Yes I read that about the broadcom devices and thats why this question arose.
But the general review of Netgear is that its a great device openwrt wise. Thats why I thought I would ask people using OpenWRT to see what they have to say.
It's a tri band device, so it's not really fast, since the advertised (wifi) speed of 2200 is divided into three radios, and you can only connect to one at a time.
I am in India and there seems to be very limited Wifi6 supported devices on OpenWRT. Their prices also seem to be very high to consider at this point - all above 150-200$ if I am not wrong.
Try flipkart, Amazon.
Best option is to visit your local hardware market, and search for used routers. Best in that class with great Openwrt support is Netgear 7800.
Another option could be xiamoi if you don't need USB.
Hi.
I own a MR8300. It works very correctly, but don't expect wonder if you have a Gbit/s WAN. Let's say that 500 Mbit/s is a maximum for plain use.
My only advice would be to run the linksys firmware, setup wifis, and wait for half an hour before installing OpenWrt. I had troubles with the radio0 wifi at first launch: it seems that the router needs time to calibrate DFS channels. After that it works like a charm.
You can use luci advanced reboot to change boot partition.
The device has 3 wifis
2.4 GHz 300 Mbit/s
5 GHz (channels 36 to 64) 867 Mbit/s
5 GHz (channels 100 to 165) 867 Mbit/s
They all can be used simultaneously (I bought this router precisely for this purpose)
That means that the maximum link for a device is 867 Mbit/s, not the 2200 advertised. These advertisements are foolish.