Worth buying a new router for my stack?

[slh]

Given the relatively high wan speed (even considering its shameful uplink), it might make sense to just replace the AX21 with a wired-only OpenWrt router.

So you have 500Mbps-1Gbps fiber and need a router READ THIS FIRST

It's such a frequently asked question over the last few years that we really need a post we can point people to. So your cable company rolled out 500Mbps or 1Gbps download speeds, or you have 1Gbps symmetric fiber (GPON/EPON) from ATT or Centurylink or Orange or whoever. You realize your old all in one router from 2009 is not up to the task of handling this, but hey by now stuff should be cheap and available that will handle your new fiber connection right? So you want advice about a router for…

Tips for getting cheap used x86-based firewall with full Gbit NAT (a PC Engines APU) if you are in the US

While I was watching for old stuff I could play with on ebay I noticed that a few sellers are offering a few "cloud managed routers" (i.e. if you don't pay a subscription they are paperweights) from a company called "simplewan" that looked oddly familiar. here some pictures (from auctions, not mine) they are bright orange. [simplewan 3] [simplewan2] [simplewan 1] The images are a dead giveaway, these devices seem to just be a branded version of PCEngines APU1 (the ones with black USB 2.0 p…

and in particular the alderlake-n N100 based 4-port systems in the 130-230 EUR range come to mind, keep the ax21 as mere AP (if it can be configured as such).