To summarize, I understand there are currently only three AX devices supported by DD-WRT with one more coming soon.
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Linksys MR7350 2/5 Ghz dual band Gigabit ports only
Linksys MX4200 2/5/5 Ghz tri band Gigabit ports only
Dynalink WRX36 2/5 Ghz dual band One 2.5GB WAN port
Asus RT-AX89X (soon) 2/5 Ghz dual band Two 10gb WAN port
This means no Wifi 6E (6Ghz) or Wifi 7 devices and limited multigig Ethernet devices.
Would like to see the highest end ASUS routers added such as GT-AXE 16000 and RT-BE96U.
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2024 15:19 Post subject:
Check recent release (57595) downloads folder. There's more than just those four, and RT-AX89X is in active support and development.
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Would like to see the highest end ASUS routers added such as GT-AXE 16000 and RT-BE96U.
Won't happen as these are both Broadcom routers.
And the RT-AX89X does not have 2x 10Gbit WAN ports but a 10GBase-T and a 10G SFP+ port ... you can use them for whatever you want.
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Thanks for that, @ho1Aetoo. I didn't chase that rabbit down the hole. Yes, no Broadcom AX Wifi6/6E/7 support will happen in DD-WRT. Seems even the old crowd is oblivious to this. Adding link to this part of the thread for the sticky, knowing both will likely be ignored, because reasons.
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ho1Aetoo wrote:
And what is so high end about the routers? they also have low power B53 CPUS
You'll quickly realize that they can't manage 10Gbit without tricks ...
What high end routers are candidates for DD-WRT? By high end, I mean must have at least Wifi 6E (or 7), Ethernet ports must be at least 2.5GB, and hardware resources must provide the performance.
kernel-panic69 wrote:
no Broadcom AX Wifi6/6E/7 support will happen in DD-WRT.
Are there any Wifi 6E or Wifi 7 (non-Broadcom) routers that actually are realistic candidates for DD-WRT?
Thinking about upgrading from 4 Netgear R7800s to 802.11ax-capable access points, I stumbled upon the question of whether it makes sense to wait for DD-WRT/OpenWRT support for Wi-Fi 6E. What is the reason that makes porting DD-WRT/OpenWRT to a 6E router (e.g. something with the QCN9074 (ath11k) so much more difficult than to an Atheros-based Wi-Fi 6 router?
I don't know.
But it was/is not easy to port the Qualcomm wifi 6 devices.
The new chips and CPUs have security functions that are partially activated, such as "secure boot".
This makes it difficult to start a different firmware, for example.
In addition, Qualcomm has assigned some developers to work on the required upstream support.
However, this usually takes a very long time before the drivers can even be used properly.
Someone once told me that the new WLAN modules only work on the Qualcomm reference boards but nowhere else.
First of all, the Qualcomm reference boards are extremely expensive:
so that practically no developer has them and the modules only work on Qualcomm hardware for the time being and nowhere else.
(not on the existing boards, not in x86s etc.)
This makes it difficult to develop drivers and software if you don't own the overpriced hardware.
I'm sure one of the opensource developers can explain this to you.
I am just a simple user.
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ho1Aetoo wrote:
I don't know.
But it was/is not easy to port the Qualcomm wifi 6 devices.
Thank you very, very much for this information. I was not aware of large parts of this!
It helps me to decide on a couple of Wi-Fi 6 devices, most probably Dynalink DL-WRX36. Maybe we should think about crowdfunding of devel boards for the OSS devs to make Wi-Fi 6E and perspectively Wi-Fi 7 on OSS routers to become true one day.
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It doesn't matter. There is no interest in MediaTek AX devices at present due to the ongoing issues with the radio chipset firmware blobs. As already stated in two places, procure one and send it to the developer. _________________ "Life is but a fleeting moment, a vapor that vanishes quickly; All is vanity"
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