Total: $192 (pretty cheap for beyond high-end consumer capable router considering what a lot of routers go for now with inflation imo)
Why it's my favorite:
-Wireguard VPN 99.34 MB/s(794.72 mbps) testing torrent speeds using literal Linux distros(no lie because they download incredibly fast and there's multiple different operating systems)
I'm curious, have you measured wall power? I've have a couple of salvaged i7 4770k boxes doing server/NAS duty and I've gotten them down to mid-20w range idle. (Not great, but I'm not too concerned about power use as our solar is quite good.)
You should be fine as long as you don't overclock it
Mine sits a little under or at 30 Watts we're not under reasonable load such as wireguard traffic
I left on a detail as well I have the SFF model a small form factor
On normal loads, without me actually downloading via VPN, CPU load usually sits a little below 1.0% and occasionally 5%.
storage never reaches a temperature above 38 Celsius which is impressive for mSATA considering that it has less surface area to dissipate heat.
My Intel NIC PCIe card X4 can get around 70 which is only half its maximum temperature.I did add a makeshift case fan as it only has One for the CPU and one for the case to drop it a couple degrees Celsius
Based on the results above as well as the fact that I have a laptop with the 4800MQ that performs similarly , I would assume you would get even better results with the "i7" 4770K.
A quick search says my power supply is probably under 250 Watts so you may want to use a efficient wattage power supply
The Xiaomi Router AX3000T looks like a nice/cheap dumbap, but I need a usb port (I attach webcams for mjpg-streamer). Is there any simular WiFi6 openwrt compatible devices in that price range that have a usb port?
After upgrading my ISP speed to 1 Gbps, my Netgate SG-1100 and Synology 1900AC weren't keeping up. I maxed out around 300 Mbps.
I reviewed the forums and decided to replace the Netgate and Synology devices with OpenWRT and a Dynalink, WiFi 6 AX3600 Router (DL-WRX36) for $60. I'm a previous user of OpenWRT so I knew what I was getting into and I am extremely happy with the $60 upgrade. My wifi download speeds are now around 700-800 Mbps which is great for me - I don't do large file work.
Yes, I lost some flexibility with the dedicated pfSense firewall appliance, but not much, really, and I'm not maxing out my ISP connection, but that's ok too. I run a separate pi device WireGuard server and am using AdBlock - Fast with HTTPS DNS Proxy.
Would definitely recommend the DynaLink for light / casual home use given my price / performance experience . Unfortunately, the last time I looked Amazon listed the Dynalink as out of stock, but I'm sure you can pick it up elsewhere (ebay, craigslist, etc.)
Hope this mini-review helps someone out there and thanks again to the OpenWRT team for exceptional, opensource software!
Do you know if the new RD03 version 2 not working with OpenWRT is a permanent thing or just a temporary thing? I was thinking of adding a AX3000T but they’ve just released a new version.
New AX3000T RD03v2, based on a Qualcomm IPQ5018 SoC, is a bit of a mystery/paper-only device.
It has only been mentioned in some internal Xiaomi lists, but no one has actually seen the device yet. It might just be internal codename for a model intended for the domestic China market... There is zero evidence that this device actually exists at the present moment. Until now, AliExpress has been shipping the regular RD03/RD23 aka v1 on Filogic 820, and continues to do so.
Even if the Xiaomi AX3000T RD03v2 on Qualcomm SoC eventually gets released, it's highly unlikely that OpenWrt will ever support it: 256MB of RAM isn’t enough for proper work of the IPQ5018. No hardware flow offloading, no WED...
I will put two cents here, on IPQ5018 (gl. Inet b-3000), it is... A joke. Without NSS, max speed what can I achieve is 560mbit via lan - 400 via wireless (pure Openwrt without nss). Of course with nss (stock firmware have it) lan speed is 900mbit, wireless similar.
Tl;dr if ax3000 RD03v2 have that cpu, better avoid such device.
Still, Inet b-3000 it's really appealing for how compact and thin it is to be placed in a small network panel cabinet.
any alternatives you might know for this sort of purpose?
Also, I saw there was progress on getting NSS for that chip in another thread, do you know if there will be efforts soon to merge both progress the NSS and the custom builds?
Until now, AliExpress has been shipping the regular RD03/RD23 aka v1 on Filogic 820, and continues to do so.