View source for Mesh/802.11ac devices


Support for 802.11ac devices in OpenWRT is limited but Felix has written an open and stable driver for the MT76x2 chipsets.

The following devices are fully supported except for switch VLAN control:

* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/xiaomi/mini Xiaomi mini] - $25 on gearbest
:Two LAN ports + one WAN port. 100 mbit only
:Two antennas. Dual radio.

* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/xiaomi/nano Xiaomi nano] - $16 on dealextreme
:Two LAN ports + one WAN port. 100 mbit only
:2.4 GHz only. Not actually 802.11ac, only 802.11n but same mediatek chipset.

* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/lenovo/lenovo_y1_v1 Lenovo newifi mini] - $29 on aliexpress
:Two LAN ports + one WAN port
:One antenna per radio?
:OpenWRT wiki refers to it as Lenovo Y1 v1 but I think the newifi mini is the same unit

* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netis/wf-2881 Netis WF-2881] - $50 on gmarket.co.kr
:Shipping from Korea is expensive for single units ($17) but affordable as unit count goes up
:Four LAN ports + one WAN port
:Two antennas per radio

* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dir-860l D-Link DIR-860l B1] - $60 from u.s. retailers
:Only B1 version works! A1 version uses another chipset!
:Four LAN ports + one WAN port
:Unknown internal antennas

* [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/buffalo/whr-1166d Buffalo WHR-1166D] - $50 on amazon
:OpenWRT support apparently unconfirmed?
:Four LAN ports + one WAN port
:Unknown internal antennas

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