Hi,
I am looking for a new router for one of my customer. My customer is getting PCI certified, therefore I must isolate in a separate subnet the payment terminal. Their current router (Linksys EA4500) does not support having multiple subnets, so I am looking at a router that can have DD-WRT. Unfortunately, the EA4500 does not support DD-WRT.
While we're looking to change the router, the customer decided that he would like some improvements over the previous one. Here the features that are important for the new router :
At first, I was going to buy the Asus RT-AC68U because I am an Asus fanboy and I know it is a good device. However, I've seen some reports that the Netgear R7000 might be more stable than the AC68U on DD-WRT. Stability is a very, very important point in this decision.
Both of these routers are in the price range.
Do you guys have other suggestions ? I heard about the Buffalo WZR-1750DHPD which comes with DD-WRT preinstalled, but I've read that the performances aren't very good.
Thanks,
Neo.
I am looking for a new router for one of my customer. My customer is getting PCI certified, therefore I must isolate in a separate subnet the payment terminal. Their current router (Linksys EA4500) does not support having multiple subnets, so I am looking at a router that can have DD-WRT. Unfortunately, the EA4500 does not support DD-WRT.
While we're looking to change the router, the customer decided that he would like some improvements over the previous one. Here the features that are important for the new router :
- External antennas. The current router has very weak WIFI coverage even of 5GHZ.
- Must be able to create different subnets with DHCP enabled on each subnet. These subnets must not be able to talk between each other; only to Internet. I believe it is the "bridge" feature in DD-WRT.
- Must be able to create multiple WIFI networks which only have access to Internet and cannot talk between each other. Sounds like a guest network to me !
- A VPN server is required. OpenVPN Server is prefered but L2TP or at worst PPTP is also possible.
- Good WIFI performances and dual band. My customer is in a building with a lot of WIFI interferences. He already has 5GHZ and wants to keep it. A lot of his devices are also running on WIFI.
- Upgrading to AC is a nice benefit because some of his devices support it.
- Must be rock stable in DD-WRT. I wouldn't want to install something that will cause issues.
At first, I was going to buy the Asus RT-AC68U because I am an Asus fanboy and I know it is a good device. However, I've seen some reports that the Netgear R7000 might be more stable than the AC68U on DD-WRT. Stability is a very, very important point in this decision.
Both of these routers are in the price range.
Do you guys have other suggestions ? I heard about the Buffalo WZR-1750DHPD which comes with DD-WRT preinstalled, but I've read that the performances aren't very good.
Thanks,
Neo.