hame mpra2 is a mpra1 with double flash and ram and a 5200mah battery
John
On 14/01/2014 10:53, Michel Stempin wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> Le 14/01/2014 10:27, Paul Fertser a écrit :
>> Paul Fertser <[email protected]> writes:
>>> This adds support for an unbranded small rt5350-based device. PCB
>>> silkscreen layer has "MIFI-F5 V1.0" marking. Commonly available from
>>> eBay as "2G/3G/4G WiFi router", it has 1 Ethernet port and 1 USB2.0
>>> host connector, wireless is 802.11n 1x1 2.4 GHz with a chip antenna.
>>
>> As noted by John Crispin on IRC, this unit is almost identical
>> hardware-wise (just lacks battery) to HAME MPR-A1 for which he has
>> already added full support. And devices that look very similar to MPR-A1
>> are available from ebay for just a little more than MIFI costs.
>
> I got my MIFI-F5s @ 8.45 USD on AliBaba during Black Friday sales: the
> best price I could find for a HAME MPR-A1 on eBay is around 15 USD...
>
> However, I agree they tend to be routinely at about the same price.
> But the HAME MPR-A1 features a battery, and the MIFI-F5 is much
> smaller and rectangular!
>
>> I doubt
>> they really have a 1800mAh battery inside but at least some battery is a
>> nice bonus.
>
> They do! But I would not bet too much on the long term battery life.
>
>> Also, according to [1], the bootloader is not crippled and
>> so one can avoid risking reflashing it.
>
> Yes, but the procedure to replace the crippled bootloader over telnet
> is pretty easy [2], though it still brings a potential risk of
> bricking the device.
>
>> OTOH MPR-A1 has just 16M RAM while my MIFI came with 32M, so I would
>> recommend double-checking with the seller the actual amount of RAM
>> before buying (16M is certainly considered not enough for full OpenWrt
>> experience).
>
> Today, 32MB SDRAM is mandatory if you want to do something useful with
> a router (including having a Luci web admin). Unfortunately, most of
> the time, a seller cannot tell you the amount of RAM in a product,
> though it would be a nice characteristic to have (with Flash size):(
>
>> The image for MPR-A1 works nicely on this board so there's no sense
>> adding it separately.
>
> What about the GPIOs?
>
>> The ethernet issue turned out to be the same that was discussed before,
>> i.e. it works properly only when VLAN support is enabled; so failsafe
>> mode is not accessible yet.
>
> Good! Thank you for all your work!
>
>> [1] http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/hame/mpr-a1
>
> [2] https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=220671#p220671
>
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