Mediatek-based AX Access Point

exponentialverteilt · 2022-03-05T06:24:40.906Z

Hi,
do you have any plans on designing a Mediatek-based router? For instance, the AX3200 (MT7622 + MT7915E) seems to work pretty well. But it comes with the downside, that the FW update procedure from the stock image to OpenWRT is quite hard.

OpenWrt Forum – 5 Nov 21

Adding OpenWrt support for Xiaomi "Redmi Router AX6S"/"Xiaomi Router AX3200"

Xiaomi at it again with their... 10th? 802.11ax router design. Not to be confused with the similarly named AX6, which is a Qualcomm based solution, this is a MediaTek MT7622B design. Teardown on Chinese review site: https://www.acwifi.net/16612.html...

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alzhao · 2022-03-05T07:08:55.879Z

MT7622 may be the best supported chipset. But there is no supply.

exponentialverteilt · 2022-03-05T08:15:49.783Z

Is this due to the global chip shortage?

alzhao · 2022-03-05T09:54:54.950Z

Yes. Only big companies got chipset.

exponentialverteilt · 2022-04-09T06:11:40.269Z

Hi @alzhao,
do you know of BPI-R3? It’s featuring Mediatek’s new Filogic 830 / MT7986.
Since GL.iNet currently only offers a single enterprise level access point seems to be Cirrus (GL-AP1300) with 802.11ac, I would love to see an enterprise access point from GL.iNet with

802.11ax
PoE
2.5 Gbit/s SFP connector
(maybe based on MT7986 / MT7622).

This would be a great alternative to the UniFi 6 LR that would actually be able to deliver the high thorughput that 802.11ax is offering.

Since Sinovoip can source MT7986, do you think it’s the same issue supply issue as with MT7622?

I would like to hear what you think.

alzhao · 2022-04-12T01:16:59.261Z

Chipset supply is becoming better.

MT7986 is a nice to go.

direction · 2022-08-14T20:32:14.784Z

Can’t wait what kind of performance will be with Filogic 830