Banana Pi BPI-R3 Mini Router board with MediaTek MT7986(Filogic 830),support Wi-Fi 6,2.5GbE

Banana Pi Router design BPI-R3/R3 Mini(MT7986)
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I have the kit, with the case, I just use the bottom part of the case, no top. I have a big external fan on top. CaptureTemp

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What are you using to gather/log this graph?

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opkg update opkg install luci-app-statistics collectd-mod-thermal ā€¦ ā€¦ I donā€™t know why all my messages are one long string, even though, I put in seperate lines?

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Excellent thanks. still trying to compile the firmware from source. Constant fails.

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This bad boy runs HOT!!!

You can say that again! My board reported 92Ā°C on idle. Very much needs a heatsink.

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Any update on when this will be a supported device on OpenWRT?

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I also would like to know the status of official OpenWRT with this board. I see the BPI-R3 board is supported, at least in snapshot builds. I am wanting to replace my gl.inet slate plus with a wifi 6 and 2.5gbe board and this looks perfect. The gl.inet beryl ax is currently what I am looking to get, but if I can track the status of OpenWRT for this board I would prefer this because of the dual 2.5gbe and option for ssd network storage and 5G cellular. The only thing I would miss with this board that I would get with the beryl ax is a usb 3 port.

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Perhapse use something like this:

M.2 NGFF NVME to USB 3.0 19pin Header Convert Card NGFF to 2 Port USB3.0 Expansion Card Transfer Adapter IDE 4PIN Power Supply https://a.aliexpress.com/_EHTT2B1

But need to check if it is supported in the used kernel.

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?? Im not that concerned about it, and ur recomendation is wrong in lots of ways. bpi only support 2242, not 2280 that card would block 5g card, and probably the case. that header is for front io connectors, manually drilling and cutting a case to fit a usb port is way outside of what i want to do. the official case wouldnt work either, itd have to be wider.

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@sinovoip Could you please fix the stock MTK driver EMMC image?

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@sinovoip Any update on this? Iā€™d like to start with the latest version rather than a version a few years old.

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Bpi does not make upstream support. But if they release their dts it can be upstreamed (after small modify and testing). Basicly all drivers should be there from ā€œbigā€ R3.

Seem itā€™s there https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-R3MINI-OPENWRT-V21.02.3/blob/main/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3mini-emmc.dts (+nand)

But this have to be done by someone having the board

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thanks for sharing, iā€™ll look into getting the board.

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I would like to get one of these and use a Quectel RM520N-GL. Though, I am really waiting for the BPI-R4.

Will the BPI-R3 Mini be able to use the Quectel RM520N-GL modem to the modemā€™s fullest capacity?

I currently have the RPI-R3. not mini, and it works good, though, as Iā€™m told, the Quectel RM520N-GL modem would be ā€œcrippledā€, not available to use itā€™s full capacity on the BPI-R3, sighā€¦

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Why good on the R3mini and crippled on the R3?

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Any actually using the ASIA RF AW7916-NPD?

Well it works. But wonky. It sometimes conflicts with the on board 5GHz . When using both one tends to stop functioning.

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Perhaps I misunderstand, but the ā€œregularā€ R3 uses old PCIe and USB? Is the R3 Mini better in this regard?

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I am going from this reply to the R3 Mini:

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Both using mt7986 soc,why should pcie/usb be differentā€¦only routing of pcie lanes and usb3 to the slots can be differentā€¦

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Thanks for this information. So, they would both under perform for the modemā€™s full needs? No need for me to get the R3 Mini then, thanks.

Will the BPI-R4 be any better?