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No, these are not automatically off-topic by virtue of using consumer-grade solutions. See What's off-topic; anything in a home setting, or anything that was designed for home use? - MikeyB's answer actually has direct discussion of consumer routers.

But that doesn't make any of your points any less valid.

• If it's home use or has a strong odor of home use, it's off-topic.

  Any questions with these tags deserves scrutiny! Read between the lines on the question, and if it doesn't have the texture and flavor of a professional environment, then bring that up in comments or simply vote to close.

  Looking back in the tags we've certainly got examples that are clearly professional cases - as well as a bad old poll question that should be closed, which has several of our users (including the #6 all time user and a community moderator) stating that they do (or did) use these solutions in the workplace.

• Even if it is on topic, if it's clear that the asker is using the wrong tool for the job, telling them so is very much a valid answer - even if it's not the answer they want. I'll most likely upvote it.

No, these are not automatically off-topic by virtue of using consumer-grade solutions. See What's off-topic; anything in a home setting, or anything that was designed for home use? - MikeyB's answer actually has direct discussion of consumer routers.

But that doesn't make any of your points any less valid.

• If it's home use or has a strong odor of home use, it's off-topic.

  Any questions with these tags deserves scrutiny! Read between the lines on the question, and if it doesn't have the texture and flavor of a professional environment, then bring that up in comments or simply vote to close.

  Looking back in the tags we've certainly got examples that are clearly professional cases - as well as a bad old poll question that should be closed, which has several of our users (including the #6 all time user and a community moderator) stating that they do (or did) use these solutions in the workplace.

• Even if it is on topic, if it's clear that the asker is using the wrong tool for the job, telling them so is very much a valid answer - even if it's not the answer they want. I'll most likely upvote it.

No, these are not automatically off-topic by virtue of using consumer-grade solutions. See What's off-topic; anything in a home setting, or anything that was designed for home use? - MikeyB's answer actually has direct discussion of consumer routers.

But that doesn't make any of your points any less valid.

• If it's home use or has a strong odor of home use, it's off-topic.

  Any questions with these tags deserves scrutiny! Read between the lines on the question, and if it doesn't have the texture and flavor of a professional environment, then bring that up in comments or simply vote to close.

  Looking back in the tags we've certainly got examples that are clearly professional cases - as well as a bad old poll question that should be closed, which has several of our users (including the #6 all time user and a community moderator) stating that they do (or did) use these solutions in the workplace.

• Even if it is on topic, if it's clear that the asker is using the wrong tool for the job, telling them so is very much a valid answer - even if it's not the answer they want. I'll most likely upvote it.

No, these are not automatically off-topic by virtue of using consumer-grade solutions. See What's off-topic; anything in a home setting, or anything that was designed for home use? - MikeyB's answer actually has direct discussion of consumer routers.

But that doesn't make any of your points any less valid.

• If it's home use or has a strong odor of home use, it's off-topic.

  Any questions with these tags deserves scrutiny! Read between the lines on the question, and if it doesn't have the texture and flavor of a professional environment, then bring that up in comments or simply vote to close.

  Looking back in the tags we've certainly got examples that are clearly professional cases - as well as a bad old poll question that should be closed, which has several of our users (including the #6 all time user and a community moderator) stating that they do (or did) use these solutions in the workplace.

• Even if it is on topic, if it's clear that the asker is using the wrong tool for the job, telling them so is very much a valid answer - even if it's not the answer they want. I'll most likely upvote it.