A Raspberry Pi 5 OpenWRT Router with 2.5Gbps LAN!

In this video, I demonstrate the viability of using the Raspberry Pi 5 with a 2.5 Gbps HAT as a OpenWRT router.

Spoiler alert!: It works great! It is the first Raspberry Pi model in my opinion that makes a solid basic home router or even a travel router without as many compromises.

Because OpenWRT is very lightweight, you would only need the 2GB model of the Raspberry Pi5 since less than 100 MB of RAM is necessary for the base install. In addition, you do not need much disk space as OpenWRT defaults to only allocating 100 MB of disk space.

The cost of the 2 GB model, 52Pi 2.5Gbps HAT, and a Raspberry Pi power cord is close to $100 USD ($50 for the RPi 5, $30 2.5Gbps HAT, and about $20 for the power cord). You would, of course, need to decide if it makes sense for your use case as a home router vs purchasing a cheap Intel N100 mini PC.

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Non-affiliate links:

Raspberry Pi 5 2GB: https://www.pishop.us/product/raspber...
52Pi 2.5Gbps HAT: https://52pi.com/collections/hat-addo...
52Pi 2.5Gbps + NVMe HAT: https://52pi.com/collections/hat-addo...

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