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OpenWrt 2 will be a high-performance router with 10 Gbit LAN and WiFi 7 support (liliputing.com)
8 points by PaulHoule on April 7, 2025 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


  None of those upgrades come cheap though – the OpenWrt One sells for around $89, but the OpenWrt Two is expected to sell for around $250 when it hits the streets in late 2025.
Unlike the peanut gallery who needs 10Gbps or GTFO, I am disappointed about them throwing in extra features. To a reasonable number of sig figs, 0% of consumers need this level of performance. Maybe include 2.5Gbps if you must.

For the prosumer market, it seems to make even less sense to include the extra ports + WiFi. Those in this market are already likely to have their own PoE switch plus dedicated APs. Give me a simple router with an input and output port.


Even 100mbit would be fast enough looking at my current internet lol Still connecting your two desktop devices (like MBP and Mac mini) connecting them using Thunderbolt 5 would still be faster.


I appreciate how Liliputing's article links back to the HN submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43512495




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