Flint 2 - Discussion Thread

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Thought I'd make a topic for the Flint 2, as it seems to be getting a fair bit of attention.

It beats my Asus AX86S for signal and coverage.

Issues
The only issue I have with it at the minute is that Speeds will randomly just grind to a halt. This tends to happen if I've left the house and then returned, it auto reconnects, but the speeds can be as low as 10mbps? - Apparently there's a fix in the works, so hopefully, that cures that.

Anyone else had any experiences, tips, tweaks etc to share?
 
That issue only affected 2.4GHz WiFi. Have you tried on 5GHz? Also update your firmware, as OpenWRT fixed this issue anyway, a while back.
 
superleeds27 said:
This was happening on 5ghz too. With a Nokia G60 phone.

Not running OpenWRT, sticking with stock
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Stock *is* OpenWRT with a super duper sexy must buy skin on top. ;) The GL.iNet releases will track behind official OpenWRT, so keep an eye out on their firmware releases.
 
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Stock *is* OpenWRT with a super duper sexy must buy skin on top. ;) The GL.iNet releases will track behind official OpenWRT, so keep an eye out on their firmware releases.
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Yeah I get that. I meant that I'm not using the *proper* Vanilla OpenWRT versions.

What version you running on yours?
 
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superleeds27 said:
Yeah I get that. I meant that I'm not using the *proper* Vanilla OpenWRT versions.

What version you running on yours?
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I don't have a Flint2, I have an x86 box. I've used OpenWRT for years when I'm not running bare OpenBSD, Linux or VyOS. I keep abreast of the dev side, and followed the Flint2 WiFi issue fairly closely because I considered buying one last year.
 
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I don't have a Flint2, I have an x86 box. I've used OpenWRT for years when I'm not running bare OpenBSD, Linux or VyOS. I keep abreast of the dev side, and followed the Flint2 WiFi issue fairly closely because I considered buying one last year.
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There's a test firmware floating on their forums which seems to resolve the issues. Or so it seems at the moment!

If the kinks can get worked out, it's a really good device!
 
You really should be putting vanilla OpenWRT since ver 24 was released 3 days ago. It has a lot of performance improvements in the kernel for Wiif 6 hardware.
 
GregI said:
You really should be putting vanilla OpenWRT since ver 24 was released 3 days ago. It has a lot of performance improvements in the kernel for Wiif 6 hardware.
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What like? If you don't mind me asking?

It's something I probably will look into, it just seems like there's a bit of a learning curve.

I'm aware of the Pesa community build that's seen as 'godlike'
 
You get approx 110 Mbps more raw processing power on MT7986 (CPU) due to newer kernels. See wireguard table here: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/a-wireguard-comparison-db/187586

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It actually now makes the Flint 2 (well anything with MT7986) properly capabale of Gig wireguard/SQM. Before it like sorta did it but sorta not.
 
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I have a Flint 2 sitting in a box I keep meaning to install. At the moment I'm using it's baby brother travel router the GL.iNet AX1800 (Slate AX) as a temporary main router and have been very impressed with it. It's what made me buy the Flint 2 when a discount came up. I don't use the onboard WiFi as I have a separate mesh system through the house. My GL.iNet journey started with a tiny Mango travel router and then expanded to a couple of AX1800's. They seem really great devices at a great price.
 
Hades said:
I have a Flint 2 sitting in a box I keep meaning to install. At the moment I'm using it's baby brother travel router the GL.iNet AX1800 (Slate AX) as a temporary main router and have been very impressed with it. It's what made me buy the Flint 2 when a discount came up. I don't use the onboard WiFi as I have a separate mesh system through the house. My GL.iNet journey started with a tiny Mango travel router and then expanded to a couple of AX1800's. They seem really great devices at a great price.
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Yeah they seem to be. When you compare the specs to that of ASUS, you'd be looking at the AX88U Pro, at £245.

I know there's a few 'iffy' bits but they've been ironed out, or are in the process. Plus the added benefit of OpenWRT (Which I need to learn about!)
 
Well.

Mines going back. For no reason whatsoever it started giving me WiFi issues today. Connected with no Internet, or slow speeds - I'm talking less than 10Mbps.

Factory reset it, tried various firmware's, still nothing.

Would love to keep the device but the 'Iffy' bits and reliabilty of FW just means I can't trust it.

Back to the Asus!
 
Are you still on stock firmware? It's based of an ancient OpenWRT and isn't fully open source. Who knows what they are doing under there or if they have even bothered back porting any security fixes. Slap native OpenWRT on it and report any issues on the OpenWRT forum, that's the best way to get stuff resolved and help the project improve. I'm on 23.05.5 and don't have any Wifi issues. Going to switch to the newly released v24 when it's been out a while.
 
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Are you still on stock firmware? It's based of an ancient OpenWRT and isn't fully open source. Who knows what they are doing under there or if they have even bothered back porting any security fixes. Slap native OpenWRT on it and report any issues on the OpenWRT forum, that's the best way to get stuff resolved and help the project improve. I'm on 23.05.5 and don't have any Wifi issues. Going to switch to the newly released v24 when it's been out a while.
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I've just called it a day and it's going back to Amazon.

In reality i'd love to dig into OpenWRT and figure out how to use, best setups etc (Pesa's builds!), but at the same time I just need stability and reliability from the get go and it's not giving me that.

The coverage/signal is incredible, to have that and not need an extender/Access Point elsewhere was great.
 
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