[PLUG] Router recommendations for pending Ziply Fiber upgrade

[King Beowulf]

On 1/6/26 16:30, Russell Senior wrote:
> I recently discovered that the Quantum Fiber W1700K device ...
> russell at personaltelco.net
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 11:37 AM King Beowulf
> <kingbeowulf at linuxgalaxy.org> wrote:
>> Hello PLUGgers,
>>
>> I'm dumping Comcast/Xfinity (1Gbs/40Mps) for fiber 2 Gbps.  Ziply
>> finally got around to pulling fiber in my neighborhood for the last few
>> months (everything here is buried).
>>
>> I am soliciting recommendations for 2.5Gbe gateway/routers - I am not
>> "renting" the Ziply wifi router.
>>
>>
>>

Interesting.  Looks like a rebranded Gemtek MXF-W1700k

https://forum.openwrt.org/t/quantum-fiber-w1700k-support/222776

Lots of activity to get OpenWRT built!

-Ed