Ubiquiti Networks Edgerouter 4 Ethernet Lan Black Wired Router

I haven't read other reviews, but I'm sure that at least some mention that this is NOT a "4-port" router. One of the RJ45 ports is for a serial console, and the port labeled "ETH3" is a SFP fiber-optic port. I think you CAN get an Ethernet adapter for it separately. Unlike a typical four-port router, which has one WAN (Internet) port and four LAN (local) ports, you typically connect the WAN to the ETH0 port and your LAN to ETH1. By default, the ETH2 port is on a separate subnet - you can "bridge" these so that they are on the same subnet, but Ubiquiti recommends against this and suggests a separate switch.I was unable to get the initial setup to work using the instructions in the QuickStart guide. This has you either connect the ETH0 port to an existing network and connecting to the DHCP-assigned IP address, or connecting to ETH1 and using 192.168.1.1. Neither got a response from the router. The router did get a DHCP address, but then dropped it. I contacted Ubiquiti support and was instead pointed to a community forum post (!) with a different set of instructions (involving configuring a PC with a static address in the 192.168.1.x subnet other than .1 and connecting to ETH1. This worked.The graphical user interface looks nice and it got me most of the way to what I wanted (not complicated). However, for full control you need to use a command line interface that is not well-documented - I found that most of Ubiquiti's "knowledge base" articles omitted key commands and ran you in circles chasing links with, supposedly, more details. Again, the community forum tended to have the best answers. I could not get port forwarding to work without the command line interface. Be aware that if your ISP uses PPPoE, as some fiber providers do, that you will need to specify PPPOE0 instead of ETH0 in rules.If you're intending to run wireless access points, you might be better off with the Unifi Dream Machine Pro, but the EdgeRouter 4 fills my need perfectly.Once I got everything set, it works beautifully and extracts the maximum performance from my gigabit fiber ISP connection. There's lots of visibility into what ports are doing, with optional traffic analysis.

I bought this to get better throughput. It works great for gigabit speeds (averages 900+ mbps). Does not work like a standard consumer router, you have to practically set up all the ports manually with multiple screens to configure. Once setup, no complaints, works solid. FYI, if using for wan/lan, you only get 3 LAN, 1 WAN, but can configure any port for WAN or LAN. The port on the right does require an adaptor module (optical or lan, look if they are compatible, some are not) The console port is not needed, as it has a web interface, so no need for a console cable. Only little complaint, it does run pretty warm, I use a USB fan hooked to its USB port to keep it cool.I highly recommend for advance users for any gigabit connections (Cable/Fiber optic).

I have 2 ISP's due to Spectrum going out everytime it rains, so had to have a backup ISP. Had 2 wireless networks set up one for each ISP which was a pain and not ideal. Bought this product due to its dual wan capability. Was a little hard to get connected at first, but once I did I was able to easily set up the 2 wan config with load balancing. Was able to just plug in google nest mesh router and that was it. Great product.

Easy setup! Now getting the most out of my ISP. Great router!

these little routers are inexpensive but very powerful. They have many of the same features the high-end expensive gear like Cisco has.you can do your basic configurations via a gooey. If you want to get more in-depth you can go command line as I did as I put in QoS settings and blocked P2P traffic. Only thing I'm waiting on now is to test it with high volume traffic - my goal is to get full 1 gigabit-per-second throughput on this box while using these policies without overwhelming the CPU.

My network consists of about 60 devices. I love the the ease of use in the menu. It is great to see real feedback on bandwidth usage. Now for the bad. I wish there was a way to be able to ban individual IP addresses. It would be nice if the the quality of service features would be more intuitive. You need a network engineers education in order to program many of those settings.

I'm almost a complete Noob when it comes to setting up networks. Rather than buy a CCNE course, I bought some hardware and taught myself how it works. There was a learning curve to be sure, but this is an impressive unit. Everything is working as it should be so far...

I tried the EdgeRouter Lite prior. It crashed 2 hours after installation. Returned it and got the EdgeRouter 4. Very impressed so far. Double the memory, double the processors, speed is SIGNIFICANTLY faster and more stable. Running in failover mode with a GB fiber connection and a cable modem as backup. Getting over a GB on speed tests without any issues. For 50 dollars difference in price the 4 is significantly more router.