[OpenWrt-Devel] New target IPQ8074 / Asus-ax89x(u)

[Robert Marko]

On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 at 04:03, Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel at aenertia.net> wrote:

> Xiaomi ax3600 has Qualcomm radios right?
>
Yeah, its QCA8071A based.
But I can't find anywhere to get one in EU and there is no GPL released.
Xiaomi really doesn't care about respecting GPL on their routers.

>
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, 11:21 Robert Marko, <robimarko at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 23:11, Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel at aenertia.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Considering that there are a heap of lesser boxes from the likes of
>>> Cisco/Aruba/Dlink/Asus themselves that are far inferior selling well above
>>> the 1500$ mark.
>>>
>> I dont take Cisco and Aruba prices seriously.
>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 at 11:09, Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel at aenertia.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's 800$NZD not sure of what the conversion is.
>>>>
>>>> BUT
>>>>
>>>> It's got Dual 10Gbit ports ; so if you factor going the DIY route on
>>>> x86 boxes (which is what I have been forced to do for 10G capable for the
>>>> last few years), Power consumption, and wifi6 - it's actually not an
>>>> unreasonable price point for what you get.
>>>>
>>> Its roughly 400EUR, a lot for a consumer device.
>> Its a good device, but for development, it's too expensive since there is
>> a chance of bricking it.
>> I am waiting for a cheap(100-ish EUR) IPQ807x board since I don't see
>> getting a test one at work for a while and I cant afford 300+ EUR myself.
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 at 10:45, Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 400€ for a router... little too much for now... at least the firmware
>>>>> is openwrt based so ASUS should provide GPL.
>>>>>
>>>>> Il giorno gio 26 mar 2020 alle ore 22:42 Robert Marko
>>>>> <robimarko at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 22:39, Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel at aenertia.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Hi all,
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> I received my ax89x yesterday and have added a stub wiki page for
>>>>> it here:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> https://openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-ax89x
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> There is a published build chain for the device from ASUS - I
>>>>> haven't tried compiling it.
>>>>> >> I've done some preliminary poking and opened the case up - dumped
>>>>> the bootlog.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Very interesting device and likely a good target for 10Gbit and
>>>>> Wifi6 work.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Looks great, just that the price tag is painful.
>>>>> > Its HK01 reference board based, a lot of stuff has been upstreamed
>>>>> but a whole more is missing for IPQ807x upstream.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> -Joel
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