Dynalink WiFi 6 AX3600 Router (DL-WRX36), Dual Band, 8-Stream, Wireless Speed Up to 3.6Gbps, MU-MIMO, 2.5G WAN & 4 Gigabit LAN Ports, for Home & Gaming (1 Pack)

This review is for ASIN=B096K9SVCT Title=WiFi 6 AX3600 Router (DL-WRX36), Dual Band, 8-Stream , Wireless Speed Up to 3.6Gbps, MU-MIMO, 2.5G WAN & 4 Gigabit LAN Ports, for Home & Gaming (1 Pack). =========== A. Hardware =========== Hardware capabilities that interested me: 1. Dual-band Wifi 6 (802.11ax) router with 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz bands. No 6Ghz band; but it is not expected at this price. 2. Broadcast power is up to 1000mW on non-DFS channels. 3. CPU is Quad-core Qualcomm IPQ8072A at 2200 MHz (2.2 GHz). 4. Memory is 1024 MB. 5. Disk is 256MB NAND flash. 6. WAN is 2500 Mbps (2.5 Gbps). 7. LAN is 1000 Mbps (1.0 Gbps). 8. WLAN is 4x4 MIMO at 80MHz. Also capable of 2x2 MIMO at 160MHz; this usually performs worse and depends on the Wifi density in your area. 9. Dynalink hardware is shared with Askey RT5010W. Askey is owned by ASUSTeK (yes, that ASUS). From my understanding Dynalink is a branding manufactured by a subsidiary of ASUSTeK. 10. Has internal heat-sink and sufficient ventilation, does not overheat, does not require a fan. Adding a fan lets the router run very cool -- below 45C measured with thermal probe. =========== B. Firmware =========== The stock firmware is OK (not great). See other reviews for more information on the stock firmware. I switched firmware to OpenWRT and all features that I require are working as expected. "Band-Steering" does not always work, but I do not use this feature. It is better to define multiple vlans and connect Wifi 4 (N) devices to the 2.4GHz band and Wifi 6 (AX) devices to the 5GHz band. Broadcast power and range finding is good; no drop-outs that I can trace. =========== C. Pricing =========== The hardware package and OpenWRT compatibility is excellent for this price range. Price usually stays between $80, $64, $60 per unit. =========== Summary: =========== Router is capable of reaching 1.0 Gbps on downstream and 1.0 Gbps on upstream. That's no surprise, it is a 2.2GHz Quad-core. Good OpenWRT firmware compatibility. Good pricing.

This router is really only good if you're looking for something to use for OpenWRT. The factory firmware is not very good, it's confusing, buggy and a little slow. It is lacking some features that much cheaper routers have. The manual is downright bad, it's definitely not for a beginner and is confusing even for more advanced users due to non-standard terminology used. That said, it's a great value if you're looking for something to run OpenWRT. I get very good wireless range and speed, and it runs cool even during heavy usage. The setup process is a little complicated, but someone who's good at following directions will have no issue. It does SQM/Cake for my 300mbps fiber connection without issues. SQM is vital for dealing with bufferbloat, which is latency that arises during heavy bandwidth use. Downloading a large file while trying to play a low latency game causes issues even with very expensive routers because of bufferbloat. SQM helps this, and Cake is the most effective solution available. OpenWRT is the best router firmware for Cake and was originally developed on OpenWRT.

one of the best purchased. wifi is still alive and kicking.

Good range and speed*, setup was a bit weird**. Openwrt can be installed. *Always remember that these new routers come with 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz and that 5Ghz is faster (how fast will depend on your device's supported wifi version and the number of antennas it has). Also remember that walls limit 2.4 Ghz networks less than 5 Ghz, but on the other hand 5 Ghz suffer less from having a bunch of networks nearby. **I'm used to just wiring the router to my computer to access the network interface directly, but in this case the router wouldn't give the computer an internal ip until the router was connected to a modem. The first time the login page loaded there was a pop-up in chinese, though after clicking the only button present the interface switched to English. The router lets you disable the front led if you want (the leds from ethernet cables, at the back, can't be disabled as far as I know). There's a phone app and apparently google assistant support, but I tried neither of these. Openwrt can be installed here, I went with the snapshot version, and it's been working fine for me but it requires to ssh into the router (can't directly install it from the webui like some older tp-link routers), you can find a step-by-step guide in the openwrt wiki if you want to check how hard it is. It requires some elbow grease but perfectly doable for the technically inclined. By installing openwrt you lose the led control and easy access to assistant control. There are apparently ways to hook openwrt to Home Assistant, but I haven't tried it, so I don't know how hard it is or how well it works.

Pros: Easy to set up Strong initial performance Sleek design Cons: Stopped working after 2 months and 10 days.. Bought the Dynalink WiFi Router DL-WRX36 to replace an older WiFi Router been using for quite a while. Reason being upgraded the broadband service to 1Gbps and the old WiFi Router just could not handle the new speed. For 2 month's and 10 days the Dynalink WiFi Router DL-WRX36 worked fine. Then out of the blue Dynalink WiFi Router was complaining it no longer has internet access. After doing some trouble shooting turned out the WAN port on the Dynalink WiFi died. While the 1Gbps ethernet ports on the Dynalink WiFi Router was still working and so was the Wi-Fi radio part of the Router. But if the WAN port of the Router died there is no reason to use it cause won't have internet access. Only have broadband service which is how any sort of media is viewed so can't go without internet access. So sending in the dead Dynalink WiFi Router was not an option cause would be waiting for who knows how long for replacement. Ended up going to local retail store to get a Mesh WiFi Router setup and put that through the house. Now get Wi-Fi signal further than the Dynalink WiFi Router gave. It did not cost much more compare to the cost of the Dynalink WiFi Router.