# Router to use?

**URL:** <https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/router-to-use/16646>\
**Category:** New Zealand\
**Created:** [August 7, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/router-to-use/16646 "2018-08-07T22:47:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![iob](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/iob/32/35973_2.png) [@iob](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/iob)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/router-to-use/16646/1 "2018-08-07T22:47:58Z")

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Hi, I have built up a single channel WeMos Lora Gateway while I am waiting for all the pieces of the official gateway to arrive.

Publishing “hello world” data with a Uno/Dragino shield, I can see that my test data appears in the GATEWAY TRAFFIC list at the Freq and SF each time I send it. But I can not get any data to come through as part of an APPLICATION. Is this still a limitation when using a single channel gateway?

Further testing I did, because I thought maybe the problem is the Router I am using, is that I can not ping all the Routers:  
[ttn.thingsconnected.net](http://ttn.thingsconnected.net) Request time out  
thethings.meshed.com.au y - working  
[ttn.opennetworkinfrastructure.org](http://ttn.opennetworkinfrastructure.org) y - working  
asia-se.thethings.network Request time out  
brazil.thethings.network Request time out  
eu.thethings.network Request time out  
us-west.thethings.network Request time out

Anybody else that had similar experiences?

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**Author:** ![BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/borroz/32/44234_2.png) [@BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/BoRRoZ)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/router-to-use/16646/2 "2018-08-07T23:11:46Z")

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TTN load balancers don’t give an answer when you 'ping them.

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**Author:** ![iob](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/iob/32/35973_2.png) [@iob](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/iob)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/router-to-use/16646/3 "2018-08-07T23:40:34Z")

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Aha, good to know.

From reading discussions on the forum I understand that the meshed handler are managed by a local console.

So, being in NZ, which is the best Router to use? asia-se.thethings.network or thethings.meshed.com.au?

I could not figure out what the advantages/disadvantages would be to use meshed one if they are doing something specific over there.