Router

Performance comparison

 Fonera FON2303aTP-WR841N(D)v9-11 (N300)TL-WDR3600V1
(N 600)
TP-WDR4300v1
(N 750)
Archer C5v1
Archer C7v2
Nano-
station
M2
Pico-
station
M2
ManufacturerFonTP-LinkTP-LinkTP-LinkTP-LinkUbiquitiUbiquiti
ModelLow-CostLow-CostStandardStandardStandardStandardStandard
EnvironmentIndoorsIndoorsIndoorsIndoorsIndoorsOutdoorsOutdoors
WAN1x 10/1001x 10/1001x 10/100/10001x 10/100/10001x 10/100/10001x 10/1001x 10/100
LAN4x 10/1004x 10/1004x 10/100/10004x 10/100/10004x 10/100/10001x 10/100-/-
2,4 GHz WiFiXXXXXXX
5 GHz WiFiXXX
Antennas22233
Standardb/g/nb/g/na/b/g/na/b/g/nac/n/a 5 GHz
b/g/n 2,4 GHz
Signalrate2,4 GHz up to 300Mbps2,4 GHz up to 300Mbps5 GHz up to 300Mbps
2,4 GHz up to 300Mbps
5 GHz up to 450Mbps
2,4 GHz up to 300Mbps
5GHz up to 867 Mbit/s
2,4GHz up to 300 Mbit/s
CPURalink RT3052 v2 384 MHzQCA9533
550 MHz
AR9344
560 MHz
AR9344
560MHz
QCA9558
720 MHz
AR7240
400 MHz
AR7241
400 MHz
RAM64 MB32 MB128 MB128 MB128 MB32 MB32 MB
Storage8 MB4 MB8 MB8 MB16 MB8 MB8 MB
VPN-Tunnel8 Mbit/s15 Mbit/s19 Mbit/s19 Mbit/s10 Mbit/s10 Mbit/s
Colorblack/greenwhite/blackblackblackblackwhitewhite
RecommendationPrivate homesPrivate homesextended public exposureextended public exposureextended public exposureOutdoors (sectorised)Outdoors (omni-directional)
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Approx. Cost10 €28 €70 €70 €79 €75 €65 €

Guidelines, on how to flash specific routers can be found here.

We have been donated a lot of the  Fonera 2.0n (FON2303a) routers.


These can be acquired (even preflashed, if you wish that) for a donation of 5 EUR (if collected in person) or 10 EUR (if shipped by post). The moneys collected for these routers goes against running the gateways and services, that makes the network possible.

One little snatch: these have continental power supplies, but that should be something that can be easily solved.

A large selection of our current firmware images can be found on http://images.freemesh.ie