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Looks like decent specs for a homelab (although not for "creators" :-P) SoC – MediaTek MT7981B (Filogic 820) dual-core Cortex-A53 processor @ 1.3 GHz *Net
by vmurthy 3y ago
Looks like decent specs for a homelab (although not for "creators" :-P)
SoC – MediaTek MT7981B (Filogic 820) dual-core Cortex-A53 processor @ 1.3 GHz
*Networking*
- 2.5GbE RJ45 port
- Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port
- Dual-band WiFI 6 via MediaTek MT7976C (2×2 2.4 GHz + 3×3/2×2 + zero-wait DFS 5Ghz)
- 3x MMCX antenna connectors
From TFA
"The router’s specifications have been selected with the goal of keeping the price under $100, and that’s why we have interfaces such as USB 2.0 instead of USB 3.0 since there aren’t any spare ones in the Filogic 820 SoC"
- geerlingguy 3y ago2.5G is still plenty for most creator use cases (even for editing a few 4K livestreams off a NAS). The only difficulty is if you hit certain types of routing, performance can't always keep up (sometimes even to a gigabit). One thing I'd love is if more vendors would give a bunch of examples and specifically list what things are hardware accelerated and which are not (MikroTik's been pretty good about this lately, though it's a lot of digging in docs).
- vmurthy 3y agoHey Jeff. Big fan of your channel :-).
- CyberDildonics 3y agoWhat is the difference between a "homelab" and a "creator"? I don't think these labels mean anything. Also you realize this is a router to connect to the internet right? If you want computers to have faster ethernet links between themselves you can have a switch with faster ports. It isn't going to make sense to try to mix your router and your switch at that point.
- vmurthy 3y ago> What is the difference between a "homelab" and a "creator"? lol. I meant it a bit tongue-in-cheek. A homelabber is someone who isn’t interested in showing off his/her videos of homelabbing. A creator is :-P