What router are you using?

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I’m using the Flint 2 from GL.iNet with vanilla OpenWrt. Works very well, but Flint 3 now exists.

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Well, spent the last day checking out the OpenWRT One. There’s tons of firmware to load up and get additional settings or access to whatever you need. Installing add-ons requires a bit of command line but for me overall, I would probably stay with the already installed firmware that comes with the unit as a starting point. I still don’t know how many square feet the radios are capable of covering. I saw you can create VLANs which is good. I still would prefer wifi 7 with beefier hardware and that’s where the new OpenWRT2 comes in. I don’t think it’s out yet but will include wifi 7 along with a 5gb/10gb WAN ports and beefier hardware. I still would need a switch to directly connect 4-5 devices. I like how you can buy two of these and create a mesh network for coverage.

@ Securely0845 - Thanks for that info! Looks like I’ll end up getting the UDR7 after really diving into reviews, comments and ratings on router comparisons. I see you can actually skip creating a cloud account and remain local with access to all the settings without missing much of anything. Quality, size, features, reliable updates check all the boxes with me. I don’t mind the occasional hiccups, if any, since all routers experience a glitch from updates every once in a while.

I’ll probably also purchase the OpenWRT2 when available as something to tinker with experiment on since it’s so cheap around $89 (Cheap to me at least). It shouldn’t go to waste as I’ll probably set it up as an access point creating a mesh network. Or sell it to a friend or keep it as it could become useful in so many ways.

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I’m using a Firewalla Gold Plus and loving it. My next move will be more DIY but this is something that is time consuming and easy to mess up if you rush it, so this was my in between. Also, I love their features and those give me inspiration for what I want and don’t want to for my own setup.

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Using NanoPi R4S with openwrt and a few ZyXEL NWA50AX Pro also with openwrt for APs.

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You can’t go wrong the OpenWrt One, it’s far more robust and feature complete than comparably priced plastic boxes from Asus and the like. It’s also under YOUR control, and not backdoored like the Ubiquity stuff. A router shouldn’t phone home, period.

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I use the following:

Firewalla Gold Pro(10Gig)

  • This is my main Router/Firewall.
  • 2x10gig and 2x 2.5gig ports.
  • My main Desktop is plugged directly into it.

Firewalla Access Point 7

  • Wireless Access Point, plugged into the FGP
  • All of my IoT devices are connected to this on a separate VLAN(VLAN30) with rules that block them from accessing my devices on the Personal VLAN10 and VLAN20.

TP-Link TL-SG2210MP

  • 1 gigabit switch.
  • Plugged into the FGP as well(VLAN20).
  • My two homelab servers are plugged into this(VLAN20). Cannot access devices on VLAN10 or VLAN30.