OpenWRT - Flint (GL-AX1800) WiFi 6 Router Overview & Performance Test

In this video, we will have an overview of the Flint Dual-Band WiFi 6 Router from GL-iNet (GL-AX1800). At the same time, we will conduct some tests to check out the router's performance.
The test includes WiFi 6 throughput on 2.4G and 5G band, WAN to LAN throughput test with OpenSpeedTest and iPerf3, OpenVPN & Wireguard VPN throughput and finally a BufferBloat test.
I was impressed by the performance of the Flint Router, especially the WAN to LAN throughput. With 940Mbps WAN to LAN throughput at 75% CPU idle, I can confirm that the router can handle Gigabit Ethernet easily. The downside is that it was built with QSDK (QCA Software Development Kit - based on OpenWRT 15.05) and this branch is outdated. I assume that the WiFi driver is closed source and I am not sure if the WiFi performance is still good when the device's firmware was pushed to openwrt.org.

If you are interested in the device, you can check out these links:
Flint Router Specs: https://bit.ly/3yTOA7d
Buy the Flint: https://bit.ly/3ppFvzy

Video timeframe:

00:00 - GL-iNet Flint Dual-band WiFi 6 Router Overview
02:16 - Initial Setup (First Time Setup)
03:35 - Enable Adguard Home on Flint router
03:56 - Upgrade Flint Firmware
04:07 - Flint is based on QSDK (OpenWRT 15.05)
04:59 - WAN to LAN throughput test - WiFi 6 in 5GHz Band
05:57 - WAN to LAN iperf3 test - WiFi 6 in 5GHz Band
06:10 - Wireguard VPN throughput
07:13 - OpenVPN throughput
07:57 - QoS on FLint Router - BufferBloat Test
08:28 - 2.4GHz WiFi 6 throughput

First time setup guide - https://docs.gl-inet.com/en/3/setup/g...

Thanks for watching and see you in the next year!