Say hello to the first OneWrt One prototype (Router board from OpenWrt and Banana Pi)

The developers behind OpenWrt have been offering an open source, Linux-based operating system for routers and other embedded devices for two decades. So far the team has primarily focused on making software that can be installed on existing hardware. But earlier this year developer John Crispin announced that the team was considering releasing the first official OpenWrt hardware.

It looks like that effort is moving forward, because now he’s shared the first pictures of a hardware prototype for the upcoming OpenWrt One router board.

Designed in partnership with Banana Pi, the board features a 1.3 GHz MediaTek MT7981B (Filogic 820) ARM Cortex-a53 dual-core processor, 1GB of DDR4 memory, 128 MB of SPI NAND flash storage, 4MB of write-protected SPI NOR flash storage (for recovery), and an M.2 2242 socket for PCIe Gen 2 x1 solid state storage.

Networking features include two Ethernet ports: one with Gigabit speeds and one with support for 2.5 GbE speeds, as well as s MediaTek MT7976C chip with support for WiFi 6.

Leave a Comment