I’m on the main snapshot and I easily get 700-800 Mbps on 5GHz through online speed tests.
It’s been rock solid for me.
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thanks a lot
Latest snapshot speedtest: 5ghz 160
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With SFO & HFO enabled, along with WED, that 1gb wifi speed will also not impact the processor usage in any meaningful way... which is impressive.
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I'm new to using snapshots. I haven't built my own image yet, and have just been using the graphical interface in the snapshot page to make custom builds. I'll have to take some time to learn, as I need the full version of wpad-mbedtls for mesh functionality. Thanks for the tip.
Use the online Firmware Selector, or if you’re running a Linux platform you can also use the Image Builder as well. They both will make your life much easier getting started and comfortable with compiling your own snapshots.
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That's the thing. When I use the Firmware Selector and click on Request Build, it reverts from r26047 to r25996. Customizing an MT3000 snapshot behaves as expected producing an r26047 build.
Thanks for the reply
Normal operation.
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Thanks so much!
Another solution is to write a random comment starting with a # into the script field. For example: # whatever
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Got my GL-MT6000 set up yesterday, replacing a R7800 that's been an awesome machine for years!
I'm running 23.05.03 for now, but I may switch to a snapshot eventually. I didn't see a hardware flow offloading (HFO) option, only software (SFO) - is that something I'd need to be on a snapshot to get?
I bought mine directly from Gl-iNet which was a bit confusing, because https://store.gl-inet.com/products/flint-2-gl-mt6000-wi-fi-6-high-performance-home-router offers a US plug, but won't ship to a US address. I eventually figured out that I had to switch to https://store-us.gl-inet.com/products/flint-2-gl-mt6000-wi-fi-6-high-performance-home-router via a dropdown at the very bottom right of the page. But once I figured that out and got the order placed, they got it to me in under a week.
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No hardware flow offloading should be available. You have to select software flow offloading then the option for hardware will be displayed.
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Great tip! That's the best deal around if you don't mind the wait.
The 10% discount option beats Amazon 5% Prime VISA 5%
From OpenWrt SNAPSHOT, can you SysUpgrade back to one of the manufactures firmware release?
Is it the same, you just point to the file?
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Some 2 weeks ago there was a link to new firmware for the MT7986.
Below some observations of the new firmware....
I installed the firmware on both of my MT6000's. One is configured as AP/router and one as dumb AP (both running snapshot from about 2 weeks ago).
The first thing I noticed was that one client started complaining that his wifi connection "stuttered". Every 10-25 seconds or so the website stream stopped for like a second. After pulling his wifi adapter (TP-link T3U) it all returned to normal. This behavior returned 2-3 times in about a week.
Further investigating the issue I noticed that the strange temperature trends of both the router and the AP.
This is the trend of the router with the new firmware:
It seems nothing major (just a few degress C variation) but after going back to the original firmware (at Wednesday; at the end of the above trend).......
....you can see that the temperature behavior is noticeably calmer. It hovers around 45 deg. C with minimal variation. In contrast with the new firmware which shows variations to almost 50 deg. C. Again nothing major but remarkable.
Looking at the the dumb AP (which the user with the T3U connects to) it is more extreme.
Normally with the old firmware (after wednesday lower trend) the temperature hovers around some 50-55 deg. C. But with the new firmware it can spike to around 80 deg. C.
The above mentioned stuttering occurred on Friday and Saturday simultaneously with the high temperatures. If both are related? Seems that way.
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I haven't seen that here with the newer f/w but everyone's use case is different, have 5 devices connected to 2.4G and 2 to 5G, wifi usage for us is light i would say. most of my traffic is ethernet.
2.4G = N CH11 20MHz
5.0G = AX CH52 80MHz
^^^ Is quite different than:
"No, hardware flow offloading should be available."
Oh, the difference a comma makes. 
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@Jack007 and @starvald Interesting observations regarding firmware and related temp changes. You've inspired me to install collectd for temp monitoring now as well.
In general, running the 20240411 FW has been fine for me, though I have had recent issues with GRO updates and packet steering updates, either this or this.
@_FailSafe How did you come to the number 128 for the steering_flows option?