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Cheap, OpenWrt compatible routers with WiFi 6? (infosec.pub)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am looking for suggestions of cheap, OpenWrt compatible routers that may have Wifi 6, for future proofing. My idea was to use it as a main router, but also as a travel router so I can plug it whenever I travel somewhere else.

I also want to learn how to use OpenWrt (I have an old router at home to test it out, but it's not ideal for everyday use since it's 100Mbps and doesn't have gigabit ports).

It'd be nice to have:

Wifi 6
OpenVPN or WireGuard support
Compatibility with OpenWrt
Ideally less than 60 EUR

A small form factor is also appreciated but not a requirement.

I checked the device tables and lists on the OpenWrt wiki, but it's hard to decide. A beginner's guide to the operating system recommended some routers but most of them are too expensive for my use case.

Currently, I'm leaning towards the GL iNet Opal (1200) but it doesn't support OpenWrt, the other option is the BananaPi BPI-WIfi 6. What would be your suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I have Dynalink DL-WRX36, running openwrt since day 0. Iirc it was 60 euro year ago. Everything works, wireguard too. No complaints. I believe there is openwrt stable build for it already, though I an still running snapshot as I am too lazy to update.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Any glinet routers will do the trick. They have overall good routers in a wide range of prices. Note that all of them have openwrt installed by default.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

There's a cheap zbtlink openwrt wifi6 3000Mbps 'z8101ax-d' on AliE for around 50 $. (https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-zbtlink-openwrt.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.search.0)

I don't know how long, and haven't tried the product, but maybe some here have tried it ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

ASUS RT-AX53U

https://openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-ax53u

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

160 MHz 5GHz bandwidth not supported

How relevant is this?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I guess Wifi 6 doesn't work in 5GHz band?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I think that means the access point can only run at up to 80Mhz bandwidth, so not full bandwidth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cudy WR3000 is around 49 EUR, sometimes down to 33.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

where?