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.
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.
My info may be outdated as I last had G Fiber about a year ago but have moved out of their service area :(
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 options was available.
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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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!
It has been a bit over 3 weeks and everything has been really smooth. I forgot to mention last time but I got the R86S-N with the N305. This was due to research showing that the N100 would not be able to hold 5gbits throughput and I wanted to have some wiggle room in case I upped the number of firewall rules.
Getting consistent 5.5gbits down, 5.6gbits up on speed tests. Steam download peaks at 213MiB/s and holds around 190MiB/s(but this could be the max I can get from steam🤷).
No issues with the R86S-N, no random reboots or forced reboots. Opnsense install was quick and didn’t cause issues.
That’s great! Glad it’s working out.
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.
