Recommendation replace router to AP

Good morning and greetings to all forum members. I want to replace an old router Tenda C11 (2018) that the use of AP in my house for service, ethernet, and Wifi in a different floor where I have the router in my ISO which is a ZTE ZXHN H298Q which I have no complaint. I have wiring 1 GB between the 2 plants to unite both routers. The matter is that playing a video of more than 15 Gb in a Samsung TV NU8005 (4K HDR) from time to time appeared in the TV 'network cable unplugged' and instantly gave the button that appeared in the message of the TV and re-connect. Change the cable for ethernet on TV outside of that but it seems not. Then download the log of the router Tenda C11 when it appeared the message of disconnection can see in the log this:

033 2026-02-02 13:00:08 system interface eth0 shutdown
034 2026-02-02 13:00:08 system DHCPD start!
035 2026-02-02 13:00:09 Network alarm support lan2 down
036 2026-02-02 13:00:09 Network alarm support lan4 down
037 2026-02-02 13:00:10 dhcpc_eth0 interface eth0 init
038 2026-02-02 13:00:11 Network alarm support WAN down!
039 2026-02-02 13:00:11 dhcpc_eth0 DHCPC_DISCOVER sending
040 2026-02-02 13:00:12 Network alarm support lan4 up
041 2026-02-02 13:00:13 Network alarm support lan2 up
042 2026-02-02 13:00:14 Network alarm support WAN up!
043 2026-02-02 13:00:20 dhcpc_eth0 DHCPC_DISCOVER sending
044 2026-02-02 13:00:22 dhcpc_eth0 DHCPC_OFFER received
045 2026-02-02 13:00:22 dhcpc_eth0 DHCPC_STATE_REQUESTING init sending
046 2026-02-02 13:00:22 dhcpc_eth0 DHCPC_STATE_REQUESTING received
047 2026-02-02 13:00:22 dhcpc_eth0 DHCPC_STATE_REQUESTING lease = 4294967295
048 2026-02-02 13:00:22 dhcpc_eth0 get new lease time: 4294967295 secs
049 2026-02-02 13:00:22 dhcpc_eth0 DHCPC_BOUND get IP=192.168.1.51
050 2026-02-02 13:00:22 dhcpc_eth0 DHCPC_BOUND get subnet=255.255.255.0
051 2026-02-02 13:00:22 dhcpc_eth0 DHCPC_BOUND get router=192.168.1.1
052 2026-02-02 13:00:22 dhcpc_eth0 DHCPC_BOUND get DNS=1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1
053 2026-02-02 13:00:22 dhcpc_eth0 DHCPC_BOUND get IP success
054 2026-02-02 13:00:23 system DHCPD stop!
055 2026-02-02 13:00:24 Network alarm support lan2 down 
056 2026-02-02 13:00:24 Network alarm support lan4 down
057 2026-02-02 13:00:26 Network alarm support WAN down!
058 2026-02-02 13:00:27 Network alarm support lan2 up
059 2026-02-02 13:00:27 Network alarm support lan4 up
060 2026-02-02 13:00:29 Network alarm support WAN up!
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Seeing this in the logo and the age of the router Tenda in addition to being a model very basic I think the time has come to replace the router. I am looking for a router that can carry OpenWrt OS for a price content, because it uses as I have said above as an AP, and to provide Wifi service.

A greeting

Please provide the output of:

ubus call system board

Perhaps you meant Tenda AC11?
If so, then there's no way to run OpenWrt on it (RTL8197FS).

About a new router...recommendations depend on your location and what you are willing to pay.

In effect, it is a Tenda AC11. I live in Spain. I'm not an expert in routers and for the use I'm going to give it of AP and swith there was to connect by ethernet I had looked at the Cudy WR3000E AX3000 so it would be something of that type. In the near future I would change the one of my ISP ZTE ZXHN H298Q for a better one.

Best regards

There are new cudy hardware releases that are not compatible, you have to go to a physical shop or at least compare EAN code in the internet shop.

EG this is supported hardware v1
https://www.mediamarkt.es/es/product/_router-wifi-enrutador-cudy-ax3000-gigabit-wifi-6-cudy-2402-mbps-mu-mimo-negro-145403773.html

Ok thanks i will go a phisical shop.

That one has WR3000V1 barcode in description. I did not check past 1st hit... If you have (up to) gigabit symmetrical internet, it is very likely the most cost-efficient upgrade.
Basically go level up in store and find compatible between offerings and OpenWrt
--- https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_16128_ax-wifi

Buenos días. Por menos de 50€ para AP y con 4 puertos LAN libres de 1GB, ¿que modelo elegirías?.

Un saludo

Do not buy mt7621, it has 10x slower cpu and can not nat/route at gigabit speed.

filogic(mt79xx) > quallcomax(ipqxxxx) > mt7621

Buy a separate switch or re-purpose existing router for extra ports.

I'm guessing you mean when the built in NAT offloading and WED is disabled?

No wifi roaming kind of hurts...

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Hola, ¿Cómo encuentro el código EAN en el producto de la tienda online?. Por ejemplo en Amazon España no lo ve. Eso si el asistente de IA de Amazon Rufus dice que se puede instalar openwrt y la verdad no me fio mucho de Rufus.

Un saludo

Muy facil.... en tienda mediamarkt.

No confies en asistentes ia. Aqui son todos de cudy soportados (enlace a google drive contiene firmwares intermedas para convertir a OpenWrt) https://www.cudy.com/es-es/blogs/preguntas-frecuentes/descarga-de-software-openwrt