The Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X or ER-X is one of the most affordable routers/ firewalls available on the market. We do really like the ability to use 12V DC input or PoE In to power the device since that gives a lot of flexibility. I created my own custom query to get this report but its limited by time and while I think it works for past 24 hours, I don’t think it can account for 30 days. IMHO … the folks at UBNT need to step up their game, produce HIGHER QUALITY products, or else the available DIY hardware market and free software will overtake UBNT.

While we did not see it in publicly available documentation that we can refer to, based on materials from other device manufactures, it appears that the hardware switch has a 2k addresses built-in table shared for L2 MAC and L3 IP lookups. Please be advised of our data usage for machine learning and AI inference and training purposes which can be found here along with our other editorial and copyright policies. They’ve always given me trouble free service, but options are limited on them, and support for standards (like VPN’s) can be spotty.The nearly idle CPU load in our test is a good indication that CPU is not used for packet processing when we have only 1 flow. Unlike many players on the consumer market, Ubiquiti went with an all-metal, clean, minimalistic design. Also included in the EdgeOS of the Ubiquiti router is the firewall configuration done through the Firewall/NAT section. The tool allows you to conveniently open the Web UI of the EdgeRouter and also provides recovery features such as the Rescue Web UI and SSH Recovery service. As of the date of this review according to release notes, v2 firmware still has performance degradation.

Some of the differences are the built-in Switch-Chip and the ability to power other devices using Power over Ethernet (PoE). This allows devices on the same network to communicate with each other through the EdgeRouter without sacrificing any performance.This is just a hardware refresh that seems to bring temps and power usage back in check, along with a boost in performance. This Marvell platform has started on the carrier-grade market and as time passed, made its way to consumer and SOHO markets. The EdgeRouter X is based on the MediaTek MT7621 SoC which includes a VLAN aware five (5) port Gigabit Ethernet switch and hardware-based acceleration for some of the router features like NAT, Bridging, IPSec, GRE. Comparing a package like this to DIY stuff is just DUMB though, I wouldn’t install DIY setups at a client. The EdgeRouter X is covered wholly by a black matte exterior, great material for a router because it doesn’t retain any fingerprints when you touch it.

In sum, the EdgeRouter X of Ubiquiti Networks has become a product of the company’s innovation initiatives. I am moving from my ISP router to a DIY OpnSense FW/Router + Unifi AP AC LR in the next days myself, so this series is extra interesting! Also for the benefit of other lurkers wondering what VRF is, it’s likely Virtual Routing and Forwarding.In other words, EdgeRouter X can easily be configured to match the routing, security, and management features required to efficiently run your network. It could also be great for a network enthusiast who is looking to get their hand on a more advanced network technology with the understanding that effective maximum WAN bandwidth may drop below 100Mbps, depending on the configuration. If you were comfortable in configuring EdgeRouters via the CLI or config files, then you could easily run “vyOS” instead either as a VM or on physical hardware. The small solution is built on a hardware platform that is still in use by big names for entry-level enterprise devices. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.