Tangentially related: I want to run OpenWRT but need at least 500Mbps WAN/LAN filtered routing capacity; my old tp-link 4300 barely manages 150mbps; can anyone recommend a modern home WiFi/router that can run OpenWRT and do line speed packet filtering between WAN and LAN?
I’ve considered getting the new Linksys. It’s been hard to justify its price tag though next to another router I would also highly recommend, the GL.iNet B1300. I have bought three of those so far and will buy one or two more when they go on sale again.
I forget which ARM chip it ships with, but it’s capable of pushing almost 200Mbps on WireGuard, and it’s a significant bargain over the Linksys. Its antennas probably won’t cover same distance as the Linksys though—that works in my small apartment or if you use a couple of them in a mesh network. For a bigger house and if you like to keep things simple, the Linksys or the Turris are probably the best options.
I use OpenWRT on a Linksys WRT3200ACM. It has a dual core ARMv7 cpu running at 1.8GHz, with 512MB of memory. It does very well, in my opinion.
My PC with an Intel Wireless-AC 9260 has the following network connection, reported by the OpenWRT interface: "400.0 Mbit/s, 40MHz, VHT-MCS 9, VHT-NSS 2, Short GI 400.0 Mbit/s, 40MHz, VHT-MCS 9, VHT-NSS 2, Short GI"
My work 2018 Macbook Pro gets the following: "540.0 Mbit/s, 40MHz, VHT-MCS 9, VHT-NSS 3 600.0 Mbit/s, 40MHz, VHT-MCS 9, VHT-NSS 3, Short GI"
Mine and my wife's LG V40 Android phones get this reported speed: "400.0 Mbit/s, 40MHz, VHT-MCS 9, VHT-NSS 2, Short GI 6.0 Mbit/s, 40MHz"
Not sure if there's any extra information I can provide. I'm not affiliated with Linksys.
Thanks. I should have made this more explicit, but I care less about the WLAN performance (as long as it's ok) - I care more about the wired one.
Most OpenWRT ports don't offload the LAN/WAN routing, and doing it on a lowly ARM CPU often effectively limits this to a few hundred megabits - e.g. 150mbps on my WDR4300 (which does manage 800Mbps for the same task with the original closed firmware which does do some hardware offloading)
Get a Xiaomi Router 3G. It is more difficult to do an initial flash, but is well worth it with an awesome $40 price tag on Aliexpress.
Only downside is that it only has 3 GigE ports.
