Cool, I'll have to check one of these out. Thanks for the response.

Mikrotik here too.
I've been running the CRS125 for a while now at my home with C4, Sonos and a plethora of streaming devices and it has all been perfect.

For what this costs vs the performance I agree with Jim, that its a no brainer.

getting ready to deploy another soon on a C4 take over/clean up job.

C4 and Luxul xbr2300 router, no issues, but not their APs.

Interesting how no one from Luxul ever chimes in to defend their product.

I recently spec'd a Luxul A.P. but will steer the client to Pakedge because everyone here says the A.P is garbage.

I've used both Luxul and Pakedge AP's previously.

The Luxul I found to be nothing but an overpriced turd. When I had issues with one, I'd call support and it would ring and ring, etc. Never got the problem resolved. Don't really care to either. Performance was well below par anyways. One distributor keeps trying to push Luxul to me and I've repeatedly told him he's better off dropping the line cause his warehouse will soon be filled with non-functioning units.

Pakedge on the other hand makes products that work, but I still find them way overpriced for what I was experiencing. I still have 1 W3G? running at home on one side of the house and a UAP-Pro on the other. Guess which one works much better? And to add to that, the Pro can be seen where the Pakedge is and not vice versa.

Over the years I've learned to use Unifi for the more budget conscience type and Aruba for the customer that wants a solid network that never fails.

We are going to try one of the Luxul XBR-4400s while I get familiar with the Edge Router. That Mikrotik CSR125 looks like a killer piece too. One step at a time I guess. :)

Why try a Luxul when just about everyone is doggin' it? Enough to scare me away.

I would go for CSR125 also. You can pick up a RB750G for way cheap to start using. Honestly it's really all you need for most jobs, but might as well get teh CSR125 if you're going to put a switch in anyway.

I'm finding lately that I need 30-50 ports on a project to get everything online. Having 24 right on the router to start with will help for sure.

The best thing about mikrotik is that once you learn it, you can template your settings and have a LOT of the setup done right away. I pretty much:

1. Update firmware
2. Load tempalte
3. Change passwords and dns addreses
4. Set all my DHCP reservations
5. then pretty much done after that.

All my port forwarding rules are done as we use the same IP address scheme every time. 

I know people that have good luck with their routers. Their APs? Never. But their routers are supposedly as good as the Netgear we have been using. We need a couple for jobs in the next week so learning mikrotik or edge in that timeframe is pushing it. Going to order a mikrotik, and a co-worker has an ERL still in the box. I just need to have some time with both to get my brains wrapped around them.

Keep in mind that a Mikrotik RB750GL, or RB2011, or CRS, or a bunch of other models, all work right out of the box. You don't need to "do" anything to make it route traffic, hand out DHCP addresses, etc. Adding remote access, VPN, port forwarding, etc, can be learned quickly if you're only trying to figure out one or two things at a time.

What are you using to go above the 24 ports?

Give Pakedge a look- we have R6x units working perfectly for over 2 years without issue. You must use a quality UPS as well.

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Haven't heard any comments about this router. We've been using it for the last few months and find it fast, easy to set up and reliable, with great wi/Fi range.

ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless-AC1900 Dual Band Gigabit Router IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
WPA/WPA2: WPA2
Ports: 1 x 10/100/1000M WAN; 4 x 10/100/1000M LAN
Wireless Data Rates: Up to 600+1300Mbps
Frequency Band: 2.4GHz/5GHz

Add a switch

I use this one in my own house, its quite nice.