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Should I wait for the BPI R4? (self.homelab)

submitted 1 year ago by P03 to c/[email protected]

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Currently looking for a router with the following points

sfp ports for fiber connection (we have fiber internet)
should be possible to use a wireguard on the router, since would like to use for our smart tv.
would like to run some small containers (pihole and maybe some network scanner)

The R3 looks pretty cool specially, since WiFi is built in and there are deals with case and antennas. I don't know of 2gb of RAM would be sufficient to run openwrt + some containers.

The New R4 will have double the RAM, but at least on first glance it looks, like a WiFi extension has to be bought. Also I guess it will me more expensive.

What do you folks think? Should I wait for the R4 or buy one of those package deals including antennas and metal?

Bonus Question: what sfp modules do you use for fiber connection?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I know nothing about what a BPI R4 is. My take : let the router be a router : don’t run container(s) on it. If you need containers: Take a x86 box, Run an hypervisor OS (e.g. Proxmox), create a VM for your router OS (openWRT, OPNsense, etc.) and pass through your Network Interface Card(s). Then run your containers on the host OS or in a dedicated VM.

[–] amniote 1 points 1 year ago

Images for R3 exist for openwrt. R4 is not even in snapshot yet, maybe in some a github? But how good is support?

First poster is right: separate 'routing' from the rest of your stack, by using dedicatd routing devjc