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I might have found a better option. The Xiaomi Mi Router 4A: https://www.mi.com/global/mi-router-4a/ | I might have found a better option. The Xiaomi Mi Router 4A: https://www.mi.com/global/mi-router-4a/ | ||
also known as the Mi Router 3G (actually that version also has USB3 and seems discontinued). | also known as the Mi Router 3G (actually that version also has USB3 and seems discontinued). | ||
$24 shipped for 100 MB ethernet version and | $24 shipped for 100 MB ethernet version and | ||
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Here's the info for the gigabit edition: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/xiaomi-mi-router-4a-gigabit-edition-r4ag-r4a-gigabit-fully-supported-and-flashable-with-openwrtinvasion/36685 | Here's the info for the gigabit edition: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/xiaomi-mi-router-4a-gigabit-edition-r4ag-r4a-gigabit-fully-supported-and-flashable-with-openwrtinvasion/36685 | ||
I ordered one of the gigabit units but it will probably take 4-5 weeks to ship | It seems like there are [still some issues with this chipset https://github.com/openwrt/mt76/issues/391] but they will likely be sorted out. The good news is that this is a fairly new router (early 2019 it looks like) so maybe it will stay in production for a while. | ||
I ordered one of the gigabit units but it will probably take 4-5 weeks to ship. Be aware the the 100 Mbit version uses a slightly different chipset but is also supported by OpenWrt (and in fact probably has better support). | |||
I also looked at the Ubiquiti Aircube ISP which is cute and supported but $30 and 2.4 GHz only with no external antennas: https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/ubiquiti_aircube_isp | I also looked at the Ubiquiti Aircube ISP which is cute and supported but $30 and 2.4 GHz only with no external antennas: https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/ubiquiti_aircube_isp | ||