Brume-W GL-MV1000W: wifi repeater speed, heat, packet drops

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GL-MV1000 gets very hot

Brume GL-MV1000 is apparently a powerful and stable router, at least among GL-Inet routers. It’s got Marvel CPU dual Cortex-A53 and 1GB RAM. This is good among routers. It’s an edge router that is supposed to face internet, supporting a LAN. However, even not connected to internet, this thing gets REALLY hot. Sounds like it’s going to burn, and designed for occasional use. It seems cooling is not well thought. My question is, is this normal for this or all routers (or perhaps those with powerf…