$11 DIGOO DG-R611 WiFi Repeater Comes with Two External Antennas

Low-cost WiFi routers such as A5 V11 mini router have been around for many years. The cheaper ones are usually powered by a USB charger sold separately, and support 2.4 GHz WiFI with a single antenna.

But I’ve just noticed DIGOO DG-R611 WiFi repeater with support for dual-antenna, data rate up to 300 Mbps, and integrated power supply. It is sold for under $11 on Banggood and Aliexpress, and may be worth a closer look.

 

 

DIGOO DG-R611DIGOO DG-R611 specifications:

  • SoC – Realtek RTL8196E RISC processor @ 400 MHz
  • System Memory – TBD
  • Storage – TBD
  • Networking
    • Wired – 10/100M Ethernet port
    • Wireless
      • 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n WiFi 4 up to 300 Mbps
      • Two 2dBi antennas
      •  Wireless Transmit Power – 20dBm(MAX EIRP)
      • Repeater, Access Point (AP), or Media bridge modes supported
      •  Wireless Security – 64/128-bit WEP, WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK (TKIP/AES)
  • Power Supply – Integrated 110-230V with US, EU, or UK plug
  • Dimensions – 7 x 7 x 7.5 cm excluding antennas
  • Temperature Range – Operating: -20°C to 70°C 5% to 95% (non-cond.); storage: -40°C to 90°C. Max. 90% (non-cond.)

Cheap WiFi Repeater Dual AntennaI had never heard about “Media bridge mode”, but that just means it can be used as a WiFi network card when connected to the Ethernet port of a computer, printer, TV, etc… There’s no much info about the software, but it’s configurable via a web interface with free “web software updates”. I could not find any screenshot at this time,

Based on the processor datasheet, RTL8196E is a 5-Port Fast Ethernet router processor, so there must be a separate WiFi chip connected over USB or PCIe, likely RTL8192ER PCIe WiFi chip since it’s found in combination with the processor in other devices and supports 2.4 GHz 2T2R WiFi 4. At this price point, it’s unlikely to match the recommended minimum memory and storage requirements for the latest version of OpenWrt, but there’s a port on Github.

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maurer
maurer
4 years ago

i would not put chinease hw in my network even if it’s free if it doesn’t support open source firmware(like openwrt).
my brother bought one of these tiny repeaters and it had a huge WPS vulnerability – anyone could connect/get wpa2 pass

theguyk
theguyk
4 years ago

So what was the make, model and firmware version?

theguyk
theguyk
4 years ago

So did you just randomly choose a repeater off ebay

rooted
rooted
4 years ago

How else would you do it? There isn’t going to be extensive research on inexpensive Chinese sourced units like these unfortunately.

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