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 UniFi's TP-Link Routers C5, C7 & C1200, Newer is not better.

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TSsoonwai
post Dec 22 2017, 01:03 PM


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Currently using the C1200 as an AP only (not router). Seems to perform quite OK at both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz.

Router: Mikrotik RB2011UAS-2HnD
AP: TP-Link C1200 v1

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iPhone 6s 2.4GHz N 20MHz channel width

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iPhone 6s 5 GHz AC

This post has been edited by soonwai: Dec 22 2017, 01:20 PM
TSsoonwai
post Jan 2 2018, 06:43 PM


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QUOTE(8823 @ Jan 2 2018, 12:15 PM)
After looking at the threads, I got a lot of choices now. Either I get
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4. Mikrotik router + Archer C1200 as access point - 256MB ram, dual core 800MHz

All around the same price except choice 4 where I get mikrotik router.
Which one should I get?

Most importantly I would like stability despite of what I throw at it

Not sure about the stability of C3150v2. Anyone have run it for at least a month and seen any restarts or any restarts required for good performance?
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Coming from me, you'll know I'll say get the Mikrotik. smile.gif
In terms of routing performance, the RB750Gr3 beats the Asus RT-AC5300 but loses to the Asus GT-AC5300. It's comparable to the Ubiquiti ERX, same CPU.

Stability is great. Here're a few uptimes from the routers I monitor, mostly Mikrotiks.
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I know it's not for everyone but I prefer a good router plus a few lower-powered APs as opposed to a single powerful but pricey all-in-one. APs don't have to be Mikrotik. You can use whatever's lying around in the house or get a cheap RGX4400, DIR-850L or C1200 in garage sales.
TSsoonwai
post Jan 2 2018, 11:11 PM


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QUOTE(jio @ Jan 2 2018, 07:32 PM)
Where did you get that routing performance comparison figure, esp for those Asus? RB750Gr3 is almost 2x the routing performance of Ubuiquiti ERX on most scenario, but you won't notice this as you will mostly have single direction data transfer. Both mikrotik & edgerouter had their own quirks & bugs, but I no longer recommend edgerouter judging from the lack of urgency attitude from ubiquiti in fixing their firmware bugs (erl-3 few years back & now er-x). Mikrotik had issues with IKEv2 VPN & ER-X had broken L2TP/IPSec when IPSec hw offload enabled.
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Got it from smallnetbuilder's review of the RB750Gr3. Specifically the part where they compared routing speeds with hw offload off.
https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanw...howall=&start=1

As for the ERX, I'm just presuming they're comparable since the RB750Gr3 has the same SoC.

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TSsoonwai
post Feb 11 2018, 04:58 PM


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QUOTE(j45on @ Feb 11 2018, 04:21 PM)
hi people, anyone manage to ssh into tplink C1200 router?

I got the following error in my ubuntu console;
PTY allocation request failed on channel 0
shell request failed on channel 0

and when i try with Putty;
Server refused to allocate pty

Someone help please! Thanks in advance
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Cannot.
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4282635/all
https://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=996993#996993

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post Aug 3 2018, 09:18 PM


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QUOTE(fantasy1989 @ Aug 3 2018, 09:15 PM)
i tried to check hardware version. but seems like i unable to see it at the back of router
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Login to the router and look at the footer of the page.

 

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