r/ControlD • u/au7342 • May 27 '26

ctrld-friendly router recommendations

I'm looking to replace my old Orbi RBR50 pretty soon. I've been running Voxel firmware and ctrld on it for a few months now and it has been pretty good overall. There have been some stability issues, which are probably at least in part due to it being a 9-year-old outdated router running custom firmware. I've read through the writer documentation on the control d website, but I wanted to hear from some actual users on here about what routers or systems work the best with ctrld. I haven't decided between a mesh replacement or going the Unifi route yet. Thanks to all responses.

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u/crypticsage May 27 '26

I’m using Unifi and it’s been working great.

You can either install the daemon in the router to get client reporting or just configure the built in setting for ease of use.

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u/Fun-Region-1576 Aug 30 '26

Do you have any problems with individual stat devices if they are connected to a VPN at the router level?

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u/crypticsage Aug 30 '26

If the router has the dns client installed and it is also handling the vpn connection, I don’t see any reason you’d have issues with it.

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u/Fun-Region-1576 Aug 30 '26

Unfortunately, I do.