I'm currently searching for a better router. I'm looking for a budget WiFi router (<$40) for a very small apartment. All devices are wireless, maximum 3 at a time, low load 90% of the time. I will be running a pihole and potentially NAS.
The resale market for this specific device is good, and it way exceeds my specs, so great headroom for future projects. Any reason not to get it?
If there's a good reason, if someone can vet other units I've been looking at that would be very awesome.
Are you in US or are you only quoting in USD ?
I am in the US. It seems like it takes out a lottttt of good options lol
You like the SAX1V1K?
I've been using the non ISP branded version, the WRX36, for almost three years as APs.
They've been rock solid, uptime is more than a year.
This one's trickier to flash, but it got twice the RAM and an extra 4.5GB flash space.
They've removed the USB3 port though.
I'm not familiar with using serial connections. Or SCP. Definitely something I can figure out. Any good docs to get me started?
The SAX1V1K looks like a good deal fs
I can't even begin to fathom the process of getting this device supported in the first place.
Pretty sure the RG-E5 required serial too.
oops. Well I better learn how to do this anyway
You said there aren't any USB connections on the non-ISP version. How would I establish a serial connection in this case?
USB connector is on the client side.
Watch the YT video or check the Serial chapter in the wiki.
I would break your budget for filogic:
Acer Predator Connect W6x $55.79
Acer Predator Connect W6 $79.04
Acer refubs sold directly by acer on multiple platforms (acer's ebay store for above prices https://www.ebay.com/itm/277574336773).
Why? The Reyee and WRX36 are already both way way overkill for my application. Plus looking at the installation it seems more complex than I can handle, the docs for installation assume I know a lot that I don't lol
Installation on the WRX36 is feasible for me
Installation on the Reyee actually looks pretty chill. The git page linked on the hardware page no longer exists though which is potentially concerning for future support.
It seems like the WRX36 is a broadly-used unit?
(https://toh.openwrt.org/) Filter CPU "MT798" and pick the cheapest. Cudy might be <$40 although YMMV.
Gotcha. It's probably better to just scrap that idea. I don't actually have any future project plans, so it's more important to me to focus on a good cost to performance ratio as that is what's most important and worry about what unit I might need for whatever project down the road when that project comes. I tend to get ahead of myself haha
Do I use this method (https://github.com/Lanchon/openwrt-sax1v1k/blob/main/README.md#the-loader-script) or what is on the wiki?
A few questions:
thank you guys!
Keep in mind WRX36 and SAX1V1K installs aren't the same.
Wiki links to the script ?
Putty is a terminal app, U-Boot is the software running on the device.
Open an empty file, paste content, save it.
TFTPD64, for Windows, firewall sometimes have to be dropped or you add a firewall rule.
Yes.
The command is “run boot_tftp” ,)
For questions about SAX1V1K install, post in Spectrum SAX1V1K (Askey RT5010W) OpenWrt Support.
Awesome. Thank you! And yes, I am aware that those installs are different!