I am close to finalizing a network design and would appreciate opinions, concerns, and suggestions.
I plan to use a GL.iNet Flint 2 (GL-MT6000) as the root router and one-to-three GL.iNet Slate AX (GL-AXT1800) units as wired access points in a house. I want to use stock OpenWrt on all devices.
I am comfortable with the idea of the Flint 2 because others have said that flashing it with stock OpenWrt is easy and instructions are available.
But I have questions about the Slate AX.
Can it be flashed with stock OpenWrt? Easily? Reliably? The Slate AX is not in the table of hardware. A few people have reported problems with earlier versions.
It is called a "travel router", but it seems appropriate for my use. Is it?
If the Slate AX is difficult to flash or is inappropriate for my use, can you recommend another access point that is easy to flash and that will work well with the Flint 2?
Opinions, concerns, suggestions about any of this?
On what do you base that? That the product does not appear in the table of hardware? Can some products that are not in the table of hardware be flashed? Maybe some people have tried and can report here?
Both are way less powerful compared to the Flint 2 but should be more powerful compared to the Slate AX.
The difference between both Cudy devices I'd care for is basically the flash storage, which is 16MB on the black one and 256MB on the white one. But there's also the 2.5GBit LAN port on the white one, even though that's nothing I'd personally care for at all.
Both are fully supported by OpenWRT.
At least for the access point devices, those would be my recommendations. But given the price difference between the white Cudy compared to the Gli.net Flint 2 and not knowing what you're actually trying to do with the horsepower, you might even give the white Cudy a try as the main router for a couple of weeks (although it's really a lot less powerful) with the option to demote it for an access point when bying the Flint.
Devices are not supported until someone works on porting OpenWrt to that specific device, there is no magic support appearing out of thin air.
And the ToH is updated by the people who work on supporting new devices, it would make no sense to add support for a device and try to keep it a secret.
I don't have my Cudy set up a for any kind of routing but just a dumb AP, and I'm not really in the mood for turning my network upside down.
But there's the "WireGuard comparison DB" thread, which contains a lot of devices.
If you consider different devices, this thread is the place to look them up. You'll find an overview table in the first post of, it and you can search "in this topic" as well.
Here's the Cudy:
So I'd expect about 400MBit.
Here's the Flint 2 in comparison, which is literally twice as fast:
I'd expect both of the Cudy devices I linked to perform pretty similar (compared to each other), but the small flash is quite a bummer for additional services. For a dumb AP, I'd suggest the cheaper one. For a router that might provide other services, I'd suggest the white one, even though it's $15 more expensive.
That's why I tried to suggest:
Think of my Cudy suggestions as a dumb AP capable.
Get the more expensive one and book the $15 up cost on your learning budget.
Try using it as router and for WireGuard VPN.
If it works for you: Congratulations, you just saved $100 over the Flint.
If it's too slow for what you need: Get the flint (or even a way beefier device) and be happy about getting that hands-on learning experience for as little as $15.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to sell you into this because of it being a powerhouse. Not at all, the Cudys aren't. I just figured: Since you're going to buy three to four devices for coverage on one side, didn't tell us at all about your connection and usage on the other side, and the particular Cudys are slightly too powerful for being just dumb APs but pretty cheep and hence make good dumb APs nevertheless on the third side, you might as well take this into consideration.
Thank you, golialive, you are very helpful. I would have responded sooner, but was not notified of your post. Lucky that I looked this morning.
Here's my current thinking and my current questions:
Put the router on the ground floor at one end of the house. It will serve one side of the house wirelessly (computers, video calls, phones) and will serve the television wired.
Put an access point on the second floor at the other end of the house, wired to the router and wired to a computer in that room. It will serve the other side of the house wirelessly (lighter use, including some audio and video).
Right now, with wi-fi, I get half the speed of ethernet. With wi-fi and VPN, I get half of that. So the 800 Mbs from my ISP ends up around 200 Mbs. I'm hoping for better with the new configuration, and I'm willing to pay for it.
(But I may start with a Cudy as the router anyway because it's easier to make room for it.)
So the Flint 2 looks promising as the router, where the Wireguard work will be done. I like the idea of the Cudy WR3000S as the access point.
Should I have any concerns about these two devices working together? Can I assume that they both support 802.11r/v/k? Is support for r/v/k needed in firmware? If so, can I assume that umnmodified (non-OEM) OpenWrt firmware on each device supports r/v/k?
Should I worry about too much power? The devices will be one floor, one wall, and 37 - 45 feet apart.
What would be "way beefier" than the Flint 2?
I cannot tell you how grateful I am for your help. Thank you.