Flint 2 with native OpenWRT vs ASUS equivalent

[ILikeTea]

So I'm normally an ASUS/merlin firmware fanboy but for some reason in the UK all the good ASUS routers are never in stock anymore, BE86U, AX86U, AX86U Pro, none anywhere for RRP from major stores.

Meanwhile the Flint 2 is sometimes as low as £109, so my question is if I used the lastest stable 24.10.5 firmware on the Flint 2, did all the basic setting up, WAN (PPPoE, MTU 1492), enable WiFi, enable hardware offloading for 940Mbps down/110Mbps up connection.
Should I expect a similar experience to my ASUS routers in terms of it "Just works" but with the added bonus of OpenWRTs long term support/stability?

Thanks

 

[dave14305]

It just works (for me) without any issues. My setup:

• DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem
• Plan: 800 Mb down, 35 Mb up
• DHCP (no PPPoE)
• Software offloading enabled only
• SQM enabled on upload only using CAKE
• adblock package installed

Multi-queue CAKE is landing now in OpenWrt for the 25.12 release, which should make this the best affordable router on the market right now.

 

[ILikeTea]

It just works (for me) without any issues. My setup:

• DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem
• Plan: 800 Mb down, 35 Mb up
• DHCP (no PPPoE)
• Software offloading enabled only
• SQM enabled on upload only using CAKE
• adblock package installed

Multi-queue CAKE is landing now in OpenWrt for the 25.12 release, which should make this the best affordable router on the market right now.

That's good to know.

Ah yeah I saw the reddit post about multi-core support coming to CAKE that'll be great.
I think I would wait until that update as I want to make sure I get my maxium speed.

So would you say the WiFi juat works? If you have the SSIDs the same name is the router able to be smart enough to know which band is best and stick to it?

 

[dave14305]

The WiFi is extremely stable for me. I only use 80 MHz on 5GHz band, and my SSIDs are different across bands. But it's not the router that decides which is best, it's the clients.

I wouldn't wait for the next release. It's got exciting enhancements, but some of the pre-releases are rocky right now in my opinion. I'm going to enjoy the 24.10 release until the dust settles. Although cake-mq is tempting...