Is there an up-to-date list of cheap but good OpenWRT APs?
Looking for a simple AP for just a few clients and just 50 mbit/s bandwidth.
Used Netgear 7800 and XR500, TP-Link Archer C2600/VR2600, ASRock G10.
Or the Belkin RT3200, if you can find one cheap.
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I wholeheartedly agree with frollic's recommendation to get a used ipq806x. You will get a lot of AP for not much money that way. A timely caution on ipq8064: I would stay away from the EA7500v1 and EA8500 until an issue with supporting their switch is worked out in snapshot - just in case, so you don't end up with something unsupported beyond 22.03.x.
Just about anything will deliver 50 Mbps, but I wouldn't bother picking up anything today less capable than MT7621. Don't be tempted by price on ath79, MT7620 or any targets with ~500 MHz CPU's for example - many ramips MT7621AT targets are just as or nearly as inexpensive. Just look over the supported MT7621 devices and pick one.