On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > Our Concept works fine with Raspi. As your said we cannot go for a production with raspi since its development board only. > 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 > Our product is home automation. We need cost effective and a quality solution. I have already worked with digi routers, they seems to be rigid and of high quality. Just need to know any other alternatives available in dlink, netgear etc, > 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 > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
