The Flint 2 OpenWRT VPN Router WiFi 6 Access Point Bandwidth Tests and More

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  • This router has it all! WireGaurd Server and Client capabilities, Dual 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, it can be an access point, repeater; it's got open source software for the OS. It's power efficient, doesn't get too hot. The WiFi can be incredibly fast on the 5GHz DFS channels. I'm just overall impress with this thing. Very cool entry into the networking world.
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    Intro 0:00
    Hardware 0:38
    WiFi 6 2:05
    Other Interesting Things 2:23
    No Teardown 2:53
    Software Features 3:33
    WiFi Test Setup 4:39
    Bandwidth Test Results 5:23
    Power Consumption 6:22
    Setup WireGaurd 6:38
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    【WiFi 6 Standard with ultra-low latency】Wi-Fi 6 speeds up to 6 Gbps to let you enjoy smoother 4K streaming, gaming, video calls and more (1148Mbps (2.4GHz), 4804Mbps(5GHz)), DDR4 1GB / eMMC 8GB
    【High Speed Gaming Router】Dominate with uninterrupted performance with the ultimate MT6000 gaming internet router, equipped with 8-stream Wi-Fi 6 technology, the Flint 2 delivers blazing speeds, ensuring a stable and high-speed connection during intense multiplayer battles.
    【Rapid OpenVPN & Wireguard speed】Wireguard VPN and OpenVPN speeds up to 900Mbps and 190Mbps respectively, giving you complete control over your gaming, steaming and working bandwidth. Actual speed may differ depending on internet service provider, network environment, VPN server location, VPN service provider, etc.
    【OpenWrt 23.05】The wireless router Wi-Fi 6, the Flint 2's proprietary firmware is built on OpenWrt (v23.05 Kernel version 5.15), designed to give you full control of your network and devices. Over 5,000 ready-made plug-ins and applications are at your disposal. Simply browse, install, and manage packages within the router's admin panel.
    【AdGuard Home Supported】Enabling the use of a DNS server for blocking unwanted tracking and offers a convenient web interface for filtering selected digital advertisements. Users can take full control of their online experience and enjoy a clutter-free browsing environment with ease.
    【Mass device connectivity】Experience enhanced online connectivity with our higher storage capacity, catering to over a hundred devices and fulfilling the requirements of DIY users seeking to install additional plugins. Enjoy stable and reliable connections, ensuring seamless performance and accommodating a wide range of digital needs.
    【Easy Setup】Follow the Initial Set-up video tutorial on Amazon or Connect MT6000 to your computer via Ethernet cable to access the web Admin Panel.
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  • @tinkerscustom9568
    @tinkerscustom9568 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +4

    Thanks for doing the power conspumption test! Been looking for this information.

  • @pbrigham
    @pbrigham 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +6

    The best Synology routers killer out there, and the open source openwrt is the cherry on top of the cake. This should be the home routers to have.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +2

      This is definitely a great home router option. I’d recommend this to pretty much anyone including tech nerds.

    • @pbrigham
      @pbrigham 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      @@SPXLabs I even have forgot those 2 x 2.5GB ports, you buy a cheap a 2.5GB switch and bang, you can have the hole house with not only wifi6 but 2.5GB LAN allover the house, everything including the switch below 250 USD, thats impressive.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      Yes it really is!

  • @muhsdm
    @muhsdm 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +4

    Your production values have really gone up. Great picture. Background pleasing to the eyes. Keep up the good work.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +3

      Awww thank you. I figure after nearly 10 years I should try a little harder than usual lol

  • @jonathan.sullivan
    @jonathan.sullivan 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +4

    Love me some GLinet travel routers and all their other SKU's are equally awesome for the price.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      As this is my introduction to them, I can only imagine how well current owners have been treated. Price is great too

  • @molly18239
    @molly18239 4 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

    I have the original Flint 1 and it's a fantastic piece of equipment. Supplies WiFi to entire house. No issues with streaming multiple devices. It's basically rock solid. I'm def going to grab this Flint 2 when I come acrosst a few spare shekels

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  4 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      Nice! I bet a flint 3 is already in the works, just save for that one maybe?

  • @tylerrobb
    @tylerrobb 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +3

    You went into some great detail, thank you! This looks like a cool option for someone like me who wants to tinker and control more advanced settings but only lives in a 1BR apartment.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      The crazy part is, I didn’t even show off the “Advanced” pages. There is an entire other section with even more nitty gritty settings lol

    • @tylerrobb
      @tylerrobb 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      @@SPXLabs After seeing what they did with the settings on their Beryl travel router, I'm not surprised 😅
      They're building in that nice spot between entry level commodity hardware and expensive overkill for the prosumers. Love it.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      @tylerrobb yeah this is nestled in a very good spot. If I didn’t have my lab and stuff that I have today, I think this would be the router I owned. It’s pretty sick

  • @jfkastner
    @jfkastner 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

    Well done! Interesting Router, I have used OpenWRT long ago IIRC it worked very well.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      It’s been nearly a decade since I last used openwrt. It worked great back then and I’m impressed with it now.

  • @ShinyTechThings
    @ShinyTechThings 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +4

    I've not seen one of these in the wild yet, looks nice!

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      I’ve never heard of it until about a month or so ago.

  • @Movies4118
    @Movies4118 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +4

    Great review. Seems like a nice router. I like that the second 2.5 gbe port can be assigned to LAN.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +2

      That was a good idea on their part glad they didn’t skip out on it

  • @Sapious1
    @Sapious1 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

    Great router, picked one up not long ago and couldn't be happier!

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      Yup very interested to see what the future holds for them

  • @cooperyancey8518
    @cooperyancey8518 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

    Glad it did you good! You can totally take it apart by the way!

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      It’s too late now

  • @sunnydavies3990
    @sunnydavies3990 2 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

    Great video, this might be compatible with SmoothWan for internet bonding too

  • @tgreen420
    @tgreen420 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

    I have the OG Flint, worked really well. The AP performance was fantastic, but I didn't like the software on it. I needed something like Omada for my needs, which is what I switched to. But when I move out of my house somewhat soon, I'll put the Flint back because for simple home use it was fantastic.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      Oh interesting! That’s funny because I feel the opposite, I like this more than Omada because it’s simple and then they have the advanced pages for more nitty gritty activity. Maybe the old software is different?

    • @tgreen420
      @tgreen420 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      @@SPXLabs For a long time, I couldn't get the OpenVPN working when the early V4 of the Glinet firmware was released. That bug finally got fixed, but I've just never liked OpenWrt. But, I have one at work that runs my production network for live lighting and sound, and it's rock solid! Fantastic AP performance

  • @charliekoder3788
    @charliekoder3788 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

    Do you have any results on the speed while tethering or in repeater mode? My old GL-AR750 doesn't have the best hardware so I think I'm loosing bandwidth from it, but I wanted to know how this one was.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      I do not. I don’t believe iPhone will allow tethering and if it did my speeds would be abysmal. Like 5Mbps tops.

  • @rohan2032
    @rohan2032 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

    Why these routers still using old school power connector and not USB-C ones?

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      Man that’s a good question especially given how little power it uses.

  • @IslamicAudiobooksCentral
    @IslamicAudiobooksCentral 3 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

    The stock OS, although based on OpenWRT, is not open source. Vanilla OpenWRT build for it is available though.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  3 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +2

      Oops. Thanks for that. I'll be a bit more careful next time with my words and research.

  • @JasonsLabVideos
    @JasonsLabVideos 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

    Actual FIRST !!!

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      That’s your truth honey. So don’t be afraid to tell us

  • @falenone11
    @falenone11 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

    I am actually in the market for a wifi 6 home router

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      You should make this a contender. There is another page for more advanced settings if you are a tinkerer. Otherwise the main pages are simplified for ease of use and setup

  • @tharindumadushan1569
    @tharindumadushan1569 5 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

    Does this router support V2RAY?

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  5 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      It should so long as you have all the correct adapters for your SIM to USB.

  • @noahcanoa
    @noahcanoa 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

    First :)

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      You were!

  • @astronemir
    @astronemir 4 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

    This seems too good to be true. If you compare to regular routers..

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  4 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      Surprised me too

  • @sobaannaseer7155
    @sobaannaseer7155 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

    what the hell is 2.5 ghz wifi?

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      lol oops. Idk why I have been saying that

    • @sobaannaseer7155
      @sobaannaseer7155 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      @@SPXLabs also in the table sheet.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      @sobaannaseer7155 whelp, nothing I can do about it now. Not sure how I got that in my head

  • @a.g8517
    @a.g8517 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +2

    mikrotik?

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      I’ve never touched one before

  • @Ladsas
    @Ladsas 4 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

    Wi-Fi on this router is unusable , keep freezing in the middle of page loading, seems like its GL.INet common issue

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  4 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      Strange, it worked great in our testing and is still working fine. What all services and other things have you enabled?

    • @Ladsas
      @Ladsas 4 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      @@SPXLabs I have activated Adguard Home, a WireGuard server, and both 5G and 2.4G Wi-Fi networks.
      Running on Version 4.5.6
      The issue persists even after Adguard is disabled

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  4 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      Wow that’s very odd. Sorry man.

  • @professor-argo
    @professor-argo 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

    Dang it, I was hoping to be the fifth commenter

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      Maybe you should try and be the sweetest commenter?

    • @professor-argo
      @professor-argo 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      @@SPXLabs Nah...........do some more Unraid stuff why don't you

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      Maybe I should install Unraid on the router?

    • @professor-argo
      @professor-argo 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™

      @@SPXLabs Yeah you should. Tell it who's boss...It has a USB Port....sounds like a fun project

  • @benbrg3581
    @benbrg3581 6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

    I received the #glinet #mt6000, and I am very disappointed, the wifi is unstable, my speed varies between 300mb/s and 650mb/s with the same device and at the same distance, support response "go see a link on the wifi in real world", the joke a link that treats more than up to the AC. Don’t buy this fake router.

    • @SPXLabs
      @SPXLabs  6 āļŦāļĨāļēāļĒāđ€āļ”āļ·āļ­āļ™āļāđˆāļ­āļ™ +1

      Interesting. It has been working great for me. While there is some variability it’s pretty tight. Not as wide as yours. I wonder why yours is so drastic. Wish I could help. Sorryâ€Ķ.