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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Getting along without a keyboard
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 17:19:15 +0100
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On 17/09/2024 16:08, Scott Alfter wrote:
> In article <vcbji2$3evhe$4@dont-email.me>,
> The Natural Philosopher  <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> Moral. Get a decent router so at least you can eliminate it from your
>> problems
> 
> Another recommendation: Look for something that can run OpenWRT, so you're
> not stuck with whatever firmware the router manufacturer provides.
> 
> A third recommendation: a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 and a carrier board
> that adds a second Ethernet port make a pretty good platform to run OpenWRT.
> The CPU and memory on the CM4 will blow the doors off of most of the routers
> you'd likely buy for home use, and I suspect they're competitive with nearly
> anything short of rack-mountable enterprise-grade routers.  The onboard WiFi
> (on models so equipped) probably isn't so hot, but it's a solid option for
> wired connections up to at least gigabit speeds and WiFi can be provided
> with a separate access point or a USB dongle.
> 

Why a compute module especially?
Wouldn't e.g. a Pi4 be just as good?

But once again, these are 'hobbyist' choices. Sometimes I like to spend 
money rather than time and buy really solid solutions.

In fact my motto is 'dont build what you can buy'.
My custom hardware solutions exist because they cannot be bought 
satisfactorally.


-- 
“But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an 
hypothesis!”

Mary Wollstonecraft