[Bloat] Next devices?

[Alex Elsayed]

Sandy McArthur wrote:

> I'm finding the WNDR3700v1 or WNDR3800 increasingly hard to find at
> "reasonable" priced. Any news/thoughts as to the next recommended device?
> 

The TP-LINK TL-WDR4300[1] is working well for me; the onboard flash is small 
but it has two USB ports (making it trivial to use OpenWRT's extroot 
support). Fully Atheros-based, so open drivers all the way down.

It's dual-radio to boot.

Might be more than you need, though, since the TL-WDR4300 is 300Mbps in the 
2.4GHz band and 450 in the 5GHz. The TL-WDR3600[2] is a more direct analogue 
to the WNDR3800 (300 in both), but I have no personal experience with it.

Newegg has the 3600 new[3] at the same price as the WNDR3800 refurbished[4] 
(about $65 US), and every once in a while the price dips down at one seller 
or another.

[1] http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr4300
[2] http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr3600
[3] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704144
[4] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122523