Looking for a decent home router that I can manage remotely for my parents. We live in separate states and they aren’t very tech savvy. Basically I need them to be able to plug it in then I set it up for them remotely. Any suggestions?

  • msabeln@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You want a system that supports ‘provisioning’, where all you have to know is the serial numbers of the gear and access to a cloud controller to configure it. Then, they will automatically download their configuration from the cloud controller when they first connect to the Internet. I think that both Ubiquiti UniFi and TP-Link Omada equipment supports this provisioning, as does all enterprise gear as far as I know. You’ll be able to monitor and otherwise manage the system remotely via the cloud controller. You’d need to have someone connect the router first to an already existing modem or ONT (avoid ISPs who mandate the use of a gateway), and then connect everything else.

  • tiberiusgv@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Unifi routers with the network controller built in such as a UDMP can be managed remotely without a VPN. I put one at my dads (as well as my offsite backup server).