On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 8:23 AM, Rajesh kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > For one of our products we are working on designing a gateway/router (wifi). > > Currently for our prototype i have made a raspberry pi as router. I am > looking for a cheap and reliable alternative since this router will be > working 24/7. > > Kindly suggest some alternatives.
I had similar thoughts but abandoned the idea. Raspi -- hobby/home/proof of concept use OK but it is a *bad* choice for commercial productising. On alibaba.com, you can find embedded boards (small form factors) with 4 Gigabit LAN ports + mini PCI-e slots to stick your Wi-Fi card. They are about $150 and upward. PCEngines and Soekris boards have a small form factor but they are more expensive. You can try mini ITX boards but the form factor may not be attractive. Out of curiosity, what is the USP of your product when compared to the mid range APs (5-10K)? From my experience, most small businesses settle for the sub Rs. 1000 products from the likes of TPLINK and DLINK. HTH, -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
