Difference between revisions of "Mesh/New router research"

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= NanoPi R1 or R1S or R2 =
= NanoPi R1 or R1S or R2 =


* Not an OpenWrt device
* [https://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69&product_id=248 NanoPi R1]
* [https://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=282 NanoPi R2]
* [https://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=274 NanoPi R1S]
* $20, $25 or $29 including case, not including required microSD card, power supply and shipping


These are more like Raspbery Pis than routers. These are probably not great routers since one of the two ethernet ports and possibly also the wifi is attached internally via USB 2. This puts a bunch of extra load on the CPU and is kinda hacky.
These don't run stock OpenWrt (but can run a "FriendlyWrt" fork) and are meant to run a full Linux distro like Armbian.
These might be more useful for running services on the mesh.
Downsides:
* Single-antenna 2.4 GHz only WiFi
* USB-attached ethernet
Upsides:
* Powerful quad-core processor
* 512 MB to 1 GB of ram
* Boot from microSD with full operating system
* 2x Gbit ethernet (except for the R1 which has 1x 100 Mbit and 1x Gbit)


https://www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69&product_id=248


= Writeup =
= Writeup =