[ale] Looks like time for a new wireless router

[Leam Hall]

Chuck, cool! I've started looking at the Banana Pi because they have alternate CPU architectures. Not sure I have a *need* for RISC-V, but I do test compiles and it'd be nice to add that to the validation farm.   :)

Leam



On 12/29/24 00:05, Chuck Payne via Ale wrote:
> Leam,
> 
> I have three Banana-Pi routes, they all run OpenWTR or ImmortalWTR.  Take a
> look at their latest because what cool about it you can replace the wifi
> board.  Which means that you can upgrade the wifi to Wifi 8 if and when it
> comes out. I am current doing Wifi6, the wifi board I have comes with
> Tri-Band radio on it.
> 
> https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-R4/BananaPi_BPI-R4
> 
> It has four stand 1GB ports or you can use SPF connectors and do either
> 2.5Ghz which I am doing at this time or up to 10 GB.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 2:25 PM dj-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
>> Fwiw https://www.asus.com/event/network/eol-product/
>>
>>
>> On December 28, 2024 11:28:23 AM EST, Tom & JaVonn via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Leam:
>>>
>>> I'd like to throw out two recommended features that our 6 year old ASUS
>>> RT-N66W offers.  The ability to schedule the WiFi (ours is set to go off at
>>> 11 pm and on at 7 am) plus the ability to set output power level (we keep
>>> it at level 3 of 4 as it's only used for cellphones -- our 3 workstations
>>> are all wired).
>>>
>>> When we leave town, we turn off the scheduler and raise the power level
>>> to high, for the use of a couple of WiFi security cameras.
>>>
>>> My engineering background and boatloads of studies lead me to minimize
>>> exposure to radio waves.  Since we learned that 5G had come to our
>>> neighborhood last year, we sleep inside of a shielding canopy.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> On Fri, 2024-12-27 at 20:46 -0600, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
>>>
>>> Currently using a 3 year old ASUS RT-ACRH18 with two wired and 4-6
>>> wireless clients, usually low load. It was having issues delivering a
>>> video, and the log showed a bunch of dropped connections from all over the
>>> IPv4 range.
>>>
>>> When I remotely rebooted, its IP pinged but the routing and web interface
>>> didn't come back up. Tried a short power off, same issue. A little longer
>>> power off worked, at least for the moment. Did a firmware update once it
>>> came back up fully. After I send this I'm going to shut it off for the
>>> night and see if it helps clear things out.
>>>
>>> However, having a backup is always a good idea. Recommendations? House
>>> isn't too big, wood and whiteboard internal walls. Main issue is that my
>>> wife's Mac is old and sometimes doesn't keep a good connection. Cost is a
>>> consideration, still haven't found a job yet.
>>>
>>> Recommendations?
>>>
>>> Leam
>>>
>>>
>>>
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