BPI-R4 board with RJ45 2.5GbE

Banana Pi Router design BPI-R4(MT7988)
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Hello everyone. I did not find this version of the board in the store.Does anyone know where I can buy it?

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Got mine from AliExpress.

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Hello, how long ago did you buy?

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I bought mine from 15 days before, but it was out of stock now

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005006256712337.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.29.21ef1802wv9L59&gatewayAdapt=glo2deu

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So I can’t find it, apparently it’s sold out

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I can confirm that buying the 2x SFP version, removing one SFP cage, and soldering on a RJ45 header works along with using the bpi-r4 2.5gb image.

I also added on the 12v POE+ module. With just the board (cpu fan) and wifi7 card, I’m seeing a peek of 18w usage. POE+ allows for 25w.

I’ve done this twice successfully. Make sure you solder the connections well or else you’ll have some auto-negotiation issues (100m/1gb). After I went back and fixed my soldering job the board auto-negotiates 2.5gb all the time now.

Reference of Purchase History RJ45 - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805063410424.html RT5400B-12V - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832781861641.html