I wasn't sure where or whether to post this, and it's not meant as disrespectful to the Amplifi HD recommendation, but possibly relevant to macrotech's installation, so here it is.
Reading up on Amplifi HD reviews, I'm not getting good vibes about the security side of this router. I understand this may not be of concern to some / most, so this is just for awareness, not to recommend against.
The comments I found were mostly from a few years ago, so I don't know if any have been resolved - I couldn't find updates to say they had been...
- minor(?) issue reported
here &
here is that you don't have access to the router logs because they're encrypted - Ubiquiti Dev have to read them for you if you have a network issue you're trying to understand, which suggests Ubiquiti have access to your router :?
- reported concern that you have limited configurability over DHCP settings - likely a non-issue unless you like to setup your network manually, or are running into conflicts with an existing network setup :/
- greater concern over security/firewall settings as discussed
here. It seems a port scan returns responses that a port is closed rather than a preferred stealth/non-response to external scanning :(
Again these may not be a concern to most here, but could be something to be aware of...
A security option seems to be to use the Amplifi HD as a secondary router, or routers, behind something more secure, but I don't know what that would do to the musical performance, or how much of that performance comes from following the mesh setup, as Azazello found. Ubiquiti also have their enterprise level Unifi range, which reportedly has better security than their consumer oriented Amplifi HDs, but Unifi quickly starts to get complicated, which may compromise the musicality (pure speculation on my part)
So, macrotech2: I'll be interested to know how you get on with your 2 Amplifi HDs either extending your BT Home Hub network, or as a separate WiFi & subnet... I figure the Home Hub's security would protect the Amplifi side of things, hopefully without compromising the music. Please let us know.