๐Ÿš€ Exciting Opportunity: Flint 3 (GL-BE9300) Beta Testing!

:rocket: Exciting Opportunity: Flint 3 (GL-BE9300) Beta Testing! :hammer_and_wrench::sparkles:

Weโ€™re on the lookout for passionate beta testers to experience our latest Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 Home Router โ€“ Flint 3 (GL-BE9300)! :satellite::computer:

Be among the first to explore cutting-edge connectivity and help shape the future with your feedback. :face_with_monocle::speech_balloon:

:point_right: Sign up now! https://link.gl-inet.com/post250225b

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Not a very good offer.

Spending hours of time to test and write proper reproducible bug reports for a router with a $15 bom. I only see benefits for companies by outsourcing beta testing to their customers in trade for hardware.

A bad deal, unless you donโ€™t value your time. Plus there is the pay peanuts get monkeys thing at play too. Surely only the best and most experienced beta testers will apply.

Good luck.

Likely plenty people are willing to do that anyway.

I do have to notice it has been a while that this beta form have been opened. I posted about it on 1 January?

Anyway, feel free to not do it. It is your time. Those that do apply and test hopefully make it a better product for those that do buy the product when it is released. To each their own to decide!

Signed up and looking forward to testing and comparing it againt flint 2, which replaced my Nest mesh system and has been great.

I would love to test the new Flint 3 (GL-BE9300) Beta Testing! Has anyone had the opportunity?

Subscribed to try to test this new and interesting product.

If you have nothing of value to add, why do you keep posting? It is easier to do nothing than make an a** of yourself. If GL is not for you, simply move on.

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Thanks for sharing your opinion and Iโ€™m sorry my contributions arenโ€™t useful to you. But that sounds like a you problem. The forum features an ignore function so there is no reason for you to see and get upset by my posts. Have a great day!

Already signed up to beta test this product, I've had the first Flint and currently using Flint 2, I'm advanced in networking.

wouldn't mind helping iron out some bugs + letting the team know how they can make a better product. it's nice to have your input being acknowledged + valued!! :smile:

at least the teams working on the products seem more open to feedback and improving during beta testing than after the products are released onto the market. although that may be just my bias!

This is the router Iโ€™m most excited about. Iโ€™ve been a long time Asus home router customer and I think this could be the one that disrupts their market; or at least gets folks over on snbforums to pay attention.

i think you're right. the others tri-band options thus far have been way overpriced and not with a good mix of features etc.
this router could set off a wave of wifi 7 adoption.
wouldn't mind a good quad-band option to look forward to though!! :laughing:

I think it will be a bit too late to the party. The trailblazers are already out and do not require any beta testing:

Quad-core ARMยฎ Cortexยฎ-A53 at 1.5 GHz

At this clock speed it's almost surely going to not be great with VPN Client Speeds...
I'm not looking to downgrade from what I have (Flint2 running OpenWRT).
My next router will have to support OpenWRT and have more powerful processing...
Hard pass on Ubiquiti (Although I do use a 60Ghz Gigabeam for remote to a distant building)...
It'll be a pass on the Flint 3 as well as that is looking like it will be closed source...Maybe
the Flint 4 if they do the OpenWRT Opensource from the start like the Flint 2...WiFi I could care
less about as I'm totally wired in the house except for the remote Gigabeam connection.

Curious - what is it about Flint3 that you think will be closed source if you are not worried about the wireless on it?

yeh, tbh the ubiquiti software is actually pretty cool - even though it's closed source, so i will be considering it. but if i was gonna go closed source then i'd rather buy a fritz box - since they integrate Zigbee and DECT as well into their new 5690 pro - and it's about EUR 50-80 more than the dream router 7... :man_shrugging:

and i think the party hasn't even started really - if you consider the general public. hardly ANYONE has wifi 7 routers right now, and very few even own wifi 7 client devices. this upgrade cycle will be ongoing for the next 5 years at least!!

not to mention the fact that the local legislation worldwide hasn't yet even made clear rules on the 6 GHz spectrum. e.g. china probably won't allow it for consumers; UK/EU have allowed it partially, but will maybe expand what is available for use by the public.

what's cool about the Flint 3 and similar products is that they create legitimate competition to the boring netgear/ASUS/tp-link etc devices. so we as consumers can benefit hopefully from more competitive prices

do you really think a router needs all that processing power??

btw ubiquiti routers are some of the best at dealing with a high number of client devices simultaneously. probably the best at this of any consumer router series... so if they felt the need for more processing power, i'm guessing they wouldn't hesitate to implement it?? :thinking:

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Don't get me wrong...I think GL.inet is great for the Open-WRT supported Hardware...Flint 3 though doesn't look like it's going to be supported by the real Open-WRT...Just the GL.inet version...Meaning old version...But for people who are primarily concerned about having the latest WiFi version it'll be fine...I'll hold out for the next version that is Officially Supported by Open-WRT...Like I said maybe Flint 4...

Encryption and Decryption of the VPN requires fast processor (Even with HW off loading)...As line speeds continue to increase that will require more powerful processors to handle that load...I currently own the Flint 1 and the Flint 2...I can tell the difference of network quikness between the two....Of course the Flint 1 is running stock GL.inet firmware which is weighed down by a lot of remote stuff I do not use....My Flint 2 runs real Open-WRT with custom firmware with only what I want and no junk so it runs much quicker...That's what I want in a future router (Just more powerful processor as line speeds will continue to climb)...

I as well have submitted. Would be my first home router from them. I have been using their travel routers for years and love them. Then take the once I replace and re purpose. Have one set up as a VPN to upload security cameras from a family member to my server.