router News - CNX Software - Embedded Systems News

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 by Debashis Das - No Comments

$26 Banana Pi BPI-RT2 WiFi 6 router board features Realtek RTL8198D dual-core MIPS SoC

Banana Pi BPI RT2 WiFi 6 router board with Realtek RTL8198D dual core MIPS SoC

Just last week we wrote about the GL.iNet Mango 2 (GL-MG1300), a low-cost mini travel router built around a MediaTek MT7621A dual-core MIPS SoC. Now, Banana Pi has introduced another MIPS router: the BPI-RT2 router board built around a Realtek RTL8198D dual-core MIPS SoC. The BPI-RT2 ships with 256MB DDR3 RAM, 128MB SPI-NAND flash, four Gigabit Ethernet ports (one WAN and three LAN), and a USB 3.0 port. It also supports dual-band WiFi 6 with 2×2 MIMO on both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. The board measures 97 × 65mm and is designed for home networking, wireless access points, and small business routers. Banana Pi BPI-RT2 specifications: SoC – Realtek RTL8198D Dual-core MIPS interAptiv processor Integrated Gigabit Ethernet switching hardware Memory – 256MB DDR3 RAM Storage – 128MB SPI-NAND flash Networking 1x Gigabit Ethernet WAN port 3x Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports Dual-band WiFi 6 (802.11ax), AX3000 2.4 GHz – […]

October 22, 2026October 21, 2026 by Debashis Das - 12 Comments

GL.iNet Mango 2 mini travel router features AC1300 WiFi 5 and dual Gigabit Ethernet

GL.iNet Mango 2 (GL MG1300) Dual band Mini Travel Router

GL.iNet Mango 2 (GL-MG1300) mini dual-band WiFi 5 travel router is built around the MediaTek MT7621A dual-core processor. It is designed to share hotel WiFi, wired Ethernet, or mobile internet connections with multiple devices. The router measures just 89 x 63 x 15mm and weighs 100 grams. It supports WiFi speeds of up to 400 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band and 866 Mbps on the 5 GHz band, along with WireGuard VPN speeds of up to 184 Mbps and OpenVPN speeds of up to 95 Mbps with DCO. Other features include dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, USB 3.0, USB-C power, and others. GL.iNet Mango 2 (GL-MG1300) specifications: Processor – Mediatek MT7621A dual core MIPS 1004Kc processor @ 880Mhz Memory – 128MB DDR3L RAM Storage – 128MB SPI NAND flash + 2MB SPI NOR flash Networking 2x Gigabit Ethernet ports (WAN/LAN) Dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi 5 2.4 GHz – Up to 400 […]

October 16, 2026October 15, 2026 by Debashis Das - 4 Comments

W1700K SDR turns a Wi-Fi 7 router into a 320 MSps software-defined radio receiver

Full 2.4 GHz spectrum view with flattened passband correction applied

Just a few days ago, we wrote about the ESP-SDR project, which turned an ESP32 into an SDR receiver (and now SDR transmitter), but the data was streamed over UART, which couldn’t keep up with the sample rate. Now, developer h0m3us3r has released w1700k-sdr, also an open-source project that turns a Gemtek W1700K Wi-Fi 7 router into a wideband SDR receiver. The project uses the router’s built-in MediaTek MT7996 radio to capture raw 14-bit I/Q samples at up to 320 MSps across the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands. The captured data is then streamed over a 10 GbE connection using the router’s Airoha AN7581 SoC to a Linux computer, where you can view the live spectrum and waterfall in a browser. To make this work, the project replaces the router’s stock firmware with a custom Linux system and radio firmware, allowing it to capture raw I/Q data […]

October 13, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

Dragonwing FWA Gen 6 Elite Platform combines 5G Advanced, NR-NTN, and tri-band Wi-Fi 8

Unveiled at Network X 2026, the Qualcomm Dragonwing FWA Gen 6 Elite Platform combines 5G Advanced (3GPP Rel-19), NR-NTN (New Radio – Non-Terrestrial Networks) satellite communication, and tri-band Wi-Fi 8 with a 5×5 radio configuration. The new Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) solution features a Qualcomm X105 Modem-RF with 5G NR over satellite support, quad-frequency GNSS (L1, L2, L5, and L6), Qualcomm Turbo DSDA for 60% higher throughput compared to Gen 5, a quad-core CPU, an integrated 10 TOPS NPU, LPDDR4x and LPDDR5/5x, and quantum security (CNSA 2.0 compliant). It offers 500 MHz of aggregated bandwidth, 6- and 8-layer MIMO, peak download and upload speeds of 14.8 Gbps and 4.2 Gbps, respectively. Dragonwing FWA Gen 6 Elite Platform (QMX105) specifications: CPU – Quad-core CPU AI accelerator – Up to 10 TOPS, 5th-generation Qualcomm 5G AI processor handling OTT traffic detection for apps (chatbots, social media) 5G gaming traffic prioritization Smooth 5G-to-Wi-Fi […]

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 by Debashis Das - No Comments

Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5-based WisGate Connect Router RAK7392 offers 2.5GbE, mini PCIe, and WisBlock expansion

RAKwireless has just launched the WisGate Connect Router RAK7392 (not to be confused with the older WisGate Connect RAK7391), an industrial-grade edge router and gateway built around Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4/5 (CM4/CM5). The system features three Gigabit Ethernet ports, one 2.5GbE port, wireless expansion via a mini PCIe slot, and WisBlock connectors for sensors and I/O modules. The gateway is designed for industrial IoT applications such as edge computing, VPN, Modbus-to-MQTT conversion, and LoRaWAN packet forwarding, eliminating the need for multiple boards and USB adapters for complex deployments. WisGate Connect Router RAK7392 specifications: SoM options (one or the other) Raspberry Pi CM4 – Broadcom BCM2711 quad-core Cortex-A72 processor @ 1.5 GHz Raspberry Pi CM5 – Broadcom BCM2712 quad-core Cortex-A76 processor @ 2.4 GHz Storage and Memory will depend upon the module Storage – MicroSD card socket for CM4/CM5 Lite modules only Networking 3x Gigabit Ethernet ports (eth1, eth2, eth3) […]

July 31, 2026July 31, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 6 Comments

NanoPi R28S – A tiny dual GbE Rockchip RK3528A wireless SBC and router with a USB-C console port

NanoPi R28S Dual GbE router USB C Debug port

NanoPi R28S is yet another tiny dual Gigabit Ethernet single board computer or router (with a metal enclosure), and the second from FriendlyELEC to implement a USB-C console port, often requested by our readers, after the NanoPi R2S Plus launched in 2024. At just 49.5 x 49.5 x 24 mm in its metal case, the Rockchip RK3528A-powered router also features 1GB LPDDR4, a microSD card slot and an eMMC module socket for storage, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3 wireless connectivity. The USB-C ports are only used for power, eMMC firmware upgrades, and debugging, and the system doesn’t feature any USB port for data connectivity, nor any GPIO header for expansion. In other words, it’s mostly useful for networking (firewalls, soft routers), as well as IoT gateway applications. NanoPi R28S specifications: SoC – Rockchip RK3528A CPU – Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.8 GHz GPU – Arm Mali-450 GPU with support for […]

June 18, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

Broadcom unveils fully-integrated quad-core Wi-Fi 8 access point SoCs, 5G FWA router reference platform

Broadcom Wave 5 BCM6772 BCM6774 BCM6776 WiFi 8 SoC family

Broadcom has launched three new Wi-Fi 8 access point SoCs: the BCM6772 for mass-market Ethernet routers, extenders, and repeaters, the BCM6774 for high-volume Ethernet routers and extenders, and the BCM6776 for premium Ethernet tri-band routers and extenders. The latter is also part of a 5G FWA router platform based on Samsung B1320 5G Modem. Broadcom’s first Wi-Fi 8 chips were introduced in May 2025 for clients and access points, and the company followed up with BCM6714 and BCM6719 dual-band radios earlier this year, and the BCM67142, BCM67192, and BCM68565 chips for low-cost Wi-Fi 8 10 Gbps fiber access points last month. So far, all the Broadcom Wi-Fi 8 chips enable multi-chip solutions with an application processor connected to one or more Wi-Fi 8 chipsets over a PCIe connection. The new BCM677x chips are fully-integrated SoCs with (Armv8>) application cores and 802.11bn connectivity in a single chip, except for 6 GHz […]

June 8, 2026June 8, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 5 Comments

Mudi 7 (GL-E5800) 5G NR Wi-Fi 7 travel router supports up to 4.67 Gbps link rate

GL.iNet Mudi 7, codenamed GL-E5800, is a battery-powered 5G NR WiFi-7 travel router with 2.5GbE, up to 4.67 Gbps downlink cellular speed, up to 5.76 Gbps WiFi link rate, and 700 Mbps VPN transfer rate using OpenVPN-DCO (600 Mbps with WireGuard VPN). It’s the third model since the company introduced the Mudi portable 4G LTE WiFi router in 2019, and followed up with the Mudi V2 (GL-E750V2) 4G LTE router in 2024. The Mudi 7 is a serious upgrade with 2.5GbE, 5G cellular, and WiFi 7 connectivity, and a large 5380 mAh battery good for a full day. It also features two USB-C ports for power and tethering, a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, eight internal antennas, and two TS-9 connectors for external antennas. Mudi 7 specifications: SoC – Unnamed Qualcomm quad-core processor @ 2.2GHz (potentially IPQ9574 quad-core Cortex-A73) System Memory – 2GB LPDDR4X Storage – 8GB eMMC flash Display – 2.8-inch […]