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   nospam to All   
   Re: Raspberry Pi ZeroW as a WiFi Router   
   20 Apr 19 15:29:10   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.raspberry-pi   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , druck    
   wrote:   
      
   > >> Get yourself a decent router, I recommend ASUS, got a RT-ac68U which is   
   > >> superb. It's a fibre router, but I did have to use with USB 4G dongles   
   > >> for a month after moving house.   
   > >   
   > > That router has half the RAM of the Pi Zero and a lower CPU clock   
   > > (though two cores instead of one).   
   >   
   > Clock speed is pretty immaterial, it is a dedicated router chipset, with   
   > gigabit Ethernet, a/b/c/g/n/ac WiFi, and is vastly better as a router   
   > than a general purpose Pi Zero W with everything going over a single USB   
   > bus.   
      
   yep and the 68u is an older model.   
      
   the more recent 86u includes hardware encryption, giving a huge boost   
   to vpn performance.   
      
   > > I'm sure it's fine for doing the   
   > > current job of my DGN2200, but I wouldn't consider changing that if   
   > > it wasn't for the need to run the HTTPS to HTTP software, and hence   
   > > I started looking outside the range of available routers.   
   >   
   > Well you wont find anything better at doing WiFi routing than a WiFi router.   
      
   yep.   
      
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