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A single gigabit interface is such a pain for anyone wanting to build a router. The best option seems to be a USB 3 gigabit ethernet interface, which may be usa
by staunch 6y ago
A single gigabit interface is such a pain for anyone wanting to build a router. The best option seems to be a USB 3 gigabit ethernet interface, which may be usable, but isn't ideal. And wouldn't work on this thing, since it only has USB 2.
Anyone know of an SBC that would be better than a Raspberry Pi 4 CM on an I/O board with a PCI gigabit NIC?
- wryun 6y agohttps://wiki.friendlyarm.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_R4S https://wiki.friendlyarm.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_R4S might be closer to what you're looking for. (there are a few SBCs with dual gigabit if you look around, including others in the NanoPi R series)
- staunch 6y agoThanks. Those do seem like a good option if Ubuntu works well on them and they're reliable. They claim to support full gigabit speeds on both NICs. It doesn't look like one can actually order the 4 GB model right now though.
- wryun 6y ago4gb seems pretty much overkill for a router though. New release, so better to wait to see how something like armbian comes up on it: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/15932-nanopi-r4s/ https://forum.armbian.com/topic/15932-nanopi-r4s/ In general, if you're looking for semi-decent 'off-brand' SBCs, I think your best bet is to look at the armbian support: https://www.armbian.com/download/ https://www.armbian.com/download/ https://www.armbian.com/download/?tx_category=networking https://www.armbian.com/download/?tx_category=networking (this will not only see if there's a reasonable distro, but let you know if the support for the chip is in the mainline)
- staunch 6y agoYeah 4 GB is definitely not required if you're just routing on your router. In my case, my router also runs various services. Thanks for those links!