Grandstream GWN7002 Router First Look

Grandstream is really heading in the right direction with their new routers! Check out all these great features! Let's take a quick look at the GWN7002 before we start building networks with it! Thank you to Grandstream for sending this unit out!

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[Monsicek]

Hello Willie, right on time with this video.

I have question regarding SFP/SFP+ modules. Many people including myself would like to build 2.5/5/10gb network at home. Fiber looks to much smarter way to go since it's less power demanding than copper at these speeds, networking gear is about same price or cheaper for fiber.

Would it be possible to do some overview video what modules would work with what popular devices UBNT, GS, Mikrotik... devices and explain possible cross brand or SFP/SFP+ module incompatibilities or pitfalls to avoid?

Much appreciated, keep it up. Looking forward to hear about new GS gear.

[quarterhorse]

Great info as always Willie. Picked up a GWN7003 and GWN7812P to replace a UniFi setup because of your videos. Everything has been setup and running great in the home lab. Now I need to setup NordVPN. Can you do a tutorial on this?

[wanttotree]

Nice router. Will get one soon once its back in stock on amazon. Wonder why only 7001 and 7003 is available.

By the way, whats the speed like with qos enabled?

[JasonsLabVideos]

I wish the quick wizard had a part to select the PORT you want to use for WAN. When u use the default 3, then add it to the cloud it forces it to port 1 then fails because thats the SFP port :( Lost ALOT of hair learning this with my 7002.

[armandom]

How to assign a wan or a balance to a client connected to this router?

[doracakez]

Hi, i got one GWN7002 and ipv6 is available only on first WAN. the cpu temperature is also high, 85°C at idle. the grandstream support seems non-existent.

[MohamedSibda-xsjp]

hi.

is there a way to clear / reset traffic statistics on a GWN7002/7003 ?

[traiannicolau]

Wait! Please help me out here. So SFP IS capable of more than 1 gigabit? To get 2.5 Gbit do you need SFP or SFP+?

[RobertoCarlos-tniq]

were you explicitly told NOT to mention any competitors? we want comparisons.

[jackofallthingstech]

How good is Grandstreams 1:1 NAT functionality? Will it accept multiple IP ranges on a PPPOE WAN?

[jacksquat]

I have 2 GB service, so I'm gonna need SFP+ ports. Is that something that may be on the horizon?

[be-kind]

What are the hardware specs on these routers and what is the performance characteristics? It seems that for $70 it would be running on a 8088 cpu with 256k or ram. Even those cheap Chinese mini computers start at over $70 {Geekom Min Air 11 sells for 169} I'm so confused! Thanks for helping me out.

[mrbb]

I need a rack mount version. not sure iif the 7003 is or not but I'd lik, e to see a rack option.
Would you cinsider thiese better or equivalent to an OPN sense feature wise? Wish they would have done SFP+ instead of just SFP

[krz]

I feel like gigabit is completely outdated for high end routers at this point. I need a decent attainable 10gb router

[MrZeronaldo]

Hello, I would recommend you test this router with DPI and other applicatin features enabled. It is a terrible surpise. To enable application detection and traffic monitoring you need to disable hardware acceleration. it is not documented in the datasheet (only in 2 lines in the user guide) and it is reduce the hardware performance too much. it falls from 1gbps to 100mbps. I would recommend you to run performance test against this device before recommend to your audience. My recommendation is: do not buy it.

[davenz]

Yeah but it's Grand stream. They'll stop supporting it, worse than Ubiquiti.