ER-4 / ER-6P / ER-12 / ER-12P (e300) TFTP Recovery Process.ERPro-8 / ER-8 / EP-R8 (e200) TFTP Recovery Process.ERLite-3 / ERPoE-5 (e100) TFTP Recovery Process.ER-X-SFP / ER-X / EP-R6 / ER-10X (e50) TFTP Recovery Process.That said, if you’re a fan of router distros like Untangle and pfSense, comfortable wrangling DD-WRT via the command line or would need your Mikrotik pried out of your cold, dead, hand, you might want to spend the $100 bucks or so to impress your friends and become a ERL fanboi. So you’ll probably need to buy a Gigabit switch to go along with it. ![]() Not to mention that it has only, at best, two LAN ports, if you are willing to delve into the command line to bridge the two. It is poorly documented, difficult to set up and will test your patience unless you have experience with the Linux command line, understand routing mechanics and know what router interfaces are and how to use them. The bottom line is that this is not a router that the average router buyer should even consider. So the EdgeRouter Lite didn’t exactly put a smile on my face as it turned what is usually a 30 minute test process into a day long voyage of discovery. I also don’t care for routers that require separate rule sets for router and firewall when it comes time to forward ports. I am not a networking professional and like my routers easy to configure. I’ve put some of the key screens and commentary in the gallery below so that you can get more of a feel for the interface. Since EdgeOS hasn’t diverged much from Vyatta at this point, the Vyatta Quick Start and Basic CLI references might be helpful in getting up the learning curve. Some of the CLI commands can be found in the Wiki, but there isn’t a complete list or a downloadable reference available from Ubiquiti. So you’d best be connected to the internet via other means when you are trying to first configure the ERL. There are only little info popups scattered around the GUI for help. The GUI is very responsive and remained responsive even when I was running IxChariot traffic through the ERL full-throttle. The interface is a multi-windowed environment where you can have multiple settings screens open at once and open up a CLI window from the web interface. But for now, you can try using the SOHO example configuration found in the Ubiquiti Wiki to get set up. I’m going to do a separate article on setting up the ERL and even provide a few working configurations for you to upload. The shot below shows what you’ll see when you log in. If you go the Ethernet-connected route, you’ll need to statically assign an IP address in the 192.168.1.X subnet to the computer you are going to use for configuration and plug it into the ERL’s port 0. Your other option is to rustle up a DB9 to RJ45 serial console cable (there isn’t one in the box) to connect that way. If you’d rather jump right into configuring via command line (CLI), SSH is enabled on port 22, so that you can connect with putty, WinSCP or your favorite SSH client. The only thing that is set up is that the port marked 0 ( eth0) is assigned an IP address of 192.168.1.1 so that you can get to the web admin interface. ![]() I think I noted earlier that the ERL doesn’t do much out of the box. I can attest that the Reset button worked just fine, since I had to use it many times while getting set up. The bottom panel has screw mounting slots that give you the option of mounting connectors pointing up or down. The ports, lights and buttons are called out in the diagram below. I was a bit surprised that a product aimed at no-nonsense business users would come in a plastic case, but that’s how it was dressed. Following a lead posted in the forum, I ignored the Availability: March 2013 notice on Microm’s order page and had the product in hand a few days later.Īt 7 3/4" (W) X 3 1/2" (D) X 1" (H) the ERL was larger than I thought it would be. So, having learned my lesson about Ubiquiti’s (un)responsiveness to review requests when I reviewed its PowerAP N, I ordered one up. Ubiquiti’s EdgeRouter Lite (ERL) has been attracting attention due to its low price ($99), Gigabit ports and claims of wire-speed packet-forwarding rate. The SNB Forums have been abuzz about a new kid on the router block.
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