<div dir="ltr">Leam, <div><br></div><div>I have a Banana-Pi BPi-F3 that is RISC-V, I will let you know how it goes.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 4:56 PM Leam Hall via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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. :)<br>
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Leam<br>
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On 12/29/24 00:05, Chuck Payne via Ale wrote:<br>
> Leam,<br>
> <br>
> I have three Banana-Pi routes, they all run OpenWTR or ImmortalWTR. Take a<br>
> look at their latest because what cool about it you can replace the wifi<br>
> board. Which means that you can upgrade the wifi to Wifi 8 if and when it<br>
> comes out. I am current doing Wifi6, the wifi board I have comes with<br>
> Tri-Band radio on it.<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-R4/BananaPi_BPI-R4" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/BPI-R4/BananaPi_BPI-R4</a><br>
> <br>
> It has four stand 1GB ports or you can use SPF connectors and do either<br>
> 2.5Ghz which I am doing at this time or up to 10 GB.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 2:25 PM dj-Pfulio via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> Fwiw <a href="https://www.asus.com/event/network/eol-product/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.asus.com/event/network/eol-product/</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On December 28, 2024 11:28:23 AM EST, Tom & JaVonn via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Leam:<br>
>>><br>
>>> I'd like to throw out two recommended features that our 6 year old ASUS<br>
>>> RT-N66W offers. The ability to schedule the WiFi (ours is set to go off at<br>
>>> 11 pm and on at 7 am) plus the ability to set output power level (we keep<br>
>>> it at level 3 of 4 as it's only used for cellphones -- our 3 workstations<br>
>>> are all wired).<br>
>>><br>
>>> When we leave town, we turn off the scheduler and raise the power level<br>
>>> to high, for the use of a couple of WiFi security cameras.<br>
>>><br>
>>> My engineering background and boatloads of studies lead me to minimize<br>
>>> exposure to radio waves. Since we learned that 5G had come to our<br>
>>> neighborhood last year, we sleep inside of a shielding canopy.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Tom<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Fri, 2024-12-27 at 20:46 -0600, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Currently using a 3 year old ASUS RT-ACRH18 with two wired and 4-6<br>
>>> wireless clients, usually low load. It was having issues delivering a<br>
>>> video, and the log showed a bunch of dropped connections from all over the<br>
>>> IPv4 range.<br>
>>><br>
>>> When I remotely rebooted, its IP pinged but the routing and web interface<br>
>>> didn't come back up. Tried a short power off, same issue. A little longer<br>
>>> power off worked, at least for the moment. Did a firmware update once it<br>
>>> came back up fully. After I send this I'm going to shut it off for the<br>
>>> night and see if it helps clear things out.<br>
>>><br>
>>> However, having a backup is always a good idea. Recommendations? House<br>
>>> isn't too big, wood and whiteboard internal walls. Main issue is that my<br>
>>> wife's Mac is old and sometimes doesn't keep a good connection. Cost is a<br>
>>> consideration, still haven't found a job yet.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Recommendations?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Leam<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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