I ordered the Flint 2 a few days ago. I can report back how it is once it arrives. Sucks that I have to buy a second router, but the Asus one I originally got has been a real pain.
I’ve been using a Flint 2 for the better part of a year. No complaints. I was used to a decent Asus router and replaced it when it went end-of-life because the OpenWRT firmware for the ASUS device wasn’t feature-complete.
I installed vanilla OpenWRT as soon as I took the Flint 2 of the box and I ran into no major issues. I only need to focus on home use with wired and wireless clients, plus a network printer. The web interface works as advertised, as has the command line interface to the extent that I’ve played around with it. Once I dealt with the basic setup, I’ve been able to forget that it’s there other than to install new updates when they become available. Whenever I feel like it, I’ll see about installing some services like router-level vpn or network adblocking. Not a priority yet, plus I like doing clean installs when I update the router firmware.
I ordered the Flint 2 a few days ago. I can report back how it is once it arrives. Sucks that I have to buy a second router, but the Asus one I originally got has been a real pain.
I’ve been using a Flint 2 for the better part of a year. No complaints. I was used to a decent Asus router and replaced it when it went end-of-life because the OpenWRT firmware for the ASUS device wasn’t feature-complete.
I installed vanilla OpenWRT as soon as I took the Flint 2 of the box and I ran into no major issues. I only need to focus on home use with wired and wireless clients, plus a network printer. The web interface works as advertised, as has the command line interface to the extent that I’ve played around with it. Once I dealt with the basic setup, I’ve been able to forget that it’s there other than to install new updates when they become available. Whenever I feel like it, I’ll see about installing some services like router-level vpn or network adblocking. Not a priority yet, plus I like doing clean installs when I update the router firmware.
After installing normal OpenWRT onto the Flint 2 does the UI change to strictly Luci or does it still retain the UI from Gl.iNet?
The UI changes to strictly Luci if you flash the standard OpenWRT image. This was the outcome on two separate Flint 2 routers that I flashed.
Thanks for the feedback
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You are using the provided openwrt or did you reimage with the standard install?