So I’m finally upgrading to multi gig (either 2gb or 5gb google fiber) and will need a new router. On att 1gb atm. I’ve narrowed it down to either the QNAP QHora-301W or the [TP-Link AXE16000 (https://a.co/d/2q0T4Ow). Curious if anyone else with google fiber is using either of these?
Also, I’ve read conflicting posts about being able to use your own router to directly connect to the fiber(such as using an SFP module on the to link router). Admittedly I know very little about SFP and am trying to figure it all out prior to ordering in the next few weeks.
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This is a good idea, just be aware you’re going to pay a premium to power an old pc compared to an embedded system
Have you considered making your own firewall running opnsense? You could toss in a 10g nic or two
Make sure the appliance you choose can handle the throughput. Just because it has two 10g nics does not mean you’ll get 10g throughput, especially if you start loading it up with firewall rules. Protectli makes some nice little appliances that are designed for running OpnSense.
Personally I don’t think I will be getting anything over 5gb fiber so as long as it can do 10gb combined then it should be okay.
Using a Unifi Dream Machine Pro here. I have it connected to Xfinity with an SFP. Works great. I wouldn’t trust TP-Link, they seem to have quality control issues. Never used QNAP before.
If I was going to do this today, I would probably get a GoWin R86S-N with the N100 or N305 cpu (since the 10G Fiber Jack has a 10GbE port, this should be fine. The NICs on this device can’t negotiate 2.5Gb or 5Gb links) and set it up with OPNSense. Since you’re not going to saturate the 10Gb links, you should be fine for most networking tasks. For wifi, I’d probably get the TP-Link Deco XE75 Pro.
Ended up buying this, arrived this week, and have it all setup. Was pretty simple to get it configured. Now just need to wait another week for google fiber to be installed.
Keep us posted!
I think I like this option the best. I’ve got a month before I get back home and have the fiber installed and the shipping from Ali express lines up.
I can’t help with the 2 options you presented, but if you’re interested in an sfp+ router, I’ve used the DEC2750/DEC750 from OPNsense as a directly fiber connected router for Comcast Gigabit Pro 2Gig fiber for several years. It’s super capable, you’ll have an enormous state table to accommodate tons of P2P connections for torrenting, and you’ll be able to enable loads of plugins, VPN connections, IDS, etc without the CPU breaking a sweat.
My info may be outdated as I last had G Fiber about a year ago but have moved out of their service area so stuck with AT&T fiber along with their horrible modem+router :(
When I first got the 2G down/1G up G Fiber service there was no bridge mode & had to use their provided device as modem+router+wifi. They updated it to add in a bridge mode option but I never tested it. I had dropped back down to 1G down & up before that option was available.
edit: forgot to mention I had read some people had luck using Unifi Dream Machine to plug in G Fiber’s 2.5G SFP looking module but I wasn’t willing to spend any more money on anything Unifi besides WiFi APs.
SFP is pretty straightforward. Most of the SFP modules you can buy you just connect and they work. For something like that, you would be doing fiber to ethernet hand off at a switch. Then you have pretty much everything run to the switch including router and just VLAN isolate. It’s not super complicated, but if you never messed with VLANs it might be better to go with something pre-packaged unless you’re up for learning.
You could also do a DIY router and run a multi-gig SFP+ network card over PCIe. You still have to purchase a separate SFP module for that, but that is another option.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters AP WiFi Access Point PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand VPN Virtual Private Network
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