Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2025 6:30 Post subject: Best router for wired performance in 2025?
Hello
I temporarly need a DD-WRT router. I have 1Gb internet so I need the best wired performance. Even though I wont use Wi-Fi, I do need it to have WPA3 (for modern support) just in case in the future. With 4 ports, I believe it is enough. I dont want to go over 100€
I mostly need it to act as a OpenVPN server and Im outdated if I can block ads at DD-WRT level.
Yes, I know there is a pinned thread but it is completely outdated and messy.
I need this ASAP so no AliExpress 20 day shipping. In Europe, so Amazon avaliably would be best
Joined: 16 Nov 2015 Posts: 7065 Location: UK, London, just across the river..
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2025 5:52 Post subject:
If you can find it on Amazon or Ebay... Dynalink WRX36 has all the boxes...powerful CPU and flawless performance...on the downside, first install is a bit follow the steps...but nothing special... https://support.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dynalink_DL-WRX36 otherwise a mini/micro PC https://eu.protectli.com/ you can find similar alternatives a bit cheaper on amazon... _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 62606 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 -DD-WRT 63257 GTW/SmDNS/DoT,AD-Blk,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 62606 Gateway/DNSCryptv2,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla,VPN cli
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 62606 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Dynalink DL-WRX36-DDWRT 62606
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 63257 GTW/DNScrypt-proxy2/AD-Block,IPset Firewall,Forced DNS,x4VLAN,VPN cli
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Joined: 04 Aug 2018 Posts: 1577 Location: Appalachian mountains, USA
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2025 19:25 Post subject:
Alozaros wrote:
If you can find it on Amazon or Ebay... Dynalink WRX36 has all the boxes...powerful CPU and flawless performance...on the downside, first install is a bit follow the steps...but nothing special... https://support.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dynalink_DL-WRX36 otherwise a mini/micro PC https://eu.protectli.com/ you can find similar alternatives a bit cheaper on amazon...
When I checked earlier this week, the Dynalink was not available on Amazon. _________________ On 61465: 3x Dynalink DL-WRX36, Linksys MX4200v2, 2x MR7350. WPA2personal/WPA3 w/ AES, VAPs, NAS, station mode, OpenVPN client (AirVPN), wireguard server (AirVPN port forward) and clients (AzireVPN, AirVPN, private), Two SmartDNS/DoT providers and one DNSCrypt provider via VPNs. DNSmasq manages that plus ad blocking and local DNS.
You can get an older/used one off eBay b/c frankly at several generations old it still has so much performance headroom, it leaves nothing to be desired. _________________ Google is Spyware
Joined: 16 Nov 2015 Posts: 7065 Location: UK, London, just across the river..
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 6:35 Post subject:
blaser wrote:
I had Dynalink and got rid of it, I had too many problems with guest network.
mine is a rock solid...with flawless performance...but there ware some reports about units with bad radio chip and flaky performance...for the record i dont like guest networks and never use those...if i need guest radio it will be another unit...rather than software split that decreases radio bandwidth and its stability usually depends on updates...fact...
at the end blocke asked about wired performance ...so yes, my choice is still WRX36 or MX8500 _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 62606 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 -DD-WRT 63257 GTW/SmDNS/DoT,AD-Blk,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 62606 Gateway/DNSCryptv2,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla,VPN cli
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 62606 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Dynalink DL-WRX36-DDWRT 62606
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 63257 GTW/DNScrypt-proxy2/AD-Block,IPset Firewall,Forced DNS,x4VLAN,VPN cli
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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