The GL.iNet Flint 3 (GL-BE9300) is better at both Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) compared to the Flint 3e (GL-BE6500), due to its tri-band design and support for the 6GHz band, which unlocks the full benefits of Wi-Fi 7 and greatly improves overall network efficiency and peak speeds
### Why Flint 3 Performs Better
- **Tri-band Advantage:** Flint 3 supports 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz, letting Wi-Fi 6/6E/7-compatible devices take advantage of less congested, higher-speed spectrum—especially important for Wi-Fi 7, which introduces new features specifically utilizing the 6GHz band
- **Higher Throughput:** Flint 3 advertises combined wireless speeds up to 9300Mbps, while Flint 3e peaks at about 6453Mbps
- **Future-Proofing:** Wi-Fi 7’s best features (multi-link operation, 320MHz channels, minimized latency) are maximized when the 6GHz band is available, something only Flint 3 offers in this lineup
### When Flint 3e Might Be Enough
- For smaller homes, standard dual-band environments, or if you lack Wi-Fi 6E/7 devices that support 6GHz, the Flint 3e delivers robust Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 performance at a lower price
In summary, Flint 3 outperforms Flint 3e for both Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7, especially in modern, device-dense or speed-demanding setups
Can be, but marketing wise for what price will they offer this 3e model?
When the price difference is less than Usd 50 it makes no sense because then you can buy for a little more money the better Flint 3.
When the price difference is more than Usd 50 then you can better buy the Flint 2.
So I am just curious where they want, marketing wise, position this 3e.
I have the Flint 3 and using firmware 4.8.1. previously I was using an Asus router. At one end of my house the signal is weaker but on the Asus the devices would connect and stay connected to the 5ghz signal. With the Flint 3 the devices regularly drop the WiFi and I would have to reconnect. I do get a sufficient throughput when connected.
This does occur on several devices.
How can I improve the connection when signal is weak?
I’ve had a similar experience compared to the wifi on my AT&T router in spite of the fact that the Flint 3 is in a location which should provide much better performance. I’ve even tried tweaking settings such as reducing channel bandwidth. It is quite disappointing. I’ve been able to figure out that the 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios are sharing the same set of antennas (the two outside ones), while the two inter antennas are dedicated to 6GHz. Pure speculation on my part but I can’t help but wonder if this is contributing to the relatively poor 5GHz performance which I consider to be the most important.
For me the signal is ok, on par with Flint2, but the disconnections are awful (and unchecking 2,4GHZ from MLO is useless). Still waiting for an update...
I went back to my Flint 2 and Wi-Fi is way more stable. Connection with my PC (Intel AX201) is now stable on 5 GHz with 650 / 300 Mbps (which is good for the distance - on Flint 3 it was like 120 / 60 or less)
The WiFi speed of Flint3 has always been confusing. Some users say it is good, while others say maybe problems.
If it is only connected to a single frequency of 6GHz or 5GHz WiFi in fact, it should be more stable than MLO.
Flint3e's 5GHz WiFi has 4x4 MIMO, for the AX/5GHz wireless devices I assume it probably be better than Flint3.
The issue is that 5 GHz / 6 GHz is not suitable for our houses in Germany since they are pretty old with massive walls. So when I move in my house, my device might switch to 2.4 GHz sometimes - which is fine, since some network is better than no network at all.
OpenWrt isn't very good at pushing a device from one band to another when the connection starts to worsen - I am not even sure if real band steering exists or if it's just a bunch of scripts... MLO makes it even worse in that case, at least in my experience.
I would love to get the Flint3 working as great as the Flint2
But right Wi-Fi is always a big problem with my devices and environment.
I went for few days trip. After returning home, my phone connected to MLO network - no Internet. My wife's oneplus 11,to regular 2.4/5ghz - no Internet. Until I switched off hardware acceleration. BTW when switched to software was also no Internet. But with no acceleration it seems I lose around 150mbps from ISP on download…not good…
I have the same issue with firmware 4.8.1. My wifi died completely today and wasn’t solved until I made a restart. I hope that they release a fix for this soon.
