I'm currently testing a few different 4G options for a medium-sized client's remote-access program. The Mudi v2 is one I'm evaluating. I'm a little concerned about the firmware status as it's still on 4.3 branch, same as my ancient Spitz among others. Security patches rather than new features are generally most important whenever I'm evaluating hardware for rollouts, but there's a handful of changes in the 4.5/4.6 branches that would be great to see.
So, is there a realistic expectation that the Mudi 2 is going to move forward or be relegated to 4.3 w/ security fixes from here on? I've read lots of "soon as we do x..." posts from GL-iNet staff here, but haven't seen any actual movement, so I'm a little skeptical...
I've got a MT3000 set up w/ 4.7 beta tethered on a 4G connection as "why not?" side item that I run an occasional test against.
Most of the features in 4.5 or 4.6 that would be of use are improved GUI controls for VPN and DNS settings. Certainly I have no problem digging into dnscrypt-proxy and dnsmasq configs, etc, but I won't complain about functional GUI settings when I'm doing initial setup/problem-solving on solutions. For this particular project, the client isolation DHCP toggle, among others, would be a testing time-saver. This project is not likely to end up using site-to-site TAP, but that's a 4.5 OpenVPN improvement that I won't be able to test on the Mudi without rolling my own. Specific to the Mudi v2 there's significant updates to the cellular GUI in 4.7 that would be nice to have.
Nothing in 4.5 or 4.6 is life-altering, but there's plenty that makes the task of rolling through a ton of configuration changes while bench-testing easier.
After almost 30 years of doing this stuff, when it comes to client solutions I actually prefer being able to rely on a stable point release that continues to receive security updates (the present situation with 4.3). However, right now I'm in the problem solving and testing phase comparing several possible solutions and vendors, and eventually I'll put together some recommendations to my client on what to spend their money on. That the Mudi v2 is 3 major point releases behind right now despite being built around a chipset that is well-supported by the current OpenWRT stable leads me to wonder whether it's a device likely to get any further development...