GL.iNet - GL-MT6000 (Flint 2)
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Last updated: Dec 23, 2025 Scoring
Not sure on your budget as that is country based. (Like is it euros, USD, CAD, etc) I recommend the flint 2 - openWRT supports it (vanilla openWRT) - has two 2.5 ports - has 4 gigbit ports - vanilla openWRT support gigbit speeds and should support 2.5 gigbit speeds (more documentation on their page) - has good wifi range. Also it is wifi 6? - has more than enough processing power - 1 GB of RAM - 8 GB of storage (even though I ship logs to my server for log retention) Hope that helps
r/openwrt • [Hardware Question] Looking for recommendations for a Gigabit router ->I’m so glad I didn’t make an impulse purchase. I should just stick to my Flint 2 until Wi-Fi 7 is supported properly in a few years.
r/openwrt • Best Wi-Fi 7 router to install openwrt on ->Stay away for hardware that advertises as gaming anything... A flint 2 would be a cheap and decent upgrade. The rest, well, run cable, it's faster and more stable.
r/HomeNetworking • Router for big family of gamers ->GL inet flint2, or go full Ubiquiti.
r/HomeNetworking • Recommended good routers in 2025 ->Use a good router, with openWRT... For example a Flint 2..
r/HomeNetworking • Should I invest in a decent router or just use OpenWRT? ->GL.iNet Flint series routers run OpenWrt and are very powerful for the price, they are exactly what you're looking for. The 2 has been around long enough that everything is stable and the price has come down a lot, the 3 just got released and will probably have firmware bugs for a while. Importantly you can install cake on them, which is the single biggest difference maker for gaming.
r/HomeNetworking • "Best" consumer router under $200? ->Not for good, look at Gl.inet if you want the most amazing and opensource routers, Flint 2, 3 and it's travel routers as slate 7, (look at them in YouTube) are at own level, better than Synology at each parameters, with extreme software capabilities, and easy to manage but not less powerful neither locked in anyway (os is an skin on too openwrt but also compatible with official openwrt releases), if you need sdwan, vpn-whatever (even tor), bland, multiple segregated networks etc is ts they right stuff, I'm very impressed (I come from Mikrotik).
r/synology • Routers ->Just get a Flint 2 and call it a day, also the I had deco m5 around my home due to bad signal from the ISP router but since getting the Flint I've now got rid as it covers all the house
r/openwrt • [QUESTION] Looking for a cheap OpenWRT router with more flash (no Wi-Fi needed) ->I just picked up the GL.iNet GL-MT6000 (Flint 2) I'm really happy with it so far.
r/HomeNetworking • Best router replacement for home networking use? ->Glinet m6000. Easiest tailscale implementation I've seen.
r/Tailscale • Can someone recommend me a good router that I can install tailscale on and use as an exit node? ->Seconding flint 2 as well. It would have been my go to if I had to just buy a consumer grade router. But I have opnsense on a dedicated box so it was overkill for me and I got a Cudy WR3000H and put openwrt on it and turned into alll in one managed switch with VLAN aware SSIDS
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