Linksys - E8450 / RT3200
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Last updated: Oct 12, 2025 Scoring
The hardware might be a tad underpowered (but also might not) however the available features are impressive for an amazing price point imo. Very happy with the “Linksys E8450 (UBI)” if you can still get them (my 2 cents)
r/openwrt • Router recommendation that meets these criteria ->Linksys E8450 was $US85, still getting vendor updates, and runs OpenWRT very well.
r/openwrt • Best openWRT compatible brands ->Linksys E8450s are pretty reasonable - check Amazon, and they’re rarely the cheapest. I run OpenWRT on one with a 1gb connection and it keeps up fine - 940 up and down.
r/openwrt • Is the Linksys ea8300 a good choice for 1 gig symmetrical internet? ->Linksys E8450 (just barely good enough, I would certify it only up to 450 Mbps for PPPoE + SQM) Cudy TR-3000 (compact but powerful) GL.iNET GL-MT6000 (overkill)
r/openwrt • Router recommendation for SQM on 300/300 Mbps connection? ->Haven't had any issues so far with the OpenWRT One. It might not be the best price to performance / features, but you won't regret getting it, as it's sure to be well supported by OpenWRT. I've used Linksys E8450 and ASUS RT-AX59U, but both were fairly unstable and had to be restarted ~daily just to get some semblance of stability. The OpenWRT One on the other hand has been perfectly stable.
r/openwrt • OpenWRT One or just buy an off-the-shelf router? ->Haven't had any issues so far with the OpenWRT One. It might not be the best price to performance / features, but you won't regret getting it, as it's sure to be well supported by OpenWRT. I've used Linksys E8450 and ASUS RT-AX59U, but both were fairly unstable and had to be restarted ~daily just to get some semblance of stability. The OpenWRT One on the other hand has been perfectly stable.
r/openwrt • OpenWRT One or just buy an off-the-shelf router? ->Just get Linksys E8450 aka. Belkin RT3200 from woot. These are on sale for 20 bucks refurbished. Runs great on opewrtn. I am getting full 900 mbps from my ISP on wifi. 40+ devices connected. I bought 3 recently. https://openwrt.org/toh/linksys/e8450 Woot: Linksys AX3200 Wi-Fi 6 Router - $19.99 - Free shipping for Prime members https://computers.woot.com/offers/linksys-ax3200-wi-fi-6-router-2?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app
r/openwrt • Best modem for a router used as a wifi repeater? ->Word of caution about belkin **rt3200**. No wifi 6 on 2.4. Only wifi 4 on 2.4. The lower end rt1800 has wifi 6 on both bands but less ram and worse soc.
r/openwrt • [QUESTION] Looking for a cheap OpenWRT router with more flash (no Wi-Fi needed) ->It's not broken. They wifi chipset is only wifi 4 on 2.4 ghz.
r/openwrt • [QUESTION] Looking for a cheap OpenWRT router with more flash (no Wi-Fi needed) ->I use a [Belkin AX-3200](https://www.belkin.com/support-product/?sku=RT3200) and comes with 128MB of flash, and is supported by Openwrt But you can setup TmpFS and expand the storage via USB, no issues
r/openwrt • [QUESTION] Looking for a cheap OpenWRT router with more flash (no Wi-Fi needed) ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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