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Re: WRTnode Opened for $25

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Post by michaelvanham »

nargeogu wrote: post #75
rffn wrote: post #13

Could I have this please with 802.11ac WiFi, 5GHz, preferrably supporting a 4x4 MIMO setup. I would love to have an open access point for my network. I like to have more than 300Mbps and to avoid the 2.4GHz network though even more. I understand this owuld be more expensive, but would be willing to pay a higher price.

I'm curious to know why you want to "avoid the 2.4GHz network". Can you please explain why?

I can't speak for rffn, but many people want to avoid using the 2.4GHz spectrum due to congestion.

In the 2.4GHz band there is a limited amount of space available, and there are now many wireless routers in typical residential neighbourhoods all competing for the same space. Many other devices such as cordless phones, baby monitors, and wireless speakers also use 2.4GHz and interfere with wifi signals. Most microwaves generate significant amounts of noise in the 2.4 GHz band when in use.

In the 5GHz band there is much more space available, and there are many fewer competing devices and sources of interference. The penalty of 5GHz is slightly less range, and more expensive wifi equipment.

Re: WRTnode Opened for $25

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Post by Ecio78 »

jamiedernoob wrote: post #39

my favorite is the banana pi: gigabit, sata etc http://www.lemaker.org/ http://www.linuxx.eu/2014/08/banana-pi-raspberry-pi-upgraded...

uhm I checked if this could be a good solution for mediaplayer usage, but it seems not: http://openelec.tv/forum/124-raspberry-pi/71202-banana-pi

Re: WRTnode Opened for $25

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Post by Noel_lo »

chrisBob wrote: post #65
Noel_lo wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for pointing out, we corrected it. :)

It looks good now. Next time I will try your support link instead, but I am glad you saw the comment and got it cleaned up. In the future it shouldn't be too hard to find someone willing to support and a good open source project with some proof-reading. I may not be the best candidate, but it would be a good way for someone to get started helping the project, and could make a big difference if you are targeting a lar…

Thank you very much, It's very kind of you all if there's anyone like chrisBob mentioned who willing to help us with our poor English, pls mail me: noel@wrtnode.com, we could pay for it. :)

Re: WRTnode Opened for $25

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Post by Noel_lo »

coin wrote: post #19

Website is totally obnoxious on a mobile device - no pinch zoom, no scrolling, must press little dots to "scroll".

Sorry for the bad webpage design, we will change it but may take a while, actually there's no web front-end person in our small team, all the site was done by our-self while coding Linux or pcb lay-out.

Re: WRTnode Opened for $25

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Post by Noel_lo »

guelo wrote: post #77

What are the power specs? For battery powered applications like the shown mini-quadcopter you really need to know the watts as well as weight. Admittedly, WiFi has a very spiky power consumption profile.

Current consumption: 0.13A - same module, wifi off 0.17A - same module, wifi enabled 0.14A - dock (RJ45 included) + wifi off 0.20A - dock (RJ45 included) + wifi enabled

according to one of WRTnode from http://openrouter.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p=36058

and WRTnode is about 20g in weight.

Re: WRTnode Opened for $25

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Post by rffn »

michaelvanham wrote: post #81
nargeogu wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious to know why you want to "avoid the 2.4GHz network". Can you please explain why?

I can't speak for rffn, but many people want to avoid using the 2.4GHz spectrum due to congestion. In the 2.4GHz band there is a limited amount of space available, and there are now many wireless routers in typical residential neighbourhoods all competing for the same space. Many other devices such as cordless phones, baby monitors, and wireless speakers also use 2.4GHz and interfere with wifi signals. Most microwave…

Exactly. Where I live I see about 20 networks in 2.4GHz, not even talking about Bluetooth, 802.15.x and other 2.4GHz users. Over the latter WLAN should have priority though if the other devices are standard conforming. In 5GHz I can still only see one or two other networks.

Re: WRTnode Opened for $25

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Post by rffn »

ajb wrote: post #23
rffn wrote: post #13

Could I have this please with 802.11ac WiFi, 5GHz, preferrably supporting a 4x4 MIMO setup. I would love to have an open access point for my network. I like to have more than 300Mbps and to avoid the 2.4GHz network though even more. I understand this owuld be more expensive, but would be willing to pay a higher price.

I don't think networking is the market of this thing, despite the name. In fact, it could probably use a different name. It's a mips24k; I doubt it can do software networking at the 300mb speed the wifi runs at.

Good point. I remember working on MIPS M4k CPUs many years ago which could almost service a single 1Gbps link (at 100% CPU though). Without a gigabit link on the other side fast WLAN is pointless though. It was just too tempting to see a little board for networking. I agree though, networking is not the primary market.

Re: WRTnode Opened for $25

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Post by rffn »

sbierwagen wrote: post #63
rffn wrote: post #13

Could I have this please with 802.11ac WiFi, 5GHz, preferrably supporting a 4x4 MIMO setup. I would love to have an open access point for my network. I like to have more than 300Mbps and to avoid the 2.4GHz network though even more. I understand this owuld be more expensive, but would be willing to pay a higher price.

802.11ac WiFi, 5GHz, preferrably supporting a 4x4 MIMO Retail price just went up to $300. Four dual-band wifi radios are expensive.

If I could have a router or even just an AP with complete hardware documentation in public and 100% open source firmware for it that would be an ok price. With the advertised $25 of course greed kicked in as well. ;-)
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