Banana Pi BPI-R4 Wifi 7 Router

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Written by dave on 28 june 2023.
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Banana Pi BPI-R4 Wifi 7 Router with MTK MT7988 runing OpenWRT. The Banana Pi BPI-R4 is a powerful WiFi 7 router board that boasts impressive features. It is equipped with the MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 processor, providing robust processing capabilities. With 4GB DDR4 RAM, 8GB eMMC flash, and 128MB SPI-NAND flash, the board offers ample memory and storage for efficient operation. In terms of connectivity options, the Banana Pi BPI-R4 stands out. It includes two 10GbE SFP cages, four Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 ports, and a USB 3.2 port, ensuring high-speed and reliable networking capabilities. The presence of an M.2 socket allows for the installation of a 4G/5G modem or an NVMe SSD, expanding the board's functionality even further. Additionally, two mini PCIe slots with PCIe 3.0 support are available to accommodate WiFi 7 modules, providing advanced wireless connectivity options. With its combination of powerful processing, extensive storage and memory, and versatile connectivity features, the Banana Pi BPI-R4 is an excellent choice for those seeking a high-performance WiFi 7 router board with enhanced networking capabilities. Wi-Fi 7 tri-band,2.4 GHz.5 GHz and 6 GHz,connectivity,with its Wi-Fi 7 companion chip that features 320-MHz bandwidth,4096-QAM ,MLO,MRU,and AFC.

To answer the need of fast-evolving tunneling applications,the MT7988A comes with MediaTek Tunnel offload processor System(TOPS), which facilitates the processing of a wide range of tunneling protocols.The MT7988A optimizes networking performance with exquistitely tuned ISA of MediaTek TOPS,and is dedicated to lifting networking offloading performance to premium level.





Hardware spec:

HardWare Specification of Banana pi BPI-R4
CPU MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core Arm Corex-A73,1.8GHz processor
SDRAM 4 GB DDR4
On board Storage MicroSD \(TF\) card,8GB eMMC onboard
GPIO 26 Pin GPIO,some of which can be used for specific functions including UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, I2S.
On board Network 4 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
SFP 2x10G SFP or 1x10G SFP and 1x 2.5GbE
Wifi Wifi6/Wifi 7
mini PCIE 2x miniPCIe slots with PCIe3.0 2lane interface for Wi-Fi 7 NIC (Network Interface Card)
M.2 interface 1x M.2 KEY-B slot with USB3.2 interface for 5G,1x M.2 KEY-M slot with PCIe3.0 1lane interface for NVME SSD
USB 1xUSB 3.2 slot
Buttons Reset button,WPS botton, boot switch
Leds Power status Led and RJ45 Led
DC Power 12V/5.2A or 19V 3.2A
Sizes 100.5x148mm same as Banana Pi BPI-R64 and Banana Pi BPI-R2
Weight 250g

Update1:
Here is some speed tests:



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