Hello guys,
from where i can download the 4.6.0-op24 for Flint2 with the open source drivers? the mtk sdk still limited on wifi performance.
You can download it here.
https://dl.gl-inet.com/release/router/open/mt6000-open/4.6.0-op24
Between mtk and op24 for one this one works better the op24 and for the other user the mtk one.
One major problem with mtk is that there is some limitation what you can do, though it should be a little bit more stable to some key points which addresses to older devices which may not handle wifi quite right, or to other specific situations such as crashing.
The op24 can also work fine, but there are scenarios its not feasible to use it as a stable release, there can be devices which can instantly crash the wifi drivers, it can be due packet lengths on udp or multicast was also reported on the OpenWrt channels, there have been also reports of bad signal (though on my previous posting history this was due to a usb stick interference but i cannot say this for other reports they didn't seem to use usb), though it has been improved alot since the first openwrt 24 snapshots when the router just got out.
^ now keep in mind that openwrt 24 is not out as official openwrt release, the version from gl-inet is also not synced 1:1 with their master branch, however OpenWrt is constantly changing kernel versioning and sometimes this can be breaking something also on the mt76 driver so if you update to another snapshot of 24 it is possible you should see it as a snapshot 
, from my experience using normal OpenWrt, its becomming better and better, so far with the op24 gl version on the mt3000 it is flawless and i did use multipsk there but nothing extra advanced like multicast, it did the job and streamed ps5 remote play 
The version you sent is this one : GL.iNet download center ?
From the file name seems to be. i have already test it and i still have wifi limitations. i dont hit more then 820 download on wifi. with wed enabled , hw offloading ....
Hmm i think 800mb/s is still not bad, though i have seen people going over a little over 1,3gb/s i think thats the max you can have, but never full 2.5gb/s that is more marketing talk the ports can have it and negotiate as, but those speeds are not possible with this router, almost none of the routers can do that only if you think on x86 platforms then it is more possible.
And then you have also other scenarios like it is also a hardware lottery, the distance between cables, or wifi, the amount of devices also able to steal traffic, cables, the channel can also be the issue you want the best throughput the higher how better (more power too), but that is not always allowed and rader detection kicks in.
As for now my max with wireguard was around 600mb/s to 700mb/s and without it im also going around these speeds 50mb/s more, my isp gave me 1gb/s.
For me its due to the cabling i run more than 50 meter rj45 cable over one port with more than 15 devices on 10 vlans that count up to alot of overhead and due that my wifi speed can also be lower, but im fine even with seeing these speeds.
^ i could fix that by swapping cat5e cables to cat6a, but yeah... it can also be just the quality of the switch ports on my zyxel gs1900 switches, its fine for me😋
If it was like 100-200mb/s then i'd agree 
, but therefor i have no idea how your network looks like.
And i run mine with non gl firmware, you may can try something though and shutdown the service gl_eqos?
Is this GL firmware (op24) same as the other GL firmware’s where they use proprietary and closed code?
I am not a fan of that, I prefer fully open source, you never know what might be in there
i have a 1G fiber.The router used before i can download with 930mbps which was using openwrt but they mod it and you cannot do nothing inside. That why i am a bit pissed because i know is possible to achieve that speed. my network is simple. no vlans no special networks.. etc. Today speedtest to NordVPN wireguard directly from router cli i had 910 mbps ... and that why i angry why wifi is not able to achieve 900.
Also hw offloading i have better performance when is deactivated!
Is still using sdk not open source drivers
With the op24 i was able to hit 900 but idk how. i had suddenly one morning but was for short time...
The router is very good and strong just the wifi is still not fixed as it should. i really like it . i have buy it so i can run a permanent wireguard client on it to hide real IP when surfing and also for Netflix and Disney region unblock
yup op24 is openwrt 24 but not a 1:1 representation of openwrt, it is from the main branch of OpenWrt which mean its still developed as a snapshot.
gl-inet forked this as base for op24 some time ago that is what I ment, the mtk version is the one fully closed source it uses the MTK propertiery wifi drivers.
^ you can check the date when it got released, and as tip but not needed in luci the OpenWrt version always begins with Rxxx that is basicly the commit hash it was checked out from, from the openwrt branch, the hyphen - are from patches its too hard to track, you can use this to view how OpenWrt tree was back then and compare with now
op24 was good on my beryl ax (MT3000), but on my flint 2 I use OpenWrt directly without gl-inets software, I compile that one myself i think that bringed in the confusion 
I guess gl-inet rather prioritize on mtk for now, because the main branch for OpenWrt is not designed for stable openwrt yet , they highly upgrade things like kernel bumps, to dropping iptables, if you use OpenWrt directly you won't notice much problems but i think some of the changes can give bad interractions with their own components, so they have to carefully check if they branch off a newer one, its not always waterproof and error proof 
I had already a case my firewall was disabled that is one reason enough to carefully assist before doing another release
4.6.2
1941 Mbps down
1341 Mbps up
Wpa 3, ax/AC mode, 160mhz wide, channel 64.
Client device: pixel 6 pro
Use librespeed test that you can self host for local speed testing without testing internet speed.
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that speed is much faster than I see with just OpenWrt but well my network is complicated
on the librespeed-cli opkg I see:
root@MT6000:~# librespeed-cli
Retrieving server list from https://librespeed.org/backend-servers/servers.php
Selecting the fastest server based on ping
Selected server: Amsterdam, Netherlands (Clouvider) [ams.speedtest.clouvider.net]
Sponsored by: Clouvider @ https://www.clouvider.co.uk/
You're testing from: <snip> - Unknown ISP
Ping: 2.00 ms Jitter: 0.00 ms
Download rate: 889.14 Mbps
Upload rate: 816.56 Mbps
but i have only 1gb/s.
Try run it on a different computer with fast storage.
Mine runs on a computer with 2.5gbps nic and Samsung gen 4 SSD on a pcie 3 motherboard.
Also looks like you're doing an internet speed test not a local lan speed test.
If you run the docker image I shared you'll be able to test like me.
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Thanks for informations guys. I hope the devs will improve more the wifi driver so we can enjoy the bandwidth we have from ISP
Are the drivers better? Is more stable the wifi also the speed?
For me it is, but when im going to use it on udp streams or multicast specific things then issues can arise.
I run alot of Aqara IOT and have not seen issues, only the FP2 sometimes get stuck on a handshake.
I only have one device managing to crash the entire driver, and that is when i use the ayaneo geek 1S with a intel 210AX wireless card and play gta online peer to peer traffic.
If a device is affected like this, the experience can change fast from stable to terrible experience.
So to awnser you question:
I would say try to test it, not all the devices are the same neither do they create the same type of traffic.
I use alot of devices currently around 15 but only this device manage to crash.
There is alot of chatting about this:
But unfortunately no new update on 881, with mtk i dont experience these time outs.
What i dont understand there is some years they work on the mt76 driver and they still didn't fix it...
Well mt76 is actually social engineered to be open source and intepret like the propetairy drivers would do it.
And one of the maintainers has close ties with mediatek, however that does not garantue it will work 100% of the time, it is a new platform so it costs alot of work, + they are aswell doing things with linux like backporting things from hostapd and mac80211 first they where hacks, and later backported from linux repo because it got official support.
Its now believed they think it is a firmware bug, the firmware is calibration data (blobs) which are from mediatek and aswell closed source but OpenWrt use them too, but yeah... It will take some time it might be a very deep or complexer issue😉
Thanks for explaining. i hope they will succeed with that. Btw you have or know any wireguard script or app who can randomly connect to the best server? I use NordVPN.. i try to create something in chatGPT but results was not that good
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