OpenWrt support for Linksys MX4200

qosmio's NSS builds use the same hardware definitions and code changes created by lytr and asd111333 for this new hardware model MX4300. On top of these changes, qosmio added NSS firmware/driver patches, some newer ath11k firmware/driver etc.

Since lytr's PR has not been merged to the OpenWrt main branch, there is no official main SNAPSHOT for this model MX4300. You have to use community-built images (NSS or non-NSS) or build them yourself.

If your WAN speed is less than 700-800 Mbps D/U, there may not be much advantage to using NSS images since software offloading (in non-NSS images) may still help achieve such speeds for WIFI.

Since ath11k firmware/driver may not be as reliable as ath10k ones, some people reported random WIFI problem with either NSS or non-NSS images, depending on their environment/WIFI clients. Just try both images and use the one with the best WIFI results for your environment/WIFI clients.

Last but not least, you will not save any electricity by using NSS images despite apparently lower CPU utilizations. As a matter of fact, NSS images will use a bit more due to the activation of the NSS cores.

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