Asuswrt merlin - AX88

[L&LD]

Sure, with dedicated hardware, you can ensure that the CPU is fast enough to support the 1Gbps download speeds or more, with no hit to performance as with these underpowered consumer products.

 

[Lynx]

Out of curiosity, what would be a good hardware setup to put OpenWrt on and include a wireless access point? Something like this for the PC part

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MTN4GV7/?tag=smallncom-21

perhaps?

Alternatively, could the Asus router direct the flow to PC for handling by PC? Or a raspberry pi 4?

 

[RMerlin]

You can't have it enabled for just one type of flow or for one interface or something like that?

No.

Out of curiosity, what would be a good hardware setup to put OpenWrt on and include a wireless access point?

Get an x86 PC, and connect external APs to it. Miracles can't happen - if you need to handle a heavier workload, then you need a beefier CPU.

 

[Lynx]

Seems like the Asus AX offering is a little beefier than the best routers that support OpenWrt at the moment given:

[OpenWrt Wiki] Table of Hardware: Ideal for OpenWrt + Wifi6 (802.11ax) supported

openwrt.org

The Belkin RT3200 isn't as powerful as the AX86/88, right?

 

[RMerlin]

The Belkin RT3200 isn't as powerful as the AX86/88, right?

1.35 GHz Cortex A53 - that will be a good bit slower than a BCM4908's 1.8 GHz Cortex A53.

 

[RMerlin]

You won't find anything significantly faster than a BCM4908 in that market segment. Newer QCA at 2.2 GHz might be a bit faster, but it's the same architecture, only with a slighly higher clock. You have to build you own based on an x86 CPU to get any significant performance jump.