Flint 3

BPI-R4 (MT7988), most powerful but not recommended for Wi-Fi due to Wi-Fi NIC issues. GL.iNET Flint 2 (MT7986), currently best supported device for Wi-Fi. BPI-R3 (MT7986), like Flint 2 but with SFP. Flint 2's Wi-Fi will be better though as it is not a dev board. Flint 3 (Qualcomm IPQ 53xx), for Wi-F

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

Actually, I am a GL.iNet official employee. Flint 2 has 4x 1G LAN ports. Flint 3 has 4x 2.5G LAN ports. Next time check out our product pages before providing misinformation :) We have many customers achieving faster speeds on their Flint 3 compared to their Flint 2 due to WiFi 7. It is not a moot p

OP is correct, some searching I learnt that:- Flint 3 is not a universal upgrade over Flint 2, especially if you value raw CPU or VPN performance. However, if your main need is multi-gig LAN and future Wi-Fi standards, Flint 3 is a substantial upgrade from Flint 1 and is currently the only GL.iNet o

Indeed, Gl.iNet has some good products too. The question I have is, Flint 2 (WiFi 6) or Flint 3 (WiFi 7)? There are some threads on Reddit, here’s one example comparing them: https://www.reddit.com/r/GlInet/s/6gp3ZhFohc If I had to choose between those two, I think I’d get the Flint 2. It is $50 les

🔒 Locked due to excessive misinformation and circular debate. As someone who's actually running a Flint 3 in a complex, real-world environment — here's a bit of clarity: ⚙️ My Setup: 1 Gbps fiber (up/down) with a failover 5G modem on LAN1 9 websites hosted behind a WireGuard tunnel to a VPS WireGuard

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

You could always just go with something like a GL-iNet Flint 3 and if necessary you can switch over to the full open source Openwrt instead of the vendor fork it comes with. Should be a long time before you can't get firmware updates for it and it gives you tri-band wifi7 and decent hardware for a d

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

Yes, GL-iNet routers are awesome, the Flint 2 or Flint 3 are awesome choices and then pair them with a Beryl AX or Slate 7 travel router so you can have a direct VPN link back home when you travel, additionally it makes connecting all your devices a lot easier for travel, the travel router connects