Finally a TriBand router but does it support MLO? In terms of Batman_V reliability it has to have an Atheros chipset and not a Mediatek one. My Flint AX1800 has just recently received OpenWRT snapshot support. QSDK firmware was an awful experience and I think mainline Linux support is mandatory. I won't wait 4 years again for that pricey hardware to get usable.
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Flint 3 slower Wireguard than Flint 2. That's true?
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Hi Elaine (and GL.iNet team), @elainechen
I just submitted my application for the Flint 3 (GLāBE9300) beta and wanted to check if I got in before the cutoff. From what Iāve read, selections are still in progress, but I figured Iād ask.
Background about me, I am a Network engineer by day. Comfortable with CLI, packet captures, and digging into firmware quirks.
My GL.iNet experience so far
ā¢ Opal (GLāSFT1200) ā ran it in repeater mode off a 2.4 GHz SSID. Did a lot of LuCI + SSH tweaking (powerāsave flags, custom routes, static DHCP) to chase down intermittent drops.
ā¢ Beryl AX (GLāMT3000) ā daily driver now, repeating the same upstream but with WiāFi 6. Running Cloudflare DoT, AdGuard Home with custom blocklists, IPv6, scheduled TXāpower shifts (low at night, high by day), and autoāreboots. Rockāsolid; happy to share logs and UI/UX notes.
Test environment I can offer
ā¢ Apple TV 4K (2nd gen), HomePod 2 pair, iPhone 15 Pro Max, MacBook Pro (WiāFi 6E) ā perfect for checking AirPlay sync, peerātoāpeer quirks, and multicast/mDNS behaviour on triāband WiāFi 7.
ā¢ PS5, LG C3 65ā, and a mix of smartāhome gear for throughput/QoS stress.
ā¢ Happy to benchmark backhaul options, VPN performance, VLANs, and AdGuard Home on the new SoC.
Also started testing Tailscale to reach my home network from workājust playing around, but itās been pretty handy.
If thereās still room on the tester roster, Iād love to push Flint 3 in a realāworld setup and give detailed feedback.
Thanks, and fingers crossed!
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Hi Irajnuwan,
Thanks for your message! We havenāt finalized the beta tester selection for the BE9300 yet. We truly appreciate your support and your experience with GL.iNet products.
Once the selection is confirmed, weāll be sure to let you know.
Cheers,
Elaine
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Thanks, Elaine! Appreciate the update. Looking forward to hearing back once the listās finalized.
Cheers!
this + lack of 10GE port disqualifies Flint 3 completely in my eyes
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Did someone really confirm that Flint 2 can handle 900Mbps?
It's a Home Router, where most consumers are still on Gigabit network.
It is one of the things beta-testers actually do test as well. Having tested some devices (not flint 2), the numbers I found for those products were reachable in tests. I do not see why it wouldn't be the case for Flint 2.
I'm hitting 900Mbps on regular basis with Flint 2 (Wireguard + Mullvad)
Asus, Ubiquiti, Netgear, etc make home routers with 10G ports...
Yes, but take a look on those prices.
The demand on that price range is so small that I don't believe worth spending time developing them.
Got my new pride and joy that is the RT-BE88U on prime day offer from Amazon.de for ā¬246,29. Flint 3 will have to be a whole lot cheaper to be able to compete.
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Yes, PIA with Wireguard confirmed 
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Flint 2 has MediaTek Quad-Core 2GHz CPU while Flint 3 has Qualcomm Quad-Core 1.5GHz CPU.
I guess this is the reason for a lower Wireguard speed on Flint 3
GL-iNet could make something different, like what Framework is doing for laptops. They could make a modular router 
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if only they chose Qualcomm IPQ9574 variant for Flint3 instead with it's 2.2GHz clock, things would be much better
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Maybe make a Pro version like all manufacturers do these days with a better CPU, more RAM etc
I would definitely buy a Flint 3 Pro version to replace my old Flint 2 
Or coming next generation Flint 4 
given that Flint 3 is not yet available, I'd say 18-24 months between now and Flint 4. Bit too late arrival to party I'd say.
I think I'll switch from my Flint 2 to Asus RT-BE88U with Merlin fw. With 2.6GHz quad core cpu and 2GB ram it should give nice performance for Wireguard
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