GL.iNet - Flint 3 (GL-BE9300)

GL.iNet Flint series routers run OpenWrt and are very powerful for the price, they are exactly what you're looking for. The 2 has been around long enough that everything is stable and the price has come down a lot, the 3 just got released and will probably have firmware bugs for a while. Importantly you can install cake on them, which is the single biggest difference maker for gaming.

Not for good, look at Gl.inet if you want the most amazing and opensource routers, Flint 2, 3 and it's travel routers as slate 7, (look at them in YouTube) are at own level, better than Synology at each parameters, with extreme software capabilities, and easy to manage but not less powerful neither locked in anyway (os is an skin on too openwrt but also compatible with official openwrt releases), if you need sdwan, vpn-whatever (even tor), bland, multiple segregated networks etc is ts they right stuff, I'm very impressed (I come from Mikrotik).

1. This is for my career, to develop my skills professionally but also so I can have complete control over my stuff, I’m tired of owning nothing and forced to be happy about it, a home lab not only for tinkering also gives me full control over my stuff 2. It would be a massive step up, the **GL-RM1 KVM** would let me access my lab away from home, especially at work when it’s pretty slow like it is now, the **GL-BE9300** would replace my bog standard BT hub whatever that lacks support for port forwarding and its such a burden on it, with or the **GLBE3600**, I can keep my network isolated from everything else and let me run a Minecraft server. I would also take it with me to Ireland with my laptop 3. I google it on ebay, then reddit and youtube, if there’s something I really want, I buy it 4. special mention to framework, they absolutely deserve it, a framework desktop would be cool to win, could run a local LLM instead of not owning chatgpt and being happy. We are replacing our networking equipment with Ubiquti UDMs, would love to win one of those, but also a full size dell server

Hey thanks for this ga! I enter for the Flint 3 and Comet PoE. 1. I got into self-hosting because I wanted more control over my data and a hands-on way to learn how servers and networks really work. My proudest project so far is an open-source website I’m building (not yet public) to make home automation easier to understand. The most expensive piece of equipment I’ve bought is a the PoE switches. 2. Winning the Flint 3 would be a huge upgrade for my setup. My current router has started to struggle with the number of devices I have, so Wi-Fi 7 and multi gig ports would really help improve reliability and speed across my network. 3. I usually find gear through Reddit, YouTube reviews from channels like ServeTheHome, and tech blogs that focus on homelab and open-source projects. 4. For a future giveaway, I’d love to see something like a compact Proxmox-ready mini server or a Synology NAS, both are great for anyone building out a homelab. Thanks!

GLinet Flint 3 or 2 Both are rock solid

That would be so awesome to replace my aging Aruba AP by the Flint 3 as I could finally use the bandwidth my provider is offering me… My most expensive equipement is actually the storage pool. My Synology NAS was expensive, but filling it with 5x14TB turned out to be as much expensive if not more. Paired with the comet remote KVM, I feel that this would be quite a nice combo. The start of my journey began with the NAS, and upon discovering the power of containers, I ended up bringing old desktop from eWaste and try everything I could think of, from pfSence to VMware Esxi to Proxmox… I feel that every day a new project arises. Last year I created a pool pump monitoring system so it would detect sunshine heating my solar pool heater and only turn on the pump whenever there would be a benefit, in temperature delta, which obviously doesn’t exist when the sun isn’t shining. Fun stuff

flint 2 is better , flint3 seems like a down grade, i personally had the ax86u and just now use it as a node, main is axe16000 https://preview.redd.it/1pg79cu7xcvf1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ad53ab8bca885e17aea6787c810fbc85c93254d

I recommend Gl.Inet routers. Specifically the [Flint 3](https://store-us.gl-inet.com/products/flint-3-gl-be9300-tri-band-wi-fi-7-home-router) or the Flint 2. They offer a pretty great range of options at a very reasonable price.

It does offer its own DHCP server

I mean, it is. It's just got closed source drivers which the main project can't ship with. But the Spitz AX started out similarly (namely it's qualcomm modem) and now has a functional stable build including that part, so...