This is what you call a revolution, anything else is just a development
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Thanks a lot @daniel I got a SDG-8733 yesterday and managed to flash it with the 24.10.0-rc5. Please let me know if you want anything tested.
where can i buy Adtran SDG 8733?
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Check the bottom of https://www.candelatech.com/adtran_sdg_8733_dev.php
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What was said above. Strangely, 6g doesnāt work if I set it to USA with 320MHz. However, since Iām in the U.K., I set it to GB with 160MHz as per iw reg get.
What WiFi 7 clients have you tested?
iPhone 16 Pro Max.
That's only 2x2 mimo, what throughput are you seeing on 2.4, 5 and 6ghz radios?
Thereās no MLO on OpenWRT anyway. Iām running HE160 for both 5GHz and 6GHz since iw reg set US didnāt work for me so I used iw reg set GB. Didnāt try 2.4GHz.
rc5 was pretty unstable wireless wise. rc6-rc7 got usable.
Unless you want an orange pi, this is the only compatible series for WiFi 7. ASUS BT8 looks very promising and costs halfā¦ but the firmware isnāt here yet. Iām guessing a few DIT tweaks will make it workā¦ someone posted opening up BT8, and the serial port even has the pins soldered.
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Yes, and it has JTAG.
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Just curious, do you remember how you got the initial install done ?
I'm guessing: rename smartrg_sdg-8733-initramfs-kernel.bin to a different name, type run boot_openwrt_tftp in the u-boot command line, and then sysupgrade from there to get an image installed to EMMC ?
There has just been a commit (Support for Asus ZenWiFi BT8 Tri-band Wifi7 (Mediatek MT7988) - #144 by daniel) for the Asus BT8 so its looking like that should have a build in the next day or two. I have no idea how functional it is I don't think anyone else has looked at this but its the first retail device with wifi 7 with support.
I am not a huge fan of the Asus BT8, 2.5Gb wan/lan port and 3x3 on both 5 and 6 ghz is suboptimal but its also not $500+ like most of the devices with 10gb ports and full 4x4 capability.
I really want to see some performance numbers for the wifi and distance drop off for the banana pi R4 wifi module and the Asus BT8 on openWRT just to have an idea how much we are loosing and whether they can saturate their LAN/WAN ports because the default firmwares on these devices are putting out great speeds.
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I got my BT8 for 165 euros brand new, can't complain, had the Flint 2 previously, for my needs and I think for most home users it's more than good, from what I understand 4x4 does not matter at all as most devices use 2x2, we get much more powerful Cortex A73 cores instead of A53, for me I just wanted the 6GHz radio, it also blends in much nicer in the home. 
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Did you check the wifi speed of the router already? I would be interested in raw numbers via iperf3. And, I would like to know what the data transfer rate is when connection a harddrive to the usb port and copy files via smb protocol.
Do you have some measurements for these usecases by any chance?
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