Cudy WR3000S AX3000 Dual Band WiFi 6 Mesh Router, 5 Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 Ports, 4 Antennas, MU-MIMO, OpenVPN, Wireguard, Zerotier, Ipsec VPN, Cloud APP

This router performs very well.. well beyond its price point. It runs a customized OpenWRT firmware, which is a LOT easier to configure than vanilla OpenWRT. It does have an officially signed image of full on OpenWRT from Cudy available if you are so inclined and need the configurability. It also has some cool options that are a one click config like forcing internal DNS(Intercept DNS Port - useful if you are using an adblocking DNS), and Disabling IPv6 on LAN. Of course this is possible with Full OpenWRT, but it is a lot more involved.Hardware wise, I am happy to see that the router is thoroughly ventilated, as this is a big problem for consumer routers - I've had two previous routers die simply from overheating due to poor case design. Good range, good firmware, nice hardware.. You can't really go wrong at this price.

This is a great router. It supports OpenWRT. It has 128MB ROM, 256MB ram, and 1.3 GHz dual CPU. It's also a WiFi 6 router. Can't beat that for under $60.

I got this to replace an aging WRT32X with OpenWrt installed. The WRT32X wasn’t having any big issues, but this came across on Vine and thought I would give it a shot. I’ll relegate the Wrt32X to maybe running Klipper.I don’t use the WiFi on this router bc I have a mesh system acting as an AP behind it. I can’t really attest to the WiFi performance, admittedly. But this router works well for my needs, which is as a router and firewall.The biggest pros to this router for me were:A) the out of the box firmware supports VPN (open vpn and wireguard) in a relatively straightforward manner. When I originally installed OpenWRT on my wrt32X I had to do quite a bit to get those to work. I actually suspect that the stock firmware is a reskinned OpenWrt but I haven’t confirmed:B) semi factory sanctioned OpenWRT. While they say that they won’t support it once flashed to OpenWRT, they have a link on the company website to the openwrt image. I will eventually install OpenWRT on it but I wanted to test the stock firmware first.C) the CPU on this router is quite fast, although the 256MB of RAM isn’t spectacular. The management UI is pretty responsive and I’ve noticed a subjective improvement in performance on my devices on my network.D) The footprint of the device is small. Consumer wifi routers have been getting bigger and bigger with huge antennas and such.E) the stock management UI is… ok. Some quirks here and there (static dhcp address leases, for example) but generally ok even for the non-tech savvy person:I think that for the price this router is pretty good.The only real downsides I can think of is no USB port and I don’t know about the longevity of it. I remember having plenty of cheap routers die fairly quickly (like within 2-3 years) since they’re on 24/7. This one might go that way. But only time will tell.

Was able to easily flash with the latest OpenWRT, though I will miss the default interface icons. Able to handle my 400mbps Internet connection, both through wifi and Ethernet.

I have worked with many routers of the past 25 years, I am very impressed with the WIFI speed and how well the add on Mesh unit works, I think the interface is very straight forward and very easy to set up the MAC/IP binding is, Plus the port forwarding is very simple. For the price it works great!

This router exceeded my expectations with its simple setup and intuitive interface, perfect for non-tech-savvy users. It offers strong performance, excellent coverage, and solid speeds (400-600Mbps) with Wi-Fi 6. The built-in VPN support (OpenVPN and WireGuard) is a nice touch, and it works well in AP or WISP modes. While it lacks a USB port and full OpenWRT features, it’s still a great value for the price, providing reliable and efficient performance for most home users.

The device is straightforward for first-time setup. It seems quite capable - providing options for different operating modes such as router, access point, etc. After install, the signal appears stronger than the typical Netgear that it replaced.I'm disappointed that no firmware updates are available on the manufacturer's support pages for this model (AX3000). There are plenty of other devices supported, but nothing for this one. Perhaps this is a discontinued or problematic model? I hope not, but what else are we to conclude?

This router is a pretty standard 1 WAN + 4 LAN port design physically, with a relatively small footprint and external antennas which are easy to reposition. Performance is in the expected range with a 2x2 WiFi 6 client - I'm able to get a steady 400-600Mbps out of it, which could definitely be a bit higher with 1G wired on the back end but it's not bad. Power consumption is pretty low at around 5W with just the WAN port connected, so that's nice.The router will also work as an AP or wireless relay (WISP) and as far as I can tell, these modes work as expected with good performance. I haven't yet tested the VPN uplink options, but they're also nice to have. However, as with other Cudy products this seems to be transparently based on OpenWRT (at least, it's using the same LuCI web interface) and yet only exposes a limited subset of the OpenWRT feature set. The ability to work with multiple SSIDs, VLANs, etc., would be nice, and I know of other manufacturers who allow the user to have full access to the regular OpenWRT interface as an "Advanced Mode" which feels like a superior approach. If you don't need those features, that's reasonable, but in that case I see WiFi 6 routers on sale for 20-30 regularly these days so it's hard to make a case for something which costs much more and has a similar feature set. Anyway, it seems to work fine for what it does - just be aware of what you need and what your alternatives are.e: Cudy has now published an OpenWRT image for this model, so I'm giving it 5 stars and updating the title as well.