Dream Machine (UDM)

Original Ubiquiti Dream Machine. Had an old Nightgear DD-WRT for the longest time. Then moved to an optiplex opensense. Realized i need something easier for home so got into Ubiquiti. Ubiquiti is nice b/c it can be as hands-off or hands-on as you want. Defaults are sane, but tons of customization is available and the ecosystem is huge and expanding. It's kind of like Ryobi. Because I'm already in the ecosystem, I can basically get a decent enough version of any tool I need and the stuff I've already bought works better with it than anything that might be otherwise better.

Second this. I still have the OG Dream Machine and it’s working great. If you’re about being more serious about home networking, ubiquiti can be fun. But it can get expensive, it’s the like the Apple of enterprise networking.

Unifi Dream Machine (cylinder), old unifi Wifi Access point, old 8 port switch, 6 machines. All still get regular updates and security years after. Decent setup in conjunction with my lab which does not require much

Unifi UDM. Just note that between the WAN and 8 ports of 1Gbps it only has 3.5Gbps of switching bandwidth. Through the Copper WAN & SFP ports are switch in hardware at the full 10Gbps (noting that the copper WAN is still a 1Gbps port or a 2.5Gbps port on the newer UDM models).

I bought the original UDM & now have the UDM 7. Love it. I want a UDM but can’t justify the jump when this thing kicks ass as is.

UniFi Dream Router 7 or if you want something cheaper, UniFi express 7. I started with a UniFi Dream Machine (predecessor to dream router) and it served me very well for 4 years until I upgraded to support a more demanding network. Has built in VPN, multiple SSIDs, Vlans, very prosumer

Im a diehard unifi person. Or at least go with a dedicated router and aps

Probably a udm (dream machine) and some aps to handle wifi.

Unifi sorta sucks you in. Lol