AX3000 Gigabit Mesh Wi-Fi 6 Router, WR3000 1.0

This looks good and great price point. Not sure I'll be able to fit what I need into RAM and flash but I've ordered one and will give it a go. I can probably drop nginx and just have the Go app handle http

If my maths is right, that's about 3x more power? Thanks, this will be my backup option if 5GHz coverage is poor or I cant fit everything I need into RAM

There's ethernet to every floor? You don't need mesh then, just enough WiFi access points to get coverage Honestly you might find even just two AX3000 devices are good enough, that's all I have covering a 3 story, 4 bedroom house. You might not get gigabit speeds over the WiFi in every corner of the house, but you can go by ethernet for the devices like PC's that matter, and still have a plenty fast WiFi connection (in the region of 300-600mbits) everywhere else A couple of Cudy WR3000, WR3000S or WR3000H would be within budget and if you were feeling adventurous they can be flashed to OpenWrt

I've been having good luck with Cudy devices. I've got a WR3000H and WR3000S The big downside is lack of USB (WR3000P had this) But for inexpensive WiFi 6 devices which are easy to get OpenWRT on I can't think of anything in their price range that comes close

There's ethernet to every floor? You don't need mesh then, just enough WiFi access points to get coverage Honestly you might find even just two AX3000 devices are good enough, that's all I have covering a 3 story, 4 bedroom house. You might not get gigabit speeds over the WiFi in every corner of the house, but you can go by ethernet for the devices like PC's that matter, and still have a plenty fast WiFi connection (in the region of 300-600mbits) everywhere else A couple of Cudy WR3000, WR3000S or WR3000H would be within budget and if you were feeling adventurous they can be flashed to OpenWrt

You can buy the Cudy WR3000S which is really cheap (I bought mine for 40€) and good (I get 1Gbps over WiFi with it), configure it in AP-mode and plug your computer via Ethernet in there and then use WiFi for everything else. For the best performance, I would turn off 2.4Ghz, and put the 5Ghz band in 160Mhz mode.

The Cudy WR3000S is a great and cheap router, I get 1Gbps over WiFi.

I got the Cudy WR3000E for €30, doesn’t get much cheaper than that

If you're planning to buy one, go for the WR3000s. It has 128MB ROM compared to 16MB on the non-S variant.

Get the WR3000s. It also has slightly better antennas other than the increase in ROM size. I recently upgraded to it from the WR3000. Check in Tech Somahar to see if they have it in stock. Most other shops are out of stock for that model.

That is not required. The only interaction is to apply the OpenWrt image provided by Cudy via GUI. Afterwards it is all CLI procedure if you want.

second this; just got one. Spent a few weeks saving my BPI mini from a bricking but the Cudy updated with ease to native OpenWRT. do it.