Ubiquiti - AmpliFi Alien Wifi Router

Amplifi is on sale. It is a mesh network for home by Ubiquiti. Includes a router and two wireless AP’s. I have installed dozens of these and they work great. It is on sale for around $170.00. Usually it is $350.00. I just did one a few weeks ago. Now their whole house has no issues with wifi.

I still run an old Amplifi

What is your budget for such a device? I am currently running the Amplifi Alien (which is Ubiquiti's high-ish end consumer router), but was planning on replacing it with a Protectli Vault. I actually bought a V1210 (2x 2.5G ports, Intel CPU/NIC, ~$240), and installed OPNSense on it, I just haven't switched it out with the Alien yet. Or, you can use an old desktop PC that you may already own. Probably not the best from a power draw standpoint, but you could load OPNSense on that, toss an Intel-based multi-port NIC on there, and see what it means to really run your own router. You could do the same hardware-wise, and just install Proxmox and then OpenWRT on it as a virtual machine. There's more fiddling involved with getting the nic(s) passed through, but it allows you to test with hardware you likely already own or can purchase second-hand for cheap.

I have two aliens and they are the best and most reliable routers I’ve ever had.

I'd trust Beelink (along with the other mini PC makers; I love my Protectli and GMKtec gear) more than I would trust many of the no-name cheap PC makers on Amazon / Temu / etc. I have a Protectli mini PC with 4 ethernet ports running OPNsense as my home firewall. I split my traffic off into separate networks for my main gear (phones, desktops, laptops, etc) and my IoT or "smart" gear (security system, cameras, home automation, etc). I have a Ubiquiti Amplifi for my main LAN wifi router, and a TP-Link Archer A6 for my IoT wifi router. Both of these are plugged into the LAN ports on the Protectli. I turned off all of the advanced features (like DHCP or remote VPN) on the routers, and use the OPNsense for those functions instead. So the short answer to your question is yes, buy a mini PC to serve as a firewall and then buy a wireless router (ideally running OpenWRT) if you want maximum security and flexibility. Just keep in mind this comes with an increase in complexity and required troubleshooting skills. The line between "wireless router" and "wireless access point" can get a little fuzzy at times, because a typical home wifi router is actually a router coupled with an access point in the same box. For most people most of the time, that difference is meaningless; they just want to add wifi.

Amplifi Alien. Yes, it's a bit old. But rock solid. Runs my entire HomeKit system (about 70 devices) with no issues at all. Unifi is also a great option too.

Are you talking modem or router? Your provider should have a list on their website of supported third party modems. Just about any router is better than the providers. I have Comcast, I'm using an Arris Surfboard SB6190 modem and Amplifi Alien router. I've had 0 issues for 7 years, but am ready to upgrade to a racked Unifi setup.

I run all my stuff through Ubiquity AMPLIFI Alien mesh (3 nodes) everything works great. I figured it was a good solution since they sell them on the store app.

I picked up an AmpliFi for $50 on Craigslist. It’s been remarkably solid.

I really like the alien AMPLIFI 200 bucks covers my whole house 2000 sq ft 2 story’s I use 500 speed game do it all security system no issues

I like the alien don’t have any issues and it’s on sale u can get the mesh duplicate for 300 great ping I have no range issues