I recently discovered that the Quantum Fiber W1700K device (I got them on e-bay and facebook marketplace for around $35, although I was maybe lucky on pricing) has two 10Gbps ethernet interfaces. These were, apparently, initially distributed by Lumen/CenturyLink/QuantumFiber to customers, and for one reason or another have made their way onto the secondary market. Some are "brand new, never used". They aren't available in large volumes, but they do pop up occasionally. Beware of the used devices without the original power supplies, they are 12V and capable of 5A and so your usual wall wart might not provide the necessary current.
The W1700K was attractive to me because it has tri-band (i.e. including the 6GHz band) wifi 7 and not-yet-merged-but-working OpenWrt support. I've got one flashed and it seems to work. In theory, you could use one of these as a gateway and plug the second 10Gbps port into a switch. I see unmanaged 2.5Gbps switches on the Bezoid site for under $100. Caveat, my local network is all 1Gbps so I have no practical way of testing the 10Gbps functionality. It does tick a few of your boxes though. You can turn off the W1700K wifi if it offends you ;-). -- Russell Senior [email protected] On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 11:37 AM King Beowulf <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello PLUGgers, > > I'm dumping Comcast/Xfinity (1Gbs/40Mps) for fiber 2 Gbps. Ziply > finally got around to pulling fiber in my neighborhood for the last few > months (everything here is buried). > > I am soliciting recommendations for 2.5Gbe gateway/routers - I am not > "renting" the Ziply wifi router. > > I am currently using a Watchguard Firebox M300 (OpenWrt 24.10) set up > with 2 LANs, one of which feeds one private network to the WAN of my > Linksys WRT1900ACS for my "personal" network. The other LAN is a public > DMZ, no WIFI, for my hobby server (game severs, Mumble, Gopher, web site > backend db, etc.). Both networks have firewall/BanIP and remote access > on WAN side is disabled. > > > I'm not looking for Wifi since what I have is plenty and is used only > for the iPad, iPhone, roomba vacuum and the occasional guest. > > I'm wired with mostly CAT 6 throughout the house, although there are > some CAT 5e segments I haven't replaced yet. > > > Specifications - wired gateway router: > > 2.5Gbe WAN, 10Gbe would be nice should I decide to upgrade > 4 port 2.5Gbe switch > Optional SFP+ > No WIFI > OpenWRT preferred > > > I'll take a gateway with WIFI if no other reasonable choice < $500 is > available, with < $300 preferred. > > One that looks pretty nifty is: > > Ubiquiti Gateway Fiber (UXG-Fiber) > > https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cloud-gateways-compact/collections/cloud-gateway-fiber/products/ucg-fiber > > I am not familiar with the Ubiquiti firmware and would like to avoid any > "value added" subscriptions and marketing. > > TP-Link > > I'm not brand loyal; anything of good quality will do. > > Thanks, > Ed > >
