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Banana Pi BPI-M7 router board now available for $165 (RK3588 processor, dual 2.5 Gb Ethernet, WiFi 6 and BT 5.2) (liliputing.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Does this look like a decent starting point for a first router build?

Cross posted from: https://lemux.minnix.dev/post/204890

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The competitor is the Orange Pi 5 Plus, also has 2x 2.5GB Ethernet, same SoC, more USBports, no integrated WiFi+BT (optional M.2 module), eMMC connector, M.2 NVMe socket (up to 2280).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So you'd suggest the Orange Pi Plus?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I have one, and Armbian has an official release for it and works quite well with a Kioxia 512GB NVMe.

But at this moment I'm just saying there are similar boards out there, and the 5 Plus might be slightly cheaper (no wireless though). Radxa also has a similar board based on same SoC but only has one GbE port and price might be similar to the Banana Pi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Fuck, I accidentally clicked this and was saving it in my inbox 😭