You can consider MikroTik hAP ac2 for home use, it's suitable for 500 Mbps unifi subscription plan. Based on the technical specifications hAP ac2 is a 2x2 spatial stream wireless router. For a 2x2 wireless router the maximum theoretical bandwidth you can get is 866.7 Mbps if your device is also a 2x2 spatial stream wireless device then in real world performance you'll get around 650 Mbps in an open air and close to the router condition considering if the CPU is powerful enough. But the hAP ac2 CPU is not powerful enough to achieve that kind of wireless speed so you'll only able to get around 400 Mbps even though with established 866.7 Mbps link speed.

If your unifi subscription plan is 800 Mbps then probably you should consider MikroTik RB4011iGS+RM. This quad-core router is powerful enough to handle unifi 800 Mbps or TIME 1 Gbps at the same time can future-proof your home network or office network for the coming 5 or maybe 10 years if in the future your internet plan is upgraded to 2 Gbps or 4 Gbps, but then is "if" only lah . But the thing is you have to add your own access point though because it's not a wireless router. For that you can consider MikroTik cAP ac or access points from vendors like Ubiquiti Networks for home use or Aruba Networks for enterprise use if your clients are a lot, like 100 to 200 concurrent clients connect to one single access point. The superiority of the Wi-Fi radios inside the access point matters especially when you want to fully utilize the subscribed bandwidth over Wi-Fi.

This post has been edited by Garena: Apr 19 2020, 04:44 PM

Thanks for the info & recommendation. From the little googling that I've done on the hAP AC2, the price is reasonable although not strictly cheap. Also, I noticed the router's UI looks a bit...dated? It's bereft of all the nice UI elements from the mainstream router brands. I have no doubt it's very powerful though. Is the barebones UI found on all Mikrotik routers?

Yes, it is. The same OS is in all Mikrotik routers from the RM50 ones to the RM10000 ones. Yeah, I know, it doesn't look pretty. Not many design elements, just information. I'm using the hAP AC2 with UniFi 800Mbps. It's very powerful for a RM300 router.

One thing though, Mikrotik's wifi tend to suck. The C1200 beats the hAP AC in wifi performance.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Apr 19 2020, 12:37 AM

Wifi sucks how? Signal not strong/far-reaching enough?

Hi all, Im using EU firmware with 5GHz WDS connected to my main router. I have 2 LAN device connected to it. Anyway I can disable the WiFi from broadcasting like the Asus Router Media Bridge mode? Thx

What's your internet subscription plan? 100 Mbps, 300 Mbps, 500 Mbps or 800 Mbps?

Which UI are you talking about? The winbox UI or the web UI? For me UI ugly doesn't matter, what matters is the efficiency and stability. In fact if you're using winbox the network information you can get is incredible.

hide ssid option under wireless settings may be what u looking for

Is been awhile c1200 released. The firmware seriously need go be updated. No?

Hide SSID but the radio is still broadcasting. Wanna stop broadcasting.

u mean client bridge mode which is not supported rather than wds

This post has been edited by nonamer: Apr 25 2020, 08:17 AM

Alrite then means it's not supported. Thanks.

To change from US to EU firmware (high linux skill required):
- gain root access by enable ssh and usb hotplug method refer https://forum.openwrt.org/t/build-for-tp-li...-ac1200/2547/26
- run "nvrammanager -s" to show nvram layout, take note of "productinfo" and "support-list" partitions
- use "nvrammanager -r" and "nvrammanager -w" to read and rewrite each partition above, change id "00000000" and "55530000" to "45550000"
- reboot and use webgui for uploading EU beta firmware (TM/TIME firmware not working)

Hi.
Nice guide i see here.
Does it mean SSH through wifi?
No need wiring into the router itself?

AVOID consumer-grade router at all cost. I get myself with an Ubiquiti's EdgeRouter ER-6P and I am going to be an ex-asus user after I receive my ubiquiti unit.

This post has been edited by Jjuggler: May 3 2020, 07:31 AM

wifi can but i used a live cd which doesn't have wifi driver

Thank you.
Can you provide me process?
I know basic linux command and ssh access

Thank you

Whoa, that looks like a bit overkill for casual home use, IMHO. Still, thanks for the recommendation.

Hi guys, need some help from u pro users.. the parental control > content restriction does not work for me.. it doesn't block any site that i blacklisted

im on TM firmware from TP-Link site.. tried the TIME firmware too, does not work.. how do i make it work?

This post has been edited by silvertoes: May 3 2020, 02:31 PM

If you are planning to get a home-consumer router, i can recommend asus. Invest on AX router.

What's the biggggg difference?