Searching for router to buy

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EA8300 which is based on ipq40xx (not to be confused with EA8500 based on ipq806x) is around $100 where I live.

Without SQM it can roughly reach the gigabit, but with SQM you would be limited to about 250 Mbit. Look for ipq40xx results here:

Comparative Throughput Testing Including NAT, SQM, WireGuard, and OpenVPN

Back on topic... These results are posted here rather than in the lead post as use of flow offload on master requires a patch to the sources, as well as that non-default compilation (-O2 vs. -Os) and settings (performance speed governor) were used. Multiple requests have been made to have OpenWrt adopt the "mainstream" -O2 optimization (or even the more aggressive -O3), though the project continues to use the -Os "Optimize for size" setting, even for devices that do not have image-size issues.…