no 10gb ports, with one port less than flint 2. but all 2.5, it seems, I could be wrong, but will it support wan aggregation?
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that is a huge Pizza Hut box 
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I kinda wish it had detachable antennas so we can use our own
You are quite unlikely to find those in modern routers (not totally impossible, but rare), both for certification reasons but more importantly for technical/ physical ones. While you may think to see 4 antennas in that picture, there are actually actually 12 antennas in there (a reason why they aren't round as well), you can't replace those easily (regardless of the question if they use diplexers or multiple feed lines into the antennas casing).
Given the physical requirements for contemporary dual-band/ tri-band routers (8-16 antennas), detachable antennas would actually be a sign of caution here, because that means the antenna design is likely not well thought out (2.4-, 5- and 6 GHz need (very) different antennas, you can't interchange them - so the manufacturer would have to put a lot of trust into the user assembling the router to mount them correctly (yeah... not going to happen, support calls galore) - and you can any only sell a box with 12 antennas sticking into all directions to a rather small crowd of users.
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5x 2.5G ports is huge. Put Mediatek hardware in there (like Flint 2) and I'll buy one... maybe next time.
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I'll take a rear USB3 port and a Filogic 880 inside then count me in. Until then keeping my GL-MT6000.
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+1 for the Filogic 880 but I'm not sure if this SoC can support 5x2.5G.
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Has anyone gotten any reaction out of them so far?
absolutely not total silence
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The beta testing sign-up blurb says it can take up to 4 months for a response so perhaps by end of March or April you may hear back.
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Beta testing an ath12k device is perhaps a fool's errand
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There is a proposal for a Openwrt Two with a MT7988 produced by GL.iNet, so maybe the Flint 3 also has the same Mediatek soc.
Hi,
starting a [VOTE] to get approval allowing me to begin the development
of OpenWrt "Two"."Two" will have all of the features that "One" has with the following
upgrades.
- MT7988
- 10G SFP
- 5G copper
- 4 port 2.5G copper
- 1-2 port 1G copper
- Tri-band Wi-Fi 7
"Two" will be produced by GL.iNet and we are exploring options for US/EU
based distribution."Two" will (hopefully) be in the 250$ region with yet again a portion of
that being donated to the project.expected availability is late '25.
John
https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2025-February/043722.html
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It's Qualcomm. Check the thread. Maybe the rumored Flint 3 Pro/Next will have those specs.
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Sounds like wishful thinking...
IPQ5K - low-end SoC/WiFi setup there...
Don't get me wrong - but if folks are thinking as someone mentioned, this is not the chipset worth looking at.
Mesh stuff for Eero and the like - it's good...
QSDK and closed ath12k drivers...
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The new more powerful router sometime in 2025 might be the OpenWrt Two, or perhaps if GL.iNet develop the Two then it will help them co-develop the other thing...
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