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It has 8MB of NOR storage. Sure, you aren't putting Debian on there, but it'll take your wifi creds.
by bronson 10y ago
It has 8MB of NOR storage. Sure, you aren't putting Debian on there, but it'll take your wifi creds.
- anotheryou 10y agoAh ok, great.
- jandrese 10y agoI think the intention is that you run something like DD-WRT on it. 8MB of storage is a bit tight even for DD-WRT however, if I was looking at these boards I would seriously consider splurging on the $12 model to avoid the low storage headaches. If I were building a hundred or more devices I'd do the work to make the $4 version work, but for a one-off it's not worth the headache. The PCIe option is surprising. I'm not sure what I would use it for, but it does open up some unusual possibilities.
- kogepathic 10y ago> 8MB of storage is a bit tight even for DD-WRT however 8MB of NOR flash is totally standard for a vast majority of consumer routers. OpenWrt/LEDE will happily fit on 8MB with around 4MB available as /overlay (e.g. for additional packages or data). > The PCIe option is surprising. I'm not sure what I would use it for, but it does open up some unusual possibilities. You can use PCI-e for 5GHz WiFi (most common use for PCIe on this SoC line). You can also buy SATA controllers or Gigabit Ethernet in mini-PCIe form factor. Most UMTS/LTE modems in mini-PCIe form factor are actually only utilizing the USB pins in a mini-PCIe slot, so you don't actually need PCIe for those.