Advice on a new router/ap

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
#1

Hello

i was evaluating the netgear WAC104 but I've found a note here https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/netgear/netgear_wac104 that says it's a "castrated clone of Netgear R6220".
I had R6220 two years ago but from what i can read from the specs WAC104 seems the same chipset but with more ram than r6220. So why that comment? And what do you think about WAC104? Thanks in advance

#2

The stripped out features would be single core CPU vs. dual, no USB port, four Ethernet ports vs. five.

#3

Do yourself a favour and get an IPQ4018/4019-based one.

#4

Ok for the rest but the CPU should be single core even on r6220 or am i wrong? https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/netgear/netgear_r6220

#5

No you're right. I thought the R6220 had a dual core chip (MT7621AT) but it is also only the ST. So the WAC104 looks to be a R6220 built out without the WAN port or USB port.

In the MT7621 models, the Xiaomi MIR3G v2 (aka R4 Gigabit) also has no USB port and only 3 Ethernet ports, but it does have an AT dual core CPU and only costs about $30.

#6

there is only avm fritz 4040 on amazon italy, wich i already bought one year ago to discover the install procedure is not working anymore...

#7

Thanks for confirmation, then the challenge if is better a dual core mediatek7621 on the xiaomi or 256mb of ram on the wac. I would prefer the double ram but it's based on my feelings and nothing more..

#8

I really doubt there's more RAM in the WAC104. Amazon for example says its 128/128. All indications are that it's a R6200 board with some parts left out.

#9

I think you are right btw I read 256 on the owrt website https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/netgear_wac104