I am considering buying Cudy WR3000E or Cudy WR3000.
I found these 2 used at the same price.
How can I be sure that I am getting version 1 for each? For each, I see a version 1 and version 2 on the manufacturer's website. (I have read that version 1 for each is well supported, and suited for an openwrt beginner.)
edit: actually, I am going to go with the new one since only a little higher price.
Ask the seller
According to Cudy website : v1 is white, v2 is black.
v2 has less memory (128 MB) and I wouldn't advice this one. Furthermore it is not (yet) supported by OpenWrt.
Thank you. That is very helpful.
I answered for the WR3000E.
As for the WR3000 there is the same memory decrease in V2. Both V1 and V2 seems black. So you must ask the vendor. Only V1 is supported by OpenWrt.
The Cudy store on Amazon replied to my message and said, "The WR3000 currently listed on Amazon US is the 1.0 version, and the 2.0 version is not yet shipping."
Both the WR3000 v2 and WR3000E v2 appear to use different SoCs from their v1 counterparts adding an additional support hurdle: both v2 specs list CPU as 1.2 GHz Dual-Core while both v1 specs list CPU as 1.3 GHz Dual-Core, ARM Cortex-A53.
Thank you. I will be sure to check the package when it arrives. I am an openwrt beginner so I don't want any additional hurdles.
Stick to v1, ask the seller for a photo of the bottom of the devices.