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GL.iNet Routers and Gateways Selection

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Also be interesting to know what the output power is @5745-5805

These are the specs for the MediaTek 830 chipset used in the GL-MT6000.

Output Power 11b: 23dbm+/- 1.5dbm @ 11Mbps
11g: 21dbm+/- 1.5dbm @ 54Mbps
11g/n: 21dBm +/- 1.5dbm @MCS7,HE20,16.5dBm@MCS7,HE4011a: 20dBm +/- 1.5dbm @ 54Mbps
11a/n: 20dBm+/- 1.5dbm @MCS7,HE20,16.5dBm@MCS7,HE4011ac HE20: 20+/-1.5dBm@MCS8
11ac HE40: 17+/-1.5dBm@MCS9
11ac HE80: 14.5+/-1.5dBm@MCS911ax HE20: 20+/-1.5dBm@MCS911ax HE40: 17+/-1.5dBm@MCS911ax HE80: 13.5+/-1.5dBm@MCS1111ax HE160: 13.5+/-1.5dBm@MCS11
Receiver Sensitivity 11b: -99dBm@11Mbps
11g: -95dBm@54Mbps
11g/n: -90dBm@HT20,MCS7, -86dBm@HT40,MCS7
11a: -90Bm@54Mbps
11a/n: -85dBm@HT20,MCS7, -81dBm@HT40,MCS711ac: -90dBm+/-2dBm @VHT20 MCS8
11ac: -85dBm+/-2dBm @VHT40 MCS9
11ac: -68dBm+/-2dBm @VHT80 MCS911ax: -61dBm+/-2dBm @HE20 MCS11
11ax: -58dBm+/-2dBm @HE40 MCS11
11ax: -55dBm+/-2dBm @HE80 MCS11

 

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I was looking at a travel router a couple months ago for an upcoming trip to the USA. Which of these would be best as a travel router? Around 5 devices connected plus would like to have VPN option; either to back home or just to PIA.

Slate AX if you want the best VPN performance.

 

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My challenge is that the test unit we bought in is currently installed in the home of a lovely pensioner couple who think it’s great that they can watch US Netflix on it. Ahem….

 

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I have been reading around looking at getting the GL-MT6000 for in the short term replacing an elderly Asus RT-AC68U as a dumbap for my network (I currently route everything through a RPi4 with OpenWRT).

It seems to have some teething troubles with WiFi and it's 2.5gb ports which have caused regressions on it firmware (the latest version was pulled and a promised new release due a week or so ago has not yet materialised).

Hopefully they can solve it.

Could you link to these regressions on the firmware please? And the CURRENT issues with the WiFi.

 

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The more I look into it people are just annoyed that their iPhone can't get more than 150 Mbps on 2.4 Ghz... like why does your phone need 150 Mbps? Every other device performs as expected such as Intel Wifi cards.

Why are the iPhones on 2.4GHz anyway? They have sort of made a rod for their own back by forking the firmwares and some folks have the official MediaTek drivers that have mediocre 2.4GHz performance or the open source drivers that have disastrous everything else. And most of the people complaining have made their own OpenWRT snapshots and they complain about extremely niche use-cases. The person who posted above wanted the GL-MT6000 as a dumb access point. What’s wrong with just buying an access point?

 

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Sure; https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/updates...g-back-v4-5-7-and-releasing-v4-5-8-soon/40249 - official announcement from their forums. Rolling back to using OpenWRT 21.02.

So, as I understand it, they issued an IMPROVEMENT update to a working system, and it wasn’t an improvement, so they pulled it and now they’re fixing it? But as my “customers” (they’re not really customers because I donated the demo unit to them for free) are quite happily still using it I guess it worked all along. Just not perfectly for some niche users.

 

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It seems some have taken great umbrage at what was promised and the announcement that the would be developing the official firmware on an older version of OpenWRT. But you are right the noise to signal ratio of some of the posts do seem a bit for the sake of having something to moan about.

I agree. It’s almost as if the “open source community” have got really upset that there is another, supposedly better, open source WiFi driver out there and they’re very upset that GL.Inet are wanting to use the official MediaTek drivers that are not compatible (as yet) with the newest version of OpenWRT. And they’re kicking off.

And GL.Inet are so desperate to placate these folks that they are now developing TWO versions of firmware - one of which is the old OpenWRT with the official drivers and is 99.9% working fine - and the other is the new version of OpenWRT with the ‘better 2.4GHz’ open source drivers but they break the 2.5GbE ports. So neither group of users are happy. You couldn’t make it up.

And it’s not like they’re not scrambling to make the thing better as fast as is humanly possible. And hilariously, because other manufacturers devices have the same drivers and hardware but proprietary firmware, they’re being lauded for issuing ‘custom’ firmwares. Again, you couldn’t make it up.

 

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EDIT - https://forum.openwrt.org/t/gl-inet-flint-2-gl-mt6000-discussions/173524/1070?page=12 - Main discussion on OpenWRT forum linked to the last page. Quite informative.

I love it. These guys are literally running their own versions of the firmware, with the unofficial open source drivers and they’re complaining that it doesn’t work. And they’re blaming GL.Inet for the fact that it doesn’t run on their hardware. It’s quite special.

 

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Ordered a flint 2, is there a decent guide anywhere in how to set it up on a open wrt snapshot?

How to install OpenWrt on Flint2?

Could someone who is familiar with flashing Vanilla OpenWRT onto this router possibly make a guide or youtube video of how to do it, and maybe add one of the themes to it, I do have some WinSct and putty experience, but not much, im getting a bit fed up now of all these disconnects, my PC is...

forum.gl-inet.com

 

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Should I set up the GL-MT6000 to 160MZh on the DFS channel if I'm using just to stream my PC to a quest 3 using virtual desktop, it's in the same room so very close and all other WiFi is going to run through a unifi Pro AP?

Yes.

 

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Has there been any deep dives into GLinets versions of adgaurd, ddns and wireguard?
I set my new new router last night (super easy) and have turned on all of these on the default build which could quite easily be opening up my network to a 3rd party

Could you please elaborate on what you mean? These are semi-commercial/open source plug-ins. I doubt very much if GL.INet would have any business if folks thought they were running back doors in them. They’re basically selling these to the paranoid. It’s one of their big selling points.

Personally I assume that everything has a back door(even/particularly Cisco) and bear in mind that EVERYTHING in the UK is inspected in some way shape or form and just keep everything patched and up-to-date and that’s about as much as you can hope for.

I’d be more inclined to think open source would be better for security than private commercial code, but if you’re not happy with GL.Inet’s applications on the Flint2 you can load anything you like.

 

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Useful thread! Been thinking about replacing my TP-Link Archer AX1800 with something that has a bit more customisation and security features available. On a 500MB fibre connection with Aquiss and I would like to have the potential to run a 900MB connection through the router and not lose anything. I also read

I work from home a few days a week and sometimes get broadband outages. It's much better since moving to Aquiss from VM but I have thought about having the capability to use a 4/5G SIM should the broadband go down. I had originally thought about having a second router that can take a SIM card and then powering this up when the broadband outage hits and power down my main router. However it seems more sensible to have a single router that can connect to 4/5G with some kind of USB dongle or even my phone tethered to the router than having a two router system, especially if there isn't a big chance I'd need the 4/5G capable router very often.

Would the GL-MT6000 (Flint 2) be a good choice or is there something more suitable for a better price? The GL-MT6000(Flint 2) is available for £120. I got the TP-Link for £70 in October 2021 so the GL-MT6000 (Flint 2) wouldn't be too expensive an upgrade for more functions and better security. I've also seen the thread in Windows forum about someone getting accounts compromised and found this post (https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...access-to-accounts-etc.18987672/post-37107789) about blocking connections from Middle Eastern countries, Russia, China, India, Pakistan etc which I think is an excellent idea. I can't see how to do this with my TP-Link hence thinking about replacing it with the GL-MT6000 (Flint 2). Long term I will probably get some Unifi APs to cover my house better so the Wifi on the GL-MT6000 (Flint 2) doesn't have to be perfect, but if it were noticeably better than the TP-Link I have right now then that's a bonus.

The WiFi will be the same at best. WiFi is WiFi is WiFi and you can’t defeat physics. The WiFi package is supplied by a chipset vendor (in this case MediaTek) and they will specify the antenna design etc.

If you’re going UniFi anyway, you might be better off just skipping this step and getting a UniFi router. They used to be very average but recently they’re really picking up the pace on development and they’re pretty much where they need to be in the marketplace these days.