I love these gl.inet routers - they are openWrt out of the box. I use them when travelling to stand up LAN and lan level VPN all the time.
By the way, there are 2.5Gbs Ubiquiti routers for reasonable price. I used to run openWrt on them long time ago, until I convinced myself that Unifi SW is decent enough not to bother. As always, there are ups/downs. -T On Thu, Jan 8, 2026, 15:32 King Beowulf <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/8/26 06:16, Russell Senior wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 4:24 AM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You cannot get anymore OpenWRT than this: > >> https://openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one > >> You would need an additional switch as it is router only. But it is > >> reported to be a very good device. > >> We repurpose them for the AREDN mesh network. They do the job. > > Ed is looking for something faster than 1Gbps ethernet, though, and > > the OpenWrt One only has one 2.5Gbps port, which means you can't route > > out the other ethernet side faster than the one 1Gbps port. The > > OpenWrt One is more of a development platform than a practical router, > > at least in Ed's scenario. > > > > > > -- > > Russell Senior > > [email protected] > > Russell is correct. I am planning to update my internal network step by > step from 1 Gbps to 2.5 Gbps. I will need at least 1 each WAN/LAN at > 2.5 Gbps. I don't necessarily need 10 Gbps as the Ubiqity or Alta Labs > provides. > > I did find this and think I will order today ($200 at amazon). Openwrt > has its two older versions, Flint 1 and Flint 2, in the TOH. > > GL.iNet GL-BE9300 (Flint 3) Tri-Band WiFi 7 Router > > > https://www.amazon.com/GL-iNet-GL-BE9300-Tri-Band-High-Speed-Wireless/dp/B0FB8X43KJ > > That should hold me until I replace the Watchguard Firebox M300, among > other 1Gbps "legacy" stuff. > > -Ed > > > >
