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Gear picks

Equipment that solves the usual problems here: stucco walls, hot garages, big warehouses and power shutoffs.

Home WiFi

Mesh systems for stucco walls and long layouts.

WiFi 6 mesh

TP-Link Deco X55

Good value for most homes.

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WiFi 6E mesh

TP-Link Deco XE75

Extra band for busy households.

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WiFi 7 mesh

Netgear Orbi 770

For multi-gig fiber plans.

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WiFi 6 mesh

Netgear Orbi RBK763S

Strong whole-home coverage.

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Outdoor

Deco X50-Outdoor

Patios, pools and casitas.

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Router

TP-Link Archer AX55

Solid single router for smaller homes.

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Business WiFi

For shops, offices, clinics and warehouses.

Access point

Omada EAP650

WiFi 6 ceiling AP.

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High density

Omada EAP670

Busier rooms and more devices.

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Outdoor

Omada EAP650-Outdoor

Docks, yards and patios.

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Access point

Netgear WAX218

Cloud-managed with Insight.

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Gateway

UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra

Router, firewall and controller.

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Access point

UniFi U7 Pro

WiFi 7 ceiling AP.

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Switches and PoE

Power access points and cameras over one cable.

8-port

Festa FS308G

Cloud-managed gigabit.

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24 PoE+

Festa FS328-GP

For APs and cameras.

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52-port

Festa FS352G

Large offices and warehouses.

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8 PoE+

Omada SG2210P

Pairs with Omada APs.

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8 PoE+

Netgear GS308PP

Plug-and-play PoE.

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Rack

Wall-mount rack

Tidy network closet.

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Routers, firewalls and failover

Keep payments and phones up, and VPN fast.

Dual WAN

Omada ER605

Automatic failover to a backup line.

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Multi-gig VPN

Omada ER707-M2

Faster VPN and dual WAN.

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Firewall

Firewalla Gold

Easy firewall, VPN and filtering.

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Firewall

FortiGate 40F

Business firewall; licenses add protection.

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LTE backup

Netgear LM1200

Feeds a dual-WAN router.

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5G backup

Netgear Nighthawk M6

Portable 5G router.

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Power and backups

Ride through power blips and shutoffs.

UPS

APC Back-UPS 600VA

Modem and router backup.

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UPS

CyberPower 1500VA

Switches, NVRs and closets.

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Power station

Portable power station

Longer outages and shutoffs.

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Backup

Synology NAS

Local backups synced to the cloud.

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Modem

Arris SURFboard S33

DOCSIS 3.1; check provider approval.

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Modem

Netgear CM1200

Multi-gig cable modem.

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