@will @mhoye I've done Eero in the past, but not since Amazon took them over. I'd look at a Unifi Dream Router and then add on some APs if you need the extra range. store.ui.com/us/en/collections

@vmstan @will “megacorp took them over” is the thing, isn’t it. I do not like buying tools that might occasionally, spontaneously turns into a business model.

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@mhoye I was going to ask if you'd considered ASUS products, since many are comparable with firmware (as an out if things with the company get sketchy), but then I saw this:

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@internic @vmstan @will just learned of that seconds ago myself, and yes, that was my specific problem. Surprise undocumented external dependencies are always a good time.

@mhoye @vmstan @will@supercool.fun I have an ASUS router, and it did become unresponsive and need a hard reboot the other day, but it worked fine after that, so I didn't question too much. Now I am wondering if this is the time to try the Merlin for it.

I'm just wary at this point of using anything for which open source is not a fallback option (if for no other reason than you never know when a company will stop delivering security patches). And I'm not sure I'm ready to invest the time to setup and manage a pfSense box.

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