t > > 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. >
It may worth to give a try with Bananna-Pi router board - http://www.banana-pi.com/eacp_view.asp?id=64 > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > -- Siji Sunny _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
