Wi-fi 6 with OpenWrt - the Belkin RT 3200

Only half a dozen Wifi-6 routers are currently _really_ supported by OpenWrt. The Belkin RT3200 (ASIN: B08L4PJKKB) which is identical to the Linksys EA8450 (ASIN: B08LMQLG7X) is one of them. In the middle of the video I explain how Antenna-steering, Beamforming and Multi User Mimo MU-MIMO work.

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[nate]

Love your videos. Would also love a source of your beamforming information. I'll go google it now, but what I learned in university some years ago was beamforming was done by phase differences in each antenna to form constructive/destructive interference patterns.

[petrashovstanislav]

For those who found this video sometime later - the self-signed SSL certificate in the default Belkin firmware was expired, and the latest firmware enforces HTTPS to access admin panel, but it doesn't renew the certificate before that! So to access the admin panel and flash OpenWRT on the device I had to launch Chrome from the terminal with special unsafe flags to skip certificate validation.

[JGoodwin]

Wow, your networking interest so closely match mine, it's scary. Thanks for sharing this detailed information including the testing. I appreciate that you don't take for granted that the claims are true. One thing I was curious about with WiFI 6 is the tolerance for mixed devices. For example, WiFi 5 and 6 mixed network and what that does for performance.

[michaeldina]

This is the best demo of how MU-MIMO works in real time! Absolutely excellent work sir! Beautiful display! Would you consider also consider running a stress test for an extended period? Many of us see new hardware but are afraid to take the chance because we want reliability.

[kytutr]

This video is simply great. Grasping all necessary details, saving a lot of time for those who want to get nice WiFi setup. Thank you.

[drkangel]

Best openwrt or router video I have ever watched. Clear concise information. Subscribed.

In Amazon US there are many negative comments regarding failures. Anyway, since returns are free I just got a Linsys AX3200 (same hardware) to check the speed and range of this Wifi 6 router.

[soupwizard]

Thanks, this is timely - I was literally looking at the RT 3200 last night and wondering how well it is supported in openwrt snapshot

[KensonMan]

Thanks for your video. It is very important for the me to kickstart of my OpenWRT life.

[vigztube]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I am glad to have stumbled over your channel. Da macht das alles viel mehr Spass mit Dir!

[nicolaslallouet]

Hi @OneMarcFifty

First of all : A HUGE THX for all your videos that have brought me up to speed on many points!

I am looking for a suitable replacement of my current Netgear R8000, which has a lot of issues with VLAN + Wireless.
The Belkin RT 3200 looks great.

Would you be able to me if I can use both "Hardware Flow Offloading" and VLANs tagging? Are they compatible?

Thanks a lot

good review finally someone who knows how to test a wifi AP, but you definitely need wifi 6 clients... all this review told me is that the belkin will give about 700mbps on 5Ghz wifi, which is something most routers can already do...

[regunakyle]

It seems that this router get recommended a lot in the OpenWRT forum.
Do you think this is the best wireless router for OpenWRT in 2022? What are the weakness(es) of this model?

[sarundayo]

So glad I cam across your channel. Informative and entertaining as well :D

[dbaldock]

Hello Marc - I'm glad to find your Tech Channel. Reading the description of the RT3200, I see that the stock firmware only supports storage devices on the USB port. If you're still using the RT3200 with OpenWrt, can you say whether it supports using a USB connected 4G/5G LTE cellular modem to provide the WAN Internet uplink? Thanks!

[Phil-D]

There is a subreddit for ope wrt of the original xaiomi redmi ax6 (Qualcomm based). Does not seem to in production anymore with the redmi ax6s replacing it (same internals as this unit)

[jammetortiz]

Please include SQM tests in next episode

[Andrew-byyo]

Great video as always. Plus one for a video on de-bricking a router via the serial port.

[franzpleurmann]

How can the full WiFI 6 bandwidth be used if there is no 2.5 GbE Port on the device?

[liukuohao]

Hi Marc, thanks for showing the video about the RT-3200 wifi performance, would you be kind to point the direction about learning more about the iperf commands. Thank you