Woot! has
Factory Reconditioned: Linksys E9450 Dual Band AX5400 WiFi 6 Router on sale for
$19.99.
Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (
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Thanks to Community Member
N3RD_01 for finding this deal.
Note, product will be sold by Woot! and fulfilled by Amazon
Condition:- Like-new condition. No visible scratches, dings, or dents when held at arm's length
- Refurbished by the original manufacturer or a certified partner
- Packaged in retail box or plain brown box
Features:- Covers up to 2800 sq. ft, handles 30+ Devices, and Speed up to 5.4 Gbps.
- More capacity to more devices with WiFi 6 technology.
- Doubles the bandwidth to avoid interference and maximize throughput with Dual-Band technology.
- Easy setup with browser-based installation using smartphone, tablet, or computer.
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Also, the data usage the guy is talking about is easily visible through any third party firmware or with add ons available with those firmware, but let the prosumer chasing types go overboard with something that will not offer much more but will cost 3-4x what these cheapie routers with OpenWrt or DD-WRT are capable of. Now I'm not saying Ubiquiti is junk. It does offer a lot more than what OpenWrt could, but I see so many techie wannabe dad types that spend so much time, money, and resources on things that yield them zero benefit. Meanwhile, the granny next door who barely knows how to run a fax machine is running a 15 year old D-Link router that hasn't received security updates in 10 years and hasn't been hacked. Shoot, I have a relative who's a doctor who had this kind of setup for years before moving to a generic mesh system, and believe me, he's not setting up VLANs, managed switches, and multiple SSIDs to "secure" his network. I don't even know if he knows if his old D-Link router has WPA2 security, or what that even means. His bank account seems fine, probably better than most of the people here who are obsessed with "security" with 10 different VLANs and firewall rules.
Anyway, this E9450 isn't OpenWrt compatible since it's a Broadcom device. It looks like DD-WRT supports this, but not 100% sure how good it is. The E8450 apparently is a great OpenWrt router. The flashing process is a pain, but once that's done it's supposedly great. I regret not buying the 2 pack combo on eBay recently.
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Also, the data usage the guy is talking about is easily visible through any third party firmware or with add ons available with those firmware, but let the prosumer chasing types go overboard with something that will not offer much more but will cost 3-4x what these cheapie routers with OpenWrt or DD-WRT are capable of. Now I'm not saying Ubiquiti is junk. It does offer a lot more than what OpenWrt could, but I see so many techie wannabe dad types that spend so much time, money, and resources on things that yield them zero benefit. Meanwhile, the granny next door who barely knows how to run a fax machine is running a 15 year old D-Link router that hasn't received security updates in 10 years and hasn't been hacked. Shoot, I have a relative who's a doctor who had this kind of setup for years before moving to a generic mesh system, and believe me, he's not setting up VLANs, managed switches, and multiple SSIDs to "secure" his network. I don't even know if he knows if his old D-Link router has WPA2 security, or what that even means. His bank account seems fine, probably better than most of the people here who are obsessed with "security" with 10 different VLANs and firewall rules.
Anyway, this E9450 isn't OpenWrt compatible since it's a Broadcom device. It looks like DD-WRT supports this, but not 100% sure how good it is. The E8450 apparently is a great OpenWrt router. The flashing process is a pain, but once that's done it's supposedly great. I regret not buying the 2 pack combo on eBay recently.
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Also, the data usage the guy is talking about is easily visible through any third party firmware or with add ons available with those firmware, but let the prosumer chasing types go overboard with something that will not offer much more but will cost 3-4x what these cheapie routers with OpenWrt or DD-WRT are capable of. Now I'm not saying Ubiquiti is junk. It does offer a lot more than what OpenWrt could, but I see so many techie wannabe dad types that spend so much time, money, and resources on things that yield them zero benefit. Meanwhile, the granny next door who barely knows how to run a fax machine is running a 15 year old D-Link router that hasn't received security updates in 10 years and hasn't been hacked. Shoot, I have a relative who's a doctor who had this kind of setup for years before moving to a generic mesh system, and believe me, he's not setting up VLANs, managed switches, and multiple SSIDs to "secure" his network. I don't even know if he knows if his old D-Link router has WPA2 security, or what that even means. His bank account seems fine, probably better than most of the people here who are obsessed with "security" with 10 different VLANs and firewall rules.
Anyway, this E9450 isn't OpenWrt compatible since it's a Broadcom device. It looks like DD-WRT supports this, but not 100% sure how good it is. The E8450 apparently is a great OpenWrt router. The flashing process is a pain, but once that's done it's supposedly great. I regret not buying the 2 pack combo on eBay recently.
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The E9450 is a hardware upgrade from the E8450, but it seems E9540 is not as good for OpenWRT.
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Step 1: Apply initial firmware - openwrt-25.12.0-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-initramfs-kernel.bin
Reboot
Step 2: Upgrade to this stable release - openwrt-25.12.0-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Reboot
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And I had a Meraki set up with their new wifi7 APs. Ended up selling those and just go with TP LInk. Meraki switch costed more than my entire TP LInk set up.
That started giving me some issues (seemed like every other day I'd have to go unplug/plug it back in). I eventually got a "fancy" $100 router that I saw here. And the features were almost non-existent.
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purchased this one instead, will try openwrt.
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Step 1: Apply initial firmware - openwrt-25.12.0-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-initramfs-kernel.bin
Reboot
Step 2: Upgrade to this stable release - openwrt-25.12.0-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Reboot
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