GL.iNet GL-MT6000 Flint 2 Wi-Fi 6 Gaming Router Dual 2.5G Ports

I originally bought this just to stream video games over my local network. The idea was to be able to play any of my Steam games on an ultra powerful PC in any room of the house. I started with powerline adapters, these things you plug into wall power outlets, and then created a sort of wired connection over your electricity wiring, which seemed to improve latency. I was surprised the dream was coming true when I used it but I wanted to optimize it so that it really felt reliable and snappy. I already had a relatively all-in-one modem-router-WiFi from Netgear AC1900, and never had a major problem with it. But as I started reading about how to improve the streaming, I found out about buffer bloat, and ways in which router software can manage their packets/data coming in/out. Which led me to OpenWRT software, which I couldn’t install on an all-in-one which led me to the Flint 1 and then the Flint 2 because it was more powerful for not much more cost. I still use the Netgear as a modem with the router off. This thing exceeded my expectations. First of all the software is a joy to use. I was so surprised how quickly you can navigate the interface and load pages, because I swear the Netgear felt like it took 10+ seconds to register clicks. Installing was easy. Installing an SQM plugin to manage buffer bloat and changing some settings like DNS and NAT was certainly not simple intellectually, but making the clicks on the UI absolutely was. People have complained about how up to date OpenWRT is, but it came with an update right away, and for the average user, I think LTS updates is more important than up to the minute updates. So my streaming setup is pretty amazing now. 1440p streaming with a moderately old gaming PC is working. Powerlines do seem to fluctuate based on time of day, but to my surprise WiFi 6 and the performance of the router actually make streaming over WiFi possible in some cases. Like if the host or client utilizes the whole powerline network and another utilizes WiFi 6 from not that far away, it’s totally basically as good. Streaming from my Meta Quest 3 to the TV is flawless, it even kind of worked when I streamed to chrome on Mac to airplay on the TV via like 4 wireless jump, I mean it was choppy but the fact that it just worked and disconnected was great. I bet this will also reduce the need for wired connections when streaming Steam or a virtual desktop to the desktop. Finally in my opinion this is the only router anyone should buy unless you’re a raspberry pi enthusiast, or you can find another router with something like OpenWRT preinstalled. I would’ve flashed firmware, but the fact that I got it ready to go on a consumer product is magical. Why every router doesn’t come with OpenWRT or an equivalent, is crazy. The software seems so far advanced than the crap in routers I’ve had from big companies in the past. The performance seems amazing. Has the latest features. Doesn’t break the bank. Easy to setup. Overall, prefect score from me, I can’t think of a con.

Bought this to replace my old router and it's been rock solid. Wi-Fi 6 speeds are excellent across the house, the dual 2.5G ports are fast enough that my wired connection isn't the bottleneck anymore, and setup took maybe ten minutes. The real reason to buy this over a generic AX6000 box is the software. It runs on OpenWrt (GL.iNet's polished version of it), so you get real control instead of a dumbed-down app. I run the WireGuard VPN client on it at near line speed (advertised up to 900 Mbps) so my whole network is protected without any per-device setup. AdGuard Home is built in, so my click-happy mother-in-law can tap every "YOU WON A PRIZE" pop-up in peace while the router quietly eats them (1500 and counting this week). Multi-WAN with failover is there if you ever add a backup connection. Power users also get full LuCI access and opkg packages, so it behaves like any proper OpenWrt router when you want to dig in. Only nitpick: the unit is chunky, so check your shelf space. Otherwise it does everything it promises and the VPN performance alone is worth the price.

UPDATE 2: This thing is incredible. I cannot believe the price point for this router and all of it's features. This is the Best networking purchase I have ever made, in over 25 years if IT work. I can pull 2.5gbps internet to my desktop, 1.5gbps over wifi, block ads, VPN home, it does band switching automatically, so you don't have to broadcast MyWifi24 and MyWifi5ghz, you just connect to it once and it'll switch automatically, runs OpenWRT under the covers. I recently configured the Wireguard server to check on my Cameras while I'm out. I used to run OpenVPN, but a while back they broke the SplitTunnel implementation, but I can happily report WireGuard works perfectly. I can even tunnel DNS home, so that Advertisements are blocked *even if* I'm using the non-tunnel side of the internet to read websites. Talk about awesome! Full ad-blocking without any extra servers or docker containers running. Truly remarkable for a 150 dollar device. UPDATE: Wew Lawd! The 2.5g ports do not disappoint!! See my new screenshot. Fully saturating my brand new desktop with this router. My son and I finally drilled a hole through the floor to run a CAT6 cable to my home office in the basement. Totally worth it. I was impressed with over 1gbps via WiFi due to my location in the basement with concrete walls, but wired is another level. I cannot recommend this router enough. Not sure if OpenWRT has SQM baked into it at this point, but I haven't even downloaded the package and you can see my results above. If that one packet didn't get lost my download Active would have been under 6ms. Totally NUTS. Equipment: - Xfinity Gigabit x2 service - Hitron CODA56 modem - Gl.iNet GL-MT6000 router - Intel desktop with 2.5g LAN ------------- What an upgrade! I recently decided to pick up a Hitron Cable Modem to take advantage of better download and upload speeds through Xfinity. However, my Archer C9, (which has been running solid for a decade), only had a 1gb ethernet port. So I needed something with a 2.5g port, but since I also have a relatively new desktop, I wanted to have at least 2x 2.5g ports. This was the only router in that category that wasn't 300 dollars or more. And I just have to say... WOW! What an upgrade! The attached screenshot is from my XPS Laptop...over *WiFi*. 1.6gbps down, 350mbps up. Just awesome. (You have to bump up the channel size to 160mhz to get over 1gbps via WiFi) It's improved my 2.4ghz reach across the house and into the yard as well. Literally everything in my home is faster now, and I haven't even tested the 2.5g Ethernet port yet. I have yet to enable SQM, but that is on the short-list of things to do. Overall, for $133 (with amazon discount), this has to be the absolute best pound-for-pound router you can buy in 2024.

I purchased my router in November 2025. I was impressed by the quality and how easy it was to setup. It has a wide range and allows internet connectivity from my house to a detached structure a few yards away. I had zero issues until August 2026 where it just stopped working so I connected with their customer service team via email. They always responded to my emails within 1 business day. They provided me with troubleshooting instructions and a prepaid label to send my old router to them for diagnostic testing. Within a week of receiving it, they ran the tests and sent me a new router with tracking. Special thanks to Aimee and Daisy for all of their assistance!

This is a decent "home router" that comes with expandable "open source" firmware. This router has a number of features that my previous home router lacked. And this router also has better signal/range than other routers I've owned, and it also crashes less often than those other routers did. One router feature I really like is full support support for the semi-regulated DFS frequencies in the 5ghz WiFi band. While those frequencies are legal to use in the US, they do have extra regulations on them. And sadly most home routers don't implement those extra regulations, so you can't use the DFS frequencies with most home routers. But I found that configuring this router to use the DFS frequencies greatly increased my WiFi speeds (on some days more than doubling the speed gotten on the more traditional WiFi bands). And this router also has support for extra features that I don't personally use, but others might find handy. For example, this router has built-in support for VPNs (i.e. the router can setup a VPN into your network, or have your network use an external VPN). Also this router has an option to have the router itself do ad-blocking for all devices on your network. And because the firmware for this router is "open source" you can easily download/install other features you may want your router to do. So in my personal opinion this router really is the worth the retail price of around $160. Yes, this router is more costly than many home grade routers, but that higher price buys you a more reliable and feature rich router.

This GL.iNet Flint 2 router has been a massive upgrade for our home network. Coverage reaches every corner of the house with strong, consistent speeds, and the Wi-Fi 6 performance handles multiple 4K streams, gaming, and work devices without dropping. The web UI is intuitive, OpenWRT flexibility is excellent, and setting up VLANs and guest networks took only a few minutes. Heat management is solid even under load, and the four antennas keep signal strength high. After weeks of heavy daily use it remains stable and fast. Outstanding value and performance.

This router is amazing and very versatile. I love that it comes pre-installed with a version of OpenWrt because that opens a lot of possibilities you absolutely will not find in other consumer-grade routers. It generally just works right out of the box, but then you can customize it until your heart's content, even so far as to flash other versions of open source firmware (which is what I ultimately did since I was only using features from OpenWrt anyway). While it does not look like much (very boxy, plain), it has loads of good qualities. - The antennas do not rotate side-to-side, but they do rotate forward/backward to lay down flat on the top of the router for transport. - Has a 2 GHz CPU and 1 GB of RAM to handle all the packages, packets, and special firewall rules for your setup. - 2.5 Gbps WAN port for future needs. - This has four 1 Gbps ports and a 2.5 Gbps port that can be used for WAN failover or LAN, depending on settings (LAN by default). - The Wi-Fi range, even with 16 dBm transmit (Tx) power for 2.4GHz and 20 dBm for 5GHz, is more than adequate for my apartment. I lowered those values intentionally to test that. 2.4GHz can be set to 30 dBm, and 5GHz can be set to 24 dBm. - Connectivity has been excellent so far - for more than a week. - Supports WPA3-SAE for modern encrypted Wi-Fi connections. - It comes with a good 4-amp wall plug. - Construction is sturdy, not flimsy at all. - No overheating, despite my 8 VLANs and 6 simultaneous WiFi SSIDs. Granted, some of them are not heavily used. With the pre-installed OpenWrt (accessed through the Advanced Settings), it's possible to: - Setup multiple VLANs to isolate your networked devices - Install additional packages for more tailored setups - Run services like DDNS for Cloudflare (and others) - Completely lockdown your network through firewall traffic rules If you're looking for a powerful upgrade from an old Wi-Fi 5 device from 2013 (this was me), this is an excellent option, even without the newest Wi-Fi 6E and 7 features. I bought this during the 2026 Spring sale for a 15% discount, but I was going to buy it anyway at the full price at the time of writing because of the incredible versatility, powerful hardware, and peace of mind of modern security. Note: I ended up flashing OpenWrt 25.12.2 (latest at time of writing) onto the device because 1) I was only using features from OpenWrt anyway, and 2) the original firmware was limiting my ability to create and utilize the number of SSIDs I wanted for my setup.

Best range i've ever seen on home routers, months of the uptime, simple to configure, built-in adblock, it simply works in my basement and requires no attention, covers the house and whole property. 750+ megabits over wifi to the local server.

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Buscaba un router que no me limitara con firmwares cerrados y este GL.iNet GL-MT6000 (Flint 2) es, sencillamente, una bestia. Si te gusta tener el control total de tu red, no hay nada mejor por este precio. Lo que lo hace especial: • Rendimiento VPN: Es capaz de mover WireGuard a velocidades increíbles (casi 900 Mbps según mis pruebas). Ideal si trabajas con privacidad o quieres ver contenido de otros países sin tirones. • OpenWrt de serie: Viene con una interfaz muy limpia y fácil de usar, pero si entras en el panel avanzado de LuCI, tienes todas las opciones del mundo. Es un paraíso para los que nos gusta "trastear". • Hardware potente: Con sus puertos de 2.5G y el procesador que lleva, gestiona decenas de dispositivos sin inmutarse. El alcance del WiFi 6 es sólido y estable en toda la casa. Comparativa rápida: A diferencia de marcas más tradicionales donde el software es rígido, aquí la libertad es total. Es un router pensado para durar años y adaptarse a lo que necesites (AdGuard Home, túneles VPN, etc.). Conclusión: Si solo quieres enchufar y olvidar, quizás te sobre router. Pero si valoras la privacidad, la velocidad en VPN y un hardware de primera con software abierto, el Flint 2 es imbatible. 100% recomendado.

This is the best router ever! It has tons of possible configurations. I bought it primary for blocking youtube on my "smart" TV and my kids phones. And it works. Under Parental control you can ad a profile and under that profile you ad the devices you want to be able to connect to internet. If they are not on a list they will be blocked. Even if they are connected to the network, and this is a must. Then you ad a a rule set under witch you can add all youtube sites to block. I asked an AI for that. There are a lot of sites you need to block. After this you can also ad time windows where these rules applies. Awesome! I also tried to add an M.2 SSD via the USB3 on the side. You set it up under Applications/network storage. My SSD is NTFS formatted but AI told me ext4 is best. Follow the guide and give the disk a UN och PW. Then I added a network drive in my computers file explorer pointing to the one configured in the router. Bam! 256GB on the network for moving files in the network (in Linux Mint, the manual says windows works to). AdGuard Home is a built in feature. It can also block sites and ads! Check out NetworkChuck on YT for more information. Awsome! No more ads. I also connected my old TP-Link P7 mesh network downstream the Flint 2 to extend the range. The rules set in the Flint 2 now also applies to the old P7 mesh network as they work as extenders from now on. AI helped me do this to. Now I have 4 access points for my devices with awesome range! I an go on and on. Best money ever spent on a router! Just buy!

Good router, easy setup

Uzun süredir farklı yönlendiriciler kullanan biri olarak rahatlıkla söyleyebilirim ki, bu cihaz şimdiye kadar kullandığım en başarılı modellerden biri oldu. Tüm ev ağımı bu yönlendirici üzerine taşıdım ve ilk günden beri son derece stabil çalışıyor. OpenWrt desteği gerçekten muazzam. Ağını özelleştirmeyi sevenler, VLAN, VPN, DNS, firewall gibi gelişmiş ayarlarla uğraşanlar için büyük bir özgürlük sunuyor. WireGuard kurulumu ise inanılmaz kolay. Hazır yapılandırma dosyalarını birkaç adımda içe aktararak dakikalar içinde güvenli VPN bağlantısını kullanmaya başlayabiliyorsunuz. Donanım tarafı da en az yazılımı kadar etkileyici. İşlemcisi oldukça güçlü ve yoğun ağ trafiğinde bile performansından hiçbir şey kaybetmiyor. Aynı anda çok sayıda cihaz bağlıyken bile bağlantıda yavaşlama veya kararsızlık yaşamadım. Kablosuz performansı beklentimin çok üzerinde çıktı. Çekim gücü son derece başarılı, kapsama alanı geniş ve bağlantı hızı oldukça yüksek. Wi-Fi 6 destekli cihazlarla birlikte farkı rahatlıkla hissedebiliyorsunuz. Mobil uygulaması da oldukça başarılı hazırlanmış. İlk kurulumdan günlük yönetime kadar her şey anlaşılır ve pratik. Teknik bilgi seviyesi daha düşük kullanıcılar bile rahatlıkla kullanabilir. Eğer OpenWrt, WireGuard veya genel olarak güçlü ve uzun yıllar kullanılabilecek bir yönlendirici arıyorsanız, bu cihazı gönül rahatlığıyla tavsiye ederim. Fiyatını sonuna kadar hak eden, performansı ve sunduğu özelliklerle beklentilerin üzerine çıkan gerçekten premium bir ürün.