I recently finished testing the ASUS RT-AX88U Pro and you can see for yourself the results that I got.
But this is not entirely the point of this post. The problem is that the search engines have become weird, so I need to ask you, the user, if this type of content is useful.
So please let me know if the type of tests that I ran are useful and clear enough. If I can add something or need to remove specific info.
I also intend to move towards video format and to be honest, translating all this written info into a comprehensive video is incredibly overwhelming.
Which is why I need your advice about what needs to be improved. Thank you!
I’m trying to look for a good Wifi 6E router that can use open source firmware like dd wrt. Haven’t been able to find one yet. Any advice?
Not 6E but the GLINet Flint 2 runs a flavour of OpenWrt 23.05.
I own the original Flint and I have been really happy with it. It’s has a “fisher price” mode for most people; but then you can also log into Luci and really tinker under the hood.
I have the Flint 2. I’m only using it as a dumb AP and managed switch but the wireless performance has been a significant step up over previous APs and routers I’ve owned, even if it doesn’t support 6E. And it comes with a couple of 2.5GbE ports so you can integrate it with a 2.5GbE LAN and use with a 2.5GbE+ internet connection (not that it’s very common yet).
To OP: the firmware is in its early days (both stock and snapshot openwrt) so you may run into problems with some use cases.
Just buy whatever router you want and then buy a wifi6e/Wifi 7 WAP.
Great review. I’d like to see power consumption tests too, because this device works 24/7 and sometimes it takes more energy than laptop in a year.
Thank you for the suggestion. I will add power consumption to the article as well, it’s easy to do so.
I have 68U and to be honest it’s good for what I need it but price is approaching professional gear. And routing/switching is mostly been offloaded to other dedicated devices. Considering lightning strikes damaged one of my WAN ports, next device I get will probably not be router of this kind but something like Teltonika RUTRX1 and add missing functionality thought other devices.
