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Cheers, sounds worth a look. I've struggled to diagnose exactly why my connection drops out as, as well as the router, there are a couple of switches in there too. The router seems the most likely suspect though.
How does it cope with VPN, is it the same as most routers in that it will drop the speed right down?
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It has some limitations on VPNs types that are supported, but it as a piece of equipment designed for offices it has dedicated encryption hardware that means the supported stuff does not see a slow down of any significance.
This is where it shines, no matter how you configure it you'll get the speeds advertised.
Velocio
The EdgeMAX is easy to set up.
When you first get it, do a firmware update straight away. The default is a few releases old. The latest has wizards that can get it configured for a SoHo config in a few clicks.
It is very powerful in terms of config, so can be scary. But that is a feature, follow the wizard to get started, it will configure a WAN, a LAN, and the DHCP, DNS forwarding, etc... then after you're up and running you can choose whether you want to enable a PoE port to add the WiFi to the EdgeMAX on a different network (subnet mask) or whether you are going to use something like the ToughSwitch so that your WiFi is on the same DHCP and subnet as cabled stuff.
I put my WiFi and LAN on the same subnet, because I love the fact that I can use an ethernet cable in my laptop on my desk, and yet stream via WiFi to my Chromecast (with laptop WiFi disabled), and this shit works.