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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.com)
submitted 9 months ago by sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf to c/homelab@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] davidfreina@lemmy.davidfreina.at 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

Why? (genuine question)

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] smotherlove@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

x86_64 is inefficient and insecure

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] smotherlove@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] smotherlove@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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)

[–] smotherlove@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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