Flint 3

As much as I love Unifi I would probably suggest a GL-iNet Flint 2 or Flint 3 for friends and family that don't need a full Unifi stack. They run on Openwrt and the hardware is pretty good, and they're more affordable than Ubiquiti. The only real benefit I can see for setting up friends or family wi

I believe most of them still have web ui available for configuring settings. Some of them make it a pain to do initial setup without an app though, for example my last Netgear Nighthawk you could set it up from the we ui but they were strongly pushing you to do it with the app and it was a pain to b

1000% the GL-iNet Flint 3. The software on most consumer routers makes me want to throw things, they are so locked down and useless. GL-inet uses openwrt with a nice skin on top of it. So, so, sooooo many features. Absolutely any weird network setup you want to do, the Flint 3 can do it. And it supp

GL.iNet Flint 3 is a fantastic wifi 7 router at $200. Just bought one, very happy with it. The range is huge and the firmware / software on it is feature rich, includes Adguard Home, just toggle the switch. None of those annoying subscriptions, just a great router.

If you're not planning on having multiple APs and you're not planning on doing a full Unifi stack where you're buying into the whole ecosystem then you might consider a GL-iNet Flint 3e instead, it's more affordable and consumer friendly while still giving you the option go go into the advanced UI a

The Flint 2 has better capabilities in this regard. Wait for the OpenWrt Two (developed w/ GL.iNET) or get a Flint 2. I got into OpenWrt purely for streaming high bandwidth low latency and low jitter for games like CS2. My recommendations are: Wi-Fi card on the client matters. I would recommend Inte

The Flint 2 is a great option if you know your way around networking. https://www.amazon.com/GL-iNet-GL-MT6000-Multi-Gig-Connectivity-WireGuard/dp/B0CP7S3117 It gives you tons of control since it's running the free and open source router OS, OpenWRT. And it's under $150, maybe less if you find one u

I would go with the GL-iNet Flint 3 over anything netgear or tp-stink offers and even over asus. It comes with open source firmware out of the box with a consumer friendly UI that gets you a lot of features while keeping things fairly simple but also allows you to go into the advanced options and ac

1000 NBN is slightly over provisioned, if you have capable hardware you might get ~1100Mbps, not a huge deal if you only have 1Gbps hardware, you'll just cap at mid-high 900's instead. GL-iNet have the Flint 2 and Flint 3Running a customised OpenWRT out of the box and from what i hear can be over wr

If you think you're going to want multiple switches or APs the it might be worth going with Ubiquiti, remember though the UCG-Fiber doesn't have wifi so you will need at least 1 AP and if you're trying to expand your range you will need more than 1. If you're planning on just running existing hardwa