Banana Pi BPI-R4 Open Source Router Board

Banana Pi BPI-R4 Open Source Router Board

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Brand: Banana PI
Product Code: bpi-r4
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Banana Pi BPI-R4 Open-Source Router

Banana Pi BPI-R4 Router board with MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core ARM Corex-A73 design,4GB DDR4 RAM,8GB eMMC,128MB SPI-NAND flash onboard, also have 2x 10Gbe SFP, 4x Gbe network port, with USB3.2 port, M.2 support 4G/5G/NVME SSD.2x miniPCIe slots with PCIe3.0 2lane interface for Wi-Fi 7 NIC (Network Interface Card). It is a very high-performance open-source router development board.

MediaTek MT7988(Filogic 880)

Mediatek Filogic 880. The 36Gbps Wi-Fi 7 access point/router/gateway platform delivers the fastest and most reliable connection experience.

The MediaTek MT7988A is a world-leading network processing platform for high-performance and reliable networking experiences, both in wired and wireless applications. The MT7988A comprises a rich connection interface set including 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports. 2 US下GMII interfaces. 4 PCIe Interfaces, and 2 USB 3.2 en1 Ports.

The MT7988A further enables seamless Wi-Fi 7 tri-band,2.4 GHz.5 GHz, and 6 GHz, connectivity, with its Wi-Fi 7 companion chip that features 320-MHz bandwidth,4096-QAM, MLO, MRU, and AFC.

To answer the need for fast-evolving tunneling applications, the MT7988A comes with a MediaTek Tunnel offload processor System(TOPS), which facilitates the processing of a wide range of tunneling protocols. The MT7988A optimizes networking performance with the exquisitely tuned ISA of MediaTek TOPS and is dedicated to lifting networking offloading performance to a premium level.

Application direction

Internet service Router

Wifi 7 Wireless Router

4G/5G Wireless Router

Wireless Repeater

Home security Gateway

Home Automation

Nas device

Network and communication applications

Key Features

MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad-core Arm Corex-A73,1.8GHz processor

4GB DDR4

8GB eMMC flash

128MB SPI-NAND Flash

Micro SD card slot

2x 10Gbe SFP slot

4x Gbe network port

1x USB3.2 slot

1x M.2 KEY-B slot with USB3.2/PCIe3.0 interface for 5G

1x M.2 KEY-M slot with PCIe3.0 1lane interface for NVME SSD

2x mini PCIe slots with PCIe3.0 2lane interface for Wi-Fi 7 NIC (Network Interface Card)

26 PIN GPIO Header for expanding application

POE function customizable (present version does not support POE function)

WiFi7 iPA NIC Module support

BPI-R4-NIC-BE14: MT7995AV+MT7976CN+MT7977IAN

Hardware Specs

Hardware Specification of Banana pi BPI-R4

CPU MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880) Quad-core Arm Corex-A73,1.8GHz processor

SDRAM 4 GB DDR4

On board Storage MicroSD (TF) card,128MB SPI NAND, 8GB eMMC

GPIO 26 Pin GPIO, some of which can be used for specific functions including UART, I2C, SPI, PWM, and I2S.

On board Network 4 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet

SFP 2x10G SFP

mini PCIE 2x mini PCIe slots with PCIe3.0 2lane interface for BPI Wi-Fi 7 NIC (Network Interface Card)

M.2 interface 1x M.2 KEY-B slot with USB3.2/PCIe3.0 interface for 5G,1x M.2 KEY-M slot with PCIe3.0 1lane interface for NVME SSD

USB 1xUSB 3.2 slot

Buttons Reset button, WPS button, boot switch

Leds Power status Led and RJ45 Led

DC Power 12V/5.2A or 19V 3.2A(The power consumption will not exceed 10W without any peripheral equipment, and 12V/2A can be used.)

Sizes 100.5x148mm same as Banana Pi BPI-R64 and Banana Pi BPI-R2

Weight 250g

*Important Reminder: BPI R4 2.5G model motherboards may be incompatible with the front panel of the metal case, as metal cases are designed over the SFP standard BPI R4 motherboard, the RJ45 port may be larger than the SFP port, and user modification may be required.

System Image

OpenWRT

OpenWRT MTK MP4.0 wifi SDK wifi driver for BE14000 Wifi Card

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1y4-OZbPbqeM_um1gxKLSHg?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U0tnvoaxDujO1q5QNxnw0i2d93X2zi9r/view?usp=sharing

Note:

Kernel version: 5.4.271
MTK vendor’s MP4.0 wifi image package name: BPI-R4-BE1350-WIFI_MP4_0-SDK-20240620， fixed MP3.1 wifi SDK wifi route performance issue.
MTK vendor’s MP4.0 wifi driver source code can’t be open source. Only release Image.(support Quectel RM500U-CN & RM520N-GL 5G Modules, EC25 EM05 4G Modules)

OpenWRT MTK MP3.1 wifi SDK or MT76 wifi driver for BE14000 Wifi Card

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1kguTbhlBVGvN7L9G3mgFQg?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DBPwMD-qDAIqPorqJwl3sf8TsAEh0BmF?usp=sharing

Note:

MTK vendor’s MP3.1 wifi image package name: BPI-R4-BE1350-WIFI_MP3_1-SDK-20240202.zip
opensource MT76 wifi image package name: BPI-R4-BE1350-WIFI_MT76-20240202.zip
MTK vendor’s MP3.1 wifi driver source code can’t be open source. Only release Image. But supply all MT76 wifi driver source code.(support Quectel RM500U-CN & RM520N-GL 5G Modules, EC25 EM05 4G Modules)

OpenWRT MTK MP3.0 SDK for BE19000 Wifi Card

Baidu Cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1r9lB098eT3dSAIBsNMPGQw?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Sh_eal09Zlm5RPZZ3C9gfACP42wl7AK8?usp=sharing

SFP replaced with 2.5Gbps version using images

BPI-R4 2.5Gbps RJ45

Baidu cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/13jUs5pezA8Q4c9oKaHdEYA?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)

Google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nLGEi-iXj2RZepaS0-cRnfOGiEkSMOHG/view?usp=sharing

Debian 12

2024-07-18-Debian-12-bookworm-bpi-r4-5.4-sd-emmc.img

Baidu cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/18ST6aBYBZ9wSGut44webbQ?pwd=8888 (pincode: 8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AJJ4fg-Q8jR5XmVomVdYV8bPOth4BzJf/view?usp=sharing

Note:
linux-5.4 kernel include MT76 wifi driver, it can only support BE14000 wifi card. it can support 2.4G, 5G, and 6G, but Debian 12’s network-manager utility package can support 6G wifi.

Debian 11

2024-03-10-Debian-11-bullseye-lite-bpi-r4-5.4-sd-emmc.img

Baidu cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1q2WogyCtNOcejWRG1_GhXg?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17JVoTtIZdcN-qSElTHpAKY2KlvYCgZPp/view?usp=sharing

2024-03-10-Debian-11-bullseye-lite-bpi-r4-6.1-sd-emmc.img

Baidu cloud: https://pan.baidu.com/s/199IjDbuzScMiWnwcjRX_Rg?pwd=8888 (pincode:8888)

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZNwDi9Eg_6SQYyKQgETOhBW7_6ix4Fna/view?usp=sharing

Note:
linux-5.4 kernel include MT76 wifi driver, it can only support BE14000 wifi card. it can support 2.4G, 5G, and 6G, but Debian 11’s network-manager utility package can’t support 6G wifi. So we are waiting for the latest package.
Linux-6.1 kernel doesn’t include MT76 wifi driver, it can’t support BE14000 wifi card