Anyway, a while back I asked about gateway routers, and @thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz recommended the Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE. I eventually built up the courage to spent that much money on it, and it arrived this week.

After a few challenges I managed to get it set up. It has now replaced my ISP router, and I've also replaced the Pi-hole with the UDM's options for local DNS entries and ad blocking. I also have set it up as a VPN client with Wireguard and ProtonVPN, and I can choose which devices are routed over the VPN and even customise it per domain so streaming services that don't like the VPN can be excluded.

I have a 300Mbps connection that normally averages about 280Mbps, and ProtonVPN lets me keep this speed (I'm on a paid plan).

The internet in general feels more snappy too, lower latency. I'm pretty happy with this purchase, and keen to get some cameras plugged into the PoE as soon as my wallet has recovered.

[–] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe time for an automod to make the thread? If that exists on Lemmy

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Tools exist that can do it, but there's always a pinned post at the top of c/nz if anyone wants to post something or read something.

The problem with using a bot is that people with bots disabled won't see it! I also just don't really like the idea, it seems so impersonal. Perhaps a good compromise is setting up the posts in advance with a post scheduling tool, so it's not a bot but my account still posting them.

[–] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 hours ago

Good idea with the scheduled posting. I gravitate to these kinds of threads, mainly as sometimes I don’t really have anything relevant to add to news or political posts.

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