Wifi 6 IPQ6000 Support

[tmomas]

@colton.conor

What is the status of OpenWRT supporting WIFI 6 models?

See https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_16128_ax-wifi

@colton.conor

I don't see IPQ6000 even an target in OpenWRT.

Need firmware for IPQ6018

Neither the device, nor the target as a whole is supported by OpenWrt at this point. While it's conceivably to support in the future, this would take considerable time and efforts.

Add support for Xiaomi AX1800 Wifi 6 router

ipq807x (e.g. ax3600, ax6, ax9000, etc.) support is somewhat 'in sight' now (no, neither complete, nor 100% stable, let alone enduser compatible), support for ipq60xx (ax1800) is not at all on that stage, yet (but conceivable for the future, RAM sizes of those devices will be tight, though).

802.11ax Routers

IPQ60xx is not supported by OpenWrt yet, while there is a reasonable expectation that it will be one day, I wouldn't hold my breath (>>6 months, more likely >12 months).

Might also be of interest (please search yourself for IPQ60 in this topic):

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