Posted inNews

CWWK X86 P5 Dev Board is an Alder Lake-N router board (4 x M.2 2280 slots optional)

Chinese mini PC maker CWWK’s X86 P5 mini PC is a small fanless computer powered by an Intel Alder Lake-N low-power processor and featuring two 2.5 GbE LAN ports, and two HDMI 2.0 ports. It first launched in late 2023 and is available from AliExpress or the CWWK website for around $149 and up. Now […]

Posted inNews

Say hello to the first OneWrt One prototype (Router board from OpenWrt and Banana Pi)

The developers behind OpenWrt have been offering an open source, Linux-based operating system for routers and other embedded devices for two decades. So far the team has primarily focused on making software that can be installed on existing hardware. But earlier this year developer John Crispin announced that the team was considering releasing the first […]

Posted inNews

Banana Pi’s $31 BPI-WiFi 6 router runs a fork of OpenWrt

The Banana Pi BPI-WiFi 6 Router is an inexpensive router with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, four antennas, and three Gigabit Ethernet ports (in addition to the WAN input). Available from Banana Pi’s AliExpress store for $31 (plus shipping, which adds another $13 for customers in the US at time of publication), this inexpensive router is also […]

Posted inNews

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

The Banana Pi BPI-M7 is a single-board computer with a Rockchip RK3588 processor, two 2.5 Gb Ethernet ports, support for WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, LPDDR4X memory, eMMC storage, and an M.2 slot with support for an optional PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD. First announced in November, the Banana Pi BPI-M7 is now available for purchase from […]

Posted inNews

OpenWrt developers consider launching their first hardware design

OpenWrt is an open source, Linux-based operating system designed for embedded devices like routers. The project has been around for two decades at this point, and can now be installed on thousands of routers and other devices. Now some of the developers behind the project have put together a proposal for the first hardware designed […]

Posted innofollow

NanoPi R2S Plus is a tiny RK3328 router board with dual Ethernet ports for $30

The NanoPi R2S Plus is a single-board computer designed for use as a router, firewall, or other networking applications. It measures just 58 x 58mm (2.3″ x 2.3″) and has no dedicated video output, but it features two Gigabit Ethernet ports, multiple USB ports, and an M.2 connector for an optional wireless card. Available now for […]

Posted inNews

Banana Pi BPI-R3 Mini is a tiny router board with two 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports and an MT7986 chip

The latest member of the Banana Pi line of single-board computers is a tiny model designed for networking applications. The Banana Pi BPI-R3 Mini has two 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports, two M.2 connectors, and support for WiFi 6E, but there’s no video output. So you could use the board as a router, wireless repeater, gateway, […]

Posted inNews

Banana Pi BPI-R4 router board supports WiFi 7 and has 6 Ethernet ports (including two 10 GbE)

The maker of the Banana Pi line of single-board computers has unveiled a new Banana Pi BPI-R4 model that’s designed to be used as a router, firewall, file server, or for other networking tasks. Powered by a quad-core ARM Cortex-A73 processor and 4GB of DDR4 memory, the board features up to two 10 GbE Ethernet […]

Posted inNews

Banana Pi BPI-W3 is an RK3588-based single-board computer designed for use as a router

The Banana Pi BPI-W3 is a single-board computer featuring a Rockchip RK3588 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 32GB of eMMC flash storage. Designed as a board for developing routers or other applications, the board also has two Gigabit Ethernet ports and three HDMI ports (two outputs and one input). It’s the latest in a line of […]