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Chunkers

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OpenWRT One
« on: January 13, 2025, 08:53:08 AM »

OpenWRT One

Really like this idea, a low power, open source wifi / router at a reasonable price, I note it is also bravely described as 'unbrickable'. It is manufactured by Banana Pi ..

Not currently an OpenWrt user but this looks exactly the kind of thing I might consider in the future.

Good review here

Curious to know what the experienced OpenWRT users on here make of it. I wonder if it will lead to a whole series of devices with different specifications?

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Re: OpenWRT One
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2025, 07:14:26 PM »

I feel they missed the mark here.  What's the point of having only ONE 2.5Gbit ethernet port?
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Re: OpenWRT One
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2025, 08:02:29 PM »

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« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2025, 06:13:38 AM »

That's not even the most practical way to do it:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003533018920.html

Although I own one of these and had problems getting it to work in the appliance I got it for, but it did work in a desktop PC.
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Re: OpenWRT One
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2025, 09:32:24 AM »

I feel they missed the mark here.  What's the point of having only ONE 2.5Gbit ethernet port?

Same chipset as the GL.iNet Beryl AX MT3000 and Brume 2 MT2500
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Re: OpenWRT One
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2025, 09:38:57 AM »

OpenWRT One

Really like this idea, a low power, open source wifi / router at a reasonable price, I note it is also bravely described as 'unbrickable'. It is manufactured by Banana Pi ..

C

Filogic 820 is a very well supported platform:
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0-rc5/targets/mediatek/filogic/
The WiFi6, 2.5GB WAN and 1GB LAN do not rely on proprietary drivers, and the Mediatek Filogic 820 Eval Board supports this as standard.
the unbrickable hardware switch between NOR or NAND is a nice touch for a developer, same with the serial USB C console:
https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/OpenWRT-One/BananaPi_OpenWRT-One
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Re: OpenWRT One
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2025, 09:40:28 AM »

I feel they missed the mark here.  What's the point of having only ONE 2.5Gbit ethernet port?

Good point, maybe the idea is that most people don’t need 2.5 Gb on the WAN side and it keeps the cost down? I dunno.

It does seem a bit odd not to just make both 2.5 Gb, VanTechCorner test seems to suggest its not a hardware / cpu issue.
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Re: OpenWRT One
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2025, 10:04:37 AM »

There's a guy designing his own high end unit on Youtube etc Tomaz Zaman. Doing the full SFP route.
You might want to take a look!
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Re: OpenWRT One
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2025, 03:56:11 PM »

That's not even the most practical way to do it:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003533018920.html

Although I own one of these and had problems getting it to work in the appliance I got it for, but it did work in a desktop PC.

Found something you may like:
https://www.candelatech.com/adtran_sdg_8733_dev.php
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Re: OpenWRT One
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2025, 03:58:56 PM »

My main switch a netgear WAX 206, also only has one 2.5gbit port, I assume its to allow multi gig internet services.  Whilst you would not saturate it from one device (which personally I think is a very good built in form of QoS), you could do it via multiple devices at same time.

The device, I think is to provide some funds to the OpenWRT project, hopefully it doesnt end up in future years where they only support official OpenWRT devices.
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Re: OpenWRT One
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2025, 09:20:05 AM »

Sinovoip do an upgraded model:
https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-R4/BananaPi_BPI-R4

Banana Pi BPI-R4 Router board with MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core ARM Corex-A73 design ,4GB DDR4 RAM,8GB eMMC,128MB SPI-NAND flash onboard, also have 2x 10Gbe SFP, 4x Gbe network port,with USB3.2 port,M.2 support 4G/5G/NVME SSD.2x miniPCIe slots with PCIe3.0 2lane interface for Wi-Fi 7 NIC (Network Interface Card).

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