GL.iNet - GL-AX1800 (Flint)

yes all ports at 2.5G and an extra port make it a great upgrade from Flint 1. WiFi 7 Wifi cards for AMD chips are still a work in progress I believe.

GL iNet make some good ones.. the AX1800 and MT3000 are my go to, paired with a 10k mAh battery pack; they’ll run for quite a while — easily 4-6hrs. Their forums are also helpful for getting support from the community if needed.

I'm very happy with GL.Inet router. I have Flint 1 (Wifi6). Flint 2 is more powerful and has Wifi6E and have more 2.5G ports. They are about to show Flint 3 in Vegas on 12/01 if I'm not mistaken. Built on top of OpenWRT with their own overlay - you still have acess to OpenWRT lua if you need (I added SQM package). Built in ADguard home, built in WG support. According to their speck up to 500Mbit/s on WG. Rock solid piece of equipment. I'm running WG client on it connected to my WG server on VPS - no problems at all. I'm on Full Fiber 1G/1G, no problems with saturating it.

Flint 1 is infinitely better than any travel router as a home router. The function of the fat antennas are severely underrated.

Me too, it's great MT6000 and so is the Flint 1

I have the GL.inet 1800 and it works great.

A major drawback to using a travel router as a permanent home router compared to normal routers is the wifi range. You'll find that the antennas of the travel routers are much smaller and lower powered than those of traditional routers meaning the range is hindered. If you live in an apartment then this may not be an issue, however if you live in a house, that could be problematic. Travel routers are meant to be used in close proximity to the connecting devices ie within a hotel room for example. So don't expect a miracle when it comes to the wifi range (compared to traditional routers). In regards to Beryl AX vs Slate AX, it would all depend on what you need. I doubt you would actually feel the difference in speed between both in the real world, but the Slate has an additional gigabit port that might be beneficial to hard wire one of your devices on your network. If you have a switch, then this advantage isn't really one to consider though. If you're really thinking about using a travel router as your permanent home router, then it's best that you think about your environment. If you live in a smaller place (studio or apartment), then it might work really well for you. If you live in a larger place with plenty of walls, then I would recommend getting another Flint. I hope this helps 🙂

Look at something like a Netgear R7800 and then flash it with OpenWRT If you want something that works out of the Box, look at the GL.Inet Flint or Flint2. They run OpenWRT under the hood. GL.Inet routers (preloaded custom OpenWRT build), Routers that you can flash with full OpenWRT support (such as the Netgear i mentioned) and Mikrotik routers with Wifi Built in, those 3 are probably your best/easiest ways to solve this.

Hi, I hade similar problem, I used Mikrotik than Ubiquity Edge X, but half year ago I have found GLI.net It’s OpenWRT by default and it cost similar to TP-Link. It have WireGuard, Tailscale and AddGuard as native app ;)