Openwrt Router reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 170 Reddit reviews across 3 subreddits and 24 posts to rank the best Openwrt Router brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/openwrt, r/HomeNetworking, r/dumbclub. Top-rated brands include GL.iNet (4.7/5), Dynalink (4.4/5), ASUS (4.3/5).
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Reviews170
Subreddits3
Posts24
Brands28
Products78
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#1
GL.iNet
4.7
(38)
"I have an gl mt6000 WiFi is solid with pesa1234 community build."
"I really like my GL-MT6000."
"I was recently flashing an Acer Predator W6 and definitely recommend going with GL Flint."
"As other say GL-MT6000. Easy sysupgrade flash to official OpenWrt builds too. Probably the best all around router right now at any price."
"2 x Gl.Inet Flint2 , on for every day use , and one for testing :) ."
"Gl flint 2
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"GL.inet flint 2 have openwrt out of box."
"Flint2 is the best."
"Honestly I’ve done high end consumer routers, prosumer routers, x86 boxes, and I eventually landed on the Flint 2 for it’s performance and simplicity."
"I’m happy with my MT6000 (Flint 2) but I’ve only had it for a short while."
#2
Dynalink
4.4
(19)
"Top tier wifi 6 wireless routers with great OpenWrt support: GL-MT6000, TUF-AX4200, DL-WRX36"
"It rivals any $400 router from other companies and since it has an ipq807x it runs OpenWrt great."
"DL-WRX36 and upcominng GL-MT6000 would be my top choices."
"Yes DL-WRX36 is working great now. no issue. its one of the best overall router for openwrt on wifi 6"
"I agree the Dynalink is a steal for what it provides. Been very happy with mine and set up 3 for friends!"
"If you're buying a new router I'd say it's undoubtably the DL-WRX36."
"DL-WRX36 for sure. Even at $80 I'd argue it's the best router at any price with OpenWrt on it."
"DL-WRX36 is a good sub $100 device with a sizable following on the forum and does regular wifi 6 decently."
"WRX36 is a pretty good device, I have it. It's an QCA chip (4 cores!), and I prefer it to Mediatek ones. I highly recommend it."
"The same recommendations being made here every day: GL-MT6000, DL-WRX36, TUF-AX6000, TUF-AX4200."
#3
ASUS
4.3
(18)
"The Asus has been flawless."
"The same recommendations being made here every day: GL-MT6000, DL-WRX36, TUF-AX6000, TUF-AX4200."
"Top tier wifi 6 wireless routers with great OpenWrt support: GL-MT6000, TUF-AX4200, DL-WRX36"
"ASUS RT-AX53U, cheap, wifi 6, easy to flash"
"Get Asus TUF-AX4200....."
"It is an excellent product. I am running a wireguard VPN client and adblock without any problems so far."
"ASUS TX-AX6000"
"ASUS TUF AX6000, technically very similar to GL-MT6000 but 6 antennas and less main memory"
"ASUS RT-AX53U"
"The same recommendations being made here every day: GL-MT6000, DL-WRX36, TUF-AX6000, TUF-AX4200."
#4
NanoPi
4.5
(15)
"Nanopi R4S, Excellent peice of kit"
"Stand alone networking box with great OpenWrt support: NanoPi R4S, or any of the many x86-64 N100/i226-V boxes out there."
"NanoPi R4S is my choice with the TP-Link Deco X50's handling WiFi duty."
"For more flexibility and performance I'd buy an nanopi R4S with a separate switch and a separate WiFi access point"
"NanoPi R4S 4GB variant would give you the best result since it's 2 x A72 + 4 x A53 which is a lot faster to run more applications"
"NanoPi R4S, is small and can handle gigabit speeds from ISP also can do SQM with cake without any problem."
"NanoPi R4S + Dedicated WiFi Access point - Can go gigabit internet and SQM upto 700-850mbps."
"R4S working great here. Running both a wg server for mobile devices to connect to outside of the home, and multiple wg clients to a third party VPN provider."
"Take a look at the NanoPi R5S"
"Other good options are the latest NanoPi (R6S?) and a Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 combined with a r8152 usb nic are still good."
#5
Xiaomi
3.9
(11)
"Redmi AX6000(NOT Xiaomi AX6000)"
"The best for signal strength wifi is xiaomi, it has many antennas."
"Xiaomi ax3000t is good.... It's currently snapshot only, but it's cheap and fast... Done about 8-9 of them"
"Xiaomi AX3000T - MediaTek MT7981B chipset, which is very capable, ax wifi, 30 euro (alie) 40 euro europe price"
"Xiaomi Ax3600"
"I have Xiaomi AX9000 running 23.05-rc3 at the moment."
"I did recently grab a Xiaomi Redmi Router AC2100 specifically for OpenWRT."
"I recently bought a couple of Xiaomi AX9000s. Flashed Openwrt, totally happy with their performance."
"I'm running a Xiaomi router ax3200 for more than 7 months now. It's a great all round router for gigabit connection, plenty of resources for addon packages."
"Recently got a xiaomi ax3200 and it's pretty beefy. Seems to have a 2.5Gb/s uplink to the cpu."
#6
TP-Link
3.9
(9)
"Not a Wifi 6(e) router, but I just bought a TP-Link AX23, it was a breeze to put OpenWrt on it."
"I just bought a TP-Link AX23 (which is NOT Wifi6(e)) and it was a breeze to put OpenWrt on."
"TP-Link AX23"
"I just installed openWRT into a TP-Link Archer A7 and it was pretty seamless."
"TP-Link google onhub tgr1900. It almost has twice the BOGOMIPS as the Archer ax23. It has tons of more RAM and flash storage."
"Tp-link ax21 v1 is wifi 6 and supported"
"I can recommend the Archer AX23 (v1 and v1.2 makes no difference)."
"I like the tp-link ac1750 for $35. Easy to patch, works great for the price."
"Alternatively there is the ER605 (router without wifi), but installation and recovery require some technical knowledge"
#7
Linksys
4.0
(8)
"If you can find it the linksys ln1301 is ideal. Typically around $25 it's become a popular routers for community builds."
"Linksys E8450, except it only has a dual-core processor"
"I have a Linksys E8450, and it works really well."
"Why has nobody mentioned E8450? It has the best specs of any OpenWrt AX router with stable release."
"Linksys E8450 is pretty good"
"LINKSYS WRT3200ACM Great router that os hard to brick"
"The Belkin is also sold as Linksys E8450 - identical hardware, works with the same OpenWrt images."
"Linksys MX8500 might be another interesting option."
#8
Netgear
3.9
(8)
"I recently picked up a WAX 206 and I'm using it in on asymmetric 1000/50 cable connection. It runs great on 23.05 rc3."
"Support for WAX206 may be made official (no longer snapshot). This is E8450 hardware with addition of a 2.5Gbps port."
"I just bought a Netgear wax206 and I'm pretty happy."
"WAX202 sometimes goes on sale for $30. It's great because the 2.4ghz also has wifi 6."
"WAX206 is great. No USB tho."
"Get the Netgear WAX206 from Japan Amazon, it's very cheap."
"The legendary r7800. I had that during openwrt/openlede drama."
"NetGear R6220 - 4$ from GoodWill"
#9
Turris
4.5
(6)
"Let me highly recommend the Turris Omnia routers"
"Highly recommend the Turris Omnia. It's fully open source - software, hardware, it's great. you can't go wrong with it!"
"Try a Turris device. Both the Omnia and the Mox line would work for you. They are OpenWrt devices, but they’re less "do it yourself" and more of a supported product."
"I got a Turris Omnia 2020 edition for free, I gave it to my father in law and run wireguard on it. It's been awesome."
"Turris Omnia 2020."
"I am using their previous model ever after the Kickstarter. It has been flawless."
#10
Raspberry Pi
4.5
(6)
"A RPI4 as an openwrt router is really hard to beat"
"Rpi4 plus a stock tp-link re605x (or few) works great. Zero down time, zero issues"
"I second the PI4. Really fast and really stable so far (8 months in use)"
"Other good options are the latest NanoPi (R6S?) and a Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 combined with a r8152 usb nic are still good."
"Other good options are the latest NanoPi (R6S?) and a Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 combined with a r8152 usb nic are still good."
"I can't believe no-no mention the Banana pi RPI3 , or the new one, the rpi4. Insane badass routers."
#11
Banana Pi
4.0
(5)
"I've used several bannana pi r3s and set them up for other people as well."
"Banana PI R3 imho, still better than bit raw R4"
"BPi-R3 or BPi-R4 are the best DIY type kits and have great OpenWrt support because it's all MediaTek Filogic/mt76."
"I can't believe no-no mention the Banana pi RPI3 , or the new one, the rpi4. Insane badass routers."
"Bananapi R3"
#12
Ubiquiti
3.8
(5)
"Unifi edgerouter X."
"Ubiquity, Linksys and Asus are solid. Make sure you don't buy the Broadcom variants."
"Not tp-link, but a Ubiquiti Edgerouter X would fit the bill."
"Ubiquiti EdgeRouter 3-Lite as my border router. Under $100."
"I compare unifi u6 pro vs Xiaomi ax3600, the best for signal strength wifi is xiaomi."
#13
Cudy
4.3
(4)
"I can recommend the Cudy WR3000. WiFi 6 is very fast and stable."
"I'm rocking WR3000 with only 4 ports total and VDSL modem FB7362SL"
"Cudy AX3000/WR3000"
"Cudy Wr2100 (if you need one that has WiFi built-in)"
#14
MikroTik
3.8
(4)
"Mikrotik ones"
"If you don't need wifi I would go for the Microtik hEX."
"With wifi the Mikrotik hAP series."
"Mikrotik rb750gr3. It comes with routerOS. In my opinion it absolutely sucks. But you can easily flash openwrt"
#15
OpenWrt
5.0
(1)
"I own it, and it rocks!"
#16
Mediatek
5.0
(1)
"10/10 recommend anything from Mediateks Filogic lineup over Qualcomm."
#17
Protectli
4.0
(1)
"I would go for the fanless Protectli routers. You can run any OS on them as it is a mini PC."
#18
Zotac
4.0
(1)
"I'm currently running an OpenWRT 21.x x64 build on one of my Zotax ZBOX CI323 as my main router."
#19
NexBox
4.0
(1)
"If you want a lot of bandwidth over Wireguard also consider an N100 i226-V box."
#20
Dell
4.0
(1)
"Dell Edge E42W are also nice, but stay away from the 610."
#21
Beryl
4.0
(1)
"I have the Beryl AX and the Flint 2 and I highly recommend the Flint 2 especially because it has a better range, both are really powerful"
#22
Redmi
4.0
(1)
"I can vouch that the Redmi AX6000 (four antennas) works great. Been running it for about a month now, and didn't encounter any issues."
#23
Mercusys
4.0
(1)
"I recently bought a Mercusys MR90X ..... impressive performance.and cost only 87gbp."
#24
4.0
(1)
"I started running openwrt on Google WiFi devices (model AC1304) since they stated to be supported on snapshot versions."
#25
Buffalo
4.0
(1)
"Buffalo WXR-5950AX12 from Japan should be better than Dynalink WRX36 in WiFi 6 performance."
#26
Ruijie
3.0
(1)
"Ruijie BE68 Ultra"
#27
Qualcomm
2.0
(1)
"Qcom and openwrt isn't good combo NSS and offloading issues On ax9000 fan is broken as well and installing openwrt isn't that easy"
#28
Acer
1.0
(1)
"DON'T BUY the ACER PREDATOR. cycling power will result in a brick."
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