A new {cheap? 26$} bpi ax3000 router

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  • unsupported SOC, no mainline contributions of this vendor
  • unsupported WLAN chipset, no mainline contributions of this vendor
  • rather low-end specs

We already had a popular device using Triductor chipsets in the past, the AVM Fritz!Box 7390. Opensource support for it never materialized, the hardware was 'quirky' (if not to say bugridden and running hot), even their commercial customer (AVM) had to declare defeat (despite this being their previous flagship model).

You want another example?
Huawei AX3 (also unsupported SOC and WLAN), they were early on the 802.11ax market, very cheap (around 30 EUR, when the competition was still in the mid 3-figure range), plenty (much more than this Triductor device can ever hope to be) and available worldwide - what (unsurprisingly) didn't happen, was opensource support.

If you want cheap wifi6 devices, mt7621a+mt7915DBDC is already there - probably very similar performance and specs as that Triductor based board, fully supported. The first factory sealed and brandnew devices start at 15 EUR shipped (DE), D-Link DAP-X1860, D-Link COVR-X1860, ZyXEL WSM20.

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