Pi Zero (and W) can be connected to Ethernet with an USB-Ethernet dongle and a special cable.repatch wrote: ↑ Really? What if you don't need a network connection? Does an Ethernet port still beat that?
Not everybody has the same usage model. Obviously, if I'm using RPi Zeros I'm not concerned about a network connection.
When I do, I use a Pi Zero W, twice the price of the Pi Zero, but has WIFI.
Only time I've used a Pi specifically for an ethernet port was a PiHole setup where WIFI wasn't considered reliable enough.
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- alpovs
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Pi4 open media vault NAS is setup for my Nvidia Plex server is complete.
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If you’re using your Pi in a GameBoy case for RetroPie, I get it.
But we are talking about Pi Hole, an Ethernet port definitely beats WiFi
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Where are we 'talking about Pi Hole'?
I mentioned that in a Pi Hole setup I used a Pi with an Ethernet port since the client didn't want it on their WIFI. But RPis are used for MUCH more than PiHole.
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Damn. Value village eh.
Kijiji is useless though, folks are over-estimating the value of their old RPIs.. I have seen Pi 2's for $60 LOL
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Back on topic, this is a great deal for a RPI 4, with standard USB-C power connector and Wifi AC
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Buying a complete kit from Canakit or Labists will provide much more value.
Buying all the parts in a kit separately will cost you nearly double the price of a complete kit.
Buying all the parts in a kit separately will cost you nearly double the price of a complete kit.
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I am running OMV on PI4 1Gb since February and have no complains, 110Mb/s over ethernet in both directions. Now I upgraded it to 2Gb and added wordpress web server to it, and the old one, with 1Gb, converted into OpenWRT router, enabled SQM with Cacke and got grade A+ for network quality and bufferbloat. :p
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The deal is over, please move to expired
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Its great. My PI4 2GB has plenty of ram and pretty much maxes the 1Gb ethernet as well.
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As I see it, there are three classes of hardware we are considering
- Raspberry Pi boards
- small boards meant for hacking (eg. Odroid)
- little appliance boxes that can be subverted (eg. the TV boxes you mentioned)
Annoying things:
- Raspberry Pi lacks hardware crypto acceleration.
- OS support for small hacking boards is very mixed, often terrible, usually fire-and-forget
- OS support for little appliance boxes is actively hindered by the hardware providers; volunteer efforts come and go.
I have an S912 TV box aging on the shelf because I'm not motivated to immerse myself in the fora to figure out how to make it work. The GPU never had anything but Android support from ARM or Amlogic. Even as TV boxes they were failures due to lack of Widevine DRM.
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times have changed. mali has bitfrost and midguard driver support in linux as long as your soc has proper linux kernel support and that means if its got the dtb for it. Right now the newer a53,a55,a73 etc socs all have 4.4,4.9,5.x kernel. The problem with socs like s905,x,or s912 was they came ran on android based hyped but amlogic had no true linux support other than 3.14 for stuff to work and its only going as so far.Hugh wrote: ↑ As I see it, there are three classes of hardware we are consideringEach class has good points and bad. So none can completely replace another.
- Raspberry Pi boards
- small boards meant for hacking (eg. Odroid)
- little appliance boxes that can be subverted (eg. the TV boxes you mentioned)
Annoying things:I get tempted by other boxes, but the software and community support for the Raspberry Pi is just so much better than the alternatives. Of course little x86 boxes are generally even better supported.
- Raspberry Pi lacks hardware crypto acceleration.
- OS support for small hacking boards is very mixed, often terrible, usually fire-and-forget
- OS support for little appliance boxes is actively hindered by the hardware providers; volunteer efforts come and go.
I have an S912 TV box aging on the shelf because I'm not motivated to immerse myself in the fora to figure out how to make it work. The GPU never had anything but Android support from ARM or Amlogic. Even as TV boxes they were failures due to lack of Widevine DRM.
all now if it has linux support like basically anything with a newer a53 soc or better can run libreelec or coreelec which has Widevine DRM and get atleast 720p netfli. a72 socs or faster can do 1080p netflix.
s912 was people buying hype of its power vs proven. its highly doubtful a true 4.9 linux kernel since so few were ever sold will come to fruition. while s905x....probably.
for now download this for s912 flash it to an sd card eitcher or windiskimager. use tv' cec for remote or try to figure out the remote thru .conf or find the matching one for whatever your brand or is or use a 2.4ghz remote or bt etc. watch atleast 720p netflix on it.
https://coreelec.org/
I wager for your box you use a toothpick thru the a/v port at boot to get to boot from sd card like most.But it playback better than what was offered in android and has retro gaming baked in.
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I have 1,980,000+ (almost two million) domains on blocklist (the number of blocklists doesn't really matter) and I run unbound, and I run this on a Pi Zero! When the whole family is active on the internet the Pi load is near 0.10. If you need more than a power of Pi Zero for this you are doing something wrong.