Router with at least 100 DHCP reservations

Haha on all points. They may be smarter than us in the end here....

Good points on what future owners might think of your setup/wiring etc. 90+% of buyers probably have no idea.

I rewired 99% of my house myself; including a lot of cat5e cabling (was the best cable available in the day) wherever I could route it. I had an electrician friend who spotted me on the permits/inspection paperwork. He did a pre-inspection of everything I did, then chastised me for it being 'too neat'. He told me to pull some staples here and there, and 'slop up the nice straight wiring runs', or the township/electrical inspectors will know its wasn't a licensed job. :slight_smile:

I didn't fool the final inspector, he said 'real nice job on your wiring'; he couldn't find anything wrong with it as he winked.. and signed off on it.

I havehad multiple contractors/people doing work at the house that make a point to tell my wife how great the wiring/breaker box is. That perplexes my wife. She's like "they're just wires...". ??

Back to this topic, I dhcp reserve 90% of my connections; I've got an OCD reservation assignment map that lets me know VLAN, location, function etc, just from the address.

I run open source OpenWrt on my router; I love the software and its constant updates and full flexibility; all my configs are scripted so I can easily upgrade/restore/factory reset/restore my setup. I've got more than 64 reservations... probably less than 128, but they are stored in the flash file system as Jeff notes; I'm not aware of any limitation (other than blowing out your flash map),

The router hardware, even though longer in the tooth (linksys wrt1900acs) has great routing performance for my needs; I have long since shutdown the embedded wifi radios on the router.

I got two ubiquity wifi6 lite APs to upgrade the radios and hang off the linksys router; and I put the ubiquity (free) open controller server on a raspi (for AP config and setup); Ubiquity updates the server software on a regular basis. The server software and AP firmware are very well done (especially for AP roaming/handoffs between the APs).

I haven't used the ubiquity router/server hardware/software to comment; yeah its pricey. Many people say its worth it.