Home Router - FTTP / PPPoE + VPN

[slobbs482]

Hi Everyone,

Hoping to get a bit of guidance.

I am looking for a replacement router for my ISP equipment. It's FTTP / PPPoE

I've previously used Mikrotik and had good results, albeit not in the most straightforward of platforms. I am however leaning towards a 4011 as an upgrade.

What I want:

- 1G+ throughput
- PPPoE support
- VLAN support
- Policy Based Routing support  with client VPN & killswitch (this is a must-have - I want to be able to configure specific VLAN/SSID to always route over a VPN and blackhole the traffic if VPN is down)
- Firewall/Application support
- Wifi nice to have, not essential

I've been looking at the Firewalla Gold, but it's very expensive compared to others plus shipping & availability outside the US is not great. Ubiquiti seems to have a solution but not so well documented.

Curious to hear what others have done for this - FWIW I don't want to run this on some old dell PC - I want good quality hardware designed for throughput

Thanks in advance for any advice!

[deanwebb]

What's the budget? And what are the bandwidth requirements?

[slobbs482]

I'd say budget wise up to say $/£ 300, though a lot of the stuff I've seen is under - the exception being the Firewalla Gold which is pushing $500 with taxes and shipping

It's a 1G FTTP connection, so somewhere around that ballpark. It's for home use, so doesn't need insane cross-vlan speed

Thanks

[deanwebb]

OK, so I'll put away the Palo Alto Firewall materials...

The tricky piece is the PBR requirement. The rest are par for course on consumer gear.

A search for "consumer wifi router PBR" gave me a link to a manual for a TL-ER6120 from TP-Link. They're going for around $150, looks like. Draytek Vigor products have the feature (at least in some models, I didn't check them all) and Netgear M6100 switches. A price check reveals that the Draytek is in your range and that I'm way, way off with the Netgear M6100, as it's around $3000+