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I'm trying to look for a good Wifi 6E router that can use open source firmware like dd wrt. Haven't been able to find one yet. Any advice?
Not dd wrt, but I got a redmi ax6000 and after an evening of tinkering I got openwrt working. Pretty good, WiFi 6 and all that for a 100 eur router.
Not OP but that's good to know, thanks for the heads-up!
Honestly, I don’t think there are any WiFi 6 or 6e routers that support ddwrt. And only a handful that support openwrt.. Can’t recommend any since I did not test them.
There's a decent amount of WiFi 6 routers/APs supported by OpenWrt, but not really 6e: https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_available_16128_ax-wifi
Same. I've been looking at this one tho.
OpnSense for router/switch/etc. and a Ruckus box running the Unleashed firmware for the AP.
Not 6E but the GLINet Flint 2 runs a flavour of OpenWrt 23.05.
I own the original Flint and I have been really happy with it. It's has a "fisher price" mode for most people; but then you can also log into Luci and really tinker under the hood.
I have the Flint 2. I'm only using it as a dumb AP and managed switch but the wireless performance has been a significant step up over previous APs and routers I've owned, even if it doesn't support 6E. And it comes with a couple of 2.5GbE ports so you can integrate it with a 2.5GbE LAN and use with a 2.5GbE+ internet connection (not that it's very common yet).
To OP: the firmware is in its early days (both stock and snapshot openwrt) so you may run into problems with some use cases.
Just buy whatever router you want and then buy a wifi6e/Wifi 7 WAP.