ashG
Occasional Visitor
After posting my "thanks for all the help!" reply in the buying advice thread (and it still stands - thanks!) I was doing some digging around and learning and found that my ER-X wasn't making use of ipv6. I ended up staying up way too late into the morning configuring the router by following several guides, each time ending up with ipv6 addresses assigned for about 15 minutes before the router froze and rebooted without ipv6 enabled.
More digging led me to info that the Edgerouters have an issue with Comcast's ipv6 implementation and the crew at Ubiquiti aren't giving a timeline on the fix despite being very open about all the other fixes coming.
I saw several people mentioning the Mikrotik hEX line of routers as an alternative to consider. The newest one, the hEX S, is similar in price and specs and doesn't have anyone complaining about incompatibility with Comcast.
I also thought about just waiting out EdgeOS 2.0, but now the implementation for the chip that the ER-X is based on is pushed back. Again. It was supposed to be supported in Alpha 2, but now Alpha 3 is questionable.
Reviews look good so far on the hEX S. Would I be getting myself all mixed up trying it out? Would it be an upgrade, sidegrade, or downgrade from the X? Why can't I just accept off the Walmart shelf consumer stuff anymore?
Thanks for the input!
More digging led me to info that the Edgerouters have an issue with Comcast's ipv6 implementation and the crew at Ubiquiti aren't giving a timeline on the fix despite being very open about all the other fixes coming.
I saw several people mentioning the Mikrotik hEX line of routers as an alternative to consider. The newest one, the hEX S, is similar in price and specs and doesn't have anyone complaining about incompatibility with Comcast.
I also thought about just waiting out EdgeOS 2.0, but now the implementation for the chip that the ER-X is based on is pushed back. Again. It was supposed to be supported in Alpha 2, but now Alpha 3 is questionable.
Reviews look good so far on the hEX S. Would I be getting myself all mixed up trying it out? Would it be an upgrade, sidegrade, or downgrade from the X? Why can't I just accept off the Walmart shelf consumer stuff anymore?
Thanks for the input!