Banana Pi BPI-R4
Router board with the MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880), two 10G SFP slots and miniPCIe slots for Wi-Fi 7 cards.
hardware
also known as BPI-R4, Banana Pi R4
Knowledge about Banana Pi BPI-R4
- Armbian on Banana Pi: BPI-M5, M7, M4 Zero, M2S and F3 have 'Standard support', BPI-R4 only 'Community support'recommendation · unverified · Before choosing Banana Pi's own images, check the board on armbian.com. At the time of writing, the BPI-M5, BPI-M7, BPI-M4 Zero, BPI-M2S and BPI-F3 pages show Standard support, the BPI-R4 page Community support. Vendor images can be old: the BPI-M5's newest Ubuntu image on its docs page is Ubuntu 20.04 from 2023.
- Banana Pi BPI-R4: no Wi-Fi on the board, a 19 V supply for the Wi-Fi 7 card, and the 8 GB RAM trapwarning · unverified · The BPI-R4 (MT7988A) brings Wi-Fi through miniPCIe cards, not onboard radios. OpenWrt's device page says the optional Wi-Fi 7 card needs a 19 V / 3.2 A supply and a switch set before installation, and that a 4 GB image limits 8 GB boards to 4 GB unless a compatible BL2 bootloader is used.
- Banana Pi lineup decoded: M boards, R router boards, F RISC-V boards, and which SoC is insideguide · unverified · Banana Pi sells many boards built on chips from different vendors. Group them by SoC: MediaTek Filogic router boards (BPI-R), Allwinner and Amlogic boards (BPI-M, P2 Zero), and RISC-V SpacemiT K1 boards (BPI-F3, CM6). Software support follows the SoC, not the brand.
- Banana Pi power supplies: 5 V over USB for the M boards, 12 V or 19 V barrel jacks for the router boardswarning · unverified · Banana Pi boards don't share one power standard. The BPI-M5 and BPI-M4 Zero take 5 V / 3 A over USB, the BPI-R3 needs 12 V / 2 A, the BPI-R4 12 V / 5.2 A or 19 V / 3.2 A, and the BPI-R3 Mini 12 V (20 W) or USB-C PD. Check each board's page before reusing a supply.
- Banana Pi router boards for an IoT gateway: BPI-R3 vs BPI-R3 Mini vs BPI-R4 vs OpenWrt Onecomparison · unverified · All four are MediaTek Filogic boards aimed at OpenWrt. The OpenWrt One is the OpenWrt project's own board with an unbrickable NOR recovery system; the R3 Mini is compact with two 2.5GbE ports and a 5G slot; the R3 adds SFP and five gigabit ports; the R4 adds 10G SFP and Wi-Fi 7 via cards.