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sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf to homelab@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Banana Pi BPI-M7 router board now available for $165 (RK3588 processor, dual 2.5 Gb Ethernet, WiFi 6 and BT 5.2)

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Banana Pi BPI-M7 router board now available for $165 (RK3588 processor, dual 2.5 Gb Ethernet, WiFi 6 and BT 5.2)

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sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf to homelab@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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Banana Pi BPI-M7 router board now available for $165 (RK3588 processor, dual 2.5 Gb Ethernet, WiFi 6 and BT 5.2) - Liliputing
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Banana Pi BPI-M7 router board now available for $165 (RK3588 processor, dual 2.5 Gb Ethernet, WiFi 6 and BT 5.2)

Does this look like a decent starting point for a first router build?

Cross posted from: https://lemux.minnix.dev/post/204890

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    As for x86, I’d really like to try and avoid it for a router.

    Why? (genuine question)

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      It’s a couple levels of power more than what I need for a router in my opinion.

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      x86_64 is inefficient and insecure

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        Is this board using FOSS RISC-V with open schematics? If not, there’s very good reason to suspect it too.

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          Also, I trust ARM (almost definitely backdoor’d) over x86_64 (confirmed backdoor’d)

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            They’re both with backdoors how do you trust either?

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              I don’t trust either, I’m just saying I trust ARM more. English is confusing and trust can be both boolean and float at the same time

              ARM trust: 0.2 (false)

              x86 trust: 0.1 (false)

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                RISC-V FTW

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          I didn’t know RISC-V routers were a thing. There’s OPNSense support for RISC-V?

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            There isn’t. I was asking if the Banana Pi used RISC-V

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              It’s ARM

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                Yes

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          RK3855 = 4x Cortex-A76 + 4x Cortex-A55

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