Take a look at the two smallest Raspberry Pi Routers in existence: The DFRobot IoT Router Board Mini and the Seeed Studio Routerboard!

Along the way, learn about networking, OpenWRT, and how these two routerboards stack up against each other.

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DFRobot’s IoT Router Carrier Board Mini: https://www.dfrobot.com/product-2242.html
Seeed’s Dual Gigabit Carrier Board: https://www.seeedstudio.com/Rapberry-Pi-CM4-Dual-GbE-Carrier-Board-p-4874.html

GitHub issue for DFRobot Board: https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/issues/114
GitHub issue for Seeed Board: https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/issues/137

See all the PCI Express cards and CM4 boards I’m testing: https://pipci.jeffgeerling.com

Contents:

• 00:00 - Raspberry Pi Routers
• 00:55 - Tiny Routerboards
• 02:08 - Seeed Board overview
• 03:25 - DFRobot Board overview
• 04:24 - Getting OpenWRT working
• 06:24 - DFRobot test and benchmarks
• 08:54 - Seeed test and benchmarks
• 12:41 - WAP and WiFi Routing
• 13:28 - Verdict and 2.5 Gbps option?
• 14:17 - Outtakes

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