Cheap WLAN router, VPN needed

[AcidDemon]

I'm looking for a Router which fulfills the following requirements:

• Internal antennas (preferred)

• Small form factor

• No wired ports needed

• Connect to an existing WLAN (AC+N), if there is no wireless option available on the device, a cable can be used (wireless preferred)

• Create own WLAN (different SSID than the WLAN it connects to), WiFi 6 or 7 preferred

• Connect to a Wireguard VPN and route all WLAN client traffic through the VPN

• Maximum VPN speed should be at least 100mbit/s (The VPN provider is capable to deliver that speed)

I'm looking for a solid cheap solution

[frollic]

@AcidDemon

I'm looking for a solid cheap solution

Cudy TR3000, Gl-iNET MT3000 or MT6000.

the two 3000 devices are pretty much the same, the MT3000 got 2x the flash.

A Wireguard comparison DB

Occasionally I came across this GitHub page about WG device benchmark, then I think we can create a simple DB for some general comparison so people can select device easier as more people using WG in contrast to OpenVPN. Disclaimer: This test includes a packet generator which is normally not a use case of VPN and this affects performance of older routers, please only take the numbers showing here as a rough estimation only. To summerize, do the following on your router: opkg update opkg ins…

[brada4]

@AcidDemon

No wired ports needed

It is called modem

[AcidDemon]

LAN ports are called "modem"? Thats news to me

[fakemanhk]

How about Cudy RE3000?

[ed8]

@AcidDemon

I'm looking for a solid cheap solution

Is that a 20$ or 100$ pricepoint?
When in-between I vote for Cudy M3000
Or D-Link AQUILA PRO AI M30

[brada4]

Depends on the place where you are.
https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_16128_ax-wifi
I'd recommend having separate WAN and separate LAN port, it is easier that way.

[AcidDemon]

@ed8

Is that a 20$ or 100$ pricepoint?

I would say something around 60$ is fine.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will look into them.

[brada4]

Depends on where you are, filogic > qualcommax > 7621 , in most places you have all of them in your price bracket.

[AcidDemon]

The Cudy (M3000) and the D-Link (Aquila Pro AI M30) mentioned here, are both running MediaTek CPUs.
I haven't dived deeply into the topic (different CPUs) but are there significant reasons to prefer another CPU instead of the MediaTek?

My guess is that the VPN might be an CPU intensive application and thus the throughput speed may vary between those CPUs.
But the Cudy M3000 is a relatively new device (2024) and should be able to deliver 100mbps via VPN, or?

[frollic]

@AcidDemon

and should be able to deliver 100mbps via VPN, or?

checked the link you got in the 1st reply you received ?

[AcidDemon]

@frollic

checked the link you got in the 1st reply you received ?

I looked through the table but didn't find the Cudy M3000. Did I miss it?

There are other devices with the same CPU which could give a rough direction regarding the VPN throughput.

[frollic]

@AcidDemon

Did I miss it?

probably not.

@AcidDemon

There are other devices with the same CPU which could give a rough direction regarding the VPN throughput.

exactly what I was going for

[AcidDemon]

@ed8

When in-between I vote for Cudy M3000

I'm a bit confused when it comes to the M3000. Are there two versions (v1 and v2) on the market? And if there are two, are both supported on openwrt? I have found documentation about the installation process but it clearly says v1.

[ed8]

There are indeed two color versions
black https://www.cudy.com/products/m3000-1-0
white https://www.cudy.com/products/m3000-2-0

The techdata https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/cudy/cudy_m3000_v1 refers to the black version. The white version might have identical internals, but I can't tell for sure.