4d ago

OpenWrt Two will be a higher-performance router with 10 Gigabit LAN and WiFi 7 support - Liliputing

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59956144

MediaTek Filogic 880 processor
1 x 10 Gigabit SFP port
1 x 5 Gigabit Ethernet port
4 x 2.5 GbE Ethernet port
1 or 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports
WiFi 7 (tri-band)
OpenWrt Two is expected to sell for around $250 when it hits the streets in late 2025

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4d ago

OpenWrt Two will be a higher-performance router with 10 Gigabit LAN and WiFi 7 support - Liliputing

liliputing.com /openwrt-two-will-be-a-higher-performance-router-with-10-gigabit-lan-and-wifi-7-support/

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5d ago

OpenWrt Two will be a higher-performance router with 10 Gigabit LAN and WiFi 7 support

liliputing.com /openwrt-two-will-be-a-higher-performance-router-with-10-gigabit-lan-and-wifi-7-support/

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They’re partnering with GL.Inet for this new version. I own the GL.Inet Shadow mini travel router and I just bought a Flint v1 router that’s arriving tomorrow to replace my home router. I was thinking of getting v2 but the earlier version’s specs are more than enough for my use-case. Just based on my Shadow mini router, GL.Inet is pretty solid. Their routers ship with openwrt pre-installed and the UI already has easy setup options for the popular vpn brands. That’s a hefty price tag though ($250). The latest GL.Inet flagship router is on sale for $127 right now.

i really like that they are giving us more lan ports, but the hefty price tag really dissapoints me.
really puts it into unaffordable territory for my global south ass. too bad, i wanted to upgrade my wifi with an officially supported device, but the One doesnt have as many ports as i need.
for that price id rather get something that can run full linux.
- If you think that's expensive absolutely do not look up any other brands wifi 7 offerings.
  
  This. I'm moving to a place where I cannot use ethernet cable and I was looking for a good Wifi 7 router. Most big brands are at around the same price.
  It's just unfortunate that I need it now and not on late 2025... I might just rent a Wifi 6 one from my ISP and wait for the OpenWrt 2.
- Small projects do not benefit from economies of scale, I can almost guarantee you very little of this is actual profits.
  
  id be down for a halfway device between One and Two, if they can keep the pricing closer to the One.

I wonder if the SFP port will also allow the router to connect directly to the ISP’s fibre connection, allowing the unit to behave as both modem and router.

If it got great WiFi reception, that would be a killer.

OpenWRT supports two devices for wifi 7 on filogic 880 at the moment in snapshot, the banana R4 with BE14000 wifi card add on, its a development board, and the Asus BT8. There are still plenty of issues but Wifi 7 is starting to come to OpenWRT and these MT7988 devices are going to be the major thing supported first.

The price lol yet another scam. Like the first version.

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