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Neilio's avatar
Neilio
Aspirant
Apr 14, 2022

Replacement Router?

I know there was a BR200 replacement out for the BR500 but it appears this has gone way of the dodo bird as well.  This  BR200 look like a nice unit, anyone know if a replacement is in the works?.  D...
ThomasNanninga's avatar
ThomasNanninga
Guide
May 31, 2022

It would be good to hear about Netgears future router strategy. It's notable that a replacement is offered due to vulnerabilities but the Orbi SXR30 is not an alternative at all (not for me). To what I understand drom the SXR30 datasheet there is no IPSec, no OpenVPN and lastly doesn't fit into a 19" rack. 

The outcome is either wait on a successor or buy a Non-Netgear VPN router.

 

>>Please wait for the announcement of our new products coming very soon.<<

So what is meant to be "very soon"?

DaneA's avatar
DaneA
NETGEAR Employee Retired
May 31, 2022

Neilio / GrayHairCoder / ThomasNanninga,

 

Kindy read the post of hnagaraju on this community thread here.

 

 

Regards,

 

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team

  • ThomasNanninga's avatar
    ThomasNanninga
    Guide
    May 31, 2022

    Thanks Dana, I had seen the datasheet before. But let's have a quick look to what you are referring to:

     

    >>If  you WAC500/WAX600 series AP for wireless, Then just use SXR80 as wired Business router.<<

    I do have, so ok.

     

    >>SXR80  has 2.5Gbps WAN port. It can do 5 DHCP pools,  It can handle up-to 512 DHCP IP address in each pool.<<

    >>The 4 LAN wired ports can be put into Access mode/Trunk Mode and PVID configured.<<

    Ok. That area is covered.

     

    >>For VPN, Branch2Branch we support Business VPN.  It is better than older Instant VPN.<<

    I had Instant VPN/BR500 which did a routing of every VLAN to every destination. Maybe Business VPN does better by SSID. I read about monthly cost of 3.xx per user? Anyhow, this would be additional running cost that IPSec or OpenVPN tunnel doesn't require.

     

    SXR80 has also port forwarding, -triggering, dyndns and traffic rules (inter-VLAN)?

     

    >>The main difference is BR500 was rack mount, But SXR80 is desktop, but can be installed  on top of rack. <<

    😃Ok, will get a Yankees cap in winter time. 

     

    Don't wanna criticize the Orbi stuff, it could work somehow as replacement but it is designed for a different purpose.

     

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