QUOTE(SilentVampire @ Sep 20 2018, 10:39 AM)
With your budget being that small for a router, you can't get any decent routers with that. Increase it and get the Tenda routers which are cheap for their performance. See 1st page, 1st post, green text, for router recommendations.
You can't use Mi Router and I wouldn't recommend it as they do not support VLAN tagging and you will need to get a separate switch that supports VLAN tagging, and Mi Router 3G might not support 300 Mbps on LAN as there might be CPU bottleneck which limits your LAN speed, even though it has gigabit ports. You will probably hit 100 - 200Mbps, slightly more if you are lucky.
Yes, change it to PCIe or USB3.0 dual band. You will need to be on 5GHz AC, 80MHz, to enjoy the full turbo speed of 300Mbps.
i actually contacted the seller and they said already flash custom firmware and will support unifi, so i wasnt sure.
the biggest reason for me to consider mi router 3g is because of the specs
MediaTek MT7621AT (880 MHz, 2 cores), 128MB ROM, 256MB of RAM, 2.4GHz ( 300Mbps ) and 5GHz ( 867Mbps ). all for rm160
then i think need to see around. hmmm~~
QUOTE(zher4883 @ Sep 20 2018, 10:43 AM)
Don't underestimate the Mi Router 3G, it comes with serious good SoC for the price it is sold however lack of VLAN tagging support is a problem.
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Xiaomi_MiWiFi_3Gyea.... the specs for the price are crazy