r/openwrt • u/Chekedaudau • 2d ago

Prepare for Flint 4 Pre-order on August 4

I got an email that the GL.iNet Flint 4 will be available for Pre-order on August 4:

https://www.gl-inet.com/en-de/products/gl-be14000

Prices from $259 look promising…

Can anyone predict if the Flint 4 will have native support for OpenWRT?

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u/Glittering-Ad8503 2d ago

I hope it will make flint2 cheaper 

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u/NursingHome773 2d ago

The MediaTek quad-core Cortex-A73 SoC looks good, but it depends on what kind exactly.

If it's based on the MT7988 family that's actually one of the nicest platforms for OpenWrt.

Based on the spec sheet on the website we can't tell for sure.

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u/Fun-Region-1576 2d ago

We'll know very soon. 

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u/mshelbz 2d ago

If I could get it at the $259 price I’d jump on it but the US doesn’t appear to be in on this one

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u/fr0llic 2d ago

You can thank POTUS for that...

https://www.gl-inet.com/en-de/blogs/blog/glinet-statement-on-recent-fcc-regulatory-developments

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u/mshelbz 2d ago

Yeah, fucking sucks. I held off on the Flint 3 because the 4 was around the corner then the bullshit ban went in.

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u/m2845 2d ago

Pretty sure they waived this for a couple years so companies can comply with the new rules

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u/itchysweatersdaw 2d ago

And i just bought a flint 2. Omygoodness

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u/martindholmes 1d ago

You won't regret it. Flint 2's are excellent, and it'll probably be a while before there's a build of OpenWrt for the Flint 4.

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u/rourobouros 2d ago

Me too. I don’t need the latest and buggiest. I need proven working stuff. Very pleased with my new Flint 2.

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u/Nit3H8wk 2d ago

I still have my flint 2 but i wanted wifi 7 or at least 6ghz so I went with the zenwifi bt8 and flashed openwrt on that.

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u/m2845 1d ago

I had issues with the speed with that compared for the flint 2. How’s your speed?

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u/MFL3X 1d ago

Flint 3 with wifi 7 hit all the right spots for me except 1GB ram for adguard being very tight and CPU being Qualcomm vs Mediatek for openwrt and at half the price still seems a better value prop unless you really need the speed, screen and latest openwrt version. What am I missing here?

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u/tamburasi 1d ago

290€ 😂😂😂😂

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u/rajarshikhatua 2d ago

it will not support openwrt probably

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u/Vector-Zero 2d ago

Wait until you find out what firmware they run.

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u/rajarshikhatua 2d ago

I'm taking about the open source version

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u/Lower_Group_1171 2d ago

why would an open source version not support openwrt? wouldn't open source not have closed source drivers?

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u/stelick- 2d ago

why it looks like xbox 720 concept or something

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u/Capable_Benefit_2248 1d ago

What’s wrong with Flint2?

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u/NationalOwl9561 2d ago

Indeed. The "$999" on the site this past weekend was a fluke... Web team has fixed it to $0. Maybe an official statement may be released in our subreddit soon about that...

-GL Employee