A single router is judged on its band plan and its port speeds, not on a class number · review
A Wi-Fi 6 router whose Amazon.com listing splits its AX3000 badge into two band rates, counts four Gigabit ports and names five VPN protocols, as server and client.
The title reads “Cudy AX3000 4-Port GbE Wi-Fi 6 Router, MU-MIMO, VPN Server & Client, WR3000”. Five bullets follow: 2402 Mbit/s at 5 GHz plus 574 Mbit/s at 2.4 GHz with 160 MHz channels and 1024-QAM, quoted as 2.5 times an AC1200 router; OFDMA and MU-MIMO on both bands, with up to sixteen times the capacity on 5 GHz; one Gigabit WAN and three Gigabit LAN ports with IPTV and VLAN; WireGuard, OpenVPN, IPsec, PPTP and L2TP as server and client, with DNS over TLS; and Cudy Mesh with wired or wireless backhaul, an app in 29 languages and WPA3.
2402 plus 574 is 2976. The badge says AX3000. Both parts are printed, so the rounding is visible: 24 Mbit/s. A class figure adds the theoretical peaks of both radios, computed from the channel width and stream count the standard defines, and no single device sees the total. The width is published here — 160 MHz — and the stream count is not.
One Gigabit WAN and three Gigabit LAN. Three wired devices is enough for a console, a television and a desktop; a fourth needs a switch. Every port is Gigabit, so a connection faster than a gigabit would meet the WAN socket before it met the radios.
WireGuard, OpenVPN, IPsec, PPTP and L2TP, each as server and client. That is the longest VPN list on this shelf. PPTP is offered alongside the others and has long been regarded as insecure; WireGuard and OpenVPN are the two to use.
Count the wired devices. Three LAN ports is one fewer than the NETGEAR and TP-Link Archer AX55 routers here, and that is the line that decides between them more often than the radio figure.
| Wi-Fi generation | Wi-Fi 6 — stated in the title and in the first bullet |
|---|---|
| IEEE designation | Not published on the Amazon.com listing — the only other standard named is AC1200, as the comparison the first bullet measures against |
| Stated class figure | AX3000 — stated in the title, with the parts in the first bullet: 2402 Mbit/s at 5 GHz and 574 Mbit/s at 2.4 GHz, with 160 MHz channels and 1024-QAM. Those come to 2976, so the badge rounds up by 24 |
| Band count | Two — 5 GHz at 2402 Mbit/s and 2.4 GHz at 574 Mbit/s, stated in the first bullet |
| Stream count | Not published on the Amazon.com listing — OFDMA and MU-MIMO are named, with up to sixteen times the capacity on 5 GHz, and no stream figure |
| WAN port speed | Gigabit — one GbE WAN port, stated in the third bullet |
| LAN port speed | Gigabit — three GbE LAN ports, stated in the third bullet with IPTV and VLAN support |
| Port count | Four — one Gigabit WAN and three Gigabit LAN, stated in the title and the third bullet |
| USB ports | Not published on the Amazon.com listing — no USB socket is named |
| Antenna arrangement | Not published on the Amazon.com listing — no antenna is counted or rated |
| Amazon reference | B0BRK3CYY3 |
| EAN | 6971690792831 |
| On Amazon.com | Amazon.com had an offer at $50 on October 26, 2026. |
Because routing, firewalling and any VPN work all run on it, and this router offers five VPN protocols. The Amazon.com listing does not name the chip; the European listing of the same reference gives a 1.3 GHz dual-core Cortex-A53.
A denser way of encoding data onto the radio signal, so each transmission carries more bits. It needs a strong, clean signal to work, which is why it delivers most near the router and least at the far end of the house. It is one of the inputs to the class figure printed on the box.
7.8/ 10
A clearly specified AX3000 router: both band rates, four Gigabit ports counted and the longest VPN list on this shelf, with the antennas left out. For a home network of up to a gigabit that wants VPN on the router, it leaves little to guess.
This network and storage gear share the category and the price bracket. Only what each one states is shown; an incomplete column would mislead.
| Model | Price | Wi-Fi generation | IEEE designation | Stated class figure | Band count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cudy WR3000, dual-band AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 router with four Gigabit ports | $50 | Wi-Fi 6 — stated in the title and in the first bullet | Not published on the Amazon.com listing — the only other standard named is AC1200, as the comparison the first bullet measures against | AX3000 — stated in the title, with the parts in the first bullet: 2402 Mbit/s at 5 GHz and 574 Mbit/s at 2.4 GHz, with 160 MHz channels and 1024-QAM. Those come to 2976, so the badge rounds up by 24 | Two — 5 GHz at 2402 Mbit/s and 2.4 GHz at 574 Mbit/s, stated in the first bullet |
| NETGEAR Nighthawk R6700AX, WPA3 out of the box and a subscription after thirty days | $50 | Wi-Fi 6 — stated in the title and in the first and fourth bullets, with backwards compatibility to Wi-Fi 5 and earlier named in the fourth | Not published on the listing — neither 802.11ax nor any other clause number appears in the title, the eight bullets or the description, so the generation is given only by its marketing name | 1.8 Gbps across the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands — stated in the title and in the fourth bullet as a single sum. The two bands are not broken out, where the Archer AX21 gives 1200 and 574 separately. It is the theoretical sum of the radios rather than a throughput | Two — the fourth bullet names 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. No 6 GHz band is claimed |
| TP-Link Archer AX21, which states in writing that it has no 6 GHz band | $55 | Wi-Fi 6 — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which also states outright that dual-band routers do not support the 6 GHz band. It is the only listing on this shelf to exclude that band in writing | 802.11ax — stated in the first bullet alongside the Wi-Fi 6 name. Only the ASUS RT-AX52 Pro listing also prints a clause number; the two NETGEAR routers publish none | AX1800, broken into its parts — the second bullet gives 1.8 Gbps total as up to 1200 Mbps on 5 GHz and up to 574 Mbps on 2.4 GHz, which sums to 1774 and rounds to the label. It is the theoretical sum of the radios and no single device sees it | Two — 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz, stated in the second bullet, with the first ruling out a 6 GHz band in as many words |
| Tenda AC10, dual-band AC1200 router with four Gigabit ports | $36 | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac Wave 2) — not named on the Amazon.com listing; Tenda's product page gives 802.11ac Wave 2.0 | 802.11ac — on Tenda's product page; the Amazon.com listing gives only the AC1200 class | AC1200, up to 1.2 Gbps — stated in the title, with both parts in the first bullet: 867 Mbit/s at 5 GHz and 300 Mbit/s at 2.4 GHz, which come to 1167, so the badge rounds up by 33 | Two — 5 GHz at 867 Mbit/s and 2.4 GHz at 300 Mbit/s, stated in the first bullet |
A household that wants a VPN server or client on the router itself and three wired devices, on a connection of up to a gigabit.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on October 26, 2026.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 300.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for network and storage gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Wi-Fi 6 · 802.11ax named · AX3000 badge over 2976 Mbit/s published · two bands rated · AiMesh extendable · no socket published
One of two routers here to print an 802.11 designation, sold on the European Amazon stores, and one of several to leave every Ethernet socket uncounted.
Best for: A household with Wi-Fi 6 clients that intends to add a second mesh-capable unit from the same maker later.
No Amazon.com offer on October 26, 2026
Wi-Fi 6 · 2.4 Gbit/s stated, exactly 1800 plus 600 · DSL modem built in · VoIP and DECT · not one Ethernet socket counted
The only router here with a modem and a telephone exchange inside it, and the only one whose headline figure is exactly the sum of the two rates printed beneath it.
Best for: A household on a DSL line that wants the modem, the telephony and the radios in one box rather than three.
No Amazon.com offer on October 26, 2026
Wi-Fi 6 · 3000 Mbit/s called theoretical by the maker · 160 MHz and 1024-QAM · two bands rated · no socket, no antenna published
A Wi-Fi 6 router whose own listing calls its headline figure a theoretical speed, and which never counts a socket or an antenna.
Best for: A household with 160 MHz-capable phones and laptops that will take the wired side from a switch or a provider box.
No Amazon.com offer on October 26, 2026
Every price named in a summary was read on the date that review carries. What a shop asks today is shown beside the product, and it moves.
