...just attach it to your modem as a normal lan device (create a new interface with the static IP, etc...) and not a router, and install-download the packages you need!
(here in italy you can find it on Amazon for 70/80€, try to check on Amazon.it)
Actually Italy is among the highest for Europe on Amazon, then (for the Netherlands) bol.com is better, just below € 100. In December they were selling them there new for € 43!
BTW, I have an uptime of 35 days on r21375 now, and it has pushed no less than 600GB external traffic, without any issues whatsoever.
Did get internet working from the modem! However ppoe packages wont install. Kernel 5.15.86 is installed, 5.15.90 is needed. Need a newer image with a newer kernel...
At the moment, I'm only using the changes @patient0 had added to the dts previously to make the wan run at 2500x. It does link just fine at 2.5G for me but, I have not run much traffic or testing through it. I did some initial testing/playing with iperf3 (appeared single thread) maxed out the cpu on the wax206 before it reach the max 2.5G. I need to test my laptop on wifi6 with 160mhz channel and see what I can really push through it and multiple 1gb client devices with iperf.
The issues with the DTS changes are that the wan cannot link at 1GB, which would prevent a general image from being built. More specifically, it will appear to link at 1gb speed (ethtool, ip link, etc), however you will not be able to get any packets out. Reading through this thread and another thread link earlier for another device with the same cpu/phy, I understood the issue as having to do with the cpu/phy/physical layer link mismatching/not agreeing on the speed. I was trying to play with some of the patches for hisgmii mode (pending patches 721-730) as I thought this might help, but I've been having trouble with quilt and after the latest kernel jump they do not apply cleanly.
Did a lot of testing last week to get my KPN internet-only glasfiber connection (netherlands) working with the image from @omeg . hoewever it wont work. Looks like something is wrong with the image. Even a simple tuturial from https://www.geheid.nl/openwrt-met-freedom-internet-via-kpn-glasvezel/ wont work. My asus router was working fine with similiar settings. I think i will return mine. Sadly, i really like to learn more from openwrt and networking. Sorry for my bad english.