe your astro, then subscribe for VPN then netflix. enjoy

im experiencing some poor speed at certain time getting really frustrated usually happened at night anyone encountered the same issue?

My international connection are very slow at the moment, any particular reason ?

hm...haven't upgrade? must i do that if nothing is wrong..touchwood..

I already have Sports Pack and Platinum Pack with VIP10 and paying RM229 per month. Is it possible for me to cancel the Sports and Platinum packs and replace them with Jumbo pack ?

Guys,

About my problem on LAN upload being half speed (<5Mbps) ... on VIP10.

I just changed to RT-AC68U surprisingly speedtest on WIFI is perfect with upload/download = ~9.5Mbps.

But my LAN is still upload = ~9.5Mbps and download = <5Mbps

So, it is not a router problem. Only suspicion left is the PC / Windows 8.1 which is pretty much default setup. I checked network properties...there is nothing that I found to restrict upload speed.

Any ideas?

Hello. Sorry if my explanation is kinda long but...

I want to install a new router (RT-N18U) but I forgot the Unifi PPPoE username and password. When I called Unifi, they said they couldn't look at the password and the only thing they could do is reset it, which they did straight away without telling me until AFTER they had reset the password.

I panicked and thought that the password that I currently have will not work anymore, so I set the new password in the old router setting straight away.

Do I have to do the same and put in the new password for the BTU? If so, how do I even access the BTU?

Thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by blackbox14: Feb 16 2015, 01:24 PM

Hopefully this will lead to lower Broadband packages in the very near future.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015...price-services/

After "reset", your old password won't work anymore. So, you'll have to use the new one that the Unifi cs provided.

The btu unit is just a modem. Every settings is done thru the router.

You don't need to access into the BTU to set the password.
BTU is not the one doing PPPOE, it is the router.

Just set it in the router.

Anyone received offer from TM regarding upgrade from RM149 5Mbps to RM169 10Mbps?

Is this a one time thing or is the price already reduced in the first place?

EDIT: saw someone getting the same offer. Guess it's for selected customers or because current contract ended lol.

This post has been edited by Jellyjian: Feb 16 2015, 03:22 PM

received around 2-3 years ago..lol

May be in 2nd quarter?

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysi...cation-services