ZBTLINK Z100 AX v01 ( WIFI 6 / AX )
You can find at aliexpress for some 57,67 €
Product is with 3 * LAN + 1 WAN gigabits
Mediatek MT7621 - MT 7915e - MT7905D MT7975D
USB-3
WIFI AX
Serial port
Flash 16M Winbond + 256 M ram
Power 12 volts < 1 A
Interestingly, I followed your advice to get a DIR-860L, I may follow this as well, looks like it it quite capable for the money.
Cheers!
A friend of mine got one, seems to run stable in general and range is certainly better.
I've ordered two myself to compare the Linksys MR8300 ones I have. I think they're mainly interesting because ARM64 is a much better platform (including crypto extensions), SoC development seems to be progressing more than IPQ4*** (which works nice although there are some issues with the ethernet related subsystem) and WAVE 2 11ac should be fine too. The DIR-860L isn't bad (MT7621) but its starting to show its age and interest is declining so I would expect more issues further down the road.
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Ok, ordered one 870 SEK.
I see it's 280 euros now so definitely NOT a cheap device
Yes, it was on sale briefly.
Gave it a spin today, the included PSU feels really cheap (fire hazard-ish level) so I replaced that another one but other than that it's seems to perform really well. Compared to Linksys MR8300 it seems to have much better performance. I have two connected via WDS between two floors and the Totolink performs about 3 times better than the MR8300 downstairs (~95mbit vs ~270mbit). Hardware crypto also seems to be working although I'm not sure if that also includes the official snapshot images (GCC documentation is a bit unclear about what it enables by default by setting -mcpu=cortex-a53) since I compiled my own image (OpenSSL with all optimization enabled, -O2 instead of -Os for global optimization and lastly enforcing hardware crypto extentions, -march=armv8-a+crc+simd+crypto -mcpu=cortex-a53+crypto vs -mcpu=cortex-a53). Seems to have a very good bang for the buck ratio! =)
Firmware/Image based on commit: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/dc2da6a23369c8da069321dcfd593a9cf8c993c6
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The cheapest I could find is 280$
Not exactly a bargain 
Maybe soon some comparable device coming out that is a bit more affordable
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Also at 90$ i would theoretically have to pay 25$ to 30$ or so on taxes and fees. Theoretically, you never know...
For now Im equipped with two ipq4018 and for the experimental part of my soul a mi ax3600.
Would love to get my hands on an mtk7622, and the two 5GHz radios also sound great...
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@anon69880279 did you ever order from them? Seems it's a Chinese seller with warehouse in CZ.
So in the other thread it turned out it's a different type of router? Is it supported by openwrt?
It says "Routeur sans fil A8000RU" so that would be the same as the one I linked
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Historically first gen hardware have always buggy/dodgy so I'd rather go for Wave 2 11ac instead.
Since I am no kernel pro, I may be reading this wrong, but
seems to indicate no dsa support available, but:
https://lwn.net/Articles/883059/
may suggest there is support for it.
I dont know... maybe?
Is the WAN port 2.5Gbps but just not specified in the specs?
Isn't there just 2.5 Gbps between SoC and switch chip?
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More than likely I'm not interpreting the dts entry correctly.
Thx
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Before asking, please read https://openwrt.org/faq/which_router_should_i_buy
Thanks! 
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just to let you know that my TOTOLINK A8000RU converted to OpenWRT is amazing for the price (82€)
i didn't notice any bug, the wifi is very strong and works very well. if you want more info don't hesitate.
btw the manufacturer Firmware has a lot of hidden page, including one that enables telnet :
http://192.168.0.1/telnet.html
telnet and ssh password is : cs2012
the only negative point for me is its size, it is really huge 
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They seem pretty expensive on Aliexpress now unfortunately.