GL.iNetGL.iNet GL-MT6000(Flint 2) WiFi 6 Router | Gaming WiFi Router | 2 x 2.5G Multi-Gig Port+4 x 1G Ethernet Ports | Mass Device Connectivity | Rapid OpenVpn & WireGuard | 802.11ax | Long Range Coverage

This is a massive upgrade over the stock 'router' that comes included with your broadband package. Because it can be 'upgraded' to use OpenWRT, it's very functional as well as powerful. Before I switched to this I was struggling with WiFi connectivity in the garden but this has fixed the problem and meant I could finally retire several redundant access points which never really did what they were supposed to. I can now connect a wireless smart switch to the network at the very end of the front garden which is a few hundred meters away from the device. Obviously the connection isn't 100% at this distance but it's certainly good enough to turn the driveway lights on and off via WiFi. Yes it is more complicated to use than your stock router but that's because it can do so much more. I think it's excellent value for money considering how much I'd previously spent on access points that didn't reach as far.

I’ve been using the Flint 2 mostly for VPN at home and it’s been great. Setup was simple; I got WireGuard up and running pretty quickly. The speeds are solid and I haven’t noticed any slowdowns even with multiple devices connected.Wi-Fi coverage is strong throughout the house and the signal stays stable. I also like that it has 2.5G ports, which are a nice bonus if you’re doing any heavy data transfers or just want fast wired connections.One feature I really like is the built-in AdGuard Home support. It blocks ads and trackers across the whole network so I don’t have to mess with browser extensions on every device. It’s super useful for a cleaner, faster browsing experience and for keeping things a bit more private.What I appreciate most is the flexibility. It runs on OpenWrt, so if you’re into tweaking settings or setting up custom configurations, it gives you the room to do that. That said, it still works great out of the box if you don’t want to mess with anything.Overall, it does exactly what I need: fast, reliable, and secure VPN for home use with a few extra features that make a real difference. Would recommend.

Great router - saved me the daily frustration of trying to use Virgin Media broadband, with the connection being intermittent and not reaching certain areas of a 2-bedroom flat. It was a pain in my side constantly. I finally decided I’ve had enough and looked at options, decided on replacing the VM router with this, and the WiFi has been fine ever since - I can use it in any place in the home and it never drops, it does not take 1 minute to load one single instagram short or story (!!!), and I now don’t need to worry anymore about not being able to join my work meetings remote, when I’m supposed to be having a 250GB fast connection that I’m paying £65 pm for. Virgin Media is a Ridiculous company. Anyway, if you want to actually be as close as possible to having good internet in this country, try this router. My daily stress level has been reduced significantly and I don’t remember the last time I was stressed about internet.

Been using it as my home router for a while now. The WiFi speed is incredible, combined with a good WiFi receiver it beats even wired connections that I had in the past… In terms of functionality, you are running an OpenWRT fork so the sky is the limit. I find that I can do all that I want to using the built in stuff from the router’s management interface.Overall, this is an amazing product and a reliable router. I would highly recommend it.

I've been using a couple of Netgear WAC124s as my main OpenWrt gateway routers for a while which works fine but given the complexity of my VLAN/WireGuard/IPv6 networks I decided to upgrade the one at my larger site and, having been impressed with their OpenWrt travel routers I chose this one after checking the specs. The unit is very solidly built. The antennae support both desktop & wall positioning and the unit looks stylish when in place. The hardware consists of a quad-core ARMv8 CPU running a 64-bit kernel, one 2.5GB/s Ethernet port connected to the CPU directly and a 5-port Ethernet VLAN switch connected to the CPU via a second Ethernet interface. One of the switch ports is also 2.5GB/s and the rest are 1GB/s and OpenWrt uses the Linux DSA architecture to manage the switch. The CPU is supported with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of flash memory. A MediaTek MT7986 provides 2.4GHz WiFi and a separate MediaTek MT7986 provides simultaneous 5GHz WiFi. If that's not enough a USB3 port allows additional hardware to be added. The Ethernet & WiFi hardware supports a considerable amount of packet & NAT/routing offload meaning that the powerful CPU has even more cycles available for other tasks.This combination is more than capable of running any router workload including 2GB/s FTTP ISP connections and there is enough flash to support running additional services such a file or mail server using external USB3-UAS drives, Asterisk telephony server, Apache2 or NGINX web/proxy or even a Home Assistant instance in a Docker container or een several of these at the same time.GL.iNet's stock firmware is very good adding a slick interface to the standard OpenWrt secure shell and LuCI interfaces which are still available or one can replace the whole lot with stock OpenWrt as I did.This is a bit more expensive than for example the new OpenWrt One but is much better looking and far more capable and given the resources is future-proofed for a good ten years at least in my opinion.