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Before switching to Ubiquiti, every all in one wireless router I've had (Asus, Linksys, Netgear) all failed or started having issues after a couple years.

My Ubiquiti gear is going strong after 4 years with no issues. Don't get me wrong, I expect something to break eventually. However by having seperate router switches and APs, I'll just replace the piece that breaks.

Routers get hot, switches get hot, and WAPs get hot. Put them all in the same box and it gets hot hot hot. And we demand absolute silence from them so there are no fans.

It costs a bit more up front (especially if you pay to have some wires run for your APs), but I think it pays off in the long run.

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Posted by LemmyLives

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Member since Mar 2019

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Posted on 1/4/23 at 12:28 am to Korkstand

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Routers get hot, switches get hot, and WAPs get hot

We've been dealing with this for 40 years with audio equipment, nevermind a router that pulls 20 watts. AIRFLOW, AIRFLOW, AIRFLOW.

Product design can be an issue, but more often than not, it is something like sticking a router in the closed A/V cabinet with the XBox and the receiver and wondering why the bass cuts out at random times, etc.

Having issues after a couple of years is not necessarily indicative of a problem with the equipment as built, though. These things have 1-2 year warranties, and there is all kinds of crap on your PC, your kids iPads, etc. which impacts perceived internet performance.

MSI updated a network prioritization driver on my desktop two weeks ago, and I think I'm back on Prodigy when trying to resolve DNS addresses.

This post was edited on 1/4/23 at 12:31 am

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